Tag: Epitaph Records

Oingo Boingo’s Danny Elfman gets ‘Happy’ with first new solo music in 33 years

Oingo Boingo’s Danny Elfman gets ‘Happy’ with first new solo music in 33 years

Former Oingo Boingo frontman and famed film composer Danny Elfman today debuted his first solo music in 36 years — and first rock music since his band’s 1994 swan song — in the form of “Happy,” a characteristically twisted song he’d meant to debut at his planned performance at this year’s Coachella festival.

Bad Religion to put the punk back in the holidays with ‘Christmas Songs’ album

Bad Religion to put the punk back in the holidays with ‘Christmas Songs’ album

Turns out Erasure isn’t the only group delivering a new holiday record this year: Southern California punk kings Bad Religion will put a decidedly rougher spin on seasonal classics like “Hark! The Herald Angles Sing” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” next month with the release of the aptly titled Christmas Songs.

Photo: Bad Religion enters Los Angeles studio to begin work on 16th album

Photo: Bad Religion enters Los Angeles studio to begin work on 16th album

Epitaph Records this week announced that punk legends Bad Religion have checked into Joe Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Los Angeles to begin work on the band’s as-yet-untitled 16th studio album — and released the photo posted above as visual evidence.

New releases: Bad Religion vinyl box, reissues from Sonic Youth, Chameleons, Holly Johnson

New releases: Bad Religion vinyl box, reissues from Sonic Youth, Chameleons, Holly Johnson

This week’s new releases include Bad Religion’s ’30th Anniversary Box Set,’ featuring 15 LPs on red vinyl; an audiophile vinyl reissue of Sonic Youth’s ‘Sister’; and a 2CD/1DVD reissue of Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson’s solo debut ‘Blast.’

Social Distortion to release ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes’ on Epitaph in January

Social Distortion to release ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes’ on Epitaph in January

Los Angeles punk icons Social Distortion today announced that their seventh album — ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes’ — will be released Jan. 18 on Epitaph Records and preceded by the release of first single “Machine Gun Blues” via iTunes on Nov. 9.

Social Distortion plots 25-date North American tour with Lucero this October, November

Social Distortion plots 25-date North American tour with Lucero this October, November

Social Distortion’s summer tour isn’t even underway yet and the L.A. rockers already are looking forward to fall, today announcing a 25-date U.S. tour in October and November with cowpunk act Lucero in support of the band’s forthcoming seventh album.