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John Robb

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in Fleetwood, Lancashire, The United Kingdom

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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鈥檚 not touring with his band (they recently toured in Europe with The Stranglers, The Chameleons and Fields Of The Nephilim), he鈥檚 presenting, moderating or writing for his popular UK music site Louder Than War. John has previously written the best-selling books 鈥淧unk Rock : An Oral History鈥� and 鈥淭he North Will Rise Again : Manchester Music City 1976-1996鈥�. His latest opus is the 550-page 鈥淭he Art Of Darkness : The History of Goth鈥�, 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 4.01 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 2006 — 19 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 3.56 avg rating — 319 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 3.79 avg rating — 226 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
	The North Will Rise Again: Manchester Music City 1978-1996 4.10 avg rating — 104 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 3.40 avg rating — 45 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 3.24 avg rating — 21 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? 3.75 avg rating — 16 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
	鬲丕乇賷禺丕賱噩爻丿: 兀賵乇賵亘丕賲賳丕賱毓氐乇丕賱丨噩乇賷丕賱賯丿賷賲廿賱賶丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 by John Robb (欧宝娱乐 Author), 噩賲丕賱卮乇賮 (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	I Shall Avenge: A Foreign Legion Thriller 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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“They said that we would be down and out on heroin. The success was a fuck you. There鈥檚 a lot of fuck you-ness about me 鈥� 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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“We are a rock 鈥檔鈥� roll band. We always were. We have heavy-metal hair so you can see why so many people put us in there with that. They鈥檝e got no brains these people who categorise you. They are at these award ceremonies 鈥� here is an asshole who is taking your money on false pretences and he鈥檚 getting the award on the unanimous decision of all those cunts who never buy records and get into gigs free (laughs).”
― John Robb, Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll?: Forty Years of Music Writing from the Frontline

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