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John Robb

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in Fleetwood, Lancashire, The United Kingdom

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Music Journalism, Music, Nonfiction

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Author/Music Scribe/TV Presenter/Environmental Activist and Bass Player for perennial post-punk survivors The Membranes, John Robb is a man who cannot sit still. When he’s not touring with his band (they recently toured in Europe with The Stranglers, The Chameleons and Fields Of The Nephilim), he’s presenting, moderating or writing for his popular UK music site Louder Than War. John has previously written the best-selling books “Punk Rock : An Oral History” and “The North Will Rise Again : Manchester Music City 1976-1996”. His latest opus is the 550-page “The Art Of Darkness : The History of Goth”, an in-depth account that he feels presents the first major and comprehensive overview of Goth music and culture and its lasting legacy.

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	Punk Rock: An Oral History 4.02 avg rating — 653 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Roses: And the Resurrection of British Pop 3.57 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth 3.76 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Live Forever: A rip-roaring biography of Britain’s biggest band 3.94 avg rating — 239 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The North Will Rise Again: Manchester Music City 1978-1996 4.11 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nineties: What the F**k Was That All About?: The Music the Culture the People the Decade 3.38 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death to Trad Rock 3.66 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Charlatans We Are Rock: Lessons in Pop Survival 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll? 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“There have been any number of books concerning British punk - most famously Jon Savage’s England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock,”
― John Robb, Punk Rock: An Oral History

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“They said that we would be down and out on heroin. The success was a fuck you. There’s a lot of fuck you-ness about me – my basic fuck you-ness has survived.”
― John Robb, Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll?: Forty Years of Music Writing from the Frontline

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“Despite everything the gigs were great. They were massive shows. One of the last gigs we ever did was one of the best and was at the River Plate Stadium in Argentina,”
― John Robb, Live Forever: A rip-roaring biography of Britain’s biggest band

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