Spanish ska band Celtas Cortos was formed in 1986 by students from a Valladolid institute reunited to participate in a music contest called Colectivo Eurofolk After coming in first place the young musicians decided to stay in the band recording their…

Mexican rockers Cafe Tacuba are generally regarded as being at the forefront of the Rock En Espanol movement, alongside Mana, Aterciopelados, et al. However, there's considerably less of the pan-Latin rhythmic sensibility (and a greater eclecticism) …

This influential quintet was formed in Chicago, USA, in 1979, when vocalist Eric Wagner and guitarists Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell were joined by Sean McAllister (bass) and Jeff Olson (drums). Trouble's early material drew strong Black Sabbath co…

NOFX formed in 1983, but these goofy California punk rockers didn't make their first full-length album until 1988, when Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz offered to record the band. More musically adventurous than many of their peers, NOFX and their humo…

Coming out of the grass-roots Gilman St. punk scene of the early-1990s Bay Area, Green Day exploded into the mainstream with their third album, 1994's DOOKIE. The trio's punk energy and pop hooks, influenced by first-generation punks like the Buzzcoc…