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The Ramones' debut still defines punk

The band's first album flopped in 1976, but its influence on popular culture remains undeniable

Salon

It bombed in the charts, critics hated it – so how did the Ramones make one of the best debut albums ever?

INTERVIEW: Half a century ago, four New York misfits released a fast, loud, provocative first album that changed music forever. Kevin E G Perry talks to their manager Danny Fields, producer Craig Leon and photographer Roberta Bayley about how a chart bomb became one of the most influential records of…

The Independent UK

"No-one writes rock ’n’ roll better than this.” The story of the AC/DC album that true AC/DC fans love best

"We may be little, but we make a lot of noise"

Louder

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‘The bathrooms were rank, but we didn’t care’: how the grimy-but-great CBGB changed rock for ever

Half a century ago, the famed New York venue run by a former marine and folk singer was ground zero for the punk and new wave scenes. Now the bands who played there are being celebrated on a 101-track box set

The Guardian - UK

‘I want them to feel like I felt when punk rock happened’: encouraging young creatives to think big

From animators to architects, and broadcasters to designers, Sheffield Hallam University’s Creative Industries Institute is training tomorrow’s workforce to dare to be different

The Guardian - UK

Hannah Martin and Guy Berryman bring an edgy elegance to jewellery design

Hannah Martin and Guy Berryman have collaborated on a punkish new jewellery collection

Wallpaper

“It should be illegal to be in a band, and only those willing to be arrested and locked up should try and pursue music”: Bill Nelson was only partly joking with his pre-punk manifesto

From psychedelic troubadour to art rocker, the Be-Bop Deluxe leader has always been about crossing musical boundaries and encouraging others to do the same

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“The world of music was going through some serious changes and we were not embracing them”: how Yes’s Going For The One and Tormato almost ended things for good

Punk rock, flying fruit and rollerskating accidents – how Yes went from triumph to disaster at the end of the 1970s

Louder

"Ultimately, they weren’t Rick Wakeman" - Clem Burke and Glen Matlock on the outsider appeal of the original punk bands

Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk

Louder

Death of Glasgow punk legend 'untimely and devastating' as pals vow to carry on his memory

Paul 'Harvey' McGurn was a well-known face on the punk scene across the city and beyond, with close friends now fundraising to make sure his memory lives on for musicians of the future.

Glasgow Live

Minor Threat's Out Of Step: the bitter, brilliant eulogy for youthful idealism which defined hardcore punk as a force for good

Minor Threat knew they were falling apart as they recorded their debut album: that helps explain why, 40 years after its release, Out Of Step sounds as vital, urgent and furiously fucked-off as it did in 1983

Metal Hammer

Andi Oliver: ‘I’ve always done exactly what I wanted’

Musician, chef, TV host … Andi Oliver tells of her long journey to the top, explains the delights of Caribbean cooking – and introduces recipes from her new cookbook

The Guardian - UK

Frenzal Rhomb to launch bigger Hamilton Station Hotel

The venue, which has been at the heart of the Newcastle punk and hardcore scenes in recent years, has undergone a significant renovation taking the band room's capacity from 190 to 350 people.

Newcastle Herald

Punk icon John Lydon is going for Ireland Eurovision glory - we look back at his Irish roots

With a father from Galway and a mother from Cork, the music legend has always acknowledged his Irishness

Irish Mirror

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Tiffany & Co. turns CryptoPunk NFTs into real-life, $51,000 pendants

Mint a token and a matching pendant made out of diamonds and gold.

Dublin Live

Cutting edge pop-punk deals with anger towards Catholic church

Meryl Streek releases first single ‘False Apologies’

Bristol Post

Bristol landlord explains reason behind 'F*** the Jubilee' punk festival

‘Bank holidays weren’t given to us by the Queen, they were given to us by trade unions’

Insider UK

Bright Signals acquires Three Part Story and PUNK

The turnover of the combined entity should now exceed £3m a year

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