Ravagers

Part Hanoi Rocks, part their skanky selves, meet the band soundtracking the end of the world.

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Ravagers are the US's greatest post-apocalyptic rock'n'roll band. I dunno if you realise this, but it's over, man. The good guys lost.

"I thought it was a cool concept," says Ravagers main man Alex Hagen from his hotel in Spain, where the band are on tour. "The name reminded me of a seventies exploitation grindhouse movie where the world is over, and there's just rabid gangs of crazy people on the streets. I related that a lot to the neighborhood I lived in in Baltimore when I started the band."

End-of-the-world vibes, long hair, tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars, Ravagers have everything you need for your next street rumble. Half Hanoi Rocks, half back-alley punk rock marauders, they formed a decade ago after the dissolution of Hagen's former band the Living Wrecks.