Pennywise News

After a hiatus, Cypress Hill brought back their Smokeout Festival to San Bernadino California.

Bad news: The invite-only Pennywise show tonight in Long Beach has been canceled due to... the police.

For me, there are few things as satisfying as going to a record store and picking out a new slab of vinyl for the turntable or a few new CDs and spending my afternoon with headphones and a lyric booklet.

Fletcher from PENNYWISE talks SMOKEOUT 2009! Sunday, September 27, 2009 02:23 AM If you've been surfing FANGORIA over the past couple of weeks, chances are you've seen the ads for the 2009 CYPRESS HILL SMOKEOUT.

On September 22 L.A. punk label BYO Records will celebrate it's 25th Anniversary with the release of LET THEM KNOW: THE STORY OF YOUTH BRIGADE AND BYO RECORDS .

Pennywise Singer Jim Lindberg recently announced he was leaving Southern California punk stalwarts Pennywise after a 20-year run to work on a documentary film, among other projects.

Last year's Liskfest didn't exactly go as planned. What started off as a good idea for a hardcore punk and metal festival turned out to be something of a money pit for Orange County promoter Chris Lisk.

The members of Pennywise have announced that Zoli Teglas, front man for OC hardcore/punk band IGNITE will be filling in on vocals during the band's set on the 2009 Smokeout Festival at the San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernadino, CA October 24th, as they begin they're search for a new singer.

Sublime , the chart-topping Long Beach-based punk reggae group that split-up more than 13 years ago when its lead singer OD'd, will play its first official gig with a new vocalist as part of the Smokeout festival, to be held Oct.

Sublime will reunite in October. The influential ska/punk/reggae/jam band originally broke up in 1996 after lead singer/guitarist Bradley Nowell died of a heroin overdose.

Pennywise frontman Jim Lindberg calls it quits. August 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm by Leilani Polk California foursome Pennywise has been spitting out the hardcore fun punk rock for nearly 20 years.

Pennywise frontman Jim Lindberg calls it quits. August 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm by Leilani Polk California foursome Pennywise has been spitting out the hardcore fun punk rock for nearly 20 years.

Pennywise lead singer and songwriter Jim Lindberg has announced that he's leaving the group.

Pennywise frontman Jim Lindberg calls it quits. August 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm by Leilani Polk California foursome Pennywise has been spitting out the hardcore fun punk rock for nearly 20 years.

On Saturday, August 8, the boring drive from Miami to West Palm was totally worth it.

The Vans Warped Tour may be best known for its economical smorgasbord of mainstream and up-and-coming punk bands, but during its 15-year run, the traveling music festival has boasted an eclectic cast of performers.

The Vans Warped Tour has a certain ethos no other festival has been able to reproduce.

When reggae/rock band Pepper usually plays its biggest hit, "Give It Up," in concert, they bust into a cover of Pennywise's "Bro Hymn." Don't expect to them to do that when they roll into the Fox Theater in Pomona on Thursday.

Perhaps to prove that its product is not just for cold-weather guzzling, the latest installment of the Jgermeister Music Tour features two sun-baked bands: Southern Cali punk vets Pennywise , whose ninth album, "Reason to Believe," was wisely issued through the newly incarnated MySpace Records, and Hawaiian reggae-rock trio Pepper , whose ...

Where it's hard to distinguish some of today's punk music from the pop music circulating on mainstream radio, the band's influences are derived from early punk and hardcore music.