Rebellion 2018 Double CD : A 50 track double CD of bands debuting at this August’s Rebellion Festival Introducing Stage is now available. For free streaming on our Bandcamp page ….. the CD will be released early August (assuming they get pressed  in time) and will be on sale outside the Introducing Stage and also at the pre-shows and after shows and the local store Records n Relics ….. Hope you enjoy it – we think there are some brilliant tracks from some ace bands – can’t wait to see them live – check out their stage times on the

JSNTGM on Bandcamp : Thanks to the hard work and diligent efforts of UK Nige (SICK56) all the labels’ releases are now FREE OF CHARGE for unlimited listening on our  page. https://jsntgmrecords.bandcamp.com/music As well as all the old releases this includes our compilation CD’s such as the Ugly Truths About Blackpool 1 and 2 and the Rebellion 2017 and 2018 releases. We are constantly tinkering to make this a good and accessible resource so any feedback on how we can improve it is appreciated (andy @ jsntgm. com – without the spaces)

Blackpool Rox II : the printed version of the long running fanzine which in its earlier incarnations (Blackpool Rox and Rox) stretched back to the heady days of a pre-Blairist Labour government and the dawn of Thatcherism is proving to be a bit too much of a challenge. We have compiled interviews from bands such as The X-Ray Eyes, No Thrills and Adult Magic  but owing to a lack of human bandwidth and repeat occurrences of TBD we have been unable to get BRII issue 12 sorted. TBH the prospect of printing off and hoiking around hundreds of copies to

Litterbug : 4 track EP on Red Vinyl ‘Countdown to Schadenfreude’ is now available. Recorded in one afternoon session at Rock Hard (Blackpool) and mixed by Alan Gregson (West Orange) somewhere in France this new release captures the inner workings of The Stuart Diggle Experience at its angular best. The quirky trio continue spreading their non-linear perspectives to audiences throughout the UK and mainland Europe with dates available from their Facebook Page : @litterbugblackpool Events. Buy Now

Hello from Rox Towers on The Gold Coast in The Entertainment Capital of the World. There are a few new JSNTGM releases from Litterbug, Stay Clean Jolene and In Dire Fucking Straits out in June / July 2017. Rebellion 2017 CD : After lengthy discussion JSNTGM will also be releasing a compilation of new bands from this year’s Rebellion Festival. Hopefully this will be the first in an annual a document of the many new bands that come to Blackpool each summer. All these bands can be checked out live on the Introducing Band Stage this August. Also check out

Sorry for the delay in updating – the Black Dog took up residence in ‘Rox Towers’ for a few months but now thankfully seems to be on its way. The ‘Saturday Morning Punk Rock Show’ (SMPRS …)The ‘Saturday Morning Punk Rock Show’ (SMPRS) is our latest DIY offering – recorded on an I-Phone every Saturday morning strangely enugh. The Ghost of the North West Coast (GOTNWC) pretty much runs the show and is always happy to take requests …. 18 ‘Ghosts of the North West Coast’ SMPRS 1 – Shake it Off (Taylor Swift)SMPRS 2 – Holiday in Cambodia, Moon

Apologies for the lack of information lately, things have been moving slowly but hopefully they are now clicking back into place. FYI we raised £250 for Streetlife from the last issue of Blackpool Rox. We are starting to work on the next issue, if you have anything you would like to submit please get in touch here. Stay Clean Jolene – have a new drummer whose first outing will be supporting Dillinger 4 at the Dome on the 28th April. We will be working the SCJ merchandise stand on the night so please come up check out the band’s CD,

Blackpool Rox Fanzine – Streetlife Charity The new issue (number 10) of Blackpool Rox II fanzine is absolutely dribbling out J – possibly 1 or 2 a week ! It’s £2 a copy with £1 from each copy also going to local charity Streetlife (www.justgiving.com/streetlife and www.wearestreetlife.org) get them at local gigs or via PayPal (andy@jsntgm.com) – please add £1 for postage – or by snail mail c/o the usual ROX TOWERS, FY3 etc. address. This issue includes interviews with Stay Clean Jolene, Epic Problem, Pete Walsh from Milo books, Punk Football ….. Blackpool Music Festival is coming around next

Rebellion 2015 – Blackpool Rox Fanzine – Streetlife Charity Over 200 bands are playing at the annual Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool this weekend. It’s the biggest punk festival in the world and brings a lot of good things to the town. The full line up www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up/stages and the energy it creates means lots of other gigs are taking place every night and day in pubs and clubs, all around the town centre. This year Rebellion is supporting the local Blackpool charity Streetlife – the charity is being badly affected by the austerity cuts so it is a worthwhile cause

Upcoming releases include Stay Clean Jolene’s S/T album (JSNTGM 028) – will be released on CD in conjunction with Bombed Our Records from Leeds, and the vinyl will be released courtesy of Drunken Sailor (UK) and Dead Broke (US). The delay is purely down to the backlog at the pressing plant but I can assure you that it will be worth the wait as it is a great record. Really looking forward to getting it out. SCJ are playing this Friday 26th September at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge with Snuff and Mr Shiraz- should be a cracker. After their first appearance

Things have been extremely busy at Rox Towers lately – it’s all reviews, releases, gigs, a new issue of Blackpool Rox and our General Election campaign in Blackpool South – read on. Our two latest releases are both doing really well. All the reviews for The Stay Clean Jolene’s album have been terrific – even Razorcake liked it FFS ! The boys are busy writing material for their follow up album and will be playing the Scene Better Days Fest in Leeds on July 11th the Summer Monster Mash Fest Stamford Lincolnshire June 20th. Soon after their sojourn to some

The latest interview in the ‘Never Mind the Politics, Here’s the Music’ with Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys – Lard – Guantanamo School of Medicine) is available on  – two x 10 minute videos covering everything from the politics of the counterculture and the emergence of punk ……. to its corporatisation during the 90’s and beyond. All Jello’s answers were unrehearsed first takes straight off the bat – pretty amazing really. The debut 7” single by Stay Clean Jolene (jsntgm 026) is available …. 3 track e.p. is released in conjunction with our friends at Drunken Sailor (UK), Eager Beaver (Japan)

Keeping you all posted in what is going on in the world of justsaynotogovernmentmusic records. We are filming a series of interviews for our documentary project ‘Never Mind the Politics – Here’s The Music’. First up is Tim Smith (The Adverts, Cheap, TV Smith and the Valentines) – and we are currently editing interviews with Jello Biafra, Dick Lucas, Steve Drewett, John Robb and they should be on line soon. With people asking ‘where are the modern protest songs ?’ and ‘what has happened to political music?’ is politics disappearing from popular music culture ? Check out the links below

This the first in a series of interviews with influential musicians filmed by Andy Higgins and Steve Pennington. First up is TV Smith – (The Adverts, Cheap, TV Smith and the Valentines) filmed at Rebellion Festival Blackpool …. soon to be followed by interviews with Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys, Lard, Guantanamo School of Medicine), Dick Lucas (Subhumans, Culture Shock, Citizen Smith), Steve Drewett (Newtown Neurotics), John Robb (Membranes, Goldblade) and lots more.The Project – With questions such as, ‘where are the modern protest songs ?’ and ‘what has happened to political music?’ becoming increasingly common, there is a growing realisation

We are pleased to announce that Zounds are re-visiting the little homestead of Blackpool on Sunday April 29th 2012.Zounds last reformed played Blackpool in August 1996 at the inaugural Holidays in the Sun festival. Releasing records from the late 1970’s on the Crass label, Rough Trade and more recently on Over-ground Records Zounds are one of the most interesting and original bands to have emerged from the UK anarchist punk scene. Zounds are playing at the Talbot Club on Sunday 29th April with support from Litterbug (Blackpool), Hated Til Proven (Manchester) and Privileged Word (Blackpool).