British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (81) has died

AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 10:32 pm•Edited today, 11.33pm British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has died at the age of 81. Westwood rose to prominence as a clothing designer for the punk and new wave generations in the 1970s and 1980s. She went on to become one of Britain’s leading fashion designers. Westwood died peacefully in the … Read more

Queer cinema archives in Hamburg: lavender against the male gaze

Heide Schlüpmann and Karola Gramann are specialists in feminist, queer cinema. You are now staying in Hamburg for a week. Against Thatcher’s regime: Jenny Runacre in Derek Jarman’s punk film “Jubilee” (1978) Photo: Photo: Malavida Films HAMBURG taz | With over 5,800 analog film copies, the Kinemathek Hamburg has one of the largest such archives … Read more

“The Magnetic” in the cinema: alchemy of sounds – culture

“I think I’m in love,” says Philippe, a little miserably, to the medical examiner who has just put a stamp on his draft notice. He was just too lovable and good-natured, wanted to comfort the young, crying woman behind the desk in the drafting office. For this he has given up his strict silence, with … Read more

Reina Roja, the celtic punk band from Madrid presents its first album: Hooligan Folk

Red Queen, the group founded in the Madrid municipality of Rivas-Vaciamadrid in 2014, seeks in its melodies the balance between traditional Celtic music and the forceful and accelerated sound of punk rock. Recorded and produced at the Corleone studios by Mr.Chifly (Habeas Corpus guitarist), Hooligan Folk it is the starting point that the group chooses … Read more

Lacuna Coil – Tour 2022 – 21/09/2022 – Columbus – Ohio – United States

Copyright 2010-2022 – All rights reserved ACM – Concerts-Metal Agenda: The agenda lists metal / punk / hardrock / rock concerts and festivals around the world. The concerts and festivals are presented by bands/artists and by location, whether halls, stadiums, plains… The site also references competitions and live-reports, as well as links to buy concert … Read more

Music – The Doctors with an acclaimed tour start – Culture

Berlin (dpa) – The return could hardly have been one size smaller. For the first concert after long years of pandemic and a lot of time with new songs in the studio for two albums, the Berlin band Die Ärzte is back on stage. Before the big stadium tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland, we … Read more

“Goodbye friend, hard to find words!” The legend of punk rock has died

“We are announcing to you with great pain in your heart that our friend and lifelong companion Braňo Alex has died. Goodbye, friend. Words are hard to find,” the band Free Europe published on Facebook on Thursday night. His death was also confirmed by his longtime friend and guitarist of the band Slobodná Európa Sveťo … Read more

Punk pioneer Sylvain Sylvain: guitarist of the New York Dolls dies – culture

Sylvain Sylvain influenced many famous colleagues with his band New York Dolls. Photo: imago / Zuma – — The New York Dolls never became quite as popular as other early punk bands. But the band, whose founding member Sylvain Sylvain died at the age of 69, was particularly influential. – Stuttgart – It was a … Read more

Punk veteran Sylvain Sylvain: guitarist of the New York Dolls succumbs to cancer

Friday 15th January 2021 Punk veteran Sylvain Sylvain New York Dolls guitarist dies of cancer – With the New York Dolls, guitarist Sylvain Sylvain became the vanguard of the punk movement in the early 1970s. Now the musician dies of cancer at the age of 69. Companions praise him for “the way you struck the … Read more