r/UKPunk

I know I’ve been banging the drum for the Order of the Fly tour in August and Horror Punk Fest in October lately, but if you’re planning on joining us, please consider grabbing your tickets sooner rather than later.
It’s brilliant to see artists like Wednesday 13 (when they come over!) and Creeper flying the flag for horror punk here in the UK, but the underground scene still relies on the support of people willing to come out, discover new bands, and keep independent events alive.
We hope to see you in the pit.
Tickets in the link!

Hope this is okay to ask here.

I’m trying to dig a bit deeper into the South Coast punk, pop-punk, ska-punk and alt scene, especially around Southampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Sussex and Bournemouth.

I’m involved in putting on a charity all-dayer in Southampton called Pop Punk Palooza, and it’s made me realise there are probably loads of bands, promoters and little scene pockets I’ve completely missed.

Would love to know who people recommend checking out.

Bands, promoters, venues, radio shows, Insta pages, Facebook groups, anything really.

Especially anything in the world of punk, pop-punk, ska-punk, emo, alt-rock, hardcore-adjacent stuff or DIY gigs.

A few bands on the day are Stickerbook, Junk Season, Save Our Ships, Everyone Lies, Lucky Hit, Wide Awake Club, Halfway Home, Industry Plant and my band We Know John, but I’d love to discover more around this scene too.

Cheers,
Sam

Hope this is okay to share here.

I posted yesterday asking about South Coast punk, pop-punk and ska-punk bands, and a few people were really helpful, so I thought I’d share the actual event I mentioned.

I’m helping put on Pop Punk Palooza at Heartbreakers in Southampton this Saturday 4th July, raising money for Dreamflight, a charity that takes children with serious illnesses and disabilities on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Orlando.

It’s a full grassroots pop-punk / punk / alt all-dayer with 9 bands playing:

We Know John
Everyone Lies
Wide Awake Club
Lucky Hit
Stickerbook
Industry Plant
Junk Season
Save Our Ships
Halfway Home

It should be a really fun day if you’re into bands like Blink-182, Green Day, Sum 41, New Found Glory, Zebrahead, ska-punk, emo, alt-rock or just loud DIY guitar music in general.

The honest bit is that advance ticket sales really matter. These kinds of grassroots shows are hard to make happen, especially when it’s a charity fundraiser, and buying in advance is what gives the event the best chance of going ahead properly.

So if you’re anywhere near Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Sussex or along the South Coast and fancy a proper pop-punk all-dayer, come down and support it.

And if you can’t make it but know someone who might be into it, tagging them or sending it their way would genuinely help a lot.

I’ll put the event / ticket link in the comments.

Cheers,
Sam

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I came across this short compilation/documentary built around some great archival footage from 1983, including parts of the Islington squat documentary, TV interviews, and live performances from bands like The Exploited, Chaos UK, Disorder, The Varukers, and G.B.H.

I thought people here might appreciate the old interviews and the way TV portrayed punks back then. Curious what those who were around the scene think about it.

Some good classic 1980s UK Punk