The Chrome history is a storybook example of the volatility of creative collaboration. Two radically different artistic ideals managed to collide for a brief time with amazing results, but ultimately the dialectic was a destructive one.

With many small record labels closing their doors in recent years, there are very few hardcore/punk labels still continuously releasing quality records. We were fortunate enough to interview Biff, the owner of Feral Kid Records, about everything from why he releases records on vinyl to plans for upcoming releases.

Two years ago, as the co-host of a d.i.y. venue in Philadelphia, I found myself serving warm beers and soggy tofu to some very agreeable gents from Argentina. This was my first encounter with Boom Boom Kid and his band. They seemed to be a rather mild-mannered bunch, but that quiet persona was shed in the frenzy which ensued from the moment they took the stage.

While there aren’t hundreds of books on hardcore punk music, there still is plenty of mediocre titles out there. This article will help you sift through the piles and find the books that should be in anyone’s collection.

This is an interview with Lemuria I did two years ago that appeared in Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll #285 (February 2007) and has not appeared anywhere else since then.

Derek: The three of you live in Buffalo, NY, a city that not a lot of people think positively about. After touring across the country multiple times, why are you always excited to come home to Buffalo, despite its bad reputation and declining economy?
Jason: I believe that most people’s opinions on Buffalo are based on the weather here. Four …