The latest issue of ‘The Spectator’ magazine has a two-page interview with Charlie Harper in which he discusses a number of aspects of what he’d written about in his autobiography ‘An Anarchy of Demons’, published last year by Earth Island Books. The interview, conducted by Michael Hann, is under the title “Meet the last original punk playing punk – Charlie Harper of UK Subs discusses fifty years on punk’s front line” and can be found online here: https://spectator.com/arti

Take Effect review the Scene Police Records book The Scene Police Story: A Story of Rebellion, Passion, and Financial Ruin Dennis-P. Merklinghaus did what legions of punk kids in the early ‘90s dreamed of - he ran a fully DIY record label that put great music into the hands of like-minded people worldwide. Of course, it wasn’t all glamorous and certainly not always fun. In this very forthright book, Merklinghaus tells the tale of his fanzine, Interpol Times, which esc

Thoughts Words Action review Hardcore Horror There is an annoying tendency of mainstream publishing to examine underground subcultures through a highly distorted, sanitised, and ultimately inauthentic lens. Whenever major imprints attempt to capture the energy of the punk rock and hardcore scenes, the results often read like a tourist’s travelogue, full of superficial aesthetic choices and tired stereotypes that completely miss the point of the movement. This is why a relea

Charlie Harper’s acclaimed autobiography ‘An Anarchy of Demons’ is now sold out of the first and second print run copies. A new updated version of the book is at the printers right now, with some minor amendments, plus a handful of photos added that Charlie recently found in his archive, which he thought would enhance this new third edition. The updated version will be available in paperback, hardback and ebook, and there’s still a few copies of the accompanying audio CD too.