“I don’t think Joe would’ve been happy retreading any steps he’d made already”: Paul Simonon on why The Clash never reunited The Clash bassist added that he still keeps in touch with his old bandmates Louder · Mar 16, 2024
OPINION - The Roundhouse is the jewel in Camden's crown — and this is why we should support it more As long as I’ve been in London, the Roundhouse has been part of my life. It is as symptomatic of the city as the Post Office Tower, Buck House, the Millennium Wheel or the 100 Club. Not only is it architecturally idiosyncratic (it was declared a National Heritage site in… Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2024
Tension, ego, heroin: How The Clash's epic unreleased double album Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg all but finished them off Combat Rock would gave The Clash their biggest singles, but it was only part of a bigger, more ambitious mothership Louder · Mar 6, 2024
See Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong cover Nirvana in London, as Courtney Love joins him to perform Cheap Trick and Tom Petty classics Love made a guest appearance on three songs MusicRadar · Feb 28, 2024
"I'll never forgive myself for shutting my mouth. From that day on it was never any good": Joe Strummer on the day he knew that The Clash had lost their soul Joe Strummer knew that The Clash's days were numbered long before he fired Mick Jones from the band Louder · Feb 23, 2024
Bob Marley’s penchant for punk Letters: Andrea Beddard-Smith recalls standing behind the reggae legend at a Clash gig The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024
"I'd seen Led Zeppelin, loved it, but you can't touch them: they fly away on a jet plane that says 'Led Zeppelin' on it. The Clash pulled up in a station wagon": Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan on the gig that changed his life forever In October 1979, 15-year-old Michael 'Duff' McKagan attended a punk rock show in Seattle which turned his world upside down Louder · Jan 25, 2024
“Tony Hicks from the Hollies popped into the studio and said, ‘That’s my guitar.’ I thought, ‘F**k me, I’ve bought a stolen Les Paul!’” Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks on the making of their 1978 punk classic, Another Music in a Different Kitchen Fast-paced, big hooks, and one almighty left turn, the Buzzcocks’ incendiary debut is one of the most important punk albums of all time. Here is its story Guitar World · Jan 16, 2024
Machine Gun Kelly to perform halftime show at NASCAR's L.A. Clash The Clash returns to Los Angeles for the third consecutive year. Each year, there's been a mid-race break highlighted by a concert. Motorsport · Jan 14, 2024
"If you stormed in here and said the new record was rubbish, I would probably quit": Joe Strummer's struggle after The Clash Before his death, Joe Strummer could hardly get arrested. After, he was feted as a rock icon. This is the inside story of the solo years of a punk rock warlord Louder · Dec 22, 2023
Gregor Gall: In search of protest songs as popular music leaves a void ‘TOO many protest singers/Not enough protest songs.” So sang Scots former Orange Juice frontperson, Edwyn Collins, on his 1994 hit single, A… The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2023
Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend, dies aged 65 One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023
"We have one rule: you can have body punches and choke-holds and throw bottles at each other, but we never crack each other in the face": What happens when bands fight The 40 bitterest bust-ups in rock history: From fisticuffs to wars of words to litigation and beyond, rock'n'roll’s divorce courts are packed with ire and animosity: Louder · Nov 17, 2023
Ian Brown pays tributes to former Stone Roses bassist Pete Garner following his death aged 61 Brown, 60, took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to remember his friend and former bandmate Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2023
Guitar World · Nov 3, 2023 “Springsteen taught me how to write songs, but Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Jr., Fugazi and Sonic Youth taught me how to play those songs I’d learned to write”: Brian Fallon is breaking out the guitar solos for The Gaslight Anthem’s second coming Brian Fallon and co. bring the noise – and the solos – on their first album since reforming. And they invited Bruce Springsteen along for the ride
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023 ‘More delay! More reverb!’ UK dub legends Creation Rebel return after 40 years With their audio collages and intergalactic scope, the group wowed the British punk scene. Back with longtime producer Adrian Sherwood, they explain their new album confronting ‘hostile environment’ policies
Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2023 Robert Peston and Ed Balls perform with new band Centrist Dad The ITV political editor sang songs by The Sex Pistols, Blondie and The Clash
Louder · Aug 19, 2023 “My brother was into Yes but it didn’t speak to me. They knew too many chords!” He was a punk hero, while her dad was Kevin Ayers and Daevid Allen was her babysitter. How Galen Ayers turned Paul Simonon onto prog 2023's unlikeliest duo discuss art as inspiration, Hendrix's guitar and the forthcoming Kevin Ayers’ reissues
Louder · Aug 16, 2023 "It was the punk gig of dreams": what happened when The Clash brought Buzzcocks, The Slits and Subway Sect to Manchester On May 1, 1977, The Clash started their first ever UK tour. A week later they played at the Electric Circus in Manchester, a night that changed the lives of those lucky enough to be there
Louder · Aug 13, 2023 30 musicians on the album that changed their life as a kid Members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and more reveal the albums that set them on the path to rock stardom
Louder · Aug 2, 2023 "If I can't sing it with conviction then it doesn't matter, I can’t do it": What happened when Rush met the Manic Street Preachers At the end of 2007, there was a clash of cultures as Welsh rockers the Manic Street Preachers went head to head with Rush and probed their inner secrets
The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023 Peter Silverton obituary Other lives: Music journalist who became a national newspaper executive
Metal Hammer · Jul 12, 2023 10 terrible punk albums with one classic song These punk albums are stinkers that only a mother could truly love, but each features one redeeming, gleaming diamond in the dirt
Daily Mirror · Jul 6, 2023 Ray Winstone reveals he's given up smoking after 44 years as he overhauls his lifestyle Infamous Hollywood hard man Ray Winstone has spoken about his health and wellbeing over the years, and admitted he kicked his smoking habit because he ‘didn’t enjoy it anymore’
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023 The best songs for a funeral? Please, anything but My Way Letters: Readers respond to a report on the most popular music for send-offs – and share their own choices