After his on-stage benediction by Poly Styrene from X-Ray Specs in the early 80’s Atmahead Atmahead has been ubiquitous force in Punk Rock over the last 4 decades! Also known under various pseudonyms such as Cosmic John or John Nobody, he has…
TV Smith is an English punk rock singer-songwriter. He formed The Adverts in 1976. They released two glorious albums, Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts and Cast of Thousand before splitting in 1979. He formed TV Smith’s Explorers and Cheap after but…
SFU are a Dublin Punk band who formed in July 2010, the original line consisted of Robert Pepper on vocals, Trevor Kirwan on guitar and backing Vocals, Martin Zaloudek (Paranoid Visions) on bass and Fayzer Faye (Skint/Runnin’ Riot) on drums. Due to…
Scottish punk legends The Zips return to Dublin this weekend to play Sweeney’s on Friday the 13th of December. Lead singer and guitarist Jon joined Ray on Left of the Dial on Sunday night, to discuss the upcoming gig, the new socially conscious material…
On Sunday night the mysterious Mr. Crowe (aka Kevin McHugh) of Cadaver Club had an in depth chat with Ray from the Left Of The Dial show about their PledgeMusic campaign. The club are raising funds for their debut album ‘A Fate Worse Than…
Last Friday night we spoke to Paranoid Visions ahead of the release of their forthcoming EP Up the Anti. The band talked about recording the EP, and their recent collaboration with Steve Ignorant (Crass/Schwartzeneggar/Conflict). Not satisfied with having recorded two tracks with the punk…
Legendary Cow Punk/Country Rock band Jason and the Scorchers are currently on a tour of Europe to celebrate their 30th Anniversary, which includes dates in Ireland and The UK Jason and the Scorchers formed in Nashville in 1981. The blazed a trail…
Paranoid Visions joined Ray on ‘Left of the Dial’ for a special programme dedicated to band, featuring new Irish single release ‘Poles Apart’ (w/ Zillah Minx), and Steve Ignorant and Paranoid Visions single ‘Rock n Roll n Revolution’, which will be released…
Glasgow’s The Zips (John McNeill/Brian Jackson/Joe Jaconelli/ Phil Mullen) were a 4 piece punk/new wave band, formed by John and Brian from the ashes of pub rock outfit, Road Angel. They released 2 singles, The Zips EP (1979) and Radioactivity (1980), the…
Taking their influnce from bands like The Ramones, Buzzcocks, the Clash, the Outcasts and The Undertones, Dublin’s the Lee Harveys formed back in 2009 and are the purveyors of fine 1977 style Punk Rock. The band were guests on Left of the…
the DUBTONES (Whelo, Swampy and Gipo) Ray meet Swampy and Whelo 2/3 of the DUBTONES in a pub in Kimmage, for a few pints and a chat about all things Dubtones. The DUBTONES are a three piece band playing high a energy…