Continuing what appears to be a growing trend of new, one-day, genre-specific festivals with lineups that seem entirely too large to fit into a single day (see also: L.A.'s Fool in Love and Las Vegas’ Lovers and Friends), promoter Goldenvoice announced the vintage punk-leaning No Values festival on Feb. 20. Set for June 8 in Pomona, Calif., the fest will feature the Misfits, Social Distortion, Iggy Pop, Bad Religion, Sublime, Dillinger Escape Plan, Turnstile, and a murderer’s row of old school-punk notables.
Tickets for No Values go on sale on Friday, Feb. 23. Check out the festival site for details.
Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile are among the younger acts on the old-school-leaning festival lineup.
Though best known these days as the creators and organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, promoter Goldenvoice actually got its start staging punk shows in Southern California, which perhaps explains the depth of the No Values roster. While most of the set skews old-school, there are several newer names on the line-up, with Tunrstile and Joyce Manor arguably the most notable.
As for the main headliner, of particular importance is the qualifier “the Original” before the “Misfits” on the festival poster — founding Misfits singer Glen Danzig was long absent from the band as he pursued a successful solo career, while remaining band members soldiered on with replacement singers for years before Danzig began joining the band for periodic reunions.
Veteran Southern California band Suicidal Tendencies are booked for the No Values fest.
Another reunion, of sorts, comes via Sublime, who only recently regrouped featuring Jakob Nowell, son of the band’s late frontman Bradley Nowell, on vocals and guitar. Social Distortion will also be making a return to stages this year, having been forced into a brief hiatus while frontman Mike Ness received treatment for tonsil cancer.
For the rest of the lineup, think of every band patch you’ve ever seen sewed to the back of a denim jacket at a skatepark, and there’s a good chance they’ll be present here: Crass, the Exploited, Black Flag, Adolescents, Suicidal Tendencies, TSOL, the Vandals, Fear, the Addicts and Agent Orange, to name a few.
Several vintage ska bands will also have a notable presence at the fest, with the likes of the Selecter, Hepcat, the Untouchables, the Aquabats and the Skeletones all set to appear. Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra will serve as the festival’s DJ. Held at the Pomona Fairplex in Southern California’s Inland Valley, the festival will be spread over four stages.
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The full lineup is below:
The Misfits
Social Distortion
Iggy Pop
Turnstile
Bad Religion
Sublime
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Power Trip
The Damned
Joyce Manor
Suicidal Tendencies
The Vandals
Black Flag
Viagra Boys
Ceremony
The Jesus Lizard
Fidlar
The Exploited
Fear
The Addicts
L7
The Dickies
Agent Orange
Adolescents
The Dead Milkmen
Crass
The Lawrence Arms
Soul Glo
The Bronx
Cro-Mags
Shattered Faith
MSPAINT
Fishbone
The Aquabats
The Selecter
Hepcat
The Untouchables
The Skeletones
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