Category: NME

‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded

by The Guardian | Jun 5, 2026 | Culture, Music, NME, Pop and rock, Punk, The Guardian | 0 |

Fifty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols played their first Manchester gig – and upended pop culture. But what was 1976 really like before punk arrived? From swing bands to ‘spaghetti rock’, we discover a lost historyIn...

‘I threw it in the bin with everything else he gave me’: the mix tapes that defined our lives

by The Guardian | Jul 16, 2025 | Cassette tape, Culture, Friendship, Metal, Music, NME, Pop and rock, Relationships, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian | 0 |

In heart-tugging drama Mix Tape, two ex-lovers are thrown back together with the music they wooed each other with 20 years earlier. Here, writers dig out their most treasured tapes and CDs full of meaning, mishaps and...