A new book on American punk paints the movement as the last gasp of...
Source: Jacobin
BYALEXANDER BILLET
Review of We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America, by Kevin Mattson (Oxford University Press, 2020).
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A Certain Ratio on Ian Curtis, Martin Hannett, Grace Jones and a new album
‘People in raincoats with short hair were going ‘what the f***’s this?’ ’
Factory legends A Certain Ratio on Curtis, Martin Hannett, Grace Jones and a new album
Source: The...
When Punk & Reggae Fans Launched the “Rock Against Racism”
Source: Open Culture, June 17th, 2020
The UK of the late-70s was, in many unfortunate respects, like the UK (and US) of today, with far-right attacks against West Indian and...
The Sisters and The Cult
Source: SistersFan August 11, 2020
Looking at links between the two biggest bands to come out of West Yorkshire in the 1980's, including a detailed look at the time a...
What happened when goth went metal: an oral history
Source: Louder Sound May 21, 2020
By Dave Everley (Classic Rock)
A look at the rise of goth metal, which saw some early goths elbowed into the margins or disappearing completely,...
First foreign band to play North Korea is famed for its ‘fascism’
Source: The Conversation August 18, 2015
The 70th anniversary of the Korean peninsula’s liberation from colonial Japan is being celebrated in Pyongyang with two concerts by the Slovenian rock band Laibach....
Oi! – The Truth by Garry Bushell
Source: Wayback Machine
“We stand for punk as bootboy music. Oi! is working class, and if you’re not working class you’ll get a kick in the bollocks.” – Stinky Turner, 1980.
“Loud,...
The Sound and The Fury — 40 years without Ian Curtis
Playlist | Ian Curtis' influences -- such as Bowie in his Berlin phase, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Velvet Underground, Nick Drake -- and Joy Division. By Daniel Lansky
How Ronnie James Dio saved Black Sabbath
Source: Louder
By Paul Elliott | 2020 Feb 18
Black Sabbath might have lost Ozzy, but they recruited Dio and make one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time
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