Theatre of Hate

How Detroit created a hard rock monster

Barely six months after the demise of Theatre Of Hate, Kirk Brandon was braving it on stage in Manchester in March 1983 with a new band, name and repertoire. That his audience look mighty perplexed by SOD's brassier tribal goth-dub makes his fearless performance, caught here, even more compelling.

Plus The Damned, Public Image Ltd and the Happy Mondays

At a new edition of the 'sci-fi music festival' in Liverpool in April

By way of tribute to Andrew Weatherall, whose death was confirmed earlier today, I thought I’d post my interview with him for our Audience...

When Nick Mason speaks about his relationship with Pink Floyd these days, he does so in terms of circularity. As the latter-day custodian (some...

David Johansen on the New York, the Dolls and beyond

The glam trailblazer on leather jumpsuits, Alice Cooper and Taylor Swift

The Modfather on his new album, 66

Dylan's bewildering, beautiful, incisive, incoherent, intriguing and infuriating trashcan mystery unravelled