Fundraiser set up to support guitar great Chris Spedding as he battles lymphoma Spedding has played with Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Elton John, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney and more Louder · Aug 21
Building the Beast: Iron Maiden's Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson on battles, breakthroughs and the birth of a legend – only in the new issue of Classic Rock Also in this issue: Ace Frehley, Ian Gillan, Judas Priest, Wolfgang Van Halen, Whiskey Myers, The Cramps, Stephen Dale Petit, Massive Wagons, Solstice, Steve Morse and more Louder · Nov 7, 2025
"Eventually you run out of steam because you have no money and you’re eating Pot Noodles on Christmas Day." Dr Who and The Thick Of It star Peter Capaldi shares his memories of his David Bowie and Cramps-influenced punk band, The Dreamboys "At the time I thought I just loved showing off." Peter Was A Punk Rocker Louder · Apr 9, 2025
Stewart Copeland: ‘The Police’s recording sessions were very dark. We beat the crap out of each other’ As the Police’s biggest hit album Synchronicity is reissued, their drummer answers your questions on punk, his CIA dad and Sting’s ‘magnificent’ pecs The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024
“Now that the years have passed, I can admit that we did make liberal use of Ry Cooder’s amps without his knowledge”: Kid Congo Powers is the journeyman guitarist who fused jazz and punk with the Bad Seeds, the Cramps and Gun Club Powers reveals how drugs, jazz and lessons from the Cramps’ Poison Ivy were all brought to bear on Gun Club’s seminal 1984 album, The Las Vegas Story Guitar World · Jun 19, 2024
Stoneage Romeos at 40: no other Australian album brings a smile like the Hoodoo Gurus’ legendary debut The LP turned junk culture into high art – but the band could only capture that innocence and purity once The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2024
“Somebody told me you people are crazy, but I'm not so sure about that. You seem to be alright to me.” On June 13, 1978, The Cramps played a riotous gig for the residents of a Californian psychiatric hospital. They didn't want to leave The Cramps' infamous gig at Napa State Hospital probably should never have happened, but its now part of punk rock history Louder · May 16, 2024
The Cramps: A Date With Elvis - Album Of The Week Club review A Date With Elvis continued The Cramps' fascination with lust, obsession, and the darker side of rock'n'roll culture Louder · May 29, 2023
Minor Threat's Out Of Step: the bitter, brilliant eulogy for youthful idealism which defined hardcore punk as a force for good Minor Threat knew they were falling apart as they recorded their debut album: that helps explain why, 40 years after its release, Out Of Step sounds as vital, urgent and furiously fucked-off as it did in 1983 Metal Hammer · Apr 27, 2023
Great Chicago music moments in photos, from Led Zeppelin to Liz Phair to Nirvana Photographer Marty Perez’s new book documents decades of rock and blues on Chicago stages. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 27, 2023
Kid Congo Powers: ‘Sex was great. Love was dumb. Sleaze was paramount’ As he publishes a new memoir, the guitarist with the Gun Club, Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds looks back on four decades of creative extremism and experimental living The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022