john robb
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My best selling 'The Art Of Darkness - the History Of Goth' is available from here https://t.co/wIJxQgilXF
Joined February 2009
Very good of.@ChrisGPackham.to say a few words about my best selling 'The Art Of Darkness - The History Of Goth' book. Shares most welcome. You can order the print/ebook or audio book from here : #Goth #GothicRock.
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Just listening to Oasis 'Be Here Now' album and it's far away from the car crash it's often painted as. My pre punk glam rock ears love its over top madness!.
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How does this work?.@wetherspoons were granted 48.3 million bail out. The entire music industry was asking for 50 million and none forthcoming. #LetTheMusicPlay.
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Pub in Liverpool renamed the Three Bellends after Johnson, Hancock and Cummings. photo from @reVoziganda
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Surely time to get Ticketmaster and dynamic pricing sorted out. .
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what's all this chest puffing over fish? the music industry makes 6 times more money for the UK and the government does fuck all for us, not one poxy gunboat of effort from Boris 'I love the Clash' Johnson.
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Fuck this is weird. I’m really liking being 60. Looks great written down and defying all the expectations mentally, physically and spiritually with that age are thrilling!.
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funny how the biggest proponents of #conscription and national service are always the furthest from the front line.
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Feel ashamed to live in a country that treats nurses so badly and yet gives failed PPE bosses millions. Shameful.
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Why is John Lydon even getting interviewed about American election? He’s a rich LA landlord, not a political pundit and not had a hit record for decades - may as well ask a member of Racey what they think!.
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Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) RIP 'We are devastated to learn that the greatest keyboard player in the history of rock music from the greatest band ever has died.' via @louderthanwar.
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Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) dead at 64 ‘ We are saddened to lose one of the great guitars players of our generation.’ via @louderthanwar.
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Surely, it's time to get Ticketmaster and dynamic pricing sorted out. Oasis ticket frenzy underlines broken system
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Gutted about Mark Lanegan. Glad to have known him and supported him with @membranes1 . I also did this interview with him where you get a measure of the beautiful soul with a dry wit and heart of gold and deep love of music. God bless you Mark.
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A European super league made up of 3 countries and with 6 English clubs some of which are not in the top 4 of premiership and with no promotion or relegation is neither European, super or a league. .
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Time to fuck off ‘Boris’ Johnson - worst prime minister in my lifetime.
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Andy Rourke dies at 59 ‘described as kind and beautiful soul by johnny marr ’ has passed away via @louderthanwar.
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Noel Gallagher opens up in an exclusive interview with LTW editor John Robb.Great to hear Noel being so positive about Liam @liamgallagher In a brand new 30 minute interview, Noel tells the story of Oasis’ iconic debut album
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Brian James RIP.Sorry to hear of the passing of the genius guitar player who formed The Damned and created punk rock. via @louderthanwar.
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Nick Cave at a 1976 gig by The Saints learning the ropes from the late ad great Chris Bailey.
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Peye Shelley : one of the greatest Britsh songwriters and key figure in punk rock and one of nicest musicians we have ever met RIP. God bless you Pete and thanks for everything
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As someone who spends their whole life in music it’s weird watching the #BRITs - like watching another world. Even the boring sports awards feel more relevant to my life!.
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@NadineDorries That's very sneaky - it was your party that ended the free TV licences for the over 75's - and now you blame the BBC. Just another Tory lie you can discuss at your next boozy garden party/works meeting #lethemeatcake
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Last Thursday, this now famous exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher I did was posted online. since then, everything in Oasis world has changed. via @louderthanwar.
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Mark Lanegan RIP 'We are totally devastated to hear that our dear friend Mark Lanegan has died at the age of 57.'
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James Dean Bradfield is ridiculously talented and too modest to ever mention it. Great guitar player and classic singer - emotional, emotive, powerful #manicstreetpreachers.
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Surely, in the whole of the USA, they can find 2 better presidential candidates than Trump and Biden. What is this madness?.
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Very good of @ChrisGPackham to say a few words about my new book. Shares most welcome. Book on sale now at Amazon, Bandcamp, and all fine bookshops and record stores. US/Canada release date May 16 via @ManchesterUP #Goth #GothicRock
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Damo Suzuki RIP ‘ a free spirit who was like the ghost of music past and full of the brilliant possibilities of another time. ’.via @louderthanwar.
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If HS2 had started in Manchester and got to Birmingham would they have cancelled the London leg?.
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Benjamin Zephaniah RIP iconic poet/actor/inspirational force dies as 65. Interviewed him several times and it was always inspiring. via @louderthanwar.
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The Kunts 'BORIS JOHNSON IS A FUCKING CUNT' heading for xmas number 1 : buy it here and help it on its way.
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Why we need HMV more than ever - The news that HMV is struggling again and on the brink of collapse is sad for any true music fan. - Louder Than War #HMV.
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Jordan RIP - a tribute to the punk icon. So sad to hear the news of the death of the original and also a wonderful warm and funny person. via @louderthanwar.
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Boris Johnson will soon be your unelected leader. A deeply unpleasant character. A prime example of 21st-century ambition and no talent. Just a reminder below of his Liverpool piece. Not fit to govern.
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Mike Nesmith RIP - sad to hear of the death of Monkees legend. First band I liked when I was 6.
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Amazing watching #Nirvana after all these years - the intensity, the raw power and the melodies - they really were something else.
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Terry Hall (The Specials) RIP 'We are sorry to report that one of the great icons of post-punk and the singer from The Specials Terry Hall has died at the age of 63' via @louderthanwar.
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Jamie Reid dies at 76 'The artist whose work defined punk more than other, Jamie Ried, has died' via @louderthanwar.
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One of the best live acts and innovative performers we have. Billy Nomates is fab.
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Number one!.Bono knocked off the top of the Amazon chart .'The Art Of Darkness - the History of Goth' is Number one!.
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Alan Rankine (The Associates) dies at 63 ‘We are sorry to hear of the death of Alan Rankine, who was one half of the wonderful The Associates – the Dundee post-punk new pop band whose thrilling vision created stunning pop soundscapes’
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Pete Shelley : a personal appreciation by John Robb - Louder Than War
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Steve Albini RIP ‘shocked to hear of death of friend and brilliant musician’ via @louderthanwar.
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Who shot one tiger, two crocodiles, countless wild boar and stags, rabbits, ducks and at least 30,000 pheasants. and was for 35 years as President of the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
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Utter shambolic chaos on the trains. Wrong platforms, cancelled trains, delayed trains and fares higher because it’s Xmas - now on a bus. Why do we let these rich c@@@s who run things treat us like this?.
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Janice Long RIP : much loved radio DJ dies after short illness. Really sad news.
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Antony Gormley has been getting mixed reviews for his 'far too wooden' follow up to his Formby beach statues piece
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everything that's wrong with this country encapsulated in one person #entitlement #weirdcomedyJohnsonlookalike.
“They were simply spilling out from their own offices into a secure garden". Conservative MP Michael Fabricant defends lockdown drinks party held in a garden, that is an “integral part of No 10 Downing Street”.
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Annie Nightingale Dies Aged 83 'innovative trail blazing DJ and great warm soul to hang out with who made her mark on many genres passes' via @louderthanwar.
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Post virus social distancing for the following please. Virgin Atlantic, Sports Direct, Britannia Hotels, Waterstones and Wetherspoons. Any others?.
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Andrew Weatherall RIP 'one of the key architects of modern music and a great person He was also the greatest DJ we have been in a room with, with every set an adventure from rockabilly to dub to hard techno.'. Farewell genius. via @louderthanwar.
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Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Apparently it was trending this morning!.
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What a dismal film clip this is.
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The Tories are so bad now that even the likes of Carol Vorderman and Rod Stewart are calling them out. .
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Just writing something about World Of Twist and shedding a tear for what was such a brilliant band. Love their cover of 'She's A Rainbow'. There was genius at play in this band.
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Sad to hear of the passing of Rae Donaldson - one of the faces of Manchester music scene who worked for decades in Vinyl Exchange records. Everyone knew Rae and spent hours laughing/arguing and talking music with him. He was also a Hulme neighbour.
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The infection rate in the Prime Minister’s Hillingdon constituency is higher than anywhere in Greater Manchester was when the regional lockdown was introduced. And yet only the north gets locked down. .
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Has Texas just banned men from wearing makeup in public? How will Trump do a rally there?.
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Manchester, sheffield, Liverpool. is the criteria for a city getting a tier 3 lockdown having a great music scene?.
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Wow! Just spent almost 8 weeks at number one in the Amazon punk rock book charts and top 3 of the rock book charts with my ‘The Art Of Darkness - The History of Goth’ book
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It's not just the weird accents but the 0 out of 10 script. .
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Tony Wilson trained us for this! #andyburnham defying Westminster is what defines Manchester. Always was a revolutionary city.
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Apocalypse Now. The biggest fire in the UK for decades on Saddleworth Moor not big enough story for national news?
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Fuck of shitty trains. The late train to Sheffield is now not going to stop in Sheffield. we all have to get off in Stockport to get another train if it turns up. The north of England has third world trains at first world prices. You can stick you fare increases up your arse.
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If we have to have a monarchy, could we make it a subscription or crowd-funded model? Those who want them can pay for them - that's how it works for everyone else in showbiz. .
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Sinéad O’Connor : an appreciation 'One of the purest and most expressive voices in pop. Sinéad O’Connor spoke her truth in a vacuum.' via @louderthanwar.
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Is it only people over 50 who watch #TheBritAwards2021 #TheBritAwards so they can moan about ‘music nowadays’ instead of listening to all the great music that’s being made nowadays!.
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How the fuck can the fire brigade get the blame for the Grenfell fire - did they put the cladding in the block of flats to save money? Why were council and the landlords not in the dock? #grenfell.
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The goalposts of alternative rock have been so far by the likes of #brits2022 that the word has no meaning anymore. Range Rover rock indie is not alternative.
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Anything on next weekend where we can avoid all the queen stuff?.
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Can’t imagine the Tory party conference coming to Manchester again.
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The Cure are band of the weekend at #glastonbury hard to believe that we to go and watch them back in the seventies ! All that time.
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Martin Duffy (Primal Scream, Felt) RIP 'We are sorry to hear of the death of Martin Duffy - the legendary keyboard player from Primal Scream and Felt.' via @louderthanwar.
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#oasis #supersonic seems like a different world now - pre internet, ‘record sales’, top of the pops, ‘singles’ - the last band to be defined by that world?.
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Such awful news. Everyone on the Manchester music scene new and loved her and her amazing voice and presence. Denise Johnson (much loved Manchester and Primal Scream singer) RIP
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Wow! How great is @_billy_nomates live! Just watching her now supporting the wonderful @sleafordmods.
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Alan Lancaster Status Quo RIP - in the seventies he was part of the denim machine that invented rock minimalism with a perfect run of singles - underrated but quite brilliant.
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Pete Shelley : one of the greatest British songwriters and key figure in punk rock and one of nicest musicians we have ever met RIP. God bless you Pete and thanks for everything
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Really sad news about Steve Albini. He was not only a great recorder of sound, brilliant musician and innovator but also a thoughtful and kind soul who defied his more dangerous early image as he explained to me in this recent interview
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This photo from COP tells you everything you need to know about our arrogant useless PM. Sleeping on the job in every way possible.
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The myth that the royals earn a huge tourist dollar is exactly that - a myth. It's as much a piece of made-up PR fluff as the huge amount of medals that they pin onto their pantomime outfits for parades #AbolishTheMonarchy.
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For fucks sake just pay the London black cab drivers to ferry the NHS workers to work from allocated pick up points around London and shut the whole transport system down now.
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Something grubby about taking the sweat off the musicians brows and money out of their pockets when you’re the boss of Spotify and tying to spend it all on a football club.
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The UK government are a bunch of weasels and shits. This story is the tip of the iceberg - the reality of post Brexit touring is looking a lot worse than we were thinking from what I'm hearing.
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Tonight!.I’m on the ‘One Show’ on BBC One talking about the late and great Poly Styrene.
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