BLOCKAGE

Without Green Day, there's a good chance Blockage never would have existed. One of the things I loved most about playing in The Queers was the melodic side of their songs, but seeing Green Day's Jaded in Chicago special on…

For Gen X kids, "Are You Ready for the Summer?" needs no introduction.

Originally featured in the 1979 Bill Murray comedy Meatballs, the song became an unofficial summer anthem for a generation raised on VHS tapes, summer camps, and a…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

In the spirit of “holy shit I still need to finish shopping," comes a last-minute holiday gift to you. Our first-ever Christmas song is hot off the presses and can be downloaded free from our…

Based on the true story of a woman who died at her desk and wasn’t discovered for four days, Not Gonna Lie speaks for anyone who’s ever traded their weekend, their health, their sanity — or half their consciousness —…

“Rude” is a Clash-inspired ripper from our upcoming LP The Wonderful World of Blockage. It was written in response to a scene troll who mansplained what punk is, right after trashing a female-fronted band. (Charming, right?) The track is short…

Our new single “Filthy Rotten” is about the slow rot from living inside the feed; one endless scroll of outrage, disinformation, and distraction. School shootings. Genocide. Celebrity beef. All delivered in the same tone, all met with the same blank…

When Joey Ramone died in 2001, it felt like the entire punk scene took a punch to the gut. That same week, Blockage was asked to contribute a track to Life’s A Gas: A Tribute to Joey Ramone, a…

“I Owe You Everything”  marks the first single from  our upcoming album The Wonderful World of Blockage, due out summer 2025. More singles start releasing digitally in June while we prep the vinyl release, starting with the one-two-punch of “Rude,”…

To mark the arrival of our killer new album The Wonderful World of Blockage, we’re digging up the corpse of our first record, The Very Very Worst of Blockage and bringing it back to life—remixed, remastered, and slightly less…

After 25 years in Los Angeles, I packed up my gear and moved back to the East Coast. One of the hardest parts was parting ways with Frank & Dave Guzman, my partners from the start. Their classic rock influences…