Former Dead Boys frontman Jake Hout, who left the band at the weekend, has hit out at his former employers, claiming that artificial intelligence has been used to generate new vocals in the style of ...

Cleveland, Ohio - A rock ‘n’ roll badass. A punk provocateur. That crazy guy who would roll around on stage, pretend to hang himself with his microphone chord and sing about sordid sex, serial killers ...

On Monday (Nov. 25), Cleveland punk crew Dead Boys, who formed in 1976, announced a new album helmed by original guitarist Cheetah Chrome with an all-star lineup: Cheetah on guitar and vocals, Clem ...

Jake Hout, the current singer of the Dead Boys has left the band. He states that the split is due to Dead Boys' current label, Cleopatra, wanting to release a record with "Stiv Bators' Voice" as ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- He was a rock 'n' roll troublemaker. A punk. Always provocative, often confrontational. But there was a very different side to Stiv Bators. Offstage, the Dead Boys singer was ...

This 1977 performance from New York's legendary CBGB's proves why The Dead Boys were the epitome of snotty punk rock. Characterized by Stiv Bator's audience provoking on-stage antics, along with the ...

In 1976, Dave Treat lived in Lakewood on Giel Ave. His neighbor was Stiv Bators, singer in the punk band Frankenstein (that would become the Dead Boys). At that time, Treat was studying photography at ...

Cheetah Chrome‘s current version of Dead Boys will release a new album (name TBA) in 2025 via Celopatra Records, featuring Blondie‘s Clem Burke on drums and Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock on bass, as well ...

When singer Stiv Bators died in 1990, the prospect of a Dead Boys reunion seemed to be snuffed out. “We all agreed that that would be it,” admits drummer Johnny Blitz. “I guess time heals.” Indeed it ...

Justin Savage keeps hitting home runs with his Sunday Slashers film series. He is bringing the Stiv Bators documentary "Stiv: No Compromise, No Regrets" to The Palace on Patten Parkway at 7 p.m.