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What started off as a one-night stand has developed into 40 years for Painters & Dockers.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Painters & Dockers, Paulie Stewart, punk, rock

Niagara Detroit Spends 7 Months Recovering From Coronavirus

Artist/punk rocker Niagara Detroit has revealed she has spent the last seven months as a “long-haul” victim of Coronavirus.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Dark Carnival, Destroy All Monsters, Niagara, Niagara Detroit, punk, The Hitmen, USA

The Stooges and Radio Birdman World’s Collide With Williamson and Tek Album

The Stooges’ James Williamson and Radio Birdman’s Deniz Tek will release an album together this week.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, David Bowie, Deniz Tek, James Williamson, punk, Radio Birdman, The Stooges, USA

The Casanovas Discuss AC/DC As ‘Reptilian Overlord’ Is Released

AC/DC’s fifth album ‘Let There Be Rock’ came just two years and one month after the release of their debut album. The Casanova’s fifth album (counting the first EP) comes 20 years after the first. The Casanova’s Tommy Boyce and Damo Campbell’s minds were blow by that fun fact.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Damo Campbell, hard rock, punk, Reptilian Overlord, rock, The Casanovas, Tommy Boyce

Iggy Pop Cockatoo Biggy Pop Is Now Patron of Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital

Iggy Pop’s Australian pet, which he adopted 12 years ago, has been given the role by the animal medical facility in New South Wales and explained that he accepted the appointment because of how devastated he was by the Australian bushfires earlier this year, which saw 180 million birds and three billion native animals in Australia, including kangaroos, die in the widespread blazes.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Biggy Pop, Byron Bay, cockatoo, Iggy Pop, punk

Patti Smith Talks Songwriting

Patti Smith says she admires the people who can combine “poetic elements” with melodies that find the formula to mainstream pop success.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, new wave, New York, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group, punk, rock

Bad Religion Remake 2020 Version of Faith Alone

Bad Religion have updated their 1990 track ‘Faith Alone’ for a locked down Covid world.

Tagged as: 80s, Bad Religion, Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Los Angeles, punk, USA

The Stooges’ James Williamson and Radio Birdman’s Deniz Tek Get Together for ‘Stable’

James Williamson, one of the members of Iggy Pop’s Iggy & The Stooges punk classic ‘Raw Power’ has teamed with Radio Birdman’s Deniz Tek for a new song ‘Stable’ from an upcoming album ‘Two To One’.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Deniz Tek, James Williamson, punk, Radio Birdman, rock, The Stooges, USA

Miss Mercy of The GTOs Dies Aged 71

Miss Mercy, a member of 60s LA band The GTOs, has died at age 71.

Tagged as: 60s, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, Miss Mercy, punk, rock, The GTOs, USA

Kevin Rowland Explains 1999 ‘My Beauty’ Cover

The Dexys Midnight Runners singer Kevin Rowland has opened up on his 1999 solo album and its artwork, which featured the musician in a ballgown and stockings.

Tagged as: 90s, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland, new wave, punk, soul, UK

Hoodoo Gurus Plan First Album In 11 Years For 2021

Hoodoo Gurus frontman Dave Faulkner is still planning on the band’s first album in 11 years in 2021 and before then fans will be treated to a stack of new music as singles. This week thus released ‘Hung Out To Dry’ and there is more to come.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Donald Trump, Hoodoo Gurus, punk, rock

Ben Blackwell On The Day Neil Young Came Into Third Man Records

In 2014 Neil Young recorded his 33rd studio album ‘A Letter Home’ at Jack White and Ben Blackwell’s Third Man Records in Nashville.

Tagged as: Ben Blackwell, Jack White, Nashville, Neil Young, punk, rock, The Stooges, Third Man Records, USA

Billie Joe Armstrong Covers The Clash Covering Eddy Grant

Billie Joe Armstrong has covered The Clash’s ‘Police On My Back’ as part of his stay at home series.

Tagged as: 80s, Billie Joe Armstrong, Eddy Grant, Green Day, punk, The Clash, USA

Ben Blackwell On How He Scored The Stooges Release For Third Man Records

On 7 August 2020, Third Man Records will release The Stooges historic recording of ‘Live At Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970’ almost 50 years to the day it was recorded.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Ben Blackwell, Live At Goose Lake, punk, The Stooges, USA

Billie Joe Armstrong Covers John Lennon’s ‘Gimme Some Truth’

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has covered the Generation X version of John Lennon’s ‘Gimme Some Truth’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Billie Joe Armstrong, Gimme Some Truth, Green Day, John Lennon, punk, rock, The Beatles, USA

UK Charts: Paul Weller Has The Number One Album

Congratulations to Paul Weller, whose new album On Sunset lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart and claims a rarely seen chart feat.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Paul Weller, punk, rock, UK

Paul Weller Speaks To BBC2

Paul Weller was on Radio 2 Breakfast yesterday morning speaking to Amol Rajan who’s been depping for Zoe this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Paul Weller, punk, rock, The Jam, UK

Vintage 1970 Live Stooges Coming Via Jack White’s Third Man Records

Jack White’s Third Man Records will release the historic ‘Live At Goose Lake: August 8, 1970’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Iggy Pop, Jack White, punk, rock, The Stooges, Third Man Records, USA

Hockey Dad To Play A Drive-in in The ‘Gong

Windang’s Hockey Dad have broken loose in Wollongong and will head to the Bulli Showground on July 31 and August 1.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Hockey Dad, punk, Windang, Wollongong

Fall Out Boy Pledge $100000 for #BlackLivesMatter Charities

Fall Out Boy will donate $100,000 from their Fall Out Boy Fund to two charities working for #BlackLivesMatter.

Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 00s, Fall Out Boy, Fall Out Boy Fund, punk, rock, USA

Elvis Costello Protests With New Song ‘No Flags’

Elvis Costello has spoken out about the current world situation with the biting new song ‘No Flag’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Elvis Costello, punk, rock, UK

Iggy Pop Goes In Fighting For Big Cats

Iggy Pop has called on Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott to co-sponsor the proposed Big Cat Public Safety Act to protect tigers and other big cat species from animal abuse.

Tagged as: 70s, Iggy Pop, punk, rock, USA

Early Misfits Drummer Joey Image Dead At 63

Joey Image, drummer for The Misfits over 1978 and 1979, has died at age 63.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Joey Image, punk, rock, The Misfits, USA

NOFX and Frank Turner Cover Each Other For Shared Album

LA punks NOFX and UK punk Frank Turner have made an album together where they each cover the others songs.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, Frank Turner, NOFX, punk, UK, USA

Travis Barker Is Collaborating With Post Malone

Travis Barker is spending a week songwriting with rapper Post Malone after teaming up for a virtual Nirvana tribute concert.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Post Malone, punk, rap, rock, Travis Barker, USA

A Piece of Perth Punk History Resurrected With The Victims

Before Hoodoo Gurus, Dave Faulkner was Dave Flick in Perth punk band The Victims.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Dave Faulkner, Hoodoo Gurus, James Baker, punk, Ray Ahn, The Hard-On, The Victims

John Lydon To Host Quarantine Listening Party

John Lydon will host a virtual party on Sunday morning, June 7th, at 7pm EST Australia www.facebook.com/pilofficial to celebrate the initial digital release of the feature documentary, The Public Image is Rotten.

Tagged as: 80s, John Lydon, PiL, Public Image Limited, punk, UK

The Meanies Debut “Kooky Horror” ‘Cruel To Be Caned’ Video

The Meanies will have a new album in July. Right now you are being treated to the “kinky horror” video for the new song ‘Cruel To Be Caned’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, punk, The Meanies

Short Stack Reschedule 2020 Tour With 2021 Dates

Short Stack have finalised new dates for their 10 show tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Australia, Between You & Me, punk, rock, Short Stack

David Greenfield of The Strangers Dies From COVID-19 At Age 71

The Stranglers’ keyboard player David Greenfield has passed away at the age of 71 after contracting COVID-19 in a UK hospital.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, David Greenfield, Jet Black, punk, rock, the stranglers, UK