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| URL | www.punknews.org |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Music website |
| Registration | Yes |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Aubin Paul |
| Created by | Aubin Paul |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Current status | Active |
Punknews.org is a website founded by Aubin Paul which launched in 1999. The website publishes music news and album reviews relating to punk rock, hardcore punk, ska, indie rock and heavy metal. It features user-submitted and editor-evaluated articles, through a publishing format much like popular technology-related news website Slashdot.
In his 2007 book on the history of modern punk rock, Rolling Stone and Spin contributor Matt Diehl commented that "Punknews.org is the home-grown world-wide-webbed CNN of neo-punk"[1] and that "Web sites like punknews.org and magazines like Alternative Press have built a significant niche out of neo-punk." [2]
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News coverage
Punknews.org generally posts between 15 and 20 news articles a day[citation needed], covering such topics as tour dates, label signings, album releases, new media, band break-ups and member changes. The website has a policy of refusing to run stories without confirmation from either the labels or bands.
While Punknews.org does often spotlight relatively obscure bands, the editors cite fan interest as deciding how much coverage an artist warrants, rather than deferring to genre politics (major label / indie label preference or how close a band reflects the traditional punk subculture).[3]
According to Epitaph Records, label head Brett Gurewitz, has been known to scan Punknews.org to find new punk artists. Specifically, Gurewitz signed The Getaway after researching the band's music and growing popularity.[4]
The site has also won the Alternative Press Reader's Poll [5] and has been mentioned in the New York Times [4], The Washington Post [6], Billboard Magazine [7], East Bay Express [8], and many other publications. Other online music news resources and blogs make frequent reference to coverage on Punknews.org. For example Canadian online radio station CBC Radio 3 regularly links the site in its "Music Notes" news summaries.[9] Record labels have also picked up on the Punknews.org RSS news feed to augment their own websites, such as the Union Label Group in Montreal.[10]
Punknews Records
On January 1, 2006, three of the current and past editors including Aubin Paul, Adam White and Scott Heisel launched Punknews Records, an imprint under Epitaph Records.[11] It has released albums from Somerset and Ryan's Hope.
Currently, the label appears to be inactive, as Somerset broke up in early 2008[12] and Ryan's Hope is no longer a part of the label.[13]
Editors
- Aubin Paul, Founder
- Adam White, News Editor
- Brian Shultz, Reviews Editor
- Justin August, News Editor
- Meg Reinecker, News Editor
- Chris Moran, News Editor
- Ben Conoley, News/Interviews Editor
- Jesse Raub, News Editor
- Bryne Yancey, News Editor
Staff writers
- Scott Auth (screen name "KirbyPuckett"), Staff Writer
- Greg Simpson (screen name "greg0rb"), Staff Writer
- Jordan Rogowski (screen name "Anchors"), Staff Writer
- Matt Whelihan, Staff Writer
- Darren McLeod (screen name "DarrenMcLeod"), Staff Writer
- Jon Daley (screen name "JonDaley"), Staff Writer
- Tyler Barrett (screen name "GlassPipeMurder"), Staff Writer
- Scott Brown (screen name "Overdefined"), Staff Writer
- Joe Pelone (Screen name "Jelone"), Staff Writer
- Bryne Yancey (Screen name "Bryne"), Staff Writer
- Michael French (screen name "MikeXDude"), Staff Writer
References
- ^ Matt Diehl, My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived Into the Mainstream, New York: Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 0312337817, 9780312337810 p. 176.
- ^ Matt Diehl, My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived Into the Mainstream, New York: Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 0312337817, 9780312337810 p. 181.
- ^ Punknews.org Frequently Asked Questions
- ^ a b Epitaph Records: The New York Times is talking about The Getaway!
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ http://voices.washingtonpost.com/recession-road/2009/09/rock_in_a_hard_place.html
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2003-11-05/news/feature.html
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/search/cbc?ie=utf8&site=CBC&output=xml_no_dtd&getfields=description&oe=utf8&safe=high&q=punknews
- ^ http://www.unionlabelgroup.com/main.php
- ^ "Happy New Year!" Punknews.org. January 1, 2005.
- ^ "Somerset (2002-2008)." Punknews.org. February 13, 2008.
- ^ "Ryan's Hope look forward to new album." Punknews.org. January 9, 2008.
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