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[puhngk] / pʌŋk /


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After celebrating its 25th edition in 2025, one of the country’s longest-running punk festivals was suddenly taking a year off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“It was really nice because she’s the horror woman. She’s tatted up — I have a biker family. She has the devil on this arm and the angel on this arm. She’s a punk Chicana.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Cheetah Chrome’s trashy, thrashy playing in Dead Boys wedded the urgency of punk with devotion to older, sleazy rock ‘n’ roll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

In response she co-founded Big Joanie, describing the group as a black feminist punk band.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

I pulled out the mix Mrs. Hidalgo had made for me and put on my headphones, turning the volume up loud, the only way to listen to punk rock.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez




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