Stormtrooper
Interviews • August 10, 2026
Still a Dirty Mess: The Stormtrooper Oral History Before the Sex Pistols swore on television -- or tried to brush it off as "nothing, a rude word" -- and corporate labels commodified safety pins, there was a bar at The Marquee and a damp basement on King's Road. In 1975, Stormtrooper were already cranking the volume and playing rock music like a Molotov threat. They scraped together cash for one frantic day in a Covent Garden studio, cut a raw four-song demo, and promptly imploded. But you can't kill a good white riot. By 1977, those tapes became the I'm a Mess" 7-inch -- a track so fiercely primitive the UK press (always at its finest) compared it to a commuter being shoved under a subway train. Put on another Floyd record, chump. The music became a collector's blueprint, and the promotional pin became a global icon worn by Sid Vicious -- though if he was a dishwasher, he would have been aptly named Sid Dishes. Fifty years later, a new retrospective collection unearths the band's entire chaotic vault. Original masterminds Jeff Piccinini and Nigel Harrison look back at the noise that started it all. Still loud. Still a dirty mess We mean it maaaaaaannnn! Phase 1: The '75 Covent Garden & Basement Days Scene Point Blank: Nigel, you’re working the bar at The Marquee, surrounded by the history of The Who and The Stones. Jeff, you and Mike Lee just landed from San Francisco, looking to start a band. … Read more
The Undead
Interviews • August 9, 2026
From shaping the early guitar drive of The Misfits to heading up The Undead, slinging bass for Times Square, and running Post Mortem Records out of a New Jersey bedroom, … Read more
Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2026)
Music • July 13, 2026
That's right: we're halfway through 2026 already, although whether that means this year is a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full kind of year... well, the jury's out. But we'll let you know … Read more
Demos You Want To Check #4
Music / New Kids On The Block • July 7, 2026
The musical landscape is ever changing. New genres are popping up, new hypes burst out of nowhere and die out and new bands present themselves to the world. How on … Read more
