Tag Archives: punk rock

Album review: RICHIE RAMONE – Live To Tell

Posted on May 3, 2023 by jason
Richie Ramone - Live To Tell

Cargo/Livewire [Release date  21.04.23] If you think of the famed Ramones logo, amongst the four names around the outside you wouldn’t find Richie, however, a Ramone he was, on drumming duty between 1983 and 1987. In fact, the story is … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE KUT – The Six Six Bar, Cambridge, Sunday 20 November 2022

Posted on December 3, 2022 by jason
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It’s been quite the year for The Kut, with leading light Princess Maha having been awarded two song writing awards and latest album GRIT having hit the Number One spot in the rock charts. Rounding off 2022 in celebratory style … Continue reading →

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Album review: TOXIC REASONS – Reissues

Posted on September 4, 2022 by jason
TOXIC REASONS

Kill By Remote Control, Within These Walls, Bullets For You, In The House Of God, No Peace In Our Time, God Bless America Audio Platter [Release date 21.10.22] Formed in Dayton, Ohio, USA, in 1979, Toxic Reasons were a punk … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE VIBRATORS – The Albums 1985-1990

Posted on March 15, 2022 by jason
THE VIBRATORS – The Albums 1985-1990

Captain Oi!/Cherry Red One of the finest bands of the original punk era, the early years of The Vibrators have already been comprehensively collected by Cherry Red in two previous box sets. Their commercially successful years were well behind them … Continue reading →

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Album review: NAKED RAYGUN – Reissues

Posted on October 26, 2021 by jason
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Audio Platter / Plastic Head Chicago punk band Naked Raygun formed in 1980 and their style strongly dipped into post punk and hardcore. They have been an influence on the likes of Dave Grohl and Blink192, and they have toured … Continue reading →

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Book review: Noise Damage by James Kennedy

Posted on October 22, 2020 by jason
Noise Damage by James Kennedy

Eye Books [Publication date 18.10.20] I’ve not just got a passing interest in rock autobiographies. I positively devour them. Pretty much anyone I admire who puts one out these days will tend to end up on my reading list sharpish. … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANGELIC UPSTARTS – The Albums 1979-82

Posted on June 1, 2018 by jason

Captain Oi!/Cherry Red [Release date 27.04.18] It’s quite fitting that a Cherry Red label are releasing this box set of the first five Angelic Upstarts albums, as it was their Anagram Records imprint that released the faultless “Angel Dust” collection … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE LURKING CORPSES – Workin’ For The Devil

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Yiannis
THE LURKING CORPSES - Workin

Hells Headbangers – Out Now. Human being develop many different mechanisms through life in order to cope with and protect themselves from everyday dangers, the most common of which are the application of logic and the trust in one’s git … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAMN VANDALS – Rocket Out Of London

Posted on March 8, 2014 by jason
Damn Vandals - Rocket Out Of Love

[Release date 07.04.14] Damn Vandals are cultivating a sound that is hard to ignore. The band’s urgent take on fuzzed up punk-tinged stoner rock makes you sit up and take notice. Chuck in a dominating vocal delivery with shoutey hints … Continue reading →

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