music ruined my life

In memory of Liam Clancy's passing, I'd like to offer a piece of my childhood. While we never owned this Zenith Collector's Ite...

John Cooper Clarke's moment of fame came in the thick of the punk era, though at the time he said, "My relationship with rock is li...

Speaking of Stiff Records, their second L.P. release, after Damned, Damned, Damned , A Bunch of Stiffs emphasizes the lark-ish side of the ...

Chiswick Records was the original pub-to-punk label, releasing the Count Bishops first single the year before Stiff Records ( more here ) b...

Hats off to whoever did the bookings for the Hope & Anchor, a pub in Islington that championed first pub rock in the mid-seventies, then...