Best of Riot Fest 2024 Photo Gallery + 3-Day Recap Video
So many great pictures, it’ll probably crash your tabsRiot Fest is over, and yeah, we’re bummed too. But don’t worry, the memories live on (and so do the porta-potty lines). There were crowdsurfing newlyweds, reunions, anniversaries, and of course, you beautiful maniacs. We’ll have a few more galleries, videos, and cool shit to share in the coming weeks, and we can’t wait until…
Spend Six Days On A Boat With David Hasselhoff
Have you always dreamed of spending 6 days on a boat with Baywatch star David Hasselhoff? Well now you can! Starting at $670 you can cruise the Mediterranean with the actor who played Michael Knight. The exclusive fan package and cruise includes a David Hasslehoff concert, a get together, an autograph session, a “David In…
Melvins’ Dale Crover to Release 12-Sided Record
Drummer extraordinaire and Melvins’ member Dale Crover has partnered with Joyful Noise Recordings to release a 12-sided record titled Skins. Crover wrote the songs specifically for the innovative format, which each one lasting less than 30 seconds. The tracks became inspiration for a new solo album that he will release in 2017. No word yet…
Check out Westword’s “Broke Music Fan’s Guide to Denver”
Live music can be a costly habit. If you’re saving your pennies for Riot Fest & Rodeo next weekend and want to feed your live music cravings between now and then without breaking your budget, our friends at Denver’s Westword have the perfect solution for you with their guide to music channels on the web. While writer…
10 Questions with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Few punk fans out there in the world are unfamiliar with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the all cover song “supergroup” consisting of vocalist Spike Slawson, Fat Mike of NOFX on bass and vocals, Lagwagon vocalist Joey Cape (on guitar) and drummer Dave Raun , and Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters on lead…
Sleigh Bells Announce New Album
Sleigh Bells have announced a release date for their following up album to 2013’s Bitter Rivals. Jessica Rabbit is set for release on November 11 and will include the song “Hyper Dark” which was released last month. Listen to “Hyper Dark”, check out the full tracklist, and make sure to see them at Riot Fest…
Lemmy Statue Unveiled At Rainbow Bar & Grill
A statute of the one and only Lemmy was unveiled last night at Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood. Fans of the late Motörhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister raised over $22,000 for a life-size statue at his favorite bar. It wasn’t unusual to see him sitting at the end of the bar playing his favorite…
Denver “Name Your Stage” Contest Winner Announced
Are you ready to rage at the Nicole Hoffman Stage?Congratulations to Nicole Hoffman of Boston, who has been selected as the winner of our “Name Your Stage” contest with Denver’s Westword to have a stage at Riot Fest & Rodeo named in her honor. Nicole is a lifelong punk fan with a passion for what she describes as “geriatric” but what we might instead refer…
Would You Drink Punk Wheatgrass?
DC exhibition “Permacounterculture” will cultivate wheatgrass with music.Plants and animals kingdom have complex relationships that are often quite reciprocal with one another. Think flowers and bees, trees and birds, wheatgrass and punks… Wait, what? That’s what we thought too, when we first heard about artist Naoko Wowsugi’s new exhibition, “Permacounterculture.” The project, which will take place at the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington,…