Features The Clash: the only band that matters by James Peppercorn Of all the artists who “changed everything”, The Clash stand loud and proud. Over the course of their seven years (only taking into account the…
Lists News 10 rainy videos for when the BOM says it’s gonna be a wet one by Happy Looking forward to a wet weekend? Well, neither are we. As inconvenient as it is in real life, rain is one of the classic tropes…
Lists News From ‘Gimme Danger’ to ‘Punk!’, here are the 5 greatest punk docos ever made by James Peppercorn Punk rock. Is there any other genre that evokes so much history and transformation? It’s the genre of music that has always defined releases of…
News ‘Rocketman’ director wants to make a film about The Clash by James Peppercorn Dexter Fletcher, the director of Rocketman, has stated his interest in making a film about The Clash. Following the success of his Elton John biopic…
Features Why It Mattered: The Clash – ‘London Calling’ by Luke Saunders The third album from English outcasts The Clash was a cohesive kaleidoscope of influences from punk to rock to ska, jazz and pop. Arguably the…
Enmore Audio Features P is for perfection: the tale of the Fender Precision Bass by Josh Clarke Fender’s Precision Bass was truly the first of its kind. Its low-end power and ergonomic design elevated the electric bass to a rock band essential….
Enmore Audio Iconic smashed bass from ‘London Calling’ album cover set for exhibition by Josh Clarke 40 years since its unforgettable destruction onstage, the Fender P Bass from The Clash‘s London Calling album artwork is going on display. The band’s 1979…
News Read Chuck Berry’s scathing 1980 reviews of The Clash, Sex Pistols and other early punks by Molly Lasker If anyone had the right to absolutely write off the most iconic songs in early punk, it was the legendary Chuck Berry. The Grandfather of…
News Joe Strummer’s solo work to be collected in huge new box set by Happy UPDATE: Ahead of the box set’s release, a new short film filled with unreleased music and footage of Strummer has been released in celebration of…
News Iggy, Blondie, and Patti: see the first shots from the Smithsonian’s massive concert photo archive by Happy Back in the tail end of 2015, the Smithsonian institute began a massive, crowd-sourced photography campaign. They put the call out for shots of our…
Arts News After taking on hip-hop and R&B, Marvel are primed to save the world of rock ‘n’ roll album covers by Jacinta Rets Marvel are well known for everything and anything to do with comic books, superheroes, villains and pretty much just saving the world from evil. In…
Features A Clash Course: everything you need to know about how The Clash came to be by David Burley On this day 40 years ago, The Clash started recording their breakthrough debut album. Even now, the self-titled record is still considered to be one of the…
