Higgins + The Magic of the Marketplace – rADICALISED BY rADIO EP (JSNTGM 043) in recent years I’ve spent most of my time playing in bands, focusing on other peoples’ music. That said I do still scribble down a lot of my own ideas for new songs but rarely find time to record them let …
John grew up in Anchorsholme and attended Collegiate and Blackpool Sixth. After reading about the emerging punk rock scene in the music press in 1976 he was inspired to start his own band. He supports BFC stating in January 2013, “I was born in Blackpool and supporting your local team is one of those things that gets …
Today it’s the Rolls Court in London …… As it turned out to be it was the start of the end ….. we had a few laughs a few beers and celebratory night with 2 great punk bands The Great St Louis and Dillinger 4 .. My Thoughts and Recollections from April 28th 2016 … …
Another Day in Court …. courtesy of those Lovely Oystons ! Read More »
This interview was conducted over Tim Berners Lee’s digital platform during January 2021 …… I first started getting to know Robbie as he was a regular poster on the BFC (Blackpool FC) supporters message board (A View From The Tower) AVFTT . Only in recent years have I got to know him better : firstly …
We are so pleased to play a very small part helping with this excellent release from Tired Radio. The original CD and download was released in August 2020 and this follow up 12” on pink vinyl is spearheaded by the relentless David from the excellent Engineer Records along with seven other labels Sinking Ship Records, …
This is an interview conducted with Steve over e-mail Oct / Nov 2020. You may be familiar with the excellent Hey Suburbia ! podcasts put together by Steve https://www.scannerzine.com/hey-suburbia-podcast if not please check them out you won’t be disappointed ….. Steve …. we were first in contact when you lived in Norwich back in the …
Welcome to 2020’s Rebellion Compilation featuring bands from Italy, Brazil, USA, Chile, Mexico, South Korea, France, Indonesia, Norway, Russia, Israel and the four countries of the UK … thanks to Johnny Wah Wah for pulling together all the 51 bands, thanks to the bands for the eclectic mix of songs, sounds and ideas and providing …
Malcolm Owen born under the Sagittarian sun on 12 December 1953 sadly only enjoyed 26 full revolutions of our nearest star leaving this earthly realm during his 27th year on 14 July 1980. In 2010 John Robb penned an excellent article on Quietus https://thequietus.com/articles/04432-the-ruts-malcolm-owen-30-year-anniversary covering Owen’s tragic exit and explaining why he thought Malcolm Owen …
RIP Malcolm Owen – Vocalist of UK Punk Band The Ruts Read More »
Just Say No To Government are pulling together tracks for the next edition of The Ugly Truth About Blackpool – Volume 3. The previous releases in this series The Ugly Truth About Blackpool Volume 1 and Volume 2 featured bands / artists from 1977 up until 2006 so it’s about time to pull together a …
New 16 track album (inclusing 4 bonus tracks from the Countdown to Sschadenfreude ep) available on limited edition 12” translucent green vinyl, CD and download. Excerpts from Reviews : Mark Cartwright – (loud hacker / the punksite) this album is by far their best yet, it feels as if everything before this was the cultivation …
LITTERBUG : Abstract Melodies Saying Terrible Things (JSNTGM 40) 12” CD Download Read More »
