Slash Magazine & Records

09/16/2026

As he releases a tell-all book, the Punk magazine founder and self-described ‘f**k-up’ holds forth on 1970s excess, the American roots of punk and why the Beatles are ‘stupid’

09/14/2026

Punk in the Park founder Cameron Collins breaks his silence on a $250 political donation that split the punk scene, lesson learned and reveals plans to bring the festival back.

09/14/2026

Cheetah Chrome founded the Dead Boys in 1975 and co-wrote punk classics Sonic Reducer and Ain't It Fun

08/30/2026

"It can't be stressed enough how great the Ramones' first album was to the scene in London. It was simple enough to be able to play. Me and Paul would spend hours, days, weeks, playing along to the record."

— Quote from Joe Strummer in a 1976 archival features in issue #134 of VIVE LE ROCK MAGAZINE.

08/27/2026

"I hadn't produced anything before the Germs. In the Runaways, I'd sort of make my opinion known about maybe the guitar coming in or whatever, and I don't remember how much I was listened to or not. But the thing is, Darby and Pat were big Runaways fans, and they were hanging out when we were making our second album 'Queens of Noise' in the Beach Boys studio out in Santa Monica. They were outside the studio so I'd come in every day and they would say that they were fans and they wanted to form a band someday and this is when they were dressed glittery, and they hadn't made the switch to punk rock quite yet. I said they should do it, they should definitely form a band, which they did. So they would play all the local clubs and stuff, their live shows were very chaotic. I don't know if people were high or what, but I know that the songs were good and Darby was a great lyricist and performer. It was a really good band but they couldn't all get on the same page so when they asked me to produce the record, I jumped at the chance.

It isn't an affected record. I didn't put a ton of goop on it or anything. I got the tracks down, maybe did things like double or triple the guitars here and there, maybe doubling some vocals and stuff. It's basically how I thought the band should sound because in their usual chaos you really couldn't make any distinction.

We'd pretty much finished the record and they had one more song called 'Shut Down' to do but I was already celebrating so I wound up passed out on the couch, and Darby, in the lyrics someplace sings about 'Joan Jett being passed out on the f**king couch!'"

— JOAN JETT interviewed in Issue #133 of VIVE LE ROCK MAGAZINE, 2026.

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

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08/21/2026

Happy Birthday, Magnificent Strummer (1952-2002)! Thanks for all the groovy times.

08/19/2026

Happy 62nd birthday to FRANK AGNEW of Greg Antista & The Lonely Streets. He's also served time in Adolescents, the Joykiller, 45 Grave, the Tribe, Der Stab, HVY DRT, Legal Weapon, PinUps, Casey Royer's Social Distortion splinter group, T.S.O.L., and more.