As development of our popular music landscape gets increasingly complex and a little overcrowded, the simplicity and purity of golden era punk - groups like The Clash, Buzzcocks, Ramones and Sex Pistols - risks being overlooked by the rising generations. What better way to get reintroduce and remind everyone of the energy of songs like “London Calling,” “God Save the Queen” and “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” than in a live setting? And, since the original members of these groups are largely either no longer living or in different shades of disarray, the next best thing is a spirited cover tribute. Austin rock and rollers Electric Touch are doing just that, a special punk tribute show, touching on the music of all the aforementioned bands and more, tonight, July 12th at Mohawk. You can pump your fists, shout the same choruses that have echoed through concert halls and dives since the 70s and 80s, and enjoy DJ sets and drink specials. Btw, the show is free. more ›

The Buzzcocks formed in Manchester in 1975, inspired by the infectious, rattling punk of the Sex Pistols, and very quickly became the leaders of the pop punk movement in the late '70s in the UK and beyond. Their fast and furious take on traditional pop music endeared them to the Sex Pistols, and in 1976 they joined the punk legends on their Anarchy Tour. All this before they even had a proper record out. more ›

The release of 30 celebrates that many years since the Buzzcocks first release, Another Music in a Different Kitchen. In 1978, their arrival solidified the punk movement begun in earnest with The Sex Pistols just a year before, but while The Sex Pistols exemplified the gritty, rebellious side of the genre, Buzzcocks were the prototypes of pop-punk, setting the stage for all of the good and the bad that was to come later. As punk came, went, and metamorphosed, so did the careers of the original Buzzcocks. Howard Devoto, later of Magazine, left the band after just their first single, and as their solid seventies line-up went their different ways after the band first called it quits in 1981, Buzzcocks started up again with two new members in 1993 with Trade Test Transmissions, and haven’t let up since. more ›