For nearly 15 years, Ben Cook was a guitarist in a band with a very intentional and focused aesthetic: Fucked Up, the Canadian hardcore heroes whose DIY approach, visual consistency and commitment to ...

Ben Cook, formerly of Fucked Up and currently of the great reactivated Toronto hardcore band No Warning, used to make solo music under the names Young Governor and Young Guv. Now, he's just Guv. Later ...

UPDATE Friday, November 1, 4 PM: Line-up has changed for both concerts and Vivian Girls and Young Guv will not be performing either show. Refunds available at point of purchase; visit the Empty Bottle ...

Next weekend, Run For Cover Records is supposed to hold its revived Something In The Way festival at the Boston venue Roadrunner. If the entire East Coast is still buried under ice by then, I don't ...

Young Guv (Ben Cook) has released “Nervous Around U,” the final single prior to the release of his forthcoming album GUV IV, out June 24 via Run For Cover Records and Hand Drawn Dracula (Canada). The ...

When he's not melting faces as part of genre-bending hardcore vets Fucked Up, Ben Cook explores the sonic wilderness on his own with his Young Guv project. This Friday, he's releasing Guv II through ...