This is a timeline stream of consciousness report from the last day of Inkcarceration Tattoo & Music Festival, located in the heart of hardcore, aka the nicest prison town in the U.S.A. — Mansfield, Ohio. 12:20 p.m.: Fight from Within, Redemption Stage (RS) — hard kinda grindcore gurgle, pretty cool. Mid set it blasted Montell […]
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Interview: The Offspring at Inkcarceration
MANSFIELD — The Offspring have sold over 40 million records worldwide, have 20 million monthly Spotify listeners and produced 10 studio albums, including the six-time platinum record, “Smash.” Minutes before they rocked the Inkcarceration main stage as one of the headliners, I sat down with frontman Dexter Holland and lead guitarist Noodles in their trailer. […]
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COLUMN: Puke, Acceptance & Rage–Inkcarceration Day 1 review
MANSIELD — A skinny young lady with multiple-looped lip piercings was sick on Friday. She was ushered into a first-aid wheelchair and given a puke bag. She needed it as she rolled beside the massive stone columns of The Ohio State Reformatory, aka Shawshank Prison, at the Inkcarceration Tattoo and Music Festival 2024. Unfortunately for […]
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WATCH: Interview with Tim Brennan of Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are currently touring Europe, and lead guitarist Tim Brennan sat down on a stoop on a Norway street and chatted with Adam Doc Fox about the playing at Inkcarceration 2024 on July 21. Brennan talked about what songs and energy the fans should expect, how “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” landed in the […]
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Shelby’s Fox flew 26 bomber missions over Hitler’s European fortress
Editor’s note: Today marks the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, aka D-Day, when Allied troops stormed onto the beaches of Normandy, France. The Allied air war over Germany and German-held territory began years earlier, helping to set the stage for the successful amphibious invasion. This story about Carmen Fox was written by his grandson. “My […]
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Review: Hybrid moments from Sonic Temple ‘24
COLUMBUS – Every little punk in the ’80s at some point had a devilock haircut, the single-fanged extended widow’s peak that draped over the face like a trojan helmet. Fast forward 40 years, and deep in the crush of the mosh and dancing on the slimy plastic flooring laid over the grass stadium were kids […]
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Must-know acts from Sonic Temple Festival, Day 1
COLUMBUS — Keep in mind that Americans scream the loudest, according to the London-based Nova Twins. That claim came into focus after the summer live music and festival scene officially began May 16 with Sonic Temple in Columbus. “The screams here are a different kind of pitch – it’s the loudest screams we’ve probably ever […]
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Fox conquers contiguous U.S. with state highpoint #49
Walking towards the Rio Grande river on the U.S.-Mexico border, I was greeted with a war zone. There was a motley configuration of military alongside camouflaged doorless humvees with M-16s or similar assault rifles draped across their teflon chests. There was border patrol, Texas police and entities with badges and outfits I’d never seen before. […]
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One million miles of badlands–state highpoint #48
Coyotes don’t majestically howl at the moon, they yip and high pitch bark in an annoying cadence. That’s what woke me up in the middle of the North Dakota Badlands blackness, laying completely still on my stomach inside my orange North Face sleeping bag, cocooned in my one-person ultra light tent. I was scared. Listen, […]
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Thoughts from Mansfield Music Fest Day 2: The mortar behind the madness
MANSFIELD — The sounds within a music festival are the finished products of the artist, but it’s important to examine the process and pain behind the art. All of that suffering-turned-audio brilliance was on display on the two outdoor stages of Mansfield Music Fest (MMF) at Snow Trails ski resort on Saturday, headlined by Mettal […]