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HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - The Untold Story

"I'd seen Led Zeppelin, loved it, but you can't touch them: they fly away on a jet plane that says 'Led Zeppelin' on it. The Clash pulled up in a station wagon": Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan on the gig that changed his life forever

In October 1979, 15-year-old Michael 'Duff' McKagan attended a punk rock show in Seattle which turned his world upside down

Louder

“Tony Hicks from the Hollies popped into the studio and said, ‘That’s my guitar.’ I thought, ‘F**k me, I’ve bought a stolen Les Paul!’” Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks on the making of their 1978 punk classic, Another Music in a Different Kitchen

Fast-paced, big hooks, and one almighty left turn, the Buzzcocks’ incendiary debut is one of the most important punk albums of all time. Here is its story

Guitar World

Machine Gun Kelly to perform halftime show at NASCAR's L.A. Clash

The Clash returns to Los Angeles for the third consecutive year. Each year, there's been a mid-race break highlighted by a concert.

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"If you stormed in here and said the new record was rubbish, I would probably quit": Joe Strummer's struggle after The Clash

Before his death, Joe Strummer could hardly get arrested. After, he was feted as a rock icon. This is the inside story of the solo years of a punk rock warlord

Louder

Gregor Gall: In search of protest songs as popular music leaves a void

‘TOO many protest singers/Not enough protest songs.” So sang Scots former Orange Juice frontperson, Edwyn Collins, on his 1994 hit single, A…

The National (Scotland)

Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend, dies aged 65

One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music

The Guardian - UK

"We have one rule: you can have body punches and choke-holds and throw bottles at each other, but we never crack each other in the face": What happens when bands fight

The 40 bitterest bust-ups in rock history: From fisticuffs to wars of words to litigation and beyond, rock'n'roll’s divorce courts are packed with ire and animosity:

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Ian Brown pays tributes to former Stone Roses bassist Pete Garner following his death aged 61

Brown, 60, took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to remember his friend and former bandmate

Evening Standard

“Springsteen taught me how to write songs, but Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Jr., Fugazi and Sonic Youth taught me how to play those songs I’d learned to write”: Brian Fallon is breaking out the guitar solos for The Gaslight Anthem’s second coming

Brian Fallon and co. bring the noise – and the solos – on their first album since reforming. And they invited Bruce Springsteen along for the ride

Guitar World

‘More delay! More reverb!’ UK dub legends Creation Rebel return after 40 years

With their audio collages and intergalactic scope, the group wowed the British punk scene. Back with longtime producer Adrian Sherwood, they explain their new album confronting ‘hostile environment’ policies

The Guardian - UK

Robert Peston and Ed Balls perform with new band Centrist Dad

The ITV political editor sang songs by The Sex Pistols, Blondie and The Clash

Evening Standard

“My brother was into Yes but it didn’t speak to me. They knew too many chords!” He was a punk hero, while her dad was Kevin Ayers and Daevid Allen was her babysitter. How Galen Ayers turned Paul Simonon onto prog

2023's unlikeliest duo discuss art as inspiration, Hendrix's guitar and the forthcoming Kevin Ayers’ reissues

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"It was the punk gig of dreams": what happened when The Clash brought Buzzcocks, The Slits and Subway Sect to Manchester

On May 1, 1977, The Clash started their first ever UK tour. A week later they played at the Electric Circus in Manchester, a night that changed the lives of those lucky enough to be there

Louder

30 musicians on the album that changed their life as a kid

Members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and more reveal the albums that set them on the path to rock stardom

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"If I can't sing it with conviction then it doesn't matter, I can’t do it": What happened when Rush met the Manic Street Preachers

At the end of 2007, there was a clash of cultures as Welsh rockers the Manic Street Preachers went head to head with Rush and probed their inner secrets

The Guardian - UK

Peter Silverton obituary

Other lives: Music journalist who became a national newspaper executive

Metal Hammer

10 terrible punk albums with one classic song

These punk albums are stinkers that only a mother could truly love, but each features one redeeming, gleaming diamond in the dirt

Daily Mirror

Ray Winstone reveals he's given up smoking after 44 years as he overhauls his lifestyle

Infamous Hollywood hard man Ray Winstone has spoken about his health and wellbeing over the years, and admitted he kicked his smoking habit because he ‘didn’t enjoy it anymore’

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The best songs for a funeral? Please, anything but My Way

Letters: Readers respond to a report on the most popular music for send-offs – and share their own choices

Liverpool Echo

Things you could do in the 1970s you can't anymore

Did we miss anything out?

Wales Online

Exclusive new editions of 40 iconic albums launched for vinyl week

Artists include Sam Fender, Bob Dylan, Gary Numan, Avril Lavingne and The Jam

The Guardian - UK

The joy of the slow burn record: ‘Not only did I warm to his drawls, I became obsessed’

Sometimes, 20 years after dismissing an album, it’s suddenly exactly what you need. Our writers pick out the music that crept up on them

Evening Standard

Film-maker Don Letts: ‘London now... It scares the sh*t out of me’

Punk’s DIY film-maker extraordinaire, band mate of The Clash’s Mick Jones... and now Levi’s collaborator. Tom Ellen meets the one and only Don Letts

Evening Standard

Is it lights out for Brixton Academy?

From The Clash to Rihanna, the legendary venue has hosted them all. Then tragedy struck and it closed. Shannon Mahanty looks at whether it will remain shut forever

Louder

How The Clash made history by visiting some of Belfast's most divided and violent streets

Punk pioneers The Clash were captured visiting a war-torn, troops-heavy Belfast at the height of the Troubles and it cemented their reputation as a result

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