From Van Halen’s pyrotechnics to the brooding birth of post-punk, 1978 was the year music’s singular voice became a roar ...

Chicken and egg situations are usually irresolvable, but it’s impossible to avoid the feeling that before their British venture The Method Actors must have impacted on the nascent R.E.M. This is made ...

Birmingham’s stylish The Hawks in 1979 – three-fifths of whom were Stephen Duffy, Dave Kusworth and man-of-many-bands Dave Twist The tale is representative of Birmingham’s musical profile during the ...