02-11-09 // John Robb + Goldblade

Recommended Literature

Death To trad Rock by John Robb

The 'Death To Trad Rock' book about the noisy late eighties underground art riot is due out on Cherry red which has a chapter on Phillip Boa in it. Order now from the Goldblade shop here.

400 pages will cover nearly 50 bands in that defiant, discordant DIY underground of bands, fanzines and venues that sustained a remarkable and highly original scene of bands. perhaps the last stand of DIY culture in the UK, the DIY bands were sometimes recording some of the most extreme music ever in the UK whilst some of them were making wilfully awkward pop. For the first time the bands have been pulled togther into a book and the scene examined.

Featuring Age Of Chance, The Membranes, Three Johns, Bogshed, Phillip Boa, The Cravats, The Ex, Big Flame, Dog Faced Hermans, Wedding Present, Stretchheads, The Nightingales, Very Things and 30 others... as well the fanzine scene and a detailed account of the scene and the venues and the whole culture that surrounded it from the Miners strike, the post punk fallout and the politics of the eighties...

Recommended Concert

GOLDBLADE (feat. John Robb) LIVE!
- German Tour Dates -

17.11.09 Markthalle, Hamburg
19.11.09 Alte Zuckerfabrik, Rostock
20.11.09 Columbia Club, Berlin
21.11.09 Talschock, Chemnitz
23.11.09 Hirsch, Nürnberg
24.11.09 Replugged, Vienna (A)
25.11.09 Backstage, München
27.11.09 Kulturwerk 118 Sursee (CH)
28.11.09 JuHa Hallschlag, Stutgart
29.11.09 Nachtleben, Frankfurt