Author and Goldblade lead singer John RobbLocal performance and visual arts group Totally Wired have announced a special Spoken Word Event with author John Robb at The Book Room, Lancaster on Monday 6th July 2009.

John Robb’s latest and critically acclaimed oral history of Manchester Music The North Will Rise Again: Manchester Music City 1976-1996The North Will Rise Again: Manchester Music City 1976-1996 was published in May, but his credits also include The Stone Roses and The Resurrection of British Pop and Punk Rock: An Oral History.

Born in Fleetwood, Lancashire but based in Manchester, John is many things to many people: TV pundit, journalist, Radio DJ, author, songwriter and current lead singer with Punk Rock band Goldblade, John has a vast wealth of knowledge regarding popular culture.


He was inspired by the DIY ethic of Punk to form the critically acclaimed Membranes, who released several albums in the 1980’s. He then went on to write for the music paper Sounds and was the first person in the world to interview Nirvana as well as being the first to write about the new Madchester Scene of The Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays.

He’s also currently Morrissey’s favourite journalist, which takes some doing!

• Tickets for this event cost £3 and are available in advance from The Book Room, 9 Meeting House Lane, Lancaster. For More Info on this event go to www.totallywired.org.uk

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