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Freedom, festivity and dead by sunrise: Inside Sid Vicious’s drug-fuelled last party

Less than 24 hours after Sid Vicious left Rikers prison after breaching his bail on charges of murder, he was found dead at the home of an aspiring actor. Mark Beaumont speaks to his long-time friends and experts about what happened that fateful night – and everything that led up…

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"On this album he proved he was so much more than a rock musician": The Pete Townshend album that measures up to The Who's best work

A late-70s blitz of punk, personal problems and tragedy forcedThe Who’s Pete Townshend to reassess his life and career.One of the results was his solo masterpiece Empty Glass

Louder

Billy Idol: ‘I stole the master tapes for Rebel Yell – and gave them to my heroin dealer’

The Generation X punk turned arena rocker answers your questions on near-misses in Hollywood, his overlooked electronic period and how Marc Bolan helped launch his career

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On Resistance Street review – punkish record of music’s long battle with racism

The Clash are the touchstone for a story that stretches back to the 50s, told in interviews with many campaigning rockers

The Guardian - UK

“I caved in and said: ‘Okay, I’ll put out Wuthering Heights, if only to teach you not to interfere with our choices’”: The decisions and coincidences that helped make Kate Bush a superstar

Signed around the same time as the Sex Pistols after David Gilmour mentored the 16-year-old’s “remarkable talent,” a durable paradox emerged

Louder

Jah Wobble: 'The cockney is dead and the East End is full of hipsters now'

The punk survivor doesn’t hold back on gentrification, the Sex Pistols and doing the 12 steps while working as a tube driver

Evening Standard

My London: Sara Dallin from Bananarama on hanging with the Sex Pistols in the 80s

Bananarama singer Sara Dallin kits out her house at Liberty, lives it up at Quo Vadis and wants to turn Hampton Court into a restaurant

Evening Standard

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The 6 prog bands John Lydon says he loves

Hawkwind, Van der Graaf Generator and even Pink Floyd – they’ve all had ex-Sex Pistols singer John Lydon’s stamp of approval

Louder

“People think that Spunk is a lot better than Never Mind The Bollocks, which is very gratifying”: Producer Dave Goodman reveals how he recorded the 'lost' Sex Pistols album, and how it kick-started the punk revolution

Classic interview reveals how his recordings became what some believe is the true Sex Pistols debut album

MusicRadar

The 11 most WTF collaborations in rock history

Bruce Dickinson and Mr Bean? Ozzy and Miss Piggy? Metallica and Ja Rule? Prepare to cringe at these heroically wrong-headed collaborations

Louder

"Oi, Freddie! Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses yet?": When Queen frontman Freddie Mercury met Sex Pistols bassist 'Simon Ferocious'

"It upset me when the Sex Pistols exploded" recalls Brian May, who was rather more taken with punk than Freddie Mercury

Louder

Fortune favors the books: Our editors' favorite non-fiction of 2023 pulls back the curtain on a year of major transition

These non-fiction books explain not only how the algorithm of life and business are changing, but who the humans are who created this world.

Fortune

“It should be illegal to be in a band, and only those willing to be arrested and locked up should try and pursue music”: Bill Nelson was only partly joking with his pre-punk manifesto

From psychedelic troubadour to art rocker, the Be-Bop Deluxe leader has always been about crossing musical boundaries and encouraging others to do the same

Louder

Robert Peston and Ed Balls perform with new band Centrist Dad

The ITV political editor sang songs by The Sex Pistols, Blondie and The Clash

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The Guardian - UK

Siouxsie review – more Greek than goth goddess

Ten years after her last London gig, the former Banshees frontwoman shows she’s not just a punk survivor, with a wide-ranging, glamour-heavy set

The Conversation

Jamie Reid: the defiant punk art of the man behind the Sex Pistols' iconic imagery

The death of graphic designer and activist Jamie Reid earlier this month was a huge loss for both the design community and the political left. Right until his death, Reid made incendiary works that incessantly attacked the political status quo.

Louder

Forget Manchester: Leeds was the REAL home of 80s alternative music

Often derided as ‘Goth City’, Leeds defined the independent music scene of the 80s from post-punk to weird-pop and dark electronica. No Leeds, no Trent Reznor

The Guardian - UK

Jamie Reid obituary

Artist whose unmistakable record sleeve designs contributed to the tumultuous impact of the Sex Pistols in the 1970s

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U.S. health care has been in crisis since Nixon–but two economists may have found a way to radically disrupt it

U.S. health care is an unfixable economic system, at least in its current configuration.

Evening Standard

Mangal 2: Celebrity diners don’t do anything for our Google rating

Lily Allen is a fan, but it’s not enough for a five star rating

The Guardian - UK

Jamie Reid’s Sex Pistols artwork was a glorious assault on authority

Taking dada and adding a snotty British energy, the late artist gave punk its sharp edges and revolutionary force – and by attacking Putin, carried it into the present

The Independent UK

Jamie Reid, the artist who designed covers for Sex Pistols’ albums, dies aged 76

Reid, known to many for his ‘God Save the Queen’ artwork, helped curate the aesthetic of the punk rock era with his ransom note style

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In memoriam: Sex Pistols album artist Jamie Reid (1947 – 2023)

Jamie Reid was best known for his bold album artwork for the Sex Pistols

Evening Standard

OPINION - Farewell Jamie Reid, punk visionary who captured the spirit of generation

Jamie Reid, who has just died at the age of 76, was as important to London as Big Ben or Guy Fawkes. As influential as Martin Amis or John Betjeman. His work was as iconic as any London portrait by Monet, Pissarro or Canaletto. This Croydon-born boy was a colossal…

The Independent UK

Jamie Reid the artist who designed covers for Sex Pistols’ albums dies

Reid, 76, helped curate the aesthetic of the punk rock era with his ransom note style.

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