Fans of the Clash who are bored with the U.S.A. should maybe head to Spain, where they can hang out in a plaza dedicated to the band’s front man, Joe Strummer. That’s right, “Plaza de Joe Strummer” is now a thing.
Basically, some residents of the southern city of Granada really wanted [...]
I spent a fair amount of the holidays rediscovering the timeless genius of Wire’s late 70’s punk/post punk/art rock triptych of Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154 and I’d have to say, those three albums will never get old for me.
This 1979 set for the German TV series RockPalast, taped between Chairs Missing
and 154, [...]
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BY Jason Gross
Even beyond the Sex Pistols and the Clash, anarchist collective Crass was the most resolute British punk group, demanding concrete social action through incendiary DIY albums like Stations of the Crass, protest rallies and subversive media campaigns. Internal friction tore the group apart in 1984, but in 2007, cofounder [...]
Hey all,
You can now buy and download Generation Indigo by Poly Styrene from here :
http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/generation-indigo-exclusive/id428317002
Hope you will enjoy the music!
TV SMITH & The Valentines Playing ‘The Best Of The Adverts!’
Date – Friday 18st March
Tickets – £10 adv
Doors – 18:00
Age Restriction – 14+
TV Smith rose to prominence in the first wave of British punk rock as singer and songwriter for the Adverts who, after frequent early appearances at the [...]
The Prodigy returned this year selling over a million copies of new album ‘Invaders Must Die’ and playing a string of devastating live shows across the world that turn any gig into a festival and any festival into an snarling, pogoing orgy of full on rave power.
So with the world at their feet, the bar [...]
