Interviews

As the saying goes, America invented rock ‘n’ roll and Britain perfected it and made it diverse; punk, hardcore, indie rock and all those genres that’ve dominated the independent scenes for decades – they’re all from the UK. British punk has been synonymous with the Sex Pistols, though it may be more accurate to see the band as providing a …

Music media often focus on the legends, icons and pioneers that we love to celebrate and pay tribute to from a very young age when we pin their posters to the wall in our childhood rooms. Messed!Up have used this kind of terminology as well, especially in our articles about Midge Ure and Anton Newcombe, two musicians that rarely need …

There’s no denying that all the great love stories throughout history are also abound with great tragedy. In my lifetime I’ve yet to see another musical genre that had the power to inspire an entire revolution and attract as much love as the grunge movement did in the 1990’s, then only for it to suddenly “die” a few years later. …

Fourteen years after their debut EP and three albums later, making them household names and ushered a generation of indie kids onto the dancefloor, Digitalism still continues to produce a never-ending stream of electronic club hits. The last three years have even seen a much more focused work ethos by taking control of their career and starting their own label, Magnetism. …

In Europe, every country claims its own hip-hop identity, with many countries, as France and the UK, making their imprints with their unique and formidable characters. In recent years, a lot of German acts have been drawing on Germany’s unique social flavor, creating a socially-rooted rap scene. Like Germany’s ever-growing international community, the scene is broad, accommodating all types of …

In August of 1979, British post-punk band Bauhaus – one of the most revered and reviled cult bands of the early 1980s – released their first single, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.” The song, a nearly ten-minute-long eulogy for the legendary vampire film star Bela Lugosi, has long been regarded as having singlehandedly launched the genre of “gothic” or “goth” rock; it has …