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Blondie drummer Clem Burke died at the weekend aged 70. In tribute here is a look at the scene that forged around the legendary New York venue, CBGB

Talking Heads: 77 will be re-released in November featuring a new remaster of the original album, outtakes, rare cuts and more

Home to the Velvet Underground, Warhol, Bowie and the New York Dolls, Max’s Kansas City was about so much more than just the music that was played there

In the US poet and memoirist’s debut novel, dark secrets are leavened by rich language and comic invention

He may have been schooled on AC/DC, Van Halen and classical guitar, but Al Barile attacked his instrument with a vicious physicality inspired by his love of hockey. He looks back on his love-hate relationship with music – and the ‘80s SG he snapped after performing a jump-kick at CBGB’s

From unemployment in London to 20-million album sales and US stardom, the songwriter recalls a remarkable rise – "I was pretty rubbish at first, but I had a knack"

Some rock purists don't believe in music nostalgia, but the two are invariably connected.

Fuelled by outrageous onstage theatrics, Plasmatics shows were the hottest ticket in New York, but trouble and trauma awaited at every turn

SAN DIEGO — Seymour Stein was never a household name to most music fans before his Sunday death from cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 80. But he certainly was to the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Madonna, Ice-T, Depeche Mode and the dozens of other artists Stein signed…