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Featured News
The Sweet Pretty Things (are in bed now, of course…)
By Mike Stax In the autumn months of 2014, the future of the Pretty Things hung in the balance. Phil May was in a London hospital having been diagnosed with COPD and emphysema. Doctors warned him t
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Featured Articles
An Interview with Jimmy Walker of the Knickerbockers
By Katy Levy So, if you don’t mind, let’s go back right at the beginning… You are originally from the East Coast, is it true that you were born in the Bronx? This is tr
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Welcome to Ugly Things Magazine, the ultimate rock & roll read, bringing you wild sounds from past dimensions, from times when rock & roll was young, daring, dangerous and vital. Passionate, informed, insightful, in-depth coverage of the overlooked music of the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s & beyond. Now in our 32nd year.
Featured Reviews
THE COLOR OF NOISE (MVD Visual/Robellion Films) Blu-ray/DVD combo
By Doug Sheppard The combination of an unbearable mainstream and inadequate underground made the ’80s the worst decade of the rock ’n’ roll era. Hardcore, postpunk and thrash metal played out quickly as MTV, radio and major labels spattered the manure of crass, overproduced corporate music awash in synthesizers and obnoxious loud drums. Worse, conformity that rejected the ’60s...
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