The Shins have been around since 1996, that’s thirty years, wow, they managed four albums in their first sixteen years but we have only had one record in the last fourteen back in 2017 and lead singer and songwriter James Mercer is the sole original member of the band, he also records with Danger Mouse In Broken Bells having released three records which may impact on the output of The Shins. A song from their debut album Oh Inverted World called New Slang was used in the fi

Joe Strummer had jumped into The Clash from The 101’ers and within six years was in a worldwide huge band the problem was the drummer was a heroin addict and Joe and Paul hated lead guitarist Mick Jones. Both were sacked and the problem was Topper was a powerhouse drummer and Mick wrote all the music. Within three years The Clash released one of the most slated albums ever and split up, Joe apologised to Mick, they came friends again but Mick wouldn’t reform The Clash. Joe re

So, you have arranged for the Sex Pistols to come to Manchester for a still talked about gig, and you have put a band together to support them, you release a legendary EP with that band and then quit. You come back with another band and release four albums (and a fifth when you return thirty years later), the band now recognised as an influential post punk band. You then release one solo record then disappear for a bit release two albums with another band that never crack th