Johnny Ramone is a founding member of the seminal New York punk band, the Ramones. Famed for their blisteringly short songs played at breakneck speed, the Ramones burst onto the scene in 1976 with tracks like 'Blitzkrieg Bop', 'I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You' and 'Judy is a Punk'. When they played The Roundhouse in London journalist Chris Salewicz was ... Show More
Oct 6
Jock Stein, first British football manager to win the European Cup
Jock Stein, first British football manager to win the European Cup, picked by composer Sir James MacMillan and aided by Jock Stein’s biographer, Archie MacPherson. Jock Stein was manager of Celtic FC when they won the European Cup in Lisbon in 1967. He later died while managing S ... Show More
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Sep 22
Miles Jupp on JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country
"I find his novels extraordinarily beautiful .. and they're an excellent length."Miles Jupp picks an author he loves, but knows little about. JL Carr was born in Yorkshire and was a teacher, mapmaker, and an eccentric. Joining the comedian in studio to discuss Carr is a man who k ... Show More
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May 2024
Steve Jones: From Sex Pistol to Lonely Boy
Coming from a challenging, working class upbringing in the United Kingdom, Steve Jones discovered his outlet in music - as founding guitarist of the groundbreaking punk rock band the Sex Pistols. Despite the release of only one album,”Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pisto ... Show More
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Feb 2021
The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet Syringes, Turning Tricks and Saving Rock ‘N’ Roll
Sniffing glue, hooking for drug money, hurling rocks at the Beatles, and writing infectious sunshiny melodies about their grimy reality, the Ramones were what the world needed in 1976. As rock ‘n’ roll was getting bloated with excessive experimentation and unfortunate forays into ... Show More
39m 11s
Jun 2022
Sex Pistols, et les meilleurs livres musicaux
C'est la série Pistols, de Danny Boyle, qui a convaincu Nicolas Tittley et Marc Coiteux de raconter l'histoire de ce groupe emblématique. Les mélomanes qui ont déjà fait planer nos auditeurs et auditrices sur les sons des Clash et de Patti Smith se font un plaisir de clôturer leu ... Show More
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Jun 2012
Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Punk rock and the Queen
In 1977, The Sex Pistols punk rock band mocked Britain's Silver Jubilee celebrations.They even wrote a song with the same title as the national anthem - God Save the Queen.(Image: The Sex Pistols - left to right - Paul Cook, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock. Credit: Pr ... Show More
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