Reviews

Penetration & Essential Logic O2 Birmingham 15.11.24 – Review of Punk legends playing all of ‘Moving Targets’ supported by Essential Logic.

Loose Articles – Scream If You Want To Go Faster – review of the Manchester based bands debut 2023 album including the single ‘Thought You Were A Welder’.

Life’s A Gamble is the autobiography of singer-songwriter Pauline Murray who was the vocalist for punk band Penetration and later on the post-punk Invisible Girls.

Punk77 Interview with Pauline Murray from Penetration from October 2024. If you haven’t read it yet, check out her excellent autobiography Life’s A Gamble. I’ve reviewed that as well so see the links at the bottom. Picture right Mick Mercer Early days and clothes We lived in Ferry Hill, an ex-mining village in the northeast […]

Pauline & Penetration live at Rebellion 2023 – Photo Mark Kelly The last time we heard Penetration musically (not counting the Shake Some Action/ I Don’t Mind single) was their 2014 album and their appearance at last year’s Rebellion Festival. Now with a new album and a short tour, Punk77 asked Pauline of Penetration what […]

Hugh Cornwell – All The Fun Of The Fair is a double live album of solo and Stranglers songs released in 2024

The Sex Pistols & Frank Carter played Nottingham Rock City (20.09.24) on their controversial Rotten-less tour and blew the place clean apart. The Molotovs supported. Paul Marko was there.

Down At Max’s is by Peter Crowley and published by Far West Press in 2024. Peter was the Electric Chair’s manager and Max’s Kansas City band booker.

Menace – Death & Taxes is their new album in September 2024. Reviewed by Punk77