“This is the origins of our scene… created by punks for punks”   ANARCHO-PUNK: Music And Resistance In London 1977-1988 - EXPANDED EDITION by David Insurrection - Earth Island Books I reviewed the original version of this book a little while ago and really enjoyed reading about the venues and locations I’d heard about on record sleeves and in fanzines, and see pictures of the actual locations. David is from Aberdeen, so it was quite a trek for him to come down to London and

Join us and Charlie Harper , founder and frontman of UK Subs, on Friday 12th June at The Chester Tavern in Kidderminster for an evening in the company of a true punk legend! Charlie’s autobiography ‘ An Anarchy of Demons ’ was published last year so you can expect to hear stories from it, along with songs spanning his fantastic career. Tickets available from: https://wegottickets.com/event/693449 Also, the following evening from 6pm on Saturday 13th June at Signature Brew in

Well, it's been a month since Ian Glasper pestered y'all for obscure punk band leads, but every time we post there's a subsequent breakthrough, which all bring the next book, ' A Country Fit for Heroes Volume Two ', closer to completion, so here goes again!   Ian is still looking for: Animal Farm (London) Beyond Religion (Oakham) The Cause (Wigan) The Clergy (Reading).. .   And here's a few others off the huge list he's looking to track down: The Genocides (Preston) Idiot Sa

Greg Soden has been obsessing over  Propagandhi  for much of his life, as evidenced by the years of deep-dives on his  Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About Propagandhi … but he’s taking things a step further with the new release of  a book  of interviews with the band and a companion  CD compilation . Greg Soden is the host of ' Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About Propagandhi ' and a super-fan of the band, with whom he worked to put together this book of candid conversations

Time to wake up and challenge those aging punk-rock grey cells.  It’s not a test, it’s just for fun, and ideally answered with a few mates over a pint down the pub.  Ideal for hosting between bands at Rebellion, or even down the local bingo or record fair.  In any case, here are a few punktastic brain-bogglers from Martin Punktilious’ recent new Punk Quiz Book to keep you guessing…   Questions: 62.   What anti-romantic song gave The Vibrators a heart-warming hit in 1978?   6

Here it is, at last, the book cover of Alex Anesiadis (Author of ' We Can Be The New Wind ' and 'Crossover the edge') excellent new, forthcoming book on crossover, ‘ Tear It Down ’. This massive work of love for the HC scene will be out pretty soon, this Spring, via Earth Island Books , with a photo cover by Alison Braun Photography  (you can spot Brian Walsby  on it too!), and a foreword by Parris Mayhew .   ‘ Tear It Down: How Crossover bridged metal and hardcore punk ’ co

‘ Poems About Love and Punk Rock ’, by Joe McNally , blends poetry, memoirs, and punk storytelling rooted in Southern California.  As a member of Voodoo Glow Skulls, he toured widely and shared stages with Offspring, No Doubt, Blink 182, Rancid, NOFX, and Sublime, and he also toured with Green Day as a trumpet player, and has appeared in Rolling Stone twice, including once right after a street brawl with bandages still on his head.    The book is not about name-dropping. It’s

Big thanks to Eugene Butcher  for his review of the ‘ Charlie Harper - An aural accompaniment to An Anarchy of Demons ’ CD in the latest issue of the always-ace Vive Le Rock  magazine. The sixteen track CD is a joint label release between Engineer Records (The sister label of publishers Earth Island Books) and their partners in this UK Subs recording, Time & Matter Recordings .   Eugene talks about Charlie’s book being “A great, fact packed, bar story of a book that tells

There are five more episodes of the Razorcake podcast looking at a soundtrack made up from songs on compilations featured in Welly Artcore’s ‘ NEFARIOUS ARTISTS: THE EVOLUTION AND ART OF THE PUNK ROCK, POST-PUNK, NEW WAVE, HARDCORE PUNK AND ALTERNATIVE ROCK COMPILATION RECORD 1976 – 1989 ’ book.   Long before online streaming and even TV music videos, that were beyond the reach of many new bands outside of a lucky spin on the radio, the compilation became the most effective w

We’ve been working with Jenn Beckwith for a while on a great new book about The Ramones , but looking at the band from the fans perspective. With great help from Gary Clevenger on background research and Amy Wuelfing (of DiWulf publishing ) on design and layout, the new book, entitled ‘ All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: The Enduring Spirit Of The Ramones ’ should be out in time for the fiftieth anniversary of The Ramones debut album.   We wanted to announce this soon and will b

Scene Point Blank have been continuing their excellent series of one question interviews with authors of punk and hardcore books. A while back they asked Charlie Harper of UK Subs about how the process of writing differs to playing gigs with his awesome autobiographical tome, ‘ An Anarchy of Demons ’. Now they have spoken with two more of our authors, Greg Soden and Ian Glasper . Greg Soden , whose new book ‘ Unscripted Moments: Conversations with Propagandhi ’ is based on

As well as working on promotions for his ‘ Three And A Half Minutes Of Fame ’ book, and helping to make the nineties music documentary based on it too, author and musician Alex Boucher also has a substack update. The latest post on which is entitled ‘That was Lush’. Read on here…   Strap in folks, a long-form waffle about a whirlwind three days in January is about to enter your eyeballs…   14/01/2026 I headed in to London with a head full of notes and nervous trepidation, ho

Ian Glasper had a great response when he posted about bands that he is trying to contact for his next book a few weeks back, so here we go again...   The book will be ‘ A Country Fit For Heroes : Volume Two. More DIY punk in eighties Britain’ and will hopefully be out in the spring of 2027. This will be Ian Glasper ’s last volume documenting the Eighties, so he really wants to capture some of these bands for posterity. With that in mind, does anyone know the whereabouts of an

An alternative history of Scottish DIY culture, tracing how zines, tapes, and sheer necessity built a world far from the usual punk epicentres.   ' Dear Smash Hits, We’re From Scotland!: An Alternative History of Zines & DIY Music Culture (1975–2025) ' arrives at a moment when punk history risks collapsing under its own accumulated weight. We already have deep dives into specific eras and subgenres (Ian Glasper’s books remain untouchable in that respect), exhaustive discograp

Scene Point Blank are running a series of One Question Interviews right now, and asked Charlie Harper , legendary frontman of the UK Subs: "As someone who is used to performing and being on stage, how has the book release process been similar or different than playing music to fans?"  Charlie replied: "It’s a bit of both, but as I’ve made a few records, the book is so much more exciting, a new feeling. Although you can’t beat a live show, writing about shows will take you bac

Sunday Times best-selling author (well, ghostwriter) Paddy Shennan pays tribute to the forgotten heroes of the music industry - the fans, in his new book, ‘ Not JUST About The Fall – 50 adventures in a post-punk paradise ’   Paddy recalls the musical adventures of his adolescence, including classic (and not-so-classic) gigs by the likes of The Clash, Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Fall, Joy Division, The Cure, The Associates, U2, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Smiths, New Order and Th

After a very successful one-hour show –  That’s Not Poetry!  – at Colchester Fringe Festival at the end of October, James Domestic has gone into his usual hibernation period.  However, there are lots of fun things coming up from March onwards! First up is a headline show at HotBox, Chelmsford on 4th March.  The last time he performed at this brilliant venue – with comic genius, Andy Riley – they sold the place out.  If you hurry, you can grab a ticket  here . Leon the Poet (

Greg Soden has an upcoming book tour date in New York City. He’ll be at Limited to One Records, 221 E 10th St, New York, NY on 30th January 2026 from 5pm to 6:30pm. Entry is free and his trip to the East Village of Manhattan will see him speaking about his excellent ‘ Unscripted Moments: Conversations with Propagandhi ’ book and signing copies on the day. There will also be the last few posters and double CDs available for anyone who comes along too. Greg Soden’s ‘Propagandhi

Book Review: Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988 (Expanded Edition)   The original edition of this book about locations in London associated with anarcho-punk came out over a year ago. In this new expanded edition, David Insurrection has added 15 chapters, some more photos, and additional material in some of the existing chapters to boost this book by 50 pages, and it instantly looks more weighty. Luckily, this fascinating study is still not as big as an I

Charlie Harper loves Christmas, almost as much as he loves his new autobiography and audio CD, ‘ An Anarchy of Demons ’ and here’s a photo of him in his Christmas jumper, grinning and stroking his new book and CD to prove it. Although we can’t promise you’ll get it in time for Christmas day now, especially if you are outside the UK, if you order a copy of ‘ An Anarchy of Demons ’ between now and Xmas, direct from us, the publishers, Earth Island Books , we can promise you’ll