| July 31st 1982 While reading the highly recommended 'Burning Britain' book covering the early 80's UK scene I noticed the highly underrated Infa Riot got barely a mention. Well check this out if you wanna know more!!! |
| Vintage Punk interviews from outta the Punk Rocker archives. Hope they enlighten and maybe give some of the bland bands masquarading at punk an idea of what real attitude is/was all about!!! They are listed in chronological order of when they were first published latest additions in yellow... |
| MORE VINTAGE PUNK INTERVIEWS from the last 30 years! Coming soon... Including: SEX PISTOLS/ DEAD KENNEDYS/ CLASH/ RAMONES/ FEAR/ IGGY POP /SHAM 69/ STRANGLERS/ SID AND NANCY/ RANCID/ DAMNED/ ADVERTS/ CONFLICT/ UK SUBS / BUZZCOCKS THE BRIEFS/ X-RAYSPEX.....ETC. |
| January 22nd 1983 By 1983 The Subhumans were making front pages of the UK National music press and with the release of their highly acclaimed debut album 'The Day The Country Died' we are given the background story on how it came about!!! |
| May 28th 1977 As The Heartbreakers embark on their first major Tour of Europe promoting their debut 45 'Chinese Rocks'. Tony Parsons of the NME catches up with them and gives us a fans perspective of one of the hottest bands around. |
| May 13th 1978 Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex in 1978 was one of the biggest pulls in the UK punk scene. She talks candidly here about fame, plastic society and her own sexuality. Great insight into this legendary female punk vocalist! |
| May 31st 1980 Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics and managing guru Ron Swenson talk to the British music press about orgasms, blowing up auditoriums and cracking jokes about putting frogs in food blenders! |
| Winter 2000 Johnny Rotten answers all those questions you ever wanted to ask here in this compulsive insight into the punk legend by Dick Vain of Soap And Spikes infamy! |
| March 1983 / March 1986 Two blasts from the most obnoxious and piss takingly hilarious punk band that came outta the 80's or staggered through the streets of Macc. Beware real British Humour! |
| March 6th 1982 Prime time Killing Joke being awkward towards the music press makes this all the more enthralling considering they're still making great records! He who laughs last...! |
| June 3rd 1978 Jean Jaques Burnel of The Stranglers slags off Americans, Swedes and puts the frighteners on journalists in general in this highly entertaining confrontation piece! |
| 1990 The Cramps have just released 'Stay Sick' so it was time for Sounds to visit their LA abode in the Hollywood Hills. Plus we get 5 rockin' classics from the Cramps jukebox! |
| 1981 Crass explain their beginnings, why they wear black and defend their blasphemous issues alongside their impressive selling hysteria amidst virtually no publicity what so ever! |
| October 25th 1977 Barry Cain goes on the road with the less than happy Heartbreakers who had just released their classic L.A.M.F album. But all was not well in Heartbreak city! |
| March 31st 1979 Former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones spills the beans on what lifes been like following the immediate implosion of the worlds biggest punk band and life after the controversy! |
| February 5th 1983 Abbo of the recently demised UK Decay explains his reasons for disbanding a band at the height of their popularity and also gives a good insight into his views on punk and Goth! |
| August 11th 1979 Being as I've just watched the 'Control' movie on Ian Curtis's life in Joy Division. I thought it would be good to put up a vintage Joy Division interview not otherwise available online! |
| November 20th 1982 Second major UK press interview for Californias Black Flag. The Band were starting to make international inroads despite record label hassle and the fashion punks! |
| June 29th 1980 First major UK press interview for California's X. Silvie Simmons from Sounds gives us UK punks the first glimpse inside probably the most endearing of all the early LA punk bands! |
| December 1977 Nick Kents rivetting and sometimes side splitting expose on the Sex Pistols bassplayer, Sid Vicious. Conducted in the Winter of 1977, this classic heart to heart is a 'must read' for any discerning punk! REINSTALLED |
| November 26th 1977 Allan Jones takes to the road with the Damned and gets burning cigarette ends thrown down his neck, chewing gum smeared in his hair, etc... |
| August 1977 This is the first UK press the Dead Boys ever got and they made the front page of Sounds. Cheetah Chrome wasn't and still ain't impressed with how Mary Harron portrayed the band, so read for yourself. |
| December 23rd 1978 The ice cold Banshees have just released 'The Scream' and let northern oik Paul Morley into the dark metallic world they inhabit, till they get bored! |
| June 17th 1978 Pete Silverton dissects the Clash as they record their second album discussing America, Rotten, bluebeat and Joe's Hepatitus amongst other things like Sham making em hungry! |
| November 1981 An hilarious ride through the rat infested slums of West Berlin on the Exploited's first Euro tour. The wall is still up and the Exploited are still hooligans. Garry Bushell of Sounds wirtnessed the carnage! |
| Guitar World August 96 In the Summer of '96, Green Day were drained by anxiety, illness and road exhaustion. Alan Di Perna caught up with the Boys as they chilled out... and stomped on their punk elders! |
