December 22nd, 2011

PJ Harvey‘s much-vaunted album ‘Let England Shake‘ has come out on top of HMV‘s annual Poll Of Polls rundown.

People from the music world including Alan McGee and Billy Bragg have been lending their tributes to former Clash legend Joe Strummer who died nine years ago today (December 22nd).

From fronting popular Nineties Britpop-era band Hurricane #1, to creating beautiful pieces of abstract art that have been snapped up by the likes of Donald Trump and Mike Tyson, Alex Lowe is successfully strutting the line between art and music. His next exhibition The Aquarian Conspiracy, which sees him team up with ex-record boss Alan McGee, is his latest artistic venture; exploring one of their mutually favourite topics – Magick. While also finding the time to write his fifth solo album, it seems Alex has hit creative overdrive. Where does he get the time?

Primal Scream mainman Bobby Gillespie has bemoaned what he sees as a lack of ambition and creativity in today’s rock bands.

Guns n Roses frontman Axl Rose has admitted he and former bandmate Slash were engaged in a ‘war’ from the moment they met, due to a power struggle within the group.