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The Strange World Of… Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins is 60 on Saturday. Given how he has dedicated himself to becoming hardcore punk's most prominent renaissance man, it's become easier to forget about the music that made him. Andrew Holter chooses ten points of entry to his large and forbidding back catalogue

The Quietus’ Top 40 Books About Music

From New Orleans rap to noughties New York rock, via krautrock, jazz, riot grrrl and the story of political pop, we asked Quietus contributors to pick out forty of the finest music books ever written

Epicus Doomicus Desertfesticus: Hanging With Candlemass

Ahead of Candlemass' appearance at Desertfest this weekend Dan Franklin talks to guitarist Lars Johansson and takes us on a whistle-stop trip through the annals of doom...

Dreaming Of A Telekinetic Connection: Henry Rollins Interviewed

Henry Rollins talks to Harry Sword about listening to The Stooges in Antarctica, his love for Joy Division and why he'd never appear in a reformed Black Flag

Sad Old Punks Should Rise Above Kristen Stewart’s Black Flag Crush

So some punks are up in arms that Twilight's Kristen Stewart likes Black Flag? Change the record, says Jamie Thomson

The End Of Punk: Joe Carducci Interviewed

In a wide-ranging and forthright interview Kevin McCaighy speaks to legendary SST lynch pin and underground rock writer Joe Carducci

We’re Only Gonna Die: Bad Religion And The End Of The World

Who better to spend the 21/12/12 Mayan Apocalypse with than Bad Religion frontman and evolutionary biologist Dr. Greg Graffin, PhD? Alex Burrows takes notes at the end of days

Pulling Son House From A Burning Building: Mark Lanegan Interviewed

Rob Hughes talks to Mark Lanegan about not being able to say no to collaborations and unlikely disco songs

An Econo History Of The Minutemen

John Calvert throws open the doors onto the strange and frightening world of the Minutemen

30 Years On: The Wipers’ Youth Of America Revisited

The Wipers' Youth of America is 30 years old. John Calvert explains why it means so much to him

From Black Flag To Off! Dr Rock Meets Keith Morris

Dr Rock is Off! the hook with joy about meeting punk legend Keith Morris! Let’s all pray to the gods of Black Flag, all hail!!!

Rise Above: An Extract From Stevie Chick’s Black Flag Biography

An excerpt from Stevie Chick's brilliant new book on the history of DIY hardcore heroes Black Flag

Oz Trio My Disco Talk Albini And Honing Their Brute Minimalism

Why Fucked Up Show Punk Rock Is In Rude Health, By John Robb

Suave and piratical punk rocker John Robb casts the goat's entrails across the linoleum and foresees a genre reborn

Roots: Iggor Cavalera Of Sepultura & Petbrick’s Favourite LPs

Iggor Cavalera guides Louise Brown through the records that shaped his drumming with Sepultura and new work with Petbrick, from AFX to Black Flag and Discharge, Nyege Nyege's Nihiloxica, Devo, New Kingdom, Dr Octagon and more

Primary Colours: Faris Badwan Of The Horrors’ Favourite Albums

With their new album Luminous released yesterday, The Horrors' frontman picks out some of his favourite (and, in fact, least favourite) illustrated covers in an artistic Baker's

Punk Rock Guilt?: Duff McKagan’s Favourite Albums

The Guns N' Roses/Neurotic Outsiders/Velvet Revolver man picks out his top 13 LPs