AbsolutePunk.net is a website, online community, and alternative music news source. The website mainly focuses on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it has been known to feature artists who eventually cross over into the mainstream, including Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, and My Chemical Romance. Its main genres of musical focus include punk, emo, hardcore, indie, and ska, but its content branches out into almost every genre. It has since become one of the most closely watched music websites out there for industry insiders when it comes to alternative and punk-related music. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A virtual community is a group whose members are connected by means of information technologies, typically the Internet. ... The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... Look up mainstream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... This article is about the band. ... My Chemical Romance are an American rock band formed in 2001. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Emo is a genre of rock music. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... Ska (pron. ...

The website

Founded June 6, 2000^[1] by Jason Tate, the website focuses on industry news, and includes album reviews, interviews, articles, journals and photo galleries. It also allows user interaction via a vBulletin Internet Forum where users can register their own personalized account, and post about their favorite or least favorite bands. is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... vBulletin (abbreviated as vB) is a commercial Internet forum package produced by Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. ... A typical Internet forum discussion, with common elements such as quotes and spoiler brackets A page from a forum showcasing emoticons and Internet slang An Internet forum is a web application for holding discussions and posting user generated content. ...

Accomplishments

AbsolutePunk's orange "I Will Fight" silicone charity wristband

On June 1, 2005 Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate/Jack's Mannequin was diagnosed with leukemia. Absolutepunk.net raised approximately $16,400 for the Leukemia Research Foundation by selling over 6,000 orange gel bracelets online. The wristbands read "I Will Fight," a line from the song "Watch The Sky" by Something Corporate. Image File history File links Absolutepunks leukemia wristband. ... Image File history File links Absolutepunks leukemia wristband. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrew McMahon from a concert in St. ... Something Corporate is a Piano rock band hailing from Orange County, California. ... Jacks Mannequin is a rock band from Orange County, California. ... Two gel bracelets; the Make Poverty History white awareness bracelet and a red Christian band Gel bracelets or jelly bracelets are an inexpensive type of wristband similar to a large diameter O-ring. ...

In the July 2007 issue of Blender Magazine, owner Jason Tate was named #18 in their list of "Top 25 Most Influential People in Online Music." Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ...

Dinosaur 2.0 A bulletin-board site for punk seems so 1998, and, indeed, that's when Tate, then a high school sophomore in Portland, Oregon, started Absolutepunk. But it survived the blink-182 era to become the essential Web echo chamber for all things punk and emo, with 150,000 users writing as many as 60,000 gushy, newsy, and polemical posts a day. School Daze Early on, Tate had trouble getting ads - labels would call, but he'd be stuck in class. Ads are now handled by a third party, and Absolutepunk remains closely watched by the industry. Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy says the site was critical to the band's early success. "It blows my mind that no one has thrown Tate an A&R job," Wentz says."

Content

Even though it has lost some content because of numerous server switches over the years, AbsolutePunk.net still features over 53,000 news articles, 1500 reviews, 430 interviews, and 34,000 files in its multimedia gallery. The site also features one of the most comprehensive release calendars of any music website on the internet. For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... A review is a piece of writing that discusses the authors opinion on a piece of publication, such as a movie, video game, musical composition, or novel. ... interview An interview is a conversation between two or more people where questions are asked to obtain information about the interviewee. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

AbsolutExclusives

AbsolutExclusives are series of streaming media (audio and video) as well as exclusive tell-all interviews from popular bands, all of which are exclusive to AbsolutePunk. Bands who have been involved in these exclusives include Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Less Than Jake, as well as many more bands. Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... Panic! at the Disco is an alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Forums

AbsolutePunk.net's forums feature over 160,000 registered members. They are divided into a number of different sections, devoted to entertainment, sports, politics, education and more. The most popular of these forums, however, is the General Forum, in which almost any sort of discussion material can be posted. There are currently over 3.2 million posts in the General Forum. A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ...

AbsolutePunk.net Tour

During the summer of 2004, AbsolutePunk.net held a concert tour in the US. It made 15 stops along the way, and featured artists such as Say Anything, Audio Karate, and MC Lars. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ... Say Anything is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Audio Karate is a pop-punk band from Rosemead, California. ... Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982) is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. ...

Staff

• Jason Tate: CEO/Founder
• Linda Ferreira: Mail-Room / Album Distributor
• Paul Tao: Artist and Label Profiles / News / Promotions
• Garett Press: ABSOLUTExclusives / Contests
• Nathan Lint: Release Calendar/ Reviewer/ Interviewer
• Brandon Allin: News / Reviews / Interviews
• Rohan Kohli: News Poster
• Drew Beringer: Album Reviewer
• Greg Dona: Album Reviewer
• Scott Irvine: Album Reviewer
• Tony Pascarella: Album Reviewer
• Steve Henderson: Album Reviewer
• Russ Hockenbury: Album Reviewer
• Tom Good: Album Reviewer
• Julia Conny: Album Reviewer
• Brandon Herbel: Interviewer
• Jon Lally: Absolute Acoustic / Videographer
• Lueda Alia: Indie Music Specialist
• Anton Djamoos: Editor / News / Gallery Mod
• Jaime Durante: Editor / Interviews
• Jamie Pham: News / Interviews
• Brad Streeter: Video Interviews
• Joe DeAndrea: News Poster
• Blake Solomon: Album Reviewer
• Louise Heng: Interviewer / Photographer
• Adrian Villagomez: Entertainment News Poster
• Scott Weber: Forum Moderator
• Tristan Needler: Forum Moderator

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Controversy

Over the years the website has received negative attention from parts of the music community who accuse Tate and the site of lacking journalistic integrity and being an overtly for-profit organization. In July 2004 a website called "FuckAbsolutePunk.net" was founded on these accusations, hosting articles asserting things such as that:

• Tate downloads leaked audio via P2P and subsequently presents it as exclusive content
• The website's journalistic integrity is compromised by its willingness to accept money in exchange for news and content posting (Note: While once true, evidence of this practice has been removed from the site)
• Adspace on the page is overzealous and contradictory to the grassroots spirit of the web community

In addition, the website also mentioned an article published by a 3rd party stating that Tate was personally responsible for leaking a record by the band Boys Night Out, strongly backed by the presence of a source-specific watermark found on leaked copies of the record. While Tate admitted that the promotional copy had been issued to him, he claims it had been stolen and leaked subsequently.

References

1. ^ Alexa.com Statistics. Alexa.com. Retrieved on October 25, 2006.

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External links

• Absolutepunk.net Official website
• Absolutepunk on Myspace