As a seasoned concert-goer, I like to notice the relationship between a band and its fans. But in my experience, I’ve never seen something as natural and fun as the friendship between PUP and their ...

The path to being a successful punk rock band has changed a lot over the years. Twenty years ago before soundcloud, bandcamp and TikTok, a few buddies from school would start a band. They’d practice, ...

Over the last decade, the members of PUP have made careers out of turning their depression into a party. The punk quartet introduced itself as a “pathetic use of potential” with 2013’s scrappy, ...

Toronto punk rockers PUP are one of the best bands working in that particular genre space these days. Although, if we're being honest, their last album (2022's "The Unraveling of PUPTheBand") was kind ...

Rising Toronto punk band Pup isn’t named for a small dog, though its members know it seems that way. The group’s seemingly innocuous name is an acronym for “Pathetic Use of Potential,” which is how ...

It’s a funny thing, being a punk rocker for a living. How does one measure success, when “anti” is a big part of your ethos? Is it releasing your third album (Morbid Stuff, on Friday)? Appearing on ...

Changing a band name is a hard decision. From the Quarrymen to On A Friday, when a band decides to present itself as something new, even if the members stay the same, it takes guts. It's more than a ...

The FADER's longstanding series GEN F profiles emerging artists to know now. In 2015, Stefan Babcock said goodbye to his pet chameleon. Her name was Norman, and she died after her tongue got infected ...

Toronto-based punk band Pup are no strangers to referencing video games in their work, but next week they're set to make their game debut with a cameo appearance in the upcoming Dream Daddy: A Dad ...

As long as punk bands have existed, there has existed, alongside, a quandary: How do you deal with success without betraying your values, without changing who you are? Canadian band PUP formed over a ...