Executive Overview Half a century after it tore through the cultural fabric of Great Britain with the shock of a lightning bolt, the seminal blueprint of modern punk rock—Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols—is being celebrated in the only way its surviving creators see fit: loud, abrasive, and live. On a historic summer … Read more
By Ieuan Holland It is a common refrain among the purists who caught the original shockwaves of 1977: "It’s just karaoke without Rotten." Yet, as any historian of rock and roll will note, commercial and cultural institutions rarely survive on strict adherence to original line-ups alone. Half a century after the release of Never Mind … Read more
Executive Overview In a crossover of subcultures that has left the domestic sporting and indie music landscapes buzzing, Welsh semi-professional football club Cwmbran Celtic FC found themselves at the unexpected epicentre of the British festival season. During their triumphant headline set at the iconic Reading Festival, Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten walked out onto the … Read more
By Ieuan Holland | Reviewed & Expanded for Record Collector Executive Overview “It’s just karaoke without Rotten.” It is a refrain hurled with predictable frequency by purists lucky enough to catch the Sex Pistols during their volatile, paradigm-shifting explosion in the late 1970s. Yet, half a century after the release of their seminal, culture-shaking debut … Read more
Executive Overview To the purists and the nostalgic veterans of 1977, the phrase "It’s just karaoke without Rotten" is a familiar refrain, muttered darkly in the shadows of pub beer gardens whenever the conversation turns to the modern incarnation of the Sex Pistols. Yet, as any historian of rock and roll will note, punk rock … Read more
