Alt Rock & Punk

Although the obvious inspiration for this "Dandy Highwayman" T-shirt is from the first single I ever bought, Adam & the Ants' "Stand and Deliver",...

Just read a random chapter of Scar Tissue and you will get a pretty good impression of what the chief Uplift Mo Fo Party Planner is all about....

Now Green Day is a contentious issue..... All those old punks out there have been grumpily dismissing Green Day as no more than a pop band with no...

Along with Slash, Dave Grohl is one of the few people, let alone rock stars in the world, that no one seems to have a bad word to say about. From his...

More musically gifted than anyone during the rise of grunge could possibly have realised. While his peers self-destructed or simply lost the musical...

Elvis may get minus points for being Jeremy Vine’s favourite musician, but given the fact that he has written so many great tunes as well as having...

“I’VE GOT ANOTHER CONFESSION TO MAKE” Who’d have thought that Nirvana’s slightly geeky looking drummer would turn out to be the world’s favourite...

“Do You Have The Time To Listen To Me Whine” Look, I’m just a gnarly old rocker. I list albums by the Stooges, Ramones, Sex Pistols and the Clash...

One of the best gigs I ever saw was the Chili Peppers on the Uplift Mofo Party Plan tour, the last the 'Skinny Sweaty Man' played on. As Anthony...

Singer, song-writer, guitarist, bassist, producer, friend of the stars and the man that helped turn Marilyn Manson into public enemy number one for...

Let’s face it, most rock stars are selfish bastards. And even when they appear to do something altruistic it is with one eye on the press coverage...

Another great 'dot style' T-shirt (up close it looks a mass of dots, step back and the image comes into focus). This time it is the great John...

I can never remember whether John Lydon is a great British institution, or whether John Lydon belongs in a Great British institution - probably a bit...

I have designed a lot of T-shirts, but not many that I love as much as this one. Maybe it’s because of the subject, maybe it’s because it seems to...

“LOVE, LOVE WILL TEAR US APART” There is more than a justification for simply declaring “Love Will Tear Us Apart” as the finest of all post-Punk...

What on earth is left to say bout Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain? I could tell the story of how I had tickets to see Nirvana at the Astoria in London just...

I first saw Cavalera live in March 1992 when I was one of the lucky few to get my mitts on a ticket to see Sepultura play the Amersham Arms in New...

Ok, so Pennyroyal Tea is not the most obvious choice of Nirvana track from which to draw T-shirt inspiration, but given that Kurt Cobain was never...

"Jesus Died For Somebody's Sins, But Not Mine" Horses, from which Gloria comes (but you knew that anyway) is one of those albums that everyone seems...

How cool is Perry Farrell? I saw Jane’s Addiction at ULU in the early 90s (could have been late 80s) and it was one of the most mesmerising things I...

“Fuck You I Won’t Do What You Tell Me” Yes, I also see the irony of a club full of kids all doing exactly as Zack De La Rocha tells them by singing...

“THAT’S ME IN THE CORNER” A lesson in how to turn a respected, but still fairly cult indie band into a worldwide phenomenon in a fraction under four...

It can't be easy being Scott Weiland. The internet and music magazines are full of people slating him for one thing or another. To be honest, I used...

I don’t think anyone will be offended by the suggestion that Sid Vicious was not what you would call a great musician. Punk Icon, yes. Talented...

Admit it, when you first heard ‘Creep’ you thought, “cool single, but a bit of a Nirvana rip-off” and after a few listens you moved on to listening...

Sensational guitarist, political activist and the only man other than Angus Young that can get away with wearing his guitar that high. Such an...

A musical visionary and true genius of alternative rock music. Trent Reznor with Nine Inch Nails has transcended the status of being merely iconic...