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Tag: Cleopatra Records

CHAOS THEORY – Guitar Supremo Michael Ciravolo On Beauty In Chaos – The All Star Musical Collaboration Which Spawned ‘Finding Beauty In Chaos’ And New Re-Mix Album ‘Beauty Re-Envisioned’

June 28, 2019

Born of frustration at the lack of space his guitar parts were getting on the last Human Drama record, Michael Ciravolo‘s Beauty In Chaos started as a…

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STOP YOUR MESSIN’ AROUND – Neville And Christine Sugary Staple On 40 Years Of 2Tone, Knife Crime and The Specials’ New Album

April 1, 2019

For those old enough to remember, culturally and politically 1979 was shaping up to be a pretty grim and demoralising year. In February Sid Vicious…

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International Rock Collective Sontaag Release Hawkwind Cover ‘Silver Machine’ feat. Nik Turner

March 10, 2019

International rock collective Sontaag, whose conceptually ambitious, eponymous debut album (a sonically cinematic, cross-generic space opera) arrived into the progressive firmament to critical acclaim in 2014, are finally set to re-establish contact with our much-troubled earthly realm.

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REBEL ROUSERS – Neville and Christine Sugary Staple Team Up With Specials’ Guitarist Roddy Byers On New Rude Rebels Release

September 11, 2018

Neville and Christine Sugary Staple have reunited with Specials‘ guitarist Roddy Byers, aka Roddy Radiation, for a new single and album. The single’s release was…

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UNFINISHED EX-JUNKIE BUSINESS – Waldos’ Walter Lure On Heroin, The Heartbreakers And Comeback Album ‘Wacka Lacka Boom Bop A Loom Bam Boo’

August 17, 2018

Walter Lure has a mouth like a machine gun and he’s not afraid to shoot it off. Back with his first album in 24…

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DOCTOR BEAT – Punk Icon Rat Scabies on The Damned, Drumming And His ‘Indulgent’ Debut Solo Album ‘PHD’

May 31, 2018

More than 40 years after The Damned lit the blue touch paper for the punk rock revolution, original drummer Rat Scabies is busier than…

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OLD ROMANTICS – Early Duran Demos Reveal Edgier Sound Under Leadership Of Former Frontman And Songsmith Andy Wickett

May 1, 2018

The history of popular music is littered with performers who quit, or more often, were ousted, from bands just as they were on the…

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BELA LUGOSI’S READ – Drummer Kevin Haskins’ New Book Relives His Years With Goth Rockers Bauhaus

April 8, 2018

Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins was behind the kit for one of the most iconic groups of the late ’70s and early ’80s. Now he’s got…

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Nik Turner Releases New Album ‘Space Fusion Odyssey’

October 19, 2015

The legend that is Nik Turner has released a new album, ‘Space Fusion Odyssey’. The album is the follow-up to 2013’s ‘Space Gypsy’, the most acclaimed album of his solo career.

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Executive Slacks, The Complete Recordings!

July 6, 2015

Hailing from Philadelphia in the 80s, groundbreaking post-punk, proto-industrial outfit, Executive Slacks, were forerunners of their time.

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Exclusive Interview with Nik Turner

April 30, 2015

Nik Turner is both fascinating and inspirational. Here’s our interview with him.

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