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The Clash, Green Day, Ramones, Black Flag

"If one were to cut the crap from The Clash's final album, it could be released as a seven inch single, with no B-side." Ten forgettable punk albums with one killer song

By Paul Brannigan published

Each of these thoroughly mediocre punk albums features one redeeming, gleaming diamond in the dirt

Albums
Billy Idol Should Be Dead graphic

How to watch new documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead

By Scott Munro published

Jonas Åkerlund's "unflinching" look at the life and career of rock icon Billy Idol is heading to streaming services

Streaming Services
Billy Idol and David Bowie

Billy Idol on his wild adventures in '80s New York

By Paul Brannigan published

"It was a post-apocalyptic place, like the bomb had been dropped and we were living in the rubble"

Bands & Artists
Billy Idol onstage in 2005

The growing pains and artistic rebirth of Billy Idol

By Carol Clerk published

Twenty years on from Rebel Yell and 10 years after overdosing on crack, Billy came back in 2005 with a trademark sneer and an album that did what he does best

Biographies
Original tape of The Clash's first interview

First look: Punk 1976-78 at the British Library

By Jo Kendall published

Punk 1976-78 is part of Punk London, a celebration of 40 years of anarchy in the nation’s Capital. We got a sneak preview

Interviews