Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 13, 2020
The next wave of cancellations/postponements due to the coronavirus pandemic involves this year’s Record Store Day, Cold, Lamb of God’s European tour, Carcass, and more. However, we can always count on punk rock as The Exploited’s Australian tour kicks off today (13th), and they plan to see it through. You can read their statement […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 10, 2017
Wattie Buchan, lead singer of Scottish punk band The Exploited, was rushed to a hospital in Belgium on Friday, April 7th, and according to a post from the band, almost died. The singer, 59, had suffered a heart attack onstage in Lisbon, Portugal in 2014, and had quadruple heart bypass surgery following that incident. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 23, 2017
While it’s certainly not anything new, clashes between anti-fascists (or Antifa) and those they’re in opposition to have been in the news quite a bit more in the past year or so. Last June, an Antifa activist sprayed pepper spray into a crowd at a Taake show. Later that year, pressure from the loosely organized faction led […]
Posted by Steven Varsanyi on March 30, 2015
The yearly hardcore fest is ready to take Philadelphia by storm once again. It will be taking place July 23 at the Union Transfer and July 24, 25, and 26 at the Electric Factory. This is Hardcore 2015 (or This is Hardcore X) is celebrating the festival’s 10 year anniversary with another great lineup showcasing […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 20, 2012
The metal word took notice yesterday as a several-weeks old photo of Chris Brown surfaced with him wearing a custom leather jacket featuring patches from Cro-Mags, Municipal Waste, Excel and more. Thanks to an eagle-eyed Metal Sucks reader,we now know what the back of the jacket looks like. It turns out that Brown is also […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 19, 2012
Although he probably wasn’t aware of it at the time, pop star and woman beater Chris Brown was seen earlier this month in Los Angeles sporting a custom-made leather jacket with spikes and patches of metal and hardcore bands. Among the bands on the jacket: Excel, Municipal Waste, Cro-Mags and the Exploited. Aside from looking […]
