Mike Watt

GSN is bringing back its popular original series The American Bible Challenge for Season 2 starting March 21. The one-hour game show tests contestants on their knowledge of the Bible, and Season 2 finds 18 new teams putting forward that knowledge. Jeff...

AUSTIN, Texas --Three days gone, three remaining at the South by Southwest music festival. Already, millions of notes and beats have been played using dozens of tunings and effects. Untold lyrical cliches involving love, nature, haters, enchanted...

AUSTIN, Texas — During Vancouver rock duo Japandroids' gig on Wednesday night at the South by Southwest music festival, singer-guitarist Brian King made a midset, cuss-laden declaration about their performance: "When we [mess] up, it's not a mistake...

Forty years on from their landmark proto-punk album "Raw Power," Iggy and the Stooges announced Monday that they've completed a new studio album, "Ready to Die," set for release April 30 through Fat Possum Records. It's the first time Iggy Pop has...

Former first-generation Southern California punk guitarist Mike Atta might not be as known as some of the peers he and his band the Middle Class influenced, but his place in the annals of L.A. rebel music is understood. The band was founded in 1977, and...

Back on his feet, the wild man punches out proto-punk classics at the Palladium. It says everything about Iggy Pop that in an age of wireless technology he still opts for a microphone with a cord. The choice led to......

The 2012 lineup for Coachella has been revealed. Dr. Dre, Radiohead and the Black Keys will headline this year's edition, which is being held over two weekends for the first time, the first on April 13-15 and the second on April 20-22....

A rundown of the weekend's top concerts includes Kid Sister at the Avalon and Robyn Hitchcock at McCabe's....

Punk rock didn't get much press at this year's Coachella festival, but great punk bands were still getting prominent placement, including a second-billed Sunday spot for a reunited At The Drive-In. Other shows by Refused, fIREHOSE and Greg Ginn proved...

Jane's Addiction's new album, "The Great Escape Artist," was still a work in progress last May when the band appeared on an outdoor stage at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Jane's was the musical entertainment at an exhibition opening for director...

The Foo Fighters, who already are scheduled to close the Lollapalooza festival Sunday, also will play a more intimate concert Saturday at Metro. Tickets went on sale without much fanfare Thursday at etix.com and sold out within minutes. The concert is...

On Wednesday, the long-time activist and punk pioneer gathers with friends from various corners of the rock world at the Avalon in Hollywood to raise money for Drop in the Bucket, a charity that builds water wells and sanitation systems for schools in...