That time Robert Fripp and Peter Hammill played in the Stranglers
JJ Burnel, Richard Jobson and John Ellis on the cover of ‘The Stranglers and Friends Live in Concert’ Busted for possession of various drugs late…
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Boy George presents Captain Sensible and Lene Lovich in grossout animal rights film ‘Meathead’
The bad news first: the episode of Boy George’s nineties talk show Blue Radio on which Poly Styrene appeared, though she said she almost didn’t…
Apocalypso: Watch Stiv Bators & the Lords of the New Church implode during their infamous final gig
Although they never really seemed to quite enter the posthumous pantheon of great late and lamented post-punk bands like, say, the Gun Club, and are…
The Gun Club, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Joe Strummer on ‘Art Fein’s Poker Party’
Art Fein, Bull Moose Jackson and Paul Body, 1985 (via Another Fein Mess) You know what they say: “Ain’t no YouTube rabbit hole like an…
Brian Eno, Debbie Harry play movie soundtracks on ex-Strangler Hugh Cornwell’s internet radio show
The March 3, 1979 issue of ‘Record Mirror’ Last summer, I posted clips from MrDeMilleFM, the new internet radio venture of former Stranglers singer and…
Jello Biafra and his father interviewed at the ‘Frankenchrist’ obscenity trial
Jello Biafra in court, 1987 (via Heather Harris Photography) In December 1985, a Southern Californian teenager named Tammy Scharwath bought the Dead Kennedys’ latest album,…
For an unbelievable trove of indie/punk bootlegs from the 1980s, the McKenzie Tapes has you covered
Any music fan from the New York City area knows what an important part of the city’s music scene Maxwell’s was, until recently located in…
Sheffield Tape Archive, one-stop shop for the Gun Club, Rudimentary Peni, the Fall and Pulp
The 1985 compilation ‘Sheffield Calling’ (via Sheffield Tape Archive) Sheffield Tape Archive collects demos and live tapes recorded in Sheffield and its environs between 1977…
Punk mystery solved: the face in the Discharge logo is Mark Stewart of the Pop Group
One item you might have missed in the neverending news tsunami of the past couple years: the quadrisected, photocopied face in the Discharge logo belongs…
When Johnny Thunders endorsed Jesse Jackson’s presidential bid in song
Let it be said that I had this, at least, in common with Johnny Thunders: we both supported Jesse Jackson’s candidacy in 1988. I was…