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The most punk moments we witnessed at No Values

Those who like to claim punk is dead clearly didn’t witness the turnout of more than 40,000 people for Goldenvoice’s inaugural No Values festival at the Pomona Fairgrounds on Saturday. After overcoming a brief technical difficulty with a microphone early in the set, Dillinger reached into the history books and brought out two heavy hitters — Dead Kennedy’s frontman Jello …

STOCKHOLM — American rocker Iggy Pop, known as “the godfather of punk”, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a contemporary music orchestra based in Paris, have won the 2022 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award. The award panel said Tuesday in a statement and video announcement that rock icon Iggy Pop, a singer and songwriter whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, …

Iggy Pop, the ever-youthful godfather of punk

Iggy Pop, the American punk pioneer who has become an icon for generations of musicians and fans, turned 74 this year but his verve and vitality seem as indestructible as they were in the 1960s. That show, each past episode of which is available for a limited number of days online, is Iggy Pop’s biggest current influence on listeners as …