I sent David at Earth Island Books an anarchist flag image, just a ‘flat’ image, and I asked David to try make the flag look as though it was ‘flying in the wind’ across the whole width of the book. This I assumed would not happen as I had no idea that it could be […]
ALL THE WORDS BELOW ARE WRITTEN BY GERARD WHO USED TO FRONT THE BAND FLOWERS IN THE DUSTBIN. GERARD IS ALSO A WRITER OF BOOKS NOTABLY; ‘THE STORY OF CRASS’ (UNDER THE NAME GEORGE BERGER). GERARD HAS ALSO WRITTEN FOR SOUNDS, MELODY MAKER, AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AMONGST OTHERS. PRIOR TO THE BOOK; ‘THE STORY OF […]
Mick ‘Skinner’ Baker on the left with Chris Almond. The five books written by Mick ‘Skinner’ Baker; guitarist of Virus V1 are about growing up in the late seventies and early eighties. From Mick’s school days, through to his obsessive interest in punk rock, eventually forming the band Virus V1 in 1982. There are many […]
Looking For A Kiss – PC-PRESS. A story of two lovers, Robert, and Marlene, who’s love has long faded. The story is mostly based in the early eighties, in and around the London of that period, a London that is now largely gentrified. The story seems to float around in a dream-like state […]
ADAM MORRIS – MY WORDS I got to know Adam Morris around 1987 when I would visit him at his day job, working at Shigaku at the Metrostore in Acton, a company that was punting out the finest export records to shops and mail order companies (like my own small record and tape distribution service […]
CEASE AND RESIST – SONIC SUBVERSION AND ANARCHO PUNK IN THE UK 1979 – 1986 – OPTIMO MUSIC Cease And Resist – Sonic Subversion and Anarcho Punk In The UK 1979-86 is compiled by JD Twich and Chris Low and released on the Optimo Music record label. Ten years in the making, this double […]
1985 – 1986: SOME WORDS – Mickey Penguin. I am thinking about Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with fondness, after I heard the sad news of his passing during the evening of the 14th March at the age of 70. I was remembering the times that I spent at Beck Road in Hackney, and the many Psychic […]
Today I have uploaded seven 7″ singles from Bologna’s Attack Punk record label and a 7″ single on the Toto record label. All the 7″ singles are in glorious red vinyl and quite aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The second release especially looks like the sleeve and booklet was screen printed in the same way […]
Our friend and fellow ‘Puppy’, Alistair Livingston passed on after a short illness on the 3rd November 2018. I am in shock. In the 1980’s, AL was a leading light in the Puppy Collective, Black Sheep Housing Co-op and All The Madmen Records. From 2007 through his Green Galloway blog, Alistair battled to bring attention […]
“People keep asking if I’m going to write a book about this stuff, which is preposterous; so this (the Ripped And Torn website) is the beginnings of that work” Tony D – October 2011 Well, the book took pretty much exactly seven years to finally be published with the invaluable help, and enthusiasm of Thurston […]