Punk Interviews
"I don't think I'm ever gonna make another album like this. This has been so cool because it's been all me. "Continue Reading
Guitarist and lead singer Baz Warne teases Stranglers super-fan and Punktuation writer ROGER KASPER with a few nuggets about Jet Black’s funeral and that amazing mural of him and reveals a secret about Dave Greenfield’s massive swelling organ!Continue Reading
Positive Hardcore takes the explosive power of punk and infuses it with lyrics that encourage a more fulfilling way of living. Bands like Knelt Before are embodying this very philosophy whilst recording awesome new music. We caught up with vocalist Mark Johnston to discuss...Continue Reading
“Bands like The Slits, X-Ray Spex and The Raincoats were so forward thinking, I would love to have a legacy like any of them.” With the release of their second album, on Daydream Library in the UK and Kill Rock Stars in the US, Big Joanie are ready to bring their unique brand of feminist punk to […]Continue Reading
At the conclusion of a very successful UK tour to promote their new album 'Cognitive Dissidents', Ruth Rae caught up with Harlow punks Newtown Neurotics in Brighton to talk about the album, touring, and of course politics!Continue Reading
Part of the first wave of punk bands to come out of Glasgow in the 1970s, The Zips have been flying the punk flag ever since. Punktuation caught up with vocalist and guitarist Jon McNeill to reflect on punk past, present and future.Continue Reading
With the release of his latest LP ‘Moments of Madness’ and ahead of a November UK Tour, Hugh Cornwell chats with Punktuation’s Nic Howden about his new music, and reveals his side of the wranglings over the Stranglers’ ‘Death + Night + Blood’ movie. ‘See what the world is coming toCouldn’t make it up if […]Continue Reading
Dead Kennedys’ seminal ‘Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables’, drops on Friday – remixed and remastered. Nic Howden tunes in and talks with DK’s guitarist, East Bay Ray, about the LP and the continuing feud with Jello. Chris Lord-Alge is a ‘five-time Grammy-award-winning producer/engineer/mixer/musician’. Among countless others, he’s worked with Tina Continue Reading
A band that wear their political hearts on their sleeves, Petrol Girls want to use their music to communicate empowering and vital messages to their audience. But with so much political and social turmoil at the moment, how can punk music even begin to scratch the surface?Continue Reading
Californian punk legends are taking their tour 'Down Under' this month, hitting their 'home away from home' with full force.Continue Reading