AbsolutePunk
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 The AbsolutePunk homepage in November 2009. | |
Website type | Music, news, and media |
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| Available in | English |
| Creator | Jason Tate |
| Website | www.absolutepunk.net |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | June 6, 2000 |
| Current status | Defunct (URL now redirects to Chorus.fm) |
| closed April 1, 2016 | |
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url. Replace with website.AbsolutePunk was a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate (the most recent CEO). The website mainly focused on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it was known to feature artists who have eventually achieved crossover success, for example, Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy. The primary musical genres of focus were emo and pop punk, but other genres were included.
AbsolutePunk was acquired by Buzzmedia in 2008. After Buzzmedia filed for bankruptcy, Tate reclaimed the site's domain and name and consequently shut the site down on April 1, 2016.