Simonon and the smashing of his beloved bass guitar.. How Pennie Smith turned The Clash into icons.
Pennie Smith was standing less than six feet away when Paul Simonon, bass-player with the Clash, smashed his guitar to pieces on stage at...
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Pistol Pete
- Nov 5, 2022
- 2 min
Maybe the Top 10 Punk gigs in the U.K....were you there?
Punk’s DIY philosophy urged all would-be punks just to get up and do it, regardless of ability. Yet, despite the notoriety, many of its...
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Pistol Pete
- Nov 1, 2022
- 9 min
Inside Sid Vicious...The Guardian.
The voice is quavery and hesitant, the sound of a frightened, exhausted young man. The trebly nature of the recording - on a cassette,...
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Pistol Pete
- Jun 7, 2022
- 28 min
The Curse of The Ramones....Rolling Stone
Onstage, they were the personification of unity – even family. The four men dressed the same –in leather motorcycle jackets, weathered...
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Pistol Pete
- May 24, 2022
- 14 min
The First Time I Heard The Pistols... Rolling Stone.
“No future for me/No future for you,” roared the Sex Pistols on their 1977 U.K. smash “God Save the Queen,” and the legendary British...
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Pistol Pete
- Dec 11, 2021
- 4 min
The Amazing Truth Behind the Story of 2 Tone Records Iconic cover art.
Designer David Storey recounts how he helped create the visual identity of one of the most socially strident labels of the late ’70s and...
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Pistol Pete
- Nov 18, 2021
- 7 min
SOCCER ROCKER.KOSMO VINYL ON THE CLASH, SCORSESE, STIFF RECORDS, AND HIS FOOTBALL-OBSESSED ART.
“The Clash were for me, at that time, pound for pound the best rock ‘n’ roll band that I knew of,” declares Kosmo Vinyl, thinking back on...
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Pistol Pete
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
The extraordinary story of how "The Devil's Chord" broke up The Specials.
The Specials’ magnificent recording career came to an explosive end when the ska wizards' guitarist, Roddy “Radiation” Byers, was unable...
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Pistol Pete
- Sep 10, 2020
- 5 min
The Clash,Guy Stevens and the making of London Calling.
This interview with ‘London Calling’ producer Guy Stevens is sourced from Charles Shaar Murray’s book of collected reviews and interviews...
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Pistol Pete
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
"The Gig That Changed The World"....The Sex Pistols legendary 1976 Manchester gig.
“Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?” The now legendary June 4th, 1976 gig at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall spawned the...
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Pistol Pete
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
The Sex Pistols glorious last stand at Winterland.
The Sex Pistols‘ 1978 U.S. tour was a fucking fiasco. Legendary punk Sid Vicious was seriously addicted to heroin, and Johnny Rotten was...
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Pistol Pete
- May 19, 2020
- 5 min
Sid Vicious's final hours....
Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious was found dead in New York City on 2 February 1979, 41 years ago. It was less than four months after the...
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Pistol Pete
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
When Bill Grundy met The Sex Pistols...
The original Sex Pistols line-up - Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock - caused outraged when they swore on a Thames...
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Pistol Pete
- Feb 22, 2020
- 13 min
The Slits...and how they booted their way into what's now called Punk.
"The most powerful players in punk rock were female...there was Patty Smith, there was Debbie Harry, there was Siouxsie Sioux" Thurston...
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Pistol Pete
- Mar 8, 2019
- 4 min
What is Punk?
“When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.” — Nick Lowe (songwriter, producer) “The popularity of...
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