Al Barile, co-founding guitarist of the influential Boston hardcore band SSD and a lifelong figurehead of the straight-edge ...

Al Barile, guitarist for the pioneering hardcore band SSD, has died at the age of 63 after a battle with colon cancer. Read ...

Al Barile, guitarist and creative force behind the early Boston hardcore band SSD, has passed away. As Pitchfork reports, Barile’s wife Nancy Barile writes that he died on Sunday. In 2022, Barile ...

Boston hardcore legend Al Barile, best known as the guitarist for SSD (Society System Decontrol), has passed away aged 63. In a heartfelt tribute posted to the band’s Instagram, his wife Nancy praised ...

A fixture of Boston’s hardcore scene, Barile’s lyrics and famed onstage presence directly inspired the youth crew movement in tandem with Minor Threat and 7 Seconds ...

Barile's group was a linchpin of the drink-and-drug-shunning straight-edge scene of the early 1980s that also included ...

Terrible news: Al Barile, guitarist of Boston hardcore legends SS Decontrol (aka SSD ), has died. His wife Nancy Barile writes: ...

As the drummer in the Yardbirds, Jim McCarty has a unique perspective on rock history: He’s seen it all from the rear. “My ...

At 81, Jim McCarty loves playing the greatest hits of The Yardbirds, but he knows today’s fans also like to hear tales of the ...

Pop icon Kylie Minogue is bringing her Tension Tour to Boston's TD Garden on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.

The half-hour documentary is a reworked version of a feature of the same name, which debuted at the Boston Film Festival in ...

Young was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2012 and retired from making music for a time, according to Ultimate Classic Rock.