Simon Neil leads a back on top Biffy ...

It’s 50 years since punk’s cultural moment: the rise of The Damned and Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten swearing on the telly, Never Mind the Bollocks and the mohawks and fashion. But punk’s not dead. The c

Following Richey Edwards’ disappearance and the “commercial disaster” of The Holy Bible , the MANIC STREET PREACHERS were told that this is the end. Instead, they roared back with an unassailable anthem heralding one of the biggest British albums of the ’90s. Sam Richards celebrates 30 years of Everything Must Go : “It was the most spectacular feeling,” says Nicky Wire. “That period when you go over the top...”

1 BEAUTIFUL DAYS, DEVON Created by folk rockers the Levellers in 2003, Beautiful Days near Ottery St Mary is a celebration of folk, reggae and punk-leaning music. It’s hugely welcoming and family frie

If a mod revival gets in full swing, this band hope to be on one of the front scooters.

Oh boy, at age 16 I can almost divvy my interests up as a 70/30 focus on the world. Seventy per cent was music. I was playing in a punk rock band, while also playing in a Joy Division-inspired new wav