I don\’t know where I had heard about Throbbing Gristle but I had just got a catalogue through from Mute Records and there was a big re-release program going on where they had all of the bands albums available so Read more…
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I think, and I am sure I am not alone, that The Kinks seriously rival The Beatles as the most important and influential of any British band. I think in some respects they outclass the Liverpudlians — there is definitely Read more…
To say that Siouxsie Sioux is as cool as fuck seems as unnecessary as saying that grass is green. When I first heard Cities In Dust coming out of the speakers it was strangely on a Now That\’s What I Read more…
I got this album as part of a twofer tape that a friend did for me — the other side having Swervedriver on it. It was fucking great. There was this trip that we were on to the National Gallery Read more…
Once again you find weird routes to people — where did I find Polly Jean Harvey? A Canadian Music show they used to show on Anglia television at 2 in the morning. She was sitting in the window of a Read more…
I want to come out in support of Amy Winehouse. She is rock and roll. The naysayers? A bunch of cunts — seriously, an absolute, twenty-four carat guaranteed group of chuff-boxes. From the opening track of her first album through Read more…
Jimi, Jim, Janice, Brian Jones and Kurt Cobain — all members of the 27 club. At one point it was an idiotic belief that I\’d be joining them: thank god that didn\’t work out. I can sing but I don\’t Read more…
How big might Blind Melon have become if Shannon Hoon their frontman hadn\’t died? Change group name and change singer name and it seems you have to ask this question too much. I feel like I got in on the Read more…
You really have to fight sometimes to maintain how cool The Doors are, and that sometimes strikes me as odd. But then you have to consider that they hardly have an unsullied reputation — Morrison did as much to damage Read more…
From every relationship that I have ever had I have taken away something at the end of it that has become an integral part of who I am. It can be a book, a film, or some music. I got Read more…