Images: The Toasters, 2Tone Lizard Kings & more February 9, 2014 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon

Back in 2003, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists posed the question “Where Have all the Rude Boys Gone?” 11 years later, while watching third wave pioneers The Toasters take to the newly revamped Las Vegas Country Saloon stage at about half past midnight, I asked myself the same question. ...

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Images: Happy Campers, Battle Born, At It Again February 8, 2014 at the Hard Rock Cafe

The Happy Campers may hold the record for the longest running punk band in Las Vegas and if you don’t believe me, check out the recent career retrospective Campers frontman Isaac Irvine wrote for PIV. The band recently put out their 6th release Dancing With Demons and to celebrate this momentous occasion, they put on a release show at the Hard Rock Cafe on Paradise. ...

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