Can you discuss Phoenix’s skateboarding history without mentioning the band JFA? The answer is no, unequivocally. The Tempe History Museum opened the “ Dry History: Local Skateboarding History” ...

There’s a certain amount of amusement in picturing an august institution such as an art museum giving itself over to the irreverence of punk. But that’s just what the Orlando Museum of Art has done.

John Cardiel is one of the most intense skateboarders to ever live. Known for his reckless abandon and seemingly limitless velocity, Cardiel was one of the most beloved — and often most bashed-up — ...

Growing up in the 1980s as a skateboarder proved difficult in some key ways. For one, all the good places to skateboard were either illegal or by invitation only. Plus, if you kissed the ramp owner’s ...

Hardcore skate punk band JFA and a preeminent early punk photographer have teamed up to celebrate one of the most daredevil and primal punk moves of all time: the stage dive. The Arizona-born hardcore ...

Now in its third year, Orange County-based Brew Ha Ha Productions’ Punk in the Park festival has expanded its footprint to include a total of three stages led by punk and hardcore acts like Pennywise, ...

California-rooted FIDLAR writes vivid punk songs about the turmoil of being young. “I figured out as I got older that life just sucks when you get sober,” they chant in the song “Sober,” then flip it.

BMX and punk race for your dollars at the Swamp Meet Credit: Courtesy photo A swap meet for swamp-dwellers heads to Orlando this week with all things BMX, skate, punk rock and heavy metal in tow and ...

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. For the past few years, I've ...

WATERLOO – Dozens of skateboarders convened at Waterloo’s skate park for an annual punk rock show and trick contest over the Fourth of July weekend.

Michael "Bam-Bam" Sversvold was a legendary presence on the Phoenix underground, having powered his way into the spotlight as the hyperactive force of nature attacking his drums at age 14 with the ...