JAMIE REID THE ARTIST & THE LEGEND...The P&J.
His controversial art is known all across the globe – from piercing the late Queen’s lip with a safety pin to Nazifying Donald Trump with...
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Pistol Pete
Nov 7, 20226 min read
Simonon and the smashing of his beloved bass guitar.. How Pennie Smith turned The Clash into icons.
Pennie Smith was standing less than six feet away when Paul Simonon, bass-player with the Clash, smashed his guitar to pieces on stage at...
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Pistol Pete
Nov 5, 20222 min read
Maybe the Top 10 Punk gigs in the U.K....were you there?
Punk’s DIY philosophy urged all would-be punks just to get up and do it, regardless of ability. Yet, despite the notoriety, many of its...
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Pistol Pete
Oct 31, 20229 min read
Inside Sid Vicious...The Guardian.
The voice is quavery and hesitant, the sound of a frightened, exhausted young man. The trebly nature of the recording - on a cassette,...
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Pistol Pete
Jun 7, 202228 min read
The Curse of The Ramones....Rolling Stone
Onstage, they were the personification of unity – even family. The four men dressed the same –in leather motorcycle jackets, weathered...
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Pistol Pete
May 24, 202214 min read
The First Time I Heard The Pistols... Rolling Stone.
“No future for me/No future for you,” roared the Sex Pistols on their 1977 U.K. smash “God Save the Queen,” and the legendary British...
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Pistol Pete
Dec 11, 20214 min read
The Amazing Truth Behind the Story of 2 Tone Records Iconic cover art.
Designer David Storey recounts how he helped create the visual identity of one of the most socially strident labels of the late ’70s and...
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Pistol Pete
Nov 18, 20217 min read
SOCCER ROCKER.KOSMO VINYL ON THE CLASH, SCORSESE, STIFF RECORDS, AND HIS FOOTBALL-OBSESSED ART.
“The Clash were for me, at that time, pound for pound the best rock ‘n’ roll band that I knew of,” declares Kosmo Vinyl, thinking back on...
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Pistol Pete
Oct 2, 20201 min read
The extraordinary story of how "The Devil's Chord" broke up The Specials.
The Specials’ magnificent recording career came to an explosive end when the ska wizards' guitarist, Roddy “Radiation” Byers, was unable...
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Pistol Pete
Sep 10, 20205 min read
The Clash,Guy Stevens and the making of London Calling.
This interview with ‘London Calling’ producer Guy Stevens is sourced from Charles Shaar Murray’s book of collected reviews and interviews...
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Pistol Pete
Jun 17, 20202 min read
"The Gig That Changed The World"....The Sex Pistols legendary 1976 Manchester gig.
“Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?” The now legendary June 4th, 1976 gig at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall spawned the...
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Pistol Pete
May 24, 20202 min read
The Sex Pistols glorious last stand at Winterland.
The Sex Pistols‘ 1978 U.S. tour was a fucking fiasco. Legendary punk Sid Vicious was seriously addicted to heroin, and Johnny Rotten was...
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Pistol Pete
May 19, 20205 min read
Sid Vicious's final hours....
Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious was found dead in New York City on 2 February 1979, 41 years ago. It was less than four months after the...
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Pistol Pete
May 19, 20202 min read
When Bill Grundy met The Sex Pistols...
The original Sex Pistols line-up - Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock - caused outraged when they swore on a Thames...
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Pistol Pete
Feb 21, 202013 min read
The Slits...and how they booted their way into what's now called Punk.
"The most powerful players in punk rock were female...there was Patty Smith, there was Debbie Harry, there was Siouxsie Sioux" Thurston...
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Pistol Pete
Mar 8, 20194 min read
What is Punk?
“When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.” — Nick Lowe (songwriter, producer) “The popularity of...
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