About the author  ⁄ Aaron Mattern

I like tacos, pictures of cats, and sleeping.

Our friends at The Punk Rock Museum were kind enough to invite us out to the opening celebration (and Joe’s Birthday) of their new Joe Strummer section. Amongst the attendees were Fat Mike, CJ Ramone, Joe Escalante, Linda Ramone, (DJ) Shepard Fairey as well as several local promoters, band members, and record labels.  Artifacts in the new Joe Strummer section include  Joe’s Telecaster guitar, and Marshall head, several hand written original lyrics sheets, photographs, and more.  It’s a must see for any Clash Fan. ...

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Our buddies in Mercy Music have a new album coming out, they recorded at the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson of The Descendents.  The new single and video are out now.  Checkout the press release below, and the full album June 30th via Double Helix Records! Press Release: “The lyrics kind of sum up my life playing music in that you had better be in it because you love it, because nothing is guaranteed,” says vocalist and guitarist Brendan Scholz of Las Vegas-based pop-punk outfit MERCY MUSIC on the band’s hopeful and determined new single “Suddenly” taken from their upcoming fourth full-length album What You Stand To Lose out June 30th via Double Helix Records/SBÄM Records. With such deliberate lyrics like “You place your bet, put it all on black / The urge to win, better give back / Fight and die, to fight and die again,” even the listener ...

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