

A massive piece of Ramones history is up for sale – a sprawling, 6,420-square-foot space at at 6 E. 2nd St. in New York City where the Ramones played one of their earliest shows in 1975 The three-floor loft was owned by Arturo Vega, whom Dee Dee once called the band’s “evil mom,” and was […]Continue Reading

FEATURED ARTIST The New Sound Of London Punk The Location: Bow, East London The Lineup: Bobby Vylan, Bob13 Vylan (pronounced “Villain”) The Sound: Grime influenced Afro London Punk The Comparison: Slaves, Ho99o9 Bob Vylan self-released their latest EP ‘We Live Here’ via Bandcamp after having trouble getting the music industry on board as they told […]Continue Reading

Punk rock’s roots can be traced back as early as 1969 when MC5 screamed “Kick Out The Jams Mother Fucker’. Their anti-establishment lyrics and aggressive style of stripped-to-the-bone rock inspired bands such as the Stooges and The New York Dolls – bands who were punk in spirit before the genre even had a name. Most commentators however would […]Continue Reading
Hailing from Brisbane, Australia modern day riot grrls Blussh has release new single Better Than ThisContinue Reading

Riot Fest, 2020 like every other major live event in the World has been postponed until next year – thank, of course, to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The good news however is that the Chicago based Riot Fest returns in 2021 (September 17th-19th) with a mega line up. My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins, Run the […]Continue Reading

For more than four decades British journalist, musician, filmmaker and professor, Vivien Goldman, has been front and centre in the world of punk music. Now living in Jamaica and nearing her 70s, Vivien is showing no signs of stopping! Defining the rise of punk can be a colourful conversation. Punk has always been a platform […]Continue Reading

Up-Cycled Punk T-Shirts & Customised nursing clothes that don’t suck! The ‘do-it-yourself’ attitude has always been firmly ingrained in the psyche of the punk mindset. Don’t wait for it to happen. Don’t rely on anyone else to do it for you. Just do it yourself! It was that perspective, combined with compassion, determination, a core […]Continue Reading

Way back in the mid-70s, an exciting new trend crawled its way off the streets and into our living rooms. It was grimy, intense, raw, and loud. Unfiltered and unaffected by all of the usual restrictions of the music industry – it was punk, the start of something completely new. Like many cultural movements, the […]Continue Reading

The DJ and musician, 64, on being black and British, finding a scene, and why punk’s not dead Jamaican people love country and western. My first musical memory is sitting at home with my dad, listening to incarnations of what would become reggae on his sound system. But as well as Prince Buster, and Toots and the Maytals, my […]Continue Reading

FEATURED ARTIST The Location: South East London/ Essex The Line up: Georgia South, Amy Love The Sound: Kick Ass Urban Grime Punk The Comparison: Ho99o9, Skunk Anansie. The Nova Twins want to bring punk to a new audience, a new generation. The music may have evolved, the message may be slightly different but the attitude remains steadfast […]Continue Reading