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Punk: The Last Word review: A star-studded punk encyclopaedia

I f***ing hate the Clash now,” were the first words Chris Sullivan ever said to me, in the refectory at the Ralph West Hall of Residence in Albert Bridge Road, opposite Battersea Park, in August 1978. This was where art students stayed when they first arrived in London, and Sullivan…

Evening Standard

‘All roads lead to Grace Jones’: visual artists on the music that fires them up in the studio

Chris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzing

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"Lady Gaga passes this bottle of Jameson to me, and I just tip the whole bottle over my face. That was a formative moment." Wargasm's Milkie Way makes us a playlist and takes us inside her world of Sabbath, Gaga, Bowie and more

What links Black Sabbath, Tina Turner, The Cramps, Lady Gaga and David Bowie? The excellent music taste of one Milkie Way

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TV tonight: Sally Wainwright’s furious drama about a menopausal punk band

Joanna Scanlan and Lorraine Ashborne crank up the volume in Riot Women. Plus: Fargo meets The Walking Dead in a freaky new series. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Sonny Curtis obituary

Singer and guitarist in the Crickets who wrote hundreds of songs, including I Fought the Law, covered by the Clash

The Guardian - UK

The late DJ Chris Hill galvanised funkateers, brought Black music to the clubs – and got Mick Jones dancing

The legendary Essex DJ, who died earlier this month, was a cultural influencer before there was such a thing. He democratised the dancefloor, fearlessly blended genres and understood the power of personality

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‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga

Videos of frontman Ken Casey confronting rightwing provocateurs at the band’s gigs have gone viral, attracting new fans and new safety worries. He wants to lower the temperature – and see other bands speaking out

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The Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux review – screen encore for punk’s raging heroes

Danny Garcia’s second take on the band’s story looks past their riotous ascent to the gloomier and rather less watchable years that followed

The Guardian - UK

The middle-aged punk rocker who forged a press card to follow the Tour de France

Johnny Green, former road manager of The Clash, followed the Tour in 2004 and wrote one of the most revealing books on the sport you could read.

Cycling Weekly

"I said Never Take Me Alive should be the single and the record company looked at me like, ‘That's commercial suicide!’ Luckily, it was a hit…” Spear Of Destiny's Kirk Brandon on hits, heart attacks and Theatre Of Hate

The indestructible Kirk Brandon on the unlikely origins of Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny and why he really is a dead man walking

Louder

Warzone Clash mode, explained

Deploy into this chaotic, fast-paced mode.

Dot Esports

“Rock’n’roll is like Italian operetta. Everybody dies and loses.” Kirk Brandon looks back on Theatre Of Hate, Spear Of Destiny, heart attacks and his unlikely influences

The indestructible Kirk Brandon on the unlikely origins of Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny

Louder

“The last thing you want to do is play a widdly-widdly riff that’s getting in the way of the vocal”: Those Damn Crows’ Ian ‘Shiner’ Thomas on how to write a No.1 album, what he learned from Nirvana, and the Slipknot riff he wished he wrote

With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song structure, grunge inspirations, and knowing when not to play

MusicRadar

“I had to focus on something or I wouldn’t get through those next few months. I thought of Lennon wearing his army jacket: I went to war against the illness”: The turbulent story of The Alarm, the band who could have been the new U2

The Alarm’s Mike Peters has experienced all the highs and lows life has to offer

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Johnny Green obituary

Other lives: Road manager for the Clash who wrote a book about his time with the punk band

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Everyday people: the parking wardens, estate agents and more who inspired classic songs

After the death of Joe DePugh, the high school baseball player hymned in Springsteen’s Glory Days, we look at the ordinary inspirations for extraordinary hits

The Guardian - UK

‘Society SUCKS!’ The fanatical diary of a teen scribbler who threw herself into punk

Don’t live like everyone else! Angela Jaeger met every act going in punk, in New York and London – and had crushes on them all. Now 65, she talks us through her thrill-filled diaries

Louder

The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs

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Brian James obituary

Guitarist with the punk band the Damned who wrote many of their songs, including their first single, New Rose

Louder

"He built a campfire in the middle of his hotel room. It was kinda cute…" The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned

A fast history of punk legends The Damned. Includes: spit, vomit, cider, sulphate, haunted mansions, and "serious amounts of lunacy".

Guitar World

“One of the true pioneers of music – guitarist, songwriter, and true gentleman”: Brian James, punk rock guitar legend who played with The Damned and The Lords of the New Church, dies at 70

During his brief time with the Damned, James authored songs like New Rose, considered one of the foundational anthems of punk

Motorsport

Welcome to the Madhouse: The wild history of NASCAR at Bowman Gray Stadium

NASCAR's Clash returns to Bowman Gray Stadium, a .25-mile track with a history of chaos and fights. Here's how it earned the nickname 'The Madhouse'

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Tina Turner: Hot for You Baby review – she’s in fine voice, but this lost 1984 song is no classic

Dug out of the vault for a 40th anniversary version of Private Dancer, this glossy rock track gains much-needed rawness from Turner

Louder

“We once did a gig for deaf kids. They sat at the front of the stage, put their ears to the ground and soaked up the vibration. They loved it!”: An epic interview with Angus and Malcolm Young, the heart and soul of AC/DC

AC/DC played their very first gig on New Year’s Eve 1973 – 51 years ago today

Louder

The Clash and Prince to be honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

London punk legends The Clash and and magical Minneapolis maverick Prince to be recognised for their "outstanding artistic significance"

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