Pennywise

The energy on this album is par for the course for Pennywise, but it blows away many other mainstream Punk bands. These SoCal boys started out sounding remarkably like Bad Religion, but they soon established a sound that's mostly their own. Their fifth album shows them honing their ripping, melodic Hardcore Skate Punk to a deadly point.

The alternative scene may have run its creative course, but punk rockers are a stubborn
bunch. So it comes as no surprise that Southern California outfits such as the Muffs and
Pennywise continue to bang out the same kind of melodic noise they were playing before
Green Day and the Offspring sparked the '90s neopunk movement. The Muffs' third album,
Happy Birthday to Me, is instantly recognizable to anyone who has heard the ba... More >