Blood, Shit, Fire and Wanking Über Alles: Fucked By Rock, the Greatest Memoir Ever Penned.

In which we recount the story of the greatest book about rock n roll ever written. All rock biographies are the same. Even speaking as someone who’s bookshelf is crammed with the things, it seems every ageing artist and their ghost-writer have cottoned onto a formula as tried and tested as verse/chorus/bridge/fade when it comes […]

Gluesticks and Ribbon Ink- The Fanzine Years

I got to it late. 1993. After the heyday but prior to the decline. Fanzines, Tape Trading, Flyering. Send back my stamps. Please enclose two IRC’s. No posers! Before the internet there was the underground tape trading circuit. Envelopes stuffed with photocopied flyers, fifth generation dubbed demo cassettes from exotic acts on far flung shores, […]

Michael Gira- Majestic Creatures with Ugly Temperaments

For over 30 years, Michael Gira has been summoning spires of sinister noise. He named his vehicle SWANS, ‘majestic beautiful looking creatures, with really ugly temperaments’ and set about building a legacy that sways and judders as it dwarfs you in a sound that is both soul uplifting and body destroying. But such a weight […]

Anton Newcombe talks my ass off.

Originally Published in Collide Art and Culture Magazine Issue 5, this piece was heavily edited for clarity. I always felt it was a shame to clip the context cos it gives a clearer insight into the character and state of mind of one of rock’s remaining originals. Here’s the full unabridged ramble. The psychedelic experience […]

Only YOU can help prevent a new Sisters of Mercy record.

As you may know, The Sisters of Mercy’s Andrew Eldritch has threatened that they would consider doing a new album if Donald Trump was elected President. Now that the unthinkable has happened, I put it to you that this will in fact only add insult to injury and further demoralise a confused and frightened population. What […]

Surgical Symphonies

Interview with legendary Carcass guitarist Bill Steer. Originally published on 9/4/15 in Collide Art & Culture Magazine The Captive Bolt Pistol was invented in 1903 by the former Director of a slaughterhouse in Straubing Germany named Dr. Hugo Heiss. Engineered to stun animals prior to slaughter, it set the ball rolling towards todays brutally systematic industrial […]

Creamed Eels and Wadded Beef prices soar.

Stock up. It’s looking grim. In the face of the looming Fall of Rome II: American Edition, panicked citizens are going apeshit crazy for canned goods. Latest reports indicate that even Stagg Chili supplies are waning in the face of concerted stockpiling efforts. You don’t wanna have to eat your loved ones right? Bet that […]

Dave Grohl- The New Jesus of The Universe?

When Dave Grohl announced the release of the Foo Fighter’s fifth consecutive Best Of album, the people of Earth lost their shit. Billions danced naked on the street, heartfelt tributes were sent from every corner of the globe to this new Jesus, and to a far lesser extent, the other guys in the band (whoever […]

The Jello Biafra Marathon

On the eve of the US Presidential results i thought it would be interesting to look back on a chat i had with iconic Dead Kennedy’s frontman Jello Biafra on the way the wind was blowing before the current electoral cycle really went southbound to crazytown. Originally published in issue 2 of Collide Art & […]