Sunday, April 27, 2025

All The Young Droogs – The Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks Of The Glam Rock Scene

There was never truly a British equivalent to the US garage scene, the seemingly endless battleground of disparate bands with wildly inventive personae and often thrilling music, destined to achieve pretty much nothing. Merseybeat and Freakbeat are lightweight attempts to pitch for a Pebbles-esque posthumous footnote – they lack the excitement, the belligerence, the plain oddness. […]

Glam Warfare – The Chaos of The Rubettes

The Rubettes – The Singles 1974-1977 (Cherry Red Records) As of mid-2023, The Rubettes have had a total of 32 band members, putting them on a par with the funk conveyer belt, Funkadelic. To make sense of their lineage would be an article in itself and would be a miserable experience for all involved, not […]