The Vinyl Villain — The Jam released three cracking singles in 1979 - Strange Town, When You're Young and The Eton Rifles.Personally, I thought the last of them was the weakest of the three, but it did give the band their first Top 10 single at the ninth attempt. Oh an... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Swedish superstars Abba are the band British music fans would most like to see get back together, it was revealed yesterday. Their reunion would be the most popular of any group which still has most of its original members, ahead of The Police, Pink ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Selfridges is excited to announce the Autumn / Winter launch of the Pretty Green Menswear collection, with your chance to meet Liam Gallagher and get his autograph!We are giving five lucky peple the chance to win a meet and greet with Liam himself! E... more info

Rock Sellout — Lately, I’ve been going back through my music collection and listening to music from a certain period. I’ve been going back to music that was created in the Thatcher/Regan era 80s. Back then, they were in a social and economic climate that is in... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — There’s no secret to the rise of Twisted Wheel, “We just make good honest rock ’n’ roll music that people clock on to,” says bassist Richard Lee, who prefers to be known as Ricky.Only his mum calls him Richard. And ha... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — I wonder how Liam Gallagher might have responded if, a decade ago, he was told that in 2009 he would be giving an interview in which the journalist had been specifically instructed not to ask him about Oasis. It is, after all, the band which defined ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — C'mon.....you don't think yesterday's little bit of poptastic stuff was a mere coincidence?For Part 33 of this series, I'm moving away from singles to the record that was voted #1 LP by the writers on the NME in 1979. The full list, for your info wa... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Pick up this week's NME to read about Graham Coxon's favourite records in more detail. My first album... The Jam – 'Setting Sons' “The first single I ever bought was 'Roxanne' by The Police, and then my first album was 'Setting Sons' by The Ja... more info

Rock Sellout — From The Jam announced that drummer Rick Buckler will be leaving the band in a series of Myspace blogs and bulletins. On Sunday, the following announcement from Rick was posted: "It is with some regret that I can no longer be involved with From The J... more info

Rock Sellout — There comes a point in time where every relationship becomes stagnant and you're left with the decision of either parting ways or making the proper adjustments to move forward. Three years ago, I started this website with no clue of how to properly c... more info