Michael "Bam-Bam" Sversvold was a legendary presence on the Phoenix underground, having powered his way into the spotlight as the hyperactive force of nature attacking his drums at age 14 with the ...

This week's print edition of Phoenix New Times features a little slice of Phoenix skate punk history, with key players in the early days of seminal band JFA discussing Phoenix, skating, and the punk ...

In 1981, Phoenix punk band J.F.A. (a.k.a. Jodie Foster’s Army) released the Blatant Localism EP on Placebo Records. Remarkably brief — the entire record clocks in at six minutes, 34 seconds — the ...

Complete Control Radio, the weekly punk rock show hosted by Joe Sib of SideOneDummy on Indie 103.1 will be talking with the old school skate punk band JFA who have been going strong since 1981.

Mike "Bam-Bam" Sversvold — the founding drummer of hardcore punks JFA, who also played in other Phoenix, AZ-area acts like Mighty Sphincter, Soothsayer and Rabid Rabbit — has died. His former JFA ...