New!
If you're a regular to these pages,
look here for what's been added in the last few months:
SINGAPORE SLING - A longer version of
the article that appeared in Big Takeover #53 - great Icelandic band.
SWEDISH ROCK EXPLOSION-
An overview of the Swedish rock scene written for the Big Takeover #52 -
somewhat longer than what appeared in print.
CAESARS - The full
interview transcript that was used for the bits on Caesars in the
Swedish Rock Explosion article for Big Takover #52.
ASTEROID B-612 - (January 2003) A big
interview with John Spittles spanning the career of this terrific Sydney
band of hard rocking fiends
THE CLASH - a short memoriam on the death of Joe Strummer written in
December 2002
PHANTOM RECORDS - (December 2002)
A long interview with Phantom co-owner and one time Radio Birdman manager
Jules Normington
THE DOGS -
(Dec. 2002) France's seminal band - the group that every French
rock'n'roll band owes a debt to
CITADEL RECORDS - (fall 2002) a big interview
with John Needham
THE SCIENTISTS - KIM SALMON - THE SURREALISTS
- another monster sized feature based on a 2002 interview with Kim Salmon.
THE NOMADS
- (fall 2001) a short feature written for issue #49 of The Big
Takeover.
RADIO BIRDMAN - (fall 2001) a huge
feature printed in two parts in issue #49 and #50 of The Big Takeover.
Only part one is posted right now, awaiting the printed version of part 2.
LITTLE MURDERS - (fall 2001) a
retrospective based on an interview with ROb Griffths of Little Murders.
CELIBATE
RIFLES - (spring 2001) a huge interview with Damien Lovelock that was the basis for a
much smaller article that appeared in The Big Takeover #48 in June 2001. (pdf file)
DIED PRETTY - (spring 2001) a big interview with Brett Myers
that was the basis for an article appearing in The Big Takeover #48 in June 2001 (pdf
file)
NEW CHRISTS - (spring 2001) The third leg of the set of
interviews for the feature entitled Golden Days When Giants Walked The Earth that
appeared in The Big Takeover #48
THE SMALL FACES
- A big feature based on a summer of 2000
interview with Ian McLagan on this brilliant 60s mod outfit. A longer version of the
article that appeared in The Big Takeover #47. (Adobe Acrobat pdf format)
THE MEMBERS
- London band that mixed punk and reggae with
sophisticated arrangements and gret working class lyrics. Updated in the summer of
2000 based
on an interview with JC Caroll and Nicky Tesco (Adobe Acrobat pdf format)
THE MARTINETS - A
terrific punk band out of NYC that evokes memories of the Heartbreakers. A longer
version of an article that appeared in Big Takeover #46 (Adobe Acrobat pdf format)
THE WONDERFOOLS - Ripping pop punk from Norway...their Kids
In Satanic Service CD gets my vote for the best release of 1999.
BROTHER BRICK &
ASTEROID B-612 - a big article on the musical career of Stewart Cunningham, the fiery
lead guitar player of Brother Brick, Asteroid B-612, and now Challenger 7. Written
in April, 2000.
PORCELAIN BUS - (spring 2000) the definitive history of this
terrific 80s Sydney band that mixed an ability to rock with a more subtle side (PDF file)
MORTEN
HENRIKSEN/COSMIC DROPOUTS/VIKINGS/YUM YUMS - This guy has been the key element in all
three of these Norwegian bands...ranging from 60s garage fuzz to power pop to full on punk
rock. From September 1998
THE BARRACUDAS - Covers their entire career...based on an
interview with Jeremy Gluck in the summer of 1998
THE SAINTS - A huge feature that I wrote for Foster Child
magazine based on an interview with Chris Bailey in the winter of 1998.
TOM ROBINSON BAND - A great politically oriented class of '77 band
from the UK...for my money they were right up there with the Pistols, Clash, Jam, and
Damned for the best of those times.
DM3 - Dom Mariani (ex-Stems) with the world's greatest power pop
band ever!
THE REDUCERS - A couple articles from the early days of Noise
For Heroes about this great 70s punk styled band from New London, Connecticut
THE MAD TURKS FROM ISTANBUL and THE ICE CREAM HANDS - Two great
power pop bands headed by Adelaide ex-patriots Charles Jenkins and Dom Larizza. Added
March 1998.
THE OTHER SIDE - The band Rob Younger sang for between the
folding of Radio Birdman and the forming of the New Christs. Added February 1998
DENIZ TEK LIVE - (January 1998) A feature written for the
January 1998 Foster Child on a Tek live show in San Diego from August, 1997. Added
February 1998
BASEMENT BRATS - Brilliant Ramones styled punk pop from Norway;
a feature that ran in Foster Child fanzine in January of 1998. Added February 1998
REVIEWS OF SCANDINAVIAN LPS, CDs AND 12" RECORDS - a whole
batch of reviews of records by Scandinavian bands taken from back issues of Noise For
Heroes. Added February 1998.
IAN LIST / DAGOES / SPIKES / UVs - A long interview with the man
who led the Spikes and UVs and whose musical career spans over 10 years of great Adelaide
bands. Added October 1997.
THE BUZZCOCKS -
Manchester, England's finest band and one of the all time best punk groups ever. Two
articles together, one right after they split in 1981 (from NFH #7) and the other on their
1989 reunion tour, from NFH #18. Added May 1997.
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
- Ireland's greatest punk band featured in
the days just after the Go For It album was released, from an article in NFH #5.
An NFH Classic. Added May 1997.
DENIZ TEK
- A brand new feature on the great lead guitar player
from Radio Birdman in which he talks about all his doings since the Birdmen split up in
1978, especially his solo work and the Birdman reunion. Added May 1997.
THE UNDERTONES
- In retrospect somewhat of a one lp wonder, but
these guys had punk pop magic in a bottle while it lasted, from an article in NFH #5. An
NFH Classic. Added May 1997.
THE VIBRATORS
- There from the beginning days of the 100 Club,
a great pogo punk band, from a 1982 article in NFH#11. An NFH Classic. Added May 1997.
