What it must have been like in Manchester in the mid-‘70s ... riff of “Three Girl Rhumba.” The quartet’s debut album Pink Flag had the basic language of punk down pat but was far wittier ...

That period, when she was in her 20s, “was bold and daring and wild.” Her book is a living record of the ‘70s punk scene, which almost by its very definition, was ephemeral. “A lot of (the ...

Brian James, the pioneering punk guitarist who co-founded The Damned, died Thursday at the age of 70. The talented musician’s ...

Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live and Portlandia has posted free downloads of the music from his SNL parody of 70s/80s British punk with Ian Rubbish and the Bizzarros. The "band" starred in a faux ...

As the guitarist and main songwriter for the Damned, he helped spark an explosion on the British music scene in the 1970s.