NME — Attention, Clash fans! 65 years ago today (August 21) Joe Strummer was born. As part of The Clash, he would go on to create an rock and roll punk legacy. Celebrating his amazing career, here's 50 Clash facts, starting with their first ever gig -... more info

BBC News - UK — Musicians from Newton Faulkner to Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock took part in the festival between the two Koreas. more info

Stereogum — A funny thing about punk rock: It's always been pastiche. The Stooges ground up hammerhead Detroit hard rock with Doors-ian self-laceration and free jazz's embrace of wild, twisty noise. The Ramones took '60s garage-rock riffs and Beach Boys melodies... more info

NME — "I missed how I could have helped him" Sex Pistols at the band's last 1978 public appearance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California John Lydon has looked back on how the demise of late Sex Pistols bandmate Sid Vicious, and how ... more info

Stereogum — Few bands explored and exploded the possibilities of punk rock as early and often as Wire. The London combo emerged concurrently with punk totems the Clash and Sex Pistols and immediately set about redefining what the genre could be, essentially inve... more info

Topix — Manic Street Preachers covered Sex Pistols and duetted with The Anchoress at a triumphant headline show at Wembley Arena last night. Check out footage and the setlist below. more info

NME — Nicky Wire brings out "the best legs in rock n' roll" Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers covered Sex Pistols and duetted with The Anchoress at a triumphant headline show at Wembley Arena last …Continue reading » The post Manic Str... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Analogue Electronic WhateverFrom: EnglandOn Frozen Milk 77 the mysterious Analogue Electronic Whatever (AEW) pay tribute to the energy and experimentation of 1977, the year that spawned a revolutionary DIY attitude to music, the start of New Wave an... more info

KEXP Seattle — For many of us who grew up in the punk era, the sound of the Sex Pistols — that power, energy, propelled by a sneer — was life-changing. For me, it was those guitar chords. That sound — copied over and over by legions of guitarists since — ch... more info

Stereogum — This week we ran interviews with Ty Segall, Haley Heynderickx, Paddy Hanna, Yo La Tengo, Collective Soul, and No Age. We launched a new column about old #1s, surveyed Sex Pistols covers, reviewed projects from Maxo Kream and Dua Lipa and Closer, and ... more info