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Greetings From Bury Park: Race, Religion, Rock ‘n’ Roll by Sarfraz Manzoor

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard When I first saw the film Blinded By The Light, about a young British Asian man and his fandom for Bruce Springsteen, I thought it was a nice and entertaining story with a positive message. As the credits rolled though I spotted that it was based on a book,...
January 16, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Lords Of Chaos: The Bloody Rise Of The Satanic Metal Underground by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After watching the film Lord Of Chaos over the summer I thought I’d finally give the book it was based on a read. Going in I knew the film only focussed on one part of the book and that this goes into more depth around both the Norwegian Black...
November 28, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Mötley Crüe and Neil Strauss

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The rock autobiography is nothing new with many musicians of a certain age realising it’s a great cash cow to keep them in people’s minds between usually increasingly infrequent albums – Mötley Crüe’s 2001 take on the idea, The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band (written...
November 10, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Roots, Radicals And Rockers: How Skiffle Changed The World by Billy Bragg

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard During the late 1970s and early 1980s Billy Bragg rode the wave of DIY punk rock to establish himself as a new kind of protest singer for (excuse the pun) a New England. While firmly a part of the punk movement it’s easy to trace Bragg’s musical roots back...
July 18, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Guernsey Literary Festival present David Hepworth: Uncommon People – St James – 13/05/18

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Hepworth on stage at St JamesEvery year since its inception the Guernsey Literary Festival has included a musical cross over element to its programme from the punk poetry of John Cooper Clarke and Attila The Stockbroker to the comedy songs of Neil Innes or more straight musical performance for...
May 17, 2018 by Tom Girard