Another week, another band from Sicily! KŌHEI, a post-punk trio from Catania have just dropped a new video for the track 'Graphene Cult'. It's taken from the band's forthcoming debut ...

Fast-rising southcoast newcomers CARNE have just dropped a  brand new single. Evoking the spirit of 90s grunge, 'MSG' was recorded at Brighton Electric Studio with engineer Ben Gibson, before being ...

Manchester melodic punk reprobates AERIAL SALAD are back with a brand new single and video. 'Everybody Needs Somebody' is the first track to be taken from the trio's new album Ideal World which is due ...

Russell Hunter, the last surviving member of the classic 1973 Kings Of Oblivion Pink Fairies' line-up, and Deviants' drummer has died, aged 77. Both bands evolved out of, and were integral to, the ...

VOICE OF A GENERATION is a great new book revisiting the 80s UK punk explosion in the words of those who were there - were you one of them? Vive caught up with the author of this essential document, ...

Longstanding Vive Le Rock contributor JOE WHYTE has just published his first book, Chaos From Cash, charting his double life in a Johnny Cash tribute band. We caught up with him during some rare ...

FOR the first half of the decade, Rosetta Stone looked as if they were heading towards a serious crossover from the '90s underground to the more mainstream alternative rock that found bands like the ...

THE BEAT have announced THE SELECTER as special guests for their forthcoming tour. Dave Wakeling's 2 Tone legends return to the UK in October for the 21-date Dance Crazed Too tour. Pauline Black's ...

Iggy and Bowie bassist TONY FOX SALES hits the UK in March for a tour with his all-star band featuring BLONDIE drummer Clem Burke. Sales appeared with Iggy and James Williamson on their Kill City ...

AERIAL SALAD have unveiled another new single and video. The rampaging 'Survive If I Let Ye' is the second track to be lifted from the Manchester trio's forthcoming album Ideal World. Accompanied by ...

80s cult legends TWENTY FLIGHT ROCKERS have announced their return with a London show and an archive live release. Initially one of the most talked about bands on the London circuit, the band was ...

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