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SHOCKING: 2 - What They Never Told You

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

“Jimmy Page once said to me, ‘Have Gibson not been onto you?’ And I said, ‘No, maybe I play too many Strats.’ I think it’s more likely they don’t know who I am”: John Squire opens up on his return to music with Liam Gallagher – and why he’s no guitar hero

The reclusive guitar great invites us to his studio to talk classic riffs, career-ending injuries, what caused the Stone Roses reunion to fizzle out, and why music keeps pulling him back in

Guitar World

"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

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"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

"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

“I never liked it. I never understood it. And it made no difference to the way we played, not for a second”: how Bad Company defied punk to make their classic third album Run With The Pack

In 1976, punk was on the verge of exploding. But rock was far from done – and Bad Company were making a stand with Run With The Pack

Louder

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)

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“I’m not interested in my own angst. I like a good story. Violence. A bit of sex, a bit of drinking, a bit of drugs, y’knoworramean?” A tribute to Shane MacGowan, the genius lyricist who thought the music was more important than the words

As the music of the 80s became more polished, synthesised and over-produced, The Pogues took it back to its rudiments. And at the heart of it was Shane MacGowan and his lyrics: funny, romantic, full of characters and stories

Louder

"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

“Trent Reznor and I were very 'f*** you' about guitars – it was the complete antithesis of what was going on with the era”: Filter's Richard Patrick on developing his unorthodox approach to tone – and his reunion with Nine Inch Nails

One of '90s alt-rock's biggest names reveals the challenges of going from $1,000,000 recording budgets to $20,000 – and why he called in another guitarist to re-record all his parts on the new Filter record

Guitar World

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

15 awful albums by classic bands, from Led Zeppelin to Metallica

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

Peter Silverton obituary

Other lives: Music journalist who became a national newspaper executive

The Guardian - UK

A music tour of New York City: from Hip-Hop to Broadway

When I arrived in New York I asked a local expert what a visitor should see and do on their first time in the city. “Grab a pretzel and wander,” was their quick response. This advice made me smile because instead of feeling overwhelmed by the enormous list of attractions and landmarks that this…

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Zenger

Fat Mike’s Punk Rock Museum In Vegas Celebrates Inclusivity

Museum features artifacts from punk legends like Joe Strummer and Kurt Cobain, and even has a chapel for punk fans to get married.

The Guardian - UK

We Love Glastonbury review – prepare to be jealous of anyone with a ticket

From Jessie Ware enthusing about Jay-Z to Jake Shears welling up at his memory of the festival, there are loads of incredible highlights in this retrospective. Brace for goosebumps

Louder

How The Clash made history by visiting some of Belfast's most divided and violent streets

Punk pioneers The Clash were captured visiting a war-torn, troops-heavy Belfast at the height of the Troubles and it cemented their reputation as a result

Edinburgh Live

Rare footage shows spectacular Edinburgh Clash performance during 1985 busking tour

The video footage shows frontman Joe Strummer singing upside down with bright orange hair as onlookers took in the Clash's performance outside of the Gateway Exchange.

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Remembering the time The Clash turned up in Northern Ireland for a gig, but instead ended up causing a riot

As well as being mistaken for paramilitaries, The Clash's slated 1977 Belfast gig ended up in a kerfuffle that saw punks rioting and the band banned from performing

The Independent UK

The 15 worst albums by classic bands, from Queen to Led Zeppelin

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

The 15 worst albums by classic bands, from Queen to Led Zeppelin

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

The 15 worst albums by classic bands, from Queen to Led Zeppelin

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

Evening Standard

Frank Ocean pulls out of Coachella: here are some of music’s daftest gig mishaps

Frank Ocean’s Coachella ice-rink debacle is just the beginning....

The Guardian - UK

Keith Levene obituary

Guitarist and musician who was a founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd

The Guardian - UK

Keith Levene wrote his own rules for rock guitar

His ambition to ‘use it in different ways’ helped steer PiL’s post-punk to genuinely fresh ground and was a formative influence for both U2 and My Bloody Valentine

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