As we reported back in October, Warped Tour has announced its return for 2025, albeit with a greatly reduced touring schedule, only making three stops in Washington D.C., Long Beach, California, and ...

A Santa Cruz band will get the chance to perform at one of the country’s biggest festivals, alongside some of the biggest names in music. The Santa Cruz-based band Drain announced they will play ...

Going to a metal concert can kind of be like taking a trip to the Wild West: you never know exactly what's in store for you. Take, for example, California-based metal act DRAIN's recent show. There, a ...

Santa Cruz thrashy hardcore band Drain signed to Epitaph back in 2021, and now they’ve finally announced their first album for the label (and second overall), Living Proof. It was produced by Taylor ...

Santa Cruz thrashy hardcore band Drain released one of 2020’s best punk albums with their debut LP on Revelation, California Cursed, and now they’ve followed it with a new single, “Watch You Burn.” ...

Hardcore does not usually begin with coffee. But for DRAIN vocalist Sammy Ciaramitaro, the most exciting part of launching the band’s biggest headlining tour yet will not be the size of the stages, ...

Santa Cruz-native punk band, Drain, donated nearly $40,000 to support immigrants in Santa Cruz County. Drain ran a "Melt The Ice" fundraiser where they sold T-shirts with the band's name and graphic ...

A couple of songs into Drain's headlining set, the dicks came out. These dicks were balloons -- plastic, a few feet long, with little dangling ballsacks. I don't even know whether they were stage ...

Last year, just as the pandemic was landing, the Santa Cruz band Drain released their debut LP California Cursed, one of 2020's best hardcore albums. Drain, who share members with other Bay Area bands ...