Added on May 5, 2011
Everett True
Abba , Blondie , Boney M , Brown Girl In The Ring , Donna Summer , Grease , Ramones , Rivers Of Babylon , Vincent Vanoli
This music seemed so unreal, so glitzy and mainstream and safe when compared to the music we chose to listen to
Added on April 27, 2011
Everett True
Alan McGee , Ambition , Creation Records , East Kilbride , Jesus And Mary Chain , Ramones , Rough Trade Records , The Doors , The Legend , Upside Down , Virgin Megastore
Will be terrible when they start to play, so catch them now.
Added on April 8, 2011
Everett True
Lady Gaga , Las Kellies , Lispector , Nova Scotia , Ramones , Reinspired , Rose Kemp , Shonen Knife , The Clean , The Like , These Dancing Days
Capsule interview conducted on 10 March by Reinspired blog for its first-year anniversary.
Added on March 28, 2011
Everett True
Dolores O'Riordan , Imagine , John Lennon , Madonna , Melody Maker , Phil Spector , Ramones , Taylor Parkes , The Beatles , The Cranberries , To The Faithful Departed
It’s a weak, flimsy premise for a song: not thought-through, sappy, opportunistic, smug, the opposite of naive … something that this song is often called by its defenders.
Added on March 14, 2011
Everett True
Belle And Sebastian , Brisbane , Dear Catastrophe Waitress , Dog On Wheels , Everett True , gig review , If You're Feeling Sinister , Juno , Mohammed Ali , Nikki McClure , Ramones , Stevie Jackson , Stuart Murdoch , The Boy With The Arab Strap , The Gin Club , The Monkees , The Pastels , The Tivoli , The Undertones , Tigermilk , Write About Love
Speaking as a Ramones and Undertones fan, I love a bit of self-parody, me. As long as it’s done straight.
Added on February 25, 2011
Jean Encoule
Baby You're so Repulsive , Batman , Blondie , Crime , Exalted Masters , Hank Rank , Hot Wire My Heart , Johnny Strike , Johnny Thunders , Michael Lucas , Mike Stax , NME , No Exit , punk rock , Ramones , Ricky Tractor , Ron Ripper , San Francisco , Search And Destroy , Seymour Stein , The Avengers , The Bloody Children , The Damned , The New York Dolls , The Nuns , The Space Invaders , The Tubes , The Weirdos , Traxmarx , Ugly Things
I thought, since we were called CRIME, we should feature famous criminals on our posters! First, a series of war criminals, then gangsters, then serial killers, and so on. So, I thought we should start off with Hitler…
Added on February 16, 2011
Everett True
Best Coast , Ramones , Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls are the guv’nesses, same way Ramones were once the guv’ners.
Added on January 27, 2011
Everett True
Agent Ribbons , Aretha Franklin , Bikini KIll , Blondie , Buzzcocks , Dexys Midnight Runners , Dirtbombs , Fabulous Diamonds , George Clinton , Herman Düne , Jonathan Richman , Joy Division , La Sera , Lady Gaga , Mudhoney , My Disco , Otis Redding , Pete And The Pirates , Quasi , Ramones , Sonic Youth , Taken By Trees , The Birthday Party , The Commitments , The Fall , The Pastels , The Thing , Thee Spivs , Troublefunk
Julian says: “Everybody’s always like, ‘Oh yeah the music used to be better in the 80s’. No it fucking didn’t.” So what current bands are as good as The Fall, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, The Birthday Party or Dexy’s [sic] in their prime? Not to mention Blondie, Ramones, Jonathan Richman… (This comment originated on another post. I think it’s […]
Added on January 22, 2011
Everett True
C86 , Creation Records , Jesus And Mary Chain , Ramones , Shop Assistants , Southampton Solent University , Talulah Gosh , The Loft , The Notes , The Raincoats , The Velvet Underground , Vivian Girls
The echo is sullen. The harmonies are anything but. The guitar sound is very early Creation and pure Shop Assistants