Punk Rock

• Jon Card, punk rock drummer who played with SNFU, DOA, dead at 63

  Drummer Jon Card, who played stints with Canadian punk rockers D.O.A., SNFU, The Subhumans and Personality Crisis, has died at the age of 63 in Vancouver.

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  Apr 11
  
• Canada-wide tour by The Offspring, Simple Plan includes show at Peterborough Memorial Centre

  The Offspring and Simple Plan will perform at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Nov. 9.

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  Sep 6, 2022
  
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• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 952: The history of hardcore punk

  Trigger warning: This episode is very fast, very loud, and very aggressive. If that doesn't scare you off, buckle in.

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  Apr 29, 2022
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• Work on mural honouring late SNFU singer to start on Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue next month

  A massive mural to honour the memory of Ken Chinn (a.k.a. Chi Pig), the late singer of iconic Canadian punk band SNFU, will be completed on Edmonton's Whyte Avenue this summer.

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  May 27, 2021
• Alan Cross uncovers the great KGB punk rock plot that wasn’t — or was it?

  Not all wars involve guns and bombs. There are those who believe that back in the 1970s and with the Cold War raging, the USSR used punk rock as a tool to destabilize the West.

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  Apr 25, 2021
• SNFU singer’s death sparks push to honour Canadian punk icon in hometown of Edmonton

  Friends of the late singer of legendary Canadian punk band SNFU are mounting an effort to publicly honour the musician in his hometown of Edmonton.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2020
• NOFX, Bad Religion headline punk festival in Edmonton this summer

  Tickets went on sale Friday for a punk rock and craft beer festival heading to Alberta's capital this summer, featuring some of the music genre's most well-known acts from California.

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  May 10, 2019
• A punk rock holiday album for a barking good cause

  The Christmas carol is getting a bit of an edge with the upcoming release of Nothing Under the Tree, a collection of punk rock Christmas songs by Winnipeg bands.

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  Dec 4, 2018
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• This week on Focus Montreal: April 30

  This week on Focus Montreal, meet a West Island mom keeping her son's spirit alive by helping other kids get out and play hockey , hear about a new play at the Centaur that focuses on school violence, and Matthew Pearce of the Old Brewery mission shares his perspective on dealing with the mentally ill following another deadly police intervention.

  Canada

  May 1, 2016