Napalm Death are an extreme metal band (sometimes classified as 'death metal'), although they prefer the terms 'Grind' or 'grindcore' to describe the music they play, which they claim to have originally been influenced by the Swans. The band 'pushed the envelope of metal to new extremes of ear-splitting intensity ...' (read more)
Top Gear
Top Gear was a show presented by Peel on BBC Radio One between 1967 and 1975. It took its name from an earlier BBC show, which ran for a short period on the Light Programme, was produced by Bernie Andrews, presented by Brian Matthew, and was an untypically lively and modern pop music programme ... (read more)
Mark E. Smith on Newsnight Tuesday, 26 October, 2004
MES & Michael Bradley remember
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On This Day
April 19
19 April 1973: Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers, Clifford T Ward, John Dummer's Ooblee Dooblee Band
