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From Friday 21 June 2002

The Vandals are Internet Dating Superstuds!

The Vandals are set to release a new record this year, and as usual it has a rather bizarre name… Punktastic can reveal that the title of the new cd will be ‘Internet Dating Superstuds’ and it will be released in the UK on September 17 on Kung

Take a step in the past…

As you may have noticed, here at Punktastic we tend to focus very much in the now, not really delving into the past to look at too many classic albums. So we thought we’d let you know about another punk site who do exactly that… Our friends over at the US

Coming soon…

Coming very soon to a punk news site near you… two brand new competitions that are going to rock your socks off! Firstly, to celebrate the release of The Used‘s new record which is released next week, those fine peeps at Warner Bros are going to

Get your punk-o-rama e-card

The brand new Epitaph sampler is set for release on Tuesday, and to celebrate the label have made a special e-card, which is available by clicking here: http://www.epitaph.com/?ecard=punkorama7

H2O plan new record

H20 are planning to release a new record sometime next year, according to bassist Adam Blake. In a post on the band’s Yahoo club mailing list, the four-stringer told fans that the band are to take a little bit of time out before putting their finishing touches to

Bowling For Soup are top of the pops!

Those crazy-assed Texan punks Bowling For Soup have hijacked the Kerrang TV charts by jumping straight in at number 1! Their Staind and Limp Bizkit parody has sensationally jumped to the top – and I think that’s pretty damn sweet. But let’s not end things

Thursday 20 June 2002

And then there were eight…

The Busdrivers would like to officially introduce a few new members! After they were faced with the dilemna of losing two of their members, the Gainesville ska band were forced to try and track down a new singer/guitarist and bassist to fill the void. And

Audiogalaxy gets shut down!

In a body blow to music lovers everywhere, file sharing giant Audiogalaxy has been shut down by the US body the RIAA. AG mysteriously stopped working on Monday evening, but it has now become clear that the MP3 software – the most popular file-sharing tool on the net – had

Wednesday 19 June 2002

Is the Leeds Festival off?

The Leeds Festival could be postponed after council chiefs refused the festival permission to be granted an entertainments licence. Although Mean Fiddler will now appeal against the decision, as things stand the show will certainly not go on… Radio 1 report: “Mean Fiddler, the festival organisers are

Tuesday 18 June 2002

The Used get ready to release record

Pop-hardcore crew The Used are to release their new self-titled record on June 25. And if you head on over to http://theused.net you will be able to download mp3s for ‘Box Full of Sharp Objects” and ‘Maybe Memories”’ from the new record. Not only that