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"I went to Rough Trade: they told me it was the worst record they ever heard in their life. Everybody else that I could get a meeting with told me the same thing": The Undertones' Teenage Kicks wasn't always considered a punk rock masterpiece
By Paul Brannigan published
Good Vibrations founder/Northern Irish punk legend Terri Hooley recalls how The Undertones were rejected by every British record label

10 of the best ever rock bands from Ireland
By Malcolm Dome last updated
Ireland has always punched way above its weight when it comes to musical output. Here's 10 of the very best rock acts from the Emerald Isle

Every The Undertones album ranked from worst to best
By Stuart Bailie published
There's much more to The Undertones than pop-punk classic Teenage Kicks. Here's the six studio albums released by Derry's finest, ranked worst to best

The 20 best rock albums of 1979
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
The 1970s crash out in style with AC/DC, Pink Floyd and The Clash producing some of their best work, and Led Zeppelin’s last hurrah

Yungblud, The Damned, The Libertines among new Glastonbury adds
By Paul Brannigan published
Yard Act, English Teacher, Just Mustard among emerging bands added to this summer's Glastonbury festival line-up

Ash and The Undertones team up for Teenage Kicks
By Scott Munro published
Ash and Undertones duo Damian O’Neill and Michael Bradley hook up onstage at BBC Music’s The Biggest Weekend to play 1978 classic Teenage Kicks

The Story Behind The Song: Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
By Alex Ogg published
The EP track was intended as the pop-punk band's swan song – until it was championed by John Peel, for whom it would provide an epitaph.
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