On Sunday Nov. 20th the Peruvian underground movement suffered a big loss. Outsider artist Leonardo “Bacteria” was found dead at his home. He was known for such acts as MDA, InsumisiÁ³n, and PestaÁ±a. He was also known around town for running a small label, Ya Estas Ya Producciones, and his wild antics for which he […]
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This week’s Monday Photo Blog comes to us from Tanner Douglass. Three photos, three different bands up close, from three shows this past summer in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Get some! Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: photoblog@maximumrocknroll.com (note new email address!). Include […]
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Slapped in a ultra-crustified cover of skulls, bullets and band photos, this final release from the original line up of Finnish legends RATTUS commemorated their final live appearance in September at Los Angeles’s California Discord Fest, with three new songs that highlight that the band—always experimenting over the course of decades— has never really stopped […]
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In one of the under-reported fronts of the Arab Spring, Morocco has been struggling for democratic reforms for most of this year. Our crack correspondent, world traveler and discoverer of obscure punk hot spots, Luk Haas has sent us this video from veteran Moroccan punx HOBA HOBA SPIRIT, celebrating their revolution-in-progress known as the February […]
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Had to start my first Monday Photo Blog with a classic band. I can still remember the first time hearing Siege on the Cleanse The Bacteria comp. Could not believe a band so brutal could come from America. They stood out from all the other bands on that record, and the line-up was some top notch stuff. […]
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