When I first got this as a demo tape (remember them?) sometime in the mid-80's I'd already fallen in love with the band. I caught them live in the early days and had a blast. Semi-serious sillyness for the fun of it spliced to some simple leg-stomping tunes guaranteed a good time, and that's pretty [...]

If I need to introduce you to the Amebix, then something's gone very wrong with your punk rock education. Hit Google, read and learn, and you'll quickly realise that they're one of the most crucial bands in our history. They're lumped in with the anarcho crew but that really does them a bit of a [...]

Once upon a time, punk rock turned up uninvited and gatecrashed polite society. Before too long, spiky herberts everywhere took the sound and attitude and really made it theirs. And so street punk was born, not on the lucrative mainstream circuit but in dodgy clubs and ropey pubs frequented by ne'er-do-wells of every shade. The [...]