Since 1982, the GENBAKU ONANIES (rough translation: "The Atomic Pussies") have been carrying the flame of J-punk, bouncing short, ...
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Interview: Karl Hyde, Underworld
If nothing else, their iconic soundtrack for Trainspotting —and in Japan their sets at Fuji Rock and Rainbow 2000—assure UNDERWORLD a spot i...
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"Fender Bender," The Attempt to Degender the Strat
Courtney Love and daughter Frances Bean Cobain rocking the "Hello Kitty" Strat Back in the Zeroes, US guitar-maker Fender felt ...
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Album Review: Arcade Fire, "Neon Bible"
ARCADE FIRE’s breakthrough 2007 record. God, this is awful! Pretentious as fuck, twee, maudlin, vaguely preachy but without ever making eye ...
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Live Review: Rock the Bowl '91, Milton Keynes Bowl, July 6th, 1991
PHEW! WOTTA SCORCHER! A house, a tree, a roundabout, another roundabout, a shit-awful bus shelter, another roundabout, a real trendy fire st...
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Video Review: Nelson, "After the Rain"
When I was handed this videola and told to review it, I thought, "Yeah, witht a combine harvester." Well, such is not the case....
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Video Review: Enuff Z'Nuff "Enuff Z'Nuff"
A collection definitely for the true Z'nuff fan and anyone else who likes to see the real side of a band rather than the shiny commercia...
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Interview: Keizo & Marya, King Brothers
ROCK N' ROLL, DEMOLISHED, AND NOT PUT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN If America’s JON SPENCER and Japan’s GUITAR WOLF took roots rock ’n’ roll and ...
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Album Review: Van Halen, "F.U.C.K."
Back again after a gap of some three years, VAN HALEN (or should that be Van Hagar) return to the fold with their latest album simply entitl...
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YOSHITOMO NARA'S STRANGE INSPIRAL CARPETS FIXATION
Yoshitomo Nara is one of the top three or four contemporary Japanese artists, painting pop art pics of cute but gnarly children with l...
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Video Review: Kings X, "Chronicles"
With KINGS X producing such an adventurous, diverse sound, it's interesting to see what images a video company will collate when putt...
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Interview: Fish
FREEDOM FIGHTER FISH is a 'towering personality.' This charismatic Scotsman is never short of something interesting to say. A fre...
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Interview: Gary Jeffries & Julius Ulrich, Asphalt Ballet
Gary Jeffries MAKING THEIR MOVE... It's 1am, I've just returned from a walk to the beach and I'm sipping a cappuccino, trying to...
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Preview: Kneecap, Tokyo (2026)
Tokyo debut! The Belfast bad boys have certainly made the headlines this year. Next January, they at long last bring their terrorism-tinged ...
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Interview: Mick Ransome, Tattooed Love Boys
WHERE THERE'S A WILL... The last time I saw the TATTOOED LOVE BOYS play live was at the Marquee, when their debut album Bleeding Hearts ...
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