As a seasoned concert-goer, I like to notice the relationship between a band and its fans. But in my experience, I’ve never seen something as natural and fun as the friendship between PUP and their ...

The path to being a successful punk rock band has changed a lot over the years. Twenty years ago before soundcloud, bandcamp and TikTok, a few buddies from school would start a band. They’d practice, ...

This July, punk-rock band Pup will play six hometown shows across Toronto. Each concert in the Mega-City Madness tour is at a venue significant to the band’s trajectory. Starting with a secret house ...

Rising Toronto punk band Pup isn’t named for a small dog, though its members know it seems that way. The group’s seemingly innocuous name is an acronym for “Pathetic Use of Potential,” which is how ...

Toronto punk rockers PUP are one of the best bands working in that particular genre space these days. Although, if we're being honest, their last album (2022's "The Unraveling of PUPTheBand") was kind ...

Changing a band name is a hard decision. From the Quarrymen to On A Friday, when a band decides to present itself as something new, even if the members stay the same, it takes guts. It's more than a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the music industry. The members of Toronto punk band PUP have spent the past five years making a living off writing songs ...

It’s a funny thing, being a punk rocker for a living. How does one measure success, when “anti” is a big part of your ethos? Is it releasing your third album (Morbid Stuff, on Friday)? Appearing on ...

Like a pit bull with a Frisbee, punk band PUP has returned after their first album with a boisterous gamut that doesn’t let go. After receiving high marks for their debut self-titled record from such ...

Toronto-based punk band Pup are no strangers to referencing video games in their work, but next week they're set to make their game debut with a cameo appearance in the upcoming Dream Daddy: A Dad ...

The FADER's longstanding series GEN F profiles emerging artists to know now. In 2015, Stefan Babcock said goodbye to his pet chameleon. Her name was Norman, and she died after her tongue got infected ...