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Review by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 24 June 1978

FEELING RUTHLESS, you could divide the entire spectrum of pop and rock'n'roll into two. ...

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Idols, The, New York Dolls: The Jerry Nolan Story!!

Interview by Andy Schwartz, New York Rocker, July 1978

JERRY NOLAN is 32 years old. He has been in the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers. He has made three albums which did not ...

Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols, The: The Great Pistols Movies Fiasco

Report and Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 29 July 1978

VIVIEN GOLDMAN ON THE 'OFFICIAL' MOVIE WHICH STILL ISN'T FINISHED — AND THE BRILLIANT ONE MALCOLM WONT LET YOU SEE ...

The Buzzcocks

Report and Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, September 1978

LOVE BITES can be: The vice-like heart-grasp of new love: Embarrassing marks on the neck; Romance with a sting in the tail; THE NEW BUZZCOCKS ...

Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious: Sid Vicious Dies of Overdose

Report by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 3 February 1979

NEW YORK — Sid Vicious joined his girlfriend Nancy in death yesterday. ...

Ramones, The: The Ramones: Joey finally gets the girl

Report by Ira Robbins, New Musical Express, 12 May 1979

The Ramones' first feature film, Rock'n'Roll High School, had its world premier last week at a Texas drive-in. Will a touching tale of teen romance ...

Malcolm McLaren, New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Ronnie Biggs: The Rise And Fall Of Malcolm McLaren Part One: Tin Pan Alley Meets An Idea Whose Time Has Come...

Retrospective and Interview by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 16 June 1979

The Man Who Sold The World ...

The Clash: Yes It's Strummer In The City

Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 30 June 1979

HOT TOWN! Strummer in the city: walks into the Kings Road pub that serves as his temporary local while he's staying in Fulham dead on ...

The Buzzcocks: Buzzcocks: Hey Mac Are You Some Kind Of Limey Pop Star?

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 6 October 1979

SAT RANDOMLY around a small table are four young men each with dark hair. When they grin, their faces show they see things differently. ...

Penetration: Going Underground

Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 5 April 1980

SO YOU'RE learning to write music, Pauline – how's it done then? ...

Fatal Microbes, Honey Bane: Fatal Microbes: Femme Fatale

Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 19 April 1980

A BOOZER IN beautiful down-town Stepney is the rendezvous and despite London Transport I manage to arrive at the right time on the right day ...

Ramones, The: An Interview With Joey Ramone — A Teenage Lobotomy Speaks His Mind

Interview by Bill Holdship, Michigan State News, 9 May 1980

THE RAMONES have become something of an American rock 'n roll institution. The band formed in 1974, and became part of an underground East Coast ...

The Clash Clamp Down on Detroit

Report and Interview by Susan Whitall, Creem, June 1980

Or: Give 'Em Enough Wisniowka ...

Tenpole Tudor: Pole Axed

Profile and Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 16 August 1980

AT THE risk of getting into a this week's big thing situation, I've got this feeling in my bones that Tenpole Tudor are gonna be ...

Stiff Little Fingers, U2, Undertones, The, Outcasts, The, Rudi, Ruefrex, Protex, Idiots, The, Androids, The, Rhesus Negative, Victim, Tearjerkers, Starjets, Xdreamysts, Moondogs, The, Stage B, Ex-Producers, The, Defects, The, Doubt, The, Big Self, Ciaran Mac Gowan, Ask Mother, Shock Treatment: Northern Ireland: The Fantasy And The Reality

Report and Interview by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 11 October 1980

Gavin Martin has been NME's Belfast correspondent for the past three years. When, earlier this year, he announced his intention of moving to London, we ...

Circle Jerks: Group Sex (Frontier)

Review by Byron Coley, New York Rocker, March 1981

ONE OF THE real top great beauties of Anglo punk, the early, was that there was never a lyric sheet. Singers sang breakneck as they ...

Clash, The, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Mo-dettes, The: The Clash: The Foul-Up

Report and Interview by Julie Panebianco, Boston Rock, 25 June 1981

THE LIGHTS dimmed. Dramatic Spanish bolero music from Clint Eastwood's For a Few Dollars More came on over the speakers, and the spotlights roamed from ...

The Business: Minding Their Own

Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 27 February 1982

'The winter of discontent is nearing/Thatcher's got trouble with her hearing/The voices of millions are going unheard/I'd try to laugh if it wasn't so absurd/This ...

Attak: Shock Taktics

Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 9 October 1982

SLOPING OFF the Inter-City at Manchester Piccadilly, I was suddenly overcome by a torrid tinge of terror. ...

Alternative TV: Mark Perry: After The Storm

Interview by Richard Kick, ZigZag, October 1984

ONE SOMETIMES wonders what ever happened to the original punk rock generation of 1976? Obviously those who have managed to hold onto the limelight we ...