The England’s Dreaming Tapes
A wonderful book of interviews with most of the key members of the early punk scene that revolved around the Sex Pistols. A literal encyclopedia of that punk secne. Rating: The England’s Dreaming Tapes – Book by Jon Savage University of Minnesota Press From 1988 – 1989 Jon Savage conducted countless hours of interviews with [...]
Public Image Limited 5/2 at House of Blues
Sunday night, Public Image Limited (PiL for short) made their long awaited return to Chicago to play a pair of shows at the House of Blues (this being the second night). The band had been inactive for around 18 years and until the beginning of this year the future of the band was uncertain and [...]
R.I.P. Maclom McLaren
Malcom McLaren, most infamous for being the manager and ringleader of punk rock icons the Sex Pistols passed away today at the age of 64. Malcom lost his long bout with cancer. Aside from his well known stint as the Sex Pistols manager, Malcom also managed a store, Sex, in England that was among the [...]
Sid! DVD
Sid! By Those Who Knew Him DVD/CD MVD Visual In his short life and even shorter stint in the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious became the most recognizable figure in all of punk rock. People who never even heard punk music before likely has heard the name Sid Vicious. There’s even a Sid Vicious action figure! [...]
Sex Pistols – Spunk box set
As you may know, the Sex Pistols – Spunk album was finally given an official release on LP/CD last year. For those not familiar with it, about a week before Never Mind the Bollocks came out, some crafty bootlegger beat it to the punch by releasing an album of earlier Sex Pistols demo recordings. The [...]
