Absolutepunk.net

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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.

1 The website
- 1.1 Accomplishments
2 Content
- 2.1 ABSOLUTExclusives
- 2.2 Forums
3 AbsolutePunk.net Tour
4 Staff
5 References
6 External links

The website

Founded June 1, 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.

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.

Content

Even though it has lost some content because of numerous server switches over the years, AbsolutePunk.net still features over 40,000 news articles, 800 reviews, 300 interviews, and 19,000 files in its multimedia gallery. The site also features one of the most comprehensive release calendars of any music website on the internet.

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, Gatsbys American Dream as well as many more.

Forums

AbsolutePunk.net's forums are constantly buzzing, and feature over 120,000 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 2.5 million posts in the General Forum.

AbsolutePunk.net Tour

During the summer of 2004, AbsolutePunk.net held a concert tour in the western United States. It made 15 stops along the way, and featured artists such as Say Anything, Audio Karate, and MC Lars.