Editor of the fast rising music website http://www.louderthanwar.com and frontman of Goldblade http://www.goldblade.com John Robb is a high decibel philosophic misanthropic musician, journalist, author, curmudgeon.

His generation came thundering out of the punk rock wars, eyes screwed up with righteousness over the barricades and tumbling into the mainstream- John Robb was just one of them- on a one man guerilla raid against boredom.

He was born in Blackpool, raised by punk and set free to roam the world with a high decibel hard-on for the freaky side of modern culture.

He spent the eighties turning it up to 11 out of 10 in the molten dayglo musical freak show of the Membranes who toured the world and released lots of noisy pissed off records that got lots of great press and started loads of mini riots at gigs which has all been documented in his recent ‘Death to Trad Rock’ book.

He became a journalist with fierce, shrapnel prose and a keen eye for what was happening; he had already learned to move fast in the fanzine days with his 'zine Rox- part of the legendary 'clique versus the bleak' fanzine scene.

He wrote for Sounds enthusing punk rock whilst discovering Nirvana, Madchester, chunks of acid house, grunge, noiseniks and American post hardcore noise whilst inventing words like 'Britpop' on the way.

In the nineties he wrote more books and became a TV pundit regular gobbing off about shit culture or providing musical insight into the holy stuff.

In the 21st century this has continued- presenting TV series-like a ten part history of punk, writing more books- one on punk rock, 'Punk Rock- An oral History' becoming one of the definitive best selling statements on the form and another 'Death To Trad Rock' a key book on the discordant eighties noise underground that included bands like The Ex. He also fronted punk rock crew Goldblade and touring the world and occasionally plays gigs with a reformed Membranes.
He is currently a vegan, punk rock, soul power brother, a black belt in musical arts who has just set up a record label, internet radio and TV station and multi media website, http://www.louderthanwar.com and writing thousands of words a day…

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