Last February we reported on a live performance from legendary San Fran punk group Flipper, to be held at Amoeba Records in the band's hometown. The famous record shop has graciously posted high-quality footage from the show online.

As a pioneering group in the west coast punk scene of the early 1980's, Flipper has been cited as a major influence by bands like NOFX and Nirvana.

You can check out the video below by clicking Read More, or at this link.

Amid a non-stop tour slated to end in mid-December to support Hail Destroyer, Cancer Bats’ latest release, vocalist Liam Cormier spoke with Punknews interviewer Zack Zeigler about strange gifts from fans, where the hell the name Cancer Bats came from, his least favorite part about being a musician, his mission through music and more.

You can click Read More for the interview.

A group of students from Full Sail University has put together a mini-documentary for Gainesville, FL-based beardcore label No Idea Records. We've received word that the video was completed for a final school project, and the director(s) have since graduated. Whether the video serves as a trailer for a full-length documentary feature are unknown, however, the posted 6-minute clip gives an interesting look into the label responsible for releases from bands like Hot Water Music, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Radon and many more.

The label also hosts the annual Fest each year. This year's Fest 7 will feature Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, Leatherface, Dillinger Four, The Lawrence Arms and many, many more over the weekend of October 31st in where else? Gainesville, FL.

You can check out the video below by clicking Read More, or here.

Bloomington, IN's Prizzy Prizzy Please have posted a track from their upcoming EP. The song, 'Melt Meltdown' will be included on their Joyful Noise debut PPPPPEP which is due in late October, shortly after their Riot Fest gig. The band will be touring the Midwest in support of the EP throughout November.

You can check out the song at the band's MySpace page.

Anti-Flag has commented on their participation in the recent protest performance at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota.

Yesterday we played a show on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol in opposition of the Republican National Convention. Before our set we had planned with Rage Against The Machine to have them come onto stage directly after our set and play a set of their own on our equipment. As is often the case at such events, all was proceeding peacefully and without confrontation until the police got involved. As RATM made their way to the stage, without reason or prior notification the police surrounded the band and informed them that they would be arrested if any of them set foot on the stage. As the crowd chanted, "Let them play..." a plan was formulated. Rather than bow to police oppression and law enforcement's blatant disregard for free speech and the Constitution, it was decided that RATM would walk around the stage into the audience and issue a statement. From there things took on a life of their own...

A full account can be found on the band's official blog.

Earlier today we posted some video footage of Rage Against The Machine at the same event. You can find it here.

Travis Barker, drummer of Plus 44 and previously Blink 182 and The Aquabats, recently spoke to Metromix Los Angeles about whether his former band Blink 182 will reunite in the near future, saying:

I don't know. You know, to be honest with you, I haven't spoken to Tom [DeLonge] in five years. I speak to Mark [Hoppus] every day, he's one of my greatest friends, so...that's the status of that. I think everyone would have to be friends, and I think we'd all have to want to do it in order for it to happen.

Blink 182 went an "indefinite hiatus" in 2005 after releasing the self-titled Blink 182 two years prior, in 2003.

San Diego's Unwritten Law has posted the cover art and a song from their upcoming live CD / DVD Live & Lawless. The album is due September 30th via Suburban Noize Records. You can stream "Shoulda Known Better" on the band's MySpace page. The cover art can be found here.

The performance captured on the set was recorded at the Key Club on the Sunset Strip in March of this year. The results fill a 16 track album (including hits "Up All Night," "Save Me (Wake Up Call)" and "Seein' Red") while the DVD features 22 performances, including a 5 song acoustic set.

Pennywise is gearing up to support their new single "Die For You," the second from Reason to Believe, with a series of radio festival appearances later this month. These shows include Le Festival Envol et Macadam on September 13th in Quebec City, the Q101 Block Party in Chicago on the 14th, the KEDJ Edgefest in Queen Creek, Arizona on the 27th, the Tuscon Electric Park KFMA Fall on the 28th, and Liskfest in Irvine, California in October 11th. As previously announced Liskfest will feature bands like Gorilla Biscuits, the Aquabats, Strung Out, the Vandals, Ignite, Death By Stereo, Strife, Every Time I Die, Rival Schools, H2O, Bleeding Through, and Set Your Goals.

Pennywise launched Reason To Believe with a two week promotion that had the record offered up as a free download via MySpace. The band moved 400,000 legitimate downloads in that period.

When Rage Against The Machine attempted to play a left wing rally at the Republican National Convention this week, local authorities weren't so sure it was a good idea and shut the show down. While a proper permit was reason enough to ensure Rage couldn't play a real show, the band responded by holding a breakout a cappella session.

You can click Read More for the video.

Rancid has confirmed the support for the remainder of their North American and upcoming UK tour dates. The bands involved span two distinct generations and that's something of a testament to Rancid's appeal. On one hand we'll see the group playing with D.O.A., the Adolescents, T.S.O.L., Dr. Know, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Anti-Nowhere League, GBH and U.K. Subs. In the same tour the band will play shows their 90s contemporaries like Less Than Jake, H2O and the Aquabats. Click below for the updated info.

Rancid's long awaited follow up to 2003's Indestructible is still in the works. The band has announced that it will get some attention before the UK leg of the tour in November, but what that means is anyone's guess. The leading rumor right now is that the album will be titled One Way To Die, but since that information comes from both contentious Wikipedia edits and Punknews submissions from fans claiming "I heard Tim say it!" don't go getting it tattooed on the back of your head just yet. Whatever it's called, the album is being produced by Brett Gurewitz and will be their first to feature new drummer Branden Steineckert.

Sydney, Australia's long-running punk act Hard-Ons have a full live set streaming from their homelands available at Moshcam.com. The group last released Most People Are A Waste of Time in 2006 through Australia and Europe only; the groups last North American release of 2003's Very Exciting delivered via BOMP!

The set is thirteen songs long, and can be seen here.

Brookline, MA’s the Serious Geniuses has released two tracks from their forthcoming album You Can Steal The Riffs, But You Can’t Steal The Talent, which will see its release September 9 via Kiss of Death Records.

You can check out the tracks “Backwards, Thinking Backwards” and “27/57” on MySpace.