Eric Clapton’s racist rant that changed British rock
Fifty years ago, Rock Against Racism was formed in reaction to a rising wave of far-right sentiment in the United Kingdom
‘Dark, brutal, beautiful and mad’: Van der Graaf Generator, the darkest and most influential group in progressive rock
Several recently published books have rescued the legacy of Peter Hammill’s band. Known as the ‘Vampire of Bath,’ the British rocker is unknown and strange compared to his contemporaries… but he’s also been tremendously influential
‘A dreadful ballad’: Johnny Rotten’s Eurovision entry that could kill punk once and for all
‘Hawaii’ has received terrible reviews, but the Sex Pistols frontman believes it is the ideal song to represent Ireland at a festival that symbolizes the polar opposite of who he once was
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