Punk Sites Worth Visiting

Starting Points


Punk Rock Encyclopedia Sobriquet Magazine's own modest resource.

Sobriquet Magazine Record Reviews Our record review blog.

CBGB-OMFUG Max's Kansas City would have been the birthplace of punk had it now been for a little club in the Bowery run by a hippy named Hilly.

The Punk Page Another great punk rock resource site. One of the first online.

Straight-edge.comThere are more Xs here than on most porn sites. Offline.

Punknews.com Let's see...a domain name made up of two words..."punk"...and...let's see..."news"...but what could it be about...I just can't imagine. Offline.

Punk etc. Um, punk, etcetera. Offline

Punk Connections Contact info for the U.K. punk scene.Offline.

The Punk Rock Review A nice punk resource.Offline.

Punkrock.org Links galore.

Punkmusic.com Unlike most of the links in this section, this site's got links and info on punk rock music Offline.

Punk Information Directory Despite the misleading name, this is a directory of punk information.

Punkpage.net Punk stuff in your choice of English, German, Dutch, and French.

Search & Destroy Punk rock search engine.

Book Your Own Fuckin' Life Great resource for bands booking tours.

World Wide Punk The punk rock resource page.

Punkbands.com Gives World Wide Punk and Punknet a run for their money. Great site.

Punknet 77 Need info on a punk band? Visit Punknet 77. It's that simple.


Zines


Blank Generation Another cool zine on the net.

Cool Beans Worshipping the Absurd since 1993.

Factsheet Five The Bible of fanzine culture.

Interbang Fanzine Ben Interbang's site.

Jersey Beat The classic NJ zine.

Kontrol U.K. Street Punk zine run by a former contributor to Sobriquet Magazine.

Maximumrocknroll How to order the greatest punk zine in America.

Mutilated News Filipino Fanzine run by another former contributor to Sobriquet Magazine.

Ox Fanzine Online Germany's most popular fanzine hits the net...you'll need to know German for this site.

Punknet.com Great on-line zine. Unrelated to Punknet 77.

Punk Planet Some folks would argue that this zine is better than MRR.

Punkrocks.net Yet another online punk zine that makes me feel inadequate.

Riotgrrl.com The name says it all: the online presence of riotgrrls everywhere.

Rocket Fuel Really cool site here with lots to do.

Ten Things Jesus Wants You To Know Zine The online version of the popular Northwest punk rock zine.

Underground Zine Scene A good place to go for zine-related info. Not limited to punk rock.

Punkrockacademy.com Four zines in one. Check this site out.


Record Labels


Alternative Tenticles The infamous label that gave us the Dead Kennedys, D.O.A., and the Butthole Surfers among others. Jello Biafra contributes regularly.

Amphetamine Reptile Records Twin Cities-base indie label. Got some good stuff.

Asian Man Records Run out of a garage in California. Punk Rock.

Bad Taste Records A great Swedish record label. Very Cool.

Beer City Skateboards and Records Skater punks and their music.

Bitzcore A great German punk label with bands like Norway's Turbonegro.

Blackout Records NYC punk.

BYO Records Southern Californian punk label started by the fellows in Youth Brigade.

Captain Oi! Records Doth thou Oi! like?

Crass Records If you like this sort of stuff...

Crypt Records Another staple of German punk.

Dionysus Records Punk, rockabilly, garage, surf, etc...you like it, they've got it.

Dischord Records The Mecca for DC hardcore should need no introduction.

Dr. Strange Records Dr. Strange has a lot of cool stuff to offer...both old school punks and new school "Johnny-come-latelies" should enjoy this site.

Epitaph Records Sell-out or sell-lots? You decide.

Estrus Records A label specializing in garage-punk, surf, and related genres

Fat Wreck Chords A great label like Fat shouldn't need an intro. Even punks who only listen to NOFX know this one.

Fearless Records They've got a good site and a couple of cool bands.

Go-Kart Records Another great NYC punk label

Harmless Records Punk, hardcore, etc. Harmless has got some real marquee names on their roster.

Havoc Records Felix Havoc of Profane Existence runs this label. Guess what kind of music it is.

Helen of Oi! French label with a clever name referring to the Grecian woman who caused the war in the Illiad and British street punk music.

HellCat Records A division of Epitaph that deals with old-style punk and ska.

Hiljaiset Levyt Finnish label linked to Punknet 77.

Honest Don's Honest Don's has a great selection of cool punk music.

Hopeless Records They've got a little of everything here.

K Records Punk turns into noise and emo here.

Kung Fu Records & the Vandals A site shared by Kung Fu Records and the Vandals.

Liberation Records Record label run by one Dave Liberation.

Lobster Records Santa Barbara's punk label has a really interesting site here.

Lookout! Records Pop-punk. 'Nuff said.

Mint Records Would it sound redundant if I said "punk label?"

Mutant Pop Records Apparently, Oregon mutate pop music...

New Red Archives "New red" as in punk n' ska, not "neo-Communist," as I'm sure you initially suspected.

Nitro Records Another label linked to the Vandals...

Panic Button Records A label set up by Ben Weasel and his bandmates. Relatively new, but rife with cool bands.

Profane Exisitence Label, zine, collective, you name it.

Snackbag Records Noise, anyone?

Soda Jerk Records What guys working behind the counter listen to when not making phosphate-based beverages.

SST Records One of the first and best indie labels to emerge out of America's punk scene. Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen...the list goes on.

Stiff Pole Records Home of the Lincolns Pink, amongst others.

Sub Pop Records The line between indie and mainstream has been blurred.

Sudden Death Records D.O.A.'s very own record label. Cool stuff.

Time Bomb Recordings Social Distortion and Mike Ness figure prominently into this label.

Triple X Records Punk rock and plenty of it. Old bands? New bands? Here and here.

V.M.L. Records Home of the hugely popular V.M.L. Live series amongst other things.

Wingnut Records Another good punk label...surprise...surprise...


Punk Rock History


Ancient Punk Rock History Some info about the early U.K. punk scene. The 101'ers (pre-Clash Joe Strummer), and the Slits are featured acts.

Birth of Punk Some good punk information here.

British Punk '77 British punk history for German-language readers.

Colorado New Wave & Punk History The name says it all.

Diary of Punk James Murray traces the history of Punk Rock - dates and events that changed the world of music for ever.

Dutch Punk History Um, let's see...the history of Mongolian punk, perchance?

Early 80's Punk Rock Survivors Punks that, unlike Darby Crash, Sid Vicious, and Wendy O. Williams, actually survived the Reagan-Thatcher years.

Flex, US punk and hardcore discography A great index of old punk records.

A History of Punk Really, gramatically, shouldn't it be "AN" History of Punk? All grammar aside, a nice site with early punk info.

Max's Kansas City NYC's second most important showcase for early punk bands.

NYHC History The history of one of the most important hardcore scenes in America.

Old Punks From Hamburg Hamburg punk rock.

Post-punk diary A history of post-punk. Like, y'know, that stuff that came after punk. The prefix "post" should have given you a hint.

Punk Wave A history of early UK punk with lots of info about the Sex Pistols, Siouxie, etc., complete with pictures.

Punk Diary 1970-1979 A quick look at a fascinating and easy to follow book. The ultimate punk fact book.

Punk Imperitive Retrospective look at the most important bands of the vintage punk rock era with recommendations for the most essential CDs. Punk, new wave, pre punk, and post punk bands are reviewed.

Punk Rock 101 History Archive Add your own punk info to this site.

Punk Rock In The UK 1976-1979 A wonderful site here. A veritable cornicopia of Britpunk history. Just great.

The Quintessential Punk "The Quintessential Punk," an essay by Bryn Chamberlain.

This is the Modern World Large database of old style punk (oi, streetpunk, first/second wave, anarchopunk, post punk, proto punk, new wave. features lots of very detailed reviews, histories and profiles.

"We Created It; Let's Take It Over!" The Emergence Of Punk In America They created it and want to take it over.

Weirdotronix Relics from 70's and 80's SoCal Punk.

What the heck *is* emo, anyway? Everything you ever wanted to know about *emo* but were afraid to ask.

Women in Punk 1975-1980 Punk is really the first musical movement to be entirely egalitarian, so why are most punk sites male-oriented?

Women of 1970's Punk This page covers bands, histories, discographies, and style.


Sobriquet Magazine Approved Bands


Screeching Weasel Chicago's famous on-again, off-again pop-punk outfit. One of the best bands I've ever seen.