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Ryan Dyer

Ryan Dyer is a Canadian writer, journalist, and photographer who has covered punk, metal, hardcore, and underground music internationally. His writing has appeared in New Noise Magazine, MetalSucks, PopMatters, and Absolute Underground. He is the author of The Underground in China: Metal, Punk, Hardcore and Noise, 2013–2021.

Interviews

Dummy Toys: China’s Hardcore Punk Band on Playing Obscene Extreme

Ryan Dyer Aug 31, 2026

Dummy Toys made history this year by becoming the first mainland Chinese band to perform at Obscene Extreme Festival (OEF) in more than a decade. The Qingdao hardcore punk band brought its…