David Philp (centre right) with the Automatics

AUTOMATICS FOR THE PEOPLE – David Philp On The Dangers Of Being A Punk, His Japanese Revival, Selling The Film Rights To His Life Story AND Upsetting Queen’s Freddie Mercury

It’s 1978 and as the frontman of up and coming punk upstarts The Automatics David Philp seemingly has it all. The band’s single When…

LEG-ENDS IN THEIR OWN LIFETIMES – New Book Chronicles The Music & Misadventures of Punk Misfits & Latter Day Netflix Stars Johnny Moped

It’s a testament to Johnny Moped’s sheer oddness that they stood out in a late ‘70s punk scene overly populated by strange and unusual individuals.

Boasting a ranting frontman whose mother-in-law banned him from gigs, a pair of Berks for a rhythm section and a Slimy Toad on guitar, they were the unlikeliest of rock stars.

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HOT CHIPS – Dublin’s The Black Pitts Resurrect The Ramones’ CBGBs Sound On ‘Nevada Jacks’

The Pitts clearly share da Brudders’ love of aggressive short songs and strong melodies.

CONCEPTUAL ART – Professor And The Madman Resurrect Prog-Rock On New Album ‘Seance’

Professor and the Madman are not a band you could accuse of lacking ambition. Seance, their fourth album and second to feature the much…

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CONJURING THE SPIRIT OF THE PAST- Professor And The Madman’s Sean Elliott On The Quartet’s New 1970s-Inspired Concept Album ‘Seance’

Though mostly written and recorded before the waking nightmare we’ve come to know as 2020, Professor and the Madman’s new album seems oddly prescient….

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PHARMAGEDDON – Paranoid Visions’ Peter Jones On Anarchy, Irish Punk And COVID-19

Ireland’s longest running punk band, Paranoid Visions formed in Dublin in 1981.

Heavily influenced by UK anarcho-punks like Crass and Flux of Pink Indians – they operate outside the mainstream music industry, releasing music under their own label FOAD (Fuck Off And Die).

THE DAMNED UNITED – Scabies and Gray Back On Stage Together As Professor And The Madman Rock The 100 Club

What better venue than London’s 100 Club for the on stage revival of what many regard as the The Damned’s best ever rhythm section.

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

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…

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

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

PHANTOM MENACES – Divine Sorcery Or Frightful Mess? The Damned Unleash ‘Evil Spirits’ Their First Album In 10 Years

Coming 10 years after its predecessor – and with David Bowie‘s right hand man Tony Visconti in the producer’s chair – there were naturally big expectations…

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NEAT NEAT NEAT – Punk Legends The Damned Summon Their Evil Spirits To Smash It Up At London’s Camden KOKO

The Damned’s place in history is secured as one of the triumvirate of London bands that kick-started the punk rock revolution. And yet despite being…