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Five Star review of Positive Force in Rockmentary.com
Rockumentary.com Five stars The punk activist collective Positive Force emerged in 1985, rising from the ashes of the Summer Revolution.…
Sober Living on Thoughts Words Action
Thoughts Words Actions Like it or not, the straight-edge movement first appeared in the early eighties and still inspires people…
Burning Britain on Thoughts Words Action
Thoughts Words Actions In the late seventies, music critics and record labels declared the punk movement dead, leaving almost no…
London Calling with Randal Doane on You Forgot One Podcast
By Your Forgot One Podcast In this week’s episode, we explore everything that makes The Clash’s London Calling one of…
“Off the Ruling Class”— By Randal Doane in Harper’s Magazine
Stories from a Cold Case at the Cleveland Museum of Art By Randal DoaneOriginally posted on Harper’s Magazine At 12:44…
Randal Doane on Riffs on Riffs
Riffs on RiffsOctober 9th, 2019 On this episode of Riffs on Riffs, Joe & Toby takes a deep dive into…
The Spitboy Rule in Maximum RockNRoll
By Arielle BurgdorfMaximum RockNRollJanuary 2017 I was probably 14 or 15 when I first discovered Spitboy on a mix from…
Spray Paint the Walls in Booklist
By Chris KeechBooklistOctober 2011 In the history of punk music, the legendary leaders of this movement that exploded in the…
You Can’t Annihilate This Band: Black Flag’s Legacy and Lore in Spray Paint the Walls
By David Ensminger Pop MattersJuly 29, 2011 One cannot saunter through a bookstore today without stumbling across a punk rock…