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Swedish Punk Rockers ACID BLOOD Take it ‘To The Grave’

By Tracey Moyle July 9, 2020

Swedish music has evolved in a frenzy, purging distant memories of pop driven ABBA or Roxette for good, with ACID BLOOD crashing onto the scene with their hardcore blend of Punk and Thrash emitting enough intensity to make your ears bleed. Continue Reading

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OH SO PRETTY! ICONIC PUNK POSTER ART.

By Matt W July 9, 2020

Punk had a unique and complex image. It was meant to shock, disturb and disrupt the norm. Outside of punk’s ripped and safety pinned anti-fashion this impulse to outrage was never more apparent than on punk poster art. Sex Pistols, Never Mind The Bollocks Poster, 1977 This iconic Jamie Reid designed, acid yellow promotional poster […]Continue Reading

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10 Influential Pop Punk Bands of the ’90s & 2000s

By Tracey Moyle July 9, 2020

Love it or loathe it, pop punk is a genre that evokes a strong emotion in the listener. Of course, this emotion depends on who the listener is. For the world’s angsty young punks it’s music that understands your life like no one else. But if you come from old school or hard-core side of the Punk fence then that emotion might be a little less friendly.Continue Reading

Punk Interviews

This Is Radio Gaz

By Roger Kasper July 6, 2020

BBC and Soho Radio DJ. Punk pioneer. Champion of great music. Gary Crowley chats about his influences and how he bagged an interview with the Clash when he was still at school!Continue Reading

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London’s Lost Music Venues

By Matt W July 2, 2020

Remember the Tally Ho pub? The Rainbow Theatre? The Vortex? The Roxy? What venue do you miss the most? A new book by Paul Talling is a reminder of what we have already lost. Continue Reading

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Penetration’s PAULINE MURRAY Talks to Punktuation! about her new labour of love…and how it almost never came into being

By Roger Kasper July 1, 2020

As lead singer of Penetration, Pauline Murray was at the female forefront of punk. Today she’s in touch with her softer side and has released a new single Here she discusses the punk heyday, how the Sex Pistols inspired her and then needed her, and how Bono et al owe her big time! It’s 11am […]Continue Reading

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How the First Lady of punk fashion is still rebelling

By Jasmine Wallis July 1, 2020

Vivienne Westwood is still sticking it to the Government in to her 80s Embodiment of the early ’70s punk fashion scene, beloved fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has become an icon not only for her influential designs but also for her continued activism.  Despite being nearly 80 years old, Vivienne Westwood hasn’t slowed down in her […]Continue Reading

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10 Greatest Classic Punk Albums of All Time

By Matt W July 1, 2020

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

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Punk and disorderly: The enduring impact of punk rock on design and culture

By Stewart Hodgson July 1, 2020

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

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Interview: Alex chats with John Youens of London punks Slow Faction

By Alex Goose May 21, 2026

John Youens is a busy man. Not only the lead singer and guitarist in London punk rockers Slow Faction, he’s also something of a studio whiz, and promotes gigs under the South London Punk Collective banner.Continue Reading