Beth, lead singer and accordionist of band NoGood Boyo.
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Wales has a rich musical heritage, and the next generation is ready to take centre stage.
Comparing Beethoven to punk rockers is based on the composer’s attitude to tradition, but is it an accurate categorization?
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In popular media, Beethoven is imagined as a punk rocker. But what do these claims reflect about our relationship to classical music?
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John McCready recalls his glory days with the hip young gunslingers at the UK’s leading music paper.
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The Fall’s frontman was the ultimate pop outsider who never lost his working-class Manchester roots.
The Joe Strummer mural on East 7th Street and Avenue A in the East Village, New York.
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“The Magnificent Seven” was a slice of daily life, a class struggle song framed by the sound of funk and the emergent hip-hop in New York.
Outrage: the Sex Pistols album was an instant classic.
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Four decades after the release of punk’s most famous album it remains a classic moment in popular culture.
Fokofpolisiekar’s lead vocalist Francois van Coke.
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A pioneering documentary about South African punks, Fokofpolisiekar, doesn’t only focus on the band, but also illuminates the evolution of the documentary form.
Sex Pistols in the Paradiso Club, Amsterdam, 1977.
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Did the Sex Pistols invent punk rock or did they pick up on something happening in New York for years?