“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 […]
The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 1 The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 2 ‘It’s All Done By Mirrors’ released on All The Madmen Records was the first album by The Astronauts that I bought. I retrospectively bought the debut album ‘Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs’ shortly […]
PLEASE SHARE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS YOU SEE FIT, TO HELP SHINE A LIGHT ON THE HARD STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FORCES OF FASCISM IN THE WHITE HOUSE. Fake News Corp is an alliance of disparate souls who wanted to manifest their opposition to the ‘alt-President of the USA’ in a rousing song. We can’t […]
An absolutely insane SEVENTY minute performance from Crass performing all the songs featured in the set at a very fast rate with barely any interruptions. Billed as ‘Shaved Women’ rather than Crass, this is the first and only time that the band performed in a venue that they had a part in setting up. For […]
Annie Anxiety – Cyanide Tears – Mix 1 Annie Anxiety – Cyanide Tears – Mix 2 Presenting two mixes of Annie Anxiety’s ‘Cyanide Tears’. Both mixes are from the original Southern Studio recordings. The song ‘Cyanide Tears’ is intense, and both mixes are altered enough to be worthy of inclusion on this YouTube post. The […]
This interview with Richard Cabut was recorded at the Resonance studio in Borough, London, mid-November 2017, but has remained unaired due to administrative difficulties. It was chaired and produced by Mr A.U – an outstanding job, thank you. The raw audio of Richard Cabut talking about the book is available here and now on the […]
Fifteen years ago today Joe Strummer passed on. Here is a You Tube post dedicated to him, and one of the songs that followed Joe throughout the years. “Junco Partner” is an American blues song first recorded by James Waynes in 1951. It has been recorded and revised by many other artists over several decades, […]
Charles Manson – Side A Charles Manson – Side B The true identity of Lance Fairweather has puzzled Mansonist scholars for years and probably never will be revealed. Apparently, the man valued his anonymity as much as his life, for reasons that will become obvious from the following account. We do know that he was […]
The Apostles Side Demolition Company Side ‘Cartography’ The first side of this cassette tape features The Apostles. To be more specific, for this release many of the songs were written, performed with various instruments and recorded on a four track recorder by Dave Fanning. So in effect it is pretty much Dave Fannings ‘solo’ project. […]
PUNK IS DEAD: MODERNITY KILLED EVERY NIGHT Co-edited and including essays written by Richard Cabut and Andrew Gallix, this original collection of insight, analysis and conversation charts the course of punk from its underground origins, when it was an un-formed and utterly alluring near-secret – back in the garage, when the cult still had no […]