Punk Episodes

Charlie Harper is an absolute one-off. Back in the seventies this former hairdresser took the UK Subs from London’s punk clubs to…

As a young boy growing up listening to The Sex Pistols and The Damned, Steve Straughan could only dream of being a member of his …

In this show, I call France to chat with one of punk’s true originals. He’s the bassist who toured with Iggy Pop, played in Cheap…

My guest today really needs no introduction. She’s appeared in the 1978 film Jubilee, and Quadrophenia the following year. Her…

True punks don’t age gracefully and Nigel Bennett, former Members member and current guitarist for the Vibrators, couldn’t care l…

Gizz Butt became a household name in 1996 when he became lead guitarist with The Prodigy just as The Fat of The Land album became…

I’m joined by multi-instrumentalist and punk aficionado David Donley. He’s played with almost everyone who’s anyone as well as be…

The Vibrators bassist, Pete Honkamaki, joined the band in 2003 having previously played in Finnish three-piece No Direction and s…

Guitarist Nigel Bennett ripped up the rule book of the 70s London music scene auditioning for major bands including the Sex Pisto…

Amongst those bands at the forefront of the #punk movement of the 70s was The Vibrators’ with their seminal album Pure Mania infl…

When the punk revolution took hold in the 70s, Stiff little Fingers were at the forefront of the movement along with the likes of…

From Sex Pistol to Philistine The backwaters of North-Norfolk is not usually the place where you would expect to see an ex-mem…