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June 2008 Ammonites mp3's plus fanzine article & photos More free Ammonites and BWE mp3's - two more from each next month
May 2008 Birds With Ears Album plus tons of other free stuff First two free mp3's - two more next month
April 2008 Brighton Beat Radio Doumentary - have a listen Radio tries to get to grips with the punk phenomena
March 2008 Vaultage 80 - it's all over bar the shouting Free mp3's of the third and last of the three Vaultage albums
February 2008 Vaultage 79 - get your free downloads here Free mp3's of the second of three Vaultage albums
January 2008 Vaultage 78 album now available for download Free mp3's of the first of three Vaultage albums
December 2007 Poster Gallery restocked plus more free mp3's More free stuff and a layout revamp in time for the New Year
November 2007 More free downloads - Red Squares and Wrist Action More free downloadable mp's of old Brighton bands
October 2007 Business as usual around the globe - more shite! A few bright sparks light up the gloom
September 2007 Five more free mp3's to download In total, 32 free downloads
August 2007 Listen to original Piranhas at their best Old Piranhas gems, plus more free downloads
July 2007 Make your own CD with more free mp3's More free downloadable mp's of the old Brighton bands
June 2007 2007: Spammers are a pain the arse Web crawlers prey on PunkBrighton for email addresses
May 2007 1980: Shop and record label fights for survival Attrix financial pressures start to build up
April 2007 2007: Stuart is back with new series of reviews Stuart Jones reviews 10 more albums from the post-punk days
March 2007 Celebrate 30 years of punk with free mp3's Free downloads from some of Brighton's best bands of the era
February 2007 1980: Attrix pins its hopes hopes on The Chefs Attrix Records tries to fill the void left by the Piranhas
January 2007 1979: Attrix records puts together a second album Six more Brighton bands featured on Attrix Records
December 2006 1979: More Brighton bands make their own records A look back at how other bands followed the lead of Attrix
November 200 Helen wows old and new fans at the Albert Former Chef Helen McCookerybook returns to Brighton for a solo gig
October 2006 1979: Second wave of new bands livens things up The Brighton punk scene goes from strength to strength
September 2006 Return of the winklepicker plus 1979: NF get busy Marriage of Dick Damage and spate of fires back in 1979
August 2006 1979: Punk & politics: going down the pan Death of Sid Vicious, blizzards, gales and strikes across the UK
July 2006 1979: First euphoria, then tragedy strikes Fatal road crash involving the Piranhas
June 2006 1978: Vaultage 78 gets Brighton buzzing First independent Brighton album gets great reviews
May 2006 1978: First Attrix album gets great reviews John Peel liked it and came to the Alhambra to watch Piranhas and Chicane
April 2006 1978: Attrix lines up bands for first Brighton LP Attrix founder Rick Blair sets up Brighton's first independent record label
March 2006 1978: Local press ignores the punk revolution If you read the Argus you'd think nothing had ever happened
February 2006 1978: Brighton in the grip of the big freeze-up Cold winter - Pistols split up, Brighton bands have some catching up to do
January 2006 1978: "Stranglers tried to browbeat me' claims sergeant Brighton's favourite band arrested after gig at the Top Rank Suite.
December 2005 1977: Ban on Pistols' record infringes liberty Brighton's straightlaced music shops refuse to stock the Pistols' album
November 2005 1977: Major record labels totally out of whack Punk had turned the music business on its head
October 2005 1977: The Vault made you feel dead even if you weren't Brighton's foremost punk venue under the pavement
September 2005 1977: A big year for Brighton and the world What was happening in Brighton and around the world
August 2005 Deadbeats knock 'em dead at the Free Butt Local band with the spirit of punk raise the roof
July 2005 Parallel universe: punk & new wave comedy How one genre fed off the other
June 2005 Helen returns to Brighton with the Horns Former Chefs singer reforms the Horns for Komedia gig
May 2005 Boring Bob sums up the punk experience A short extract from the Piranhas old fanzine
April 2005 A short history of the Vault Attila the Stockbroker's personal account of the early days
March 2005 Love to everyone who actually got off their arses Laughing Gass guitar man Baz spills the beans
February 2005 Attila the Stockbroker revives Tom Hark The local boy done good
January 2005 A night dancing is worth any amount of psychoanalysis Homespun philosophy from Vol Sec
December 2004 Emma Sharpe & the Features still going strong Brighton band re-invent themselves
November 2004 Farewell John Peel, champion of the unfashionable Death of a legend
October 2004 Punk put Brighton music on the map Piranhas got silver disc for top 5 hit
September 2004 Punk was all about doing it yourself All you need is 3 chords
August 2004 Punk Brighton gig out the window for now The continuing on/off saga
July 2004 Punk Brighton gig could be happening A flicker of interest raised
June 2004 Any chance of a punk Brighton gig? Is there a musical re-union in the offing?
May 2004 Jonny & the Lubes resurface More stuff comes to light
April 2004 New photos of the Numbers unearthed Brighton mod/punks
March 2004 How to make your own record, 1978 style How Vaultage 78 came about
February 2004 Amazing what you can find in an old carrier bag Rare old Piranhas review
January 2004 That was the year that was A brief look back at the passing 0f 2003
December 2003 Stu chats to the Parrots' Jay Derrick Also, death of Depression's drummer Ozzy Garvey
November 2003 Girls with attitude go guitar shopping Feature on local gals Teasing LuLu
October 2003 Ex-Lillette enjoys success with Eddie Izzard Former Lillette Mick Perrin brings Eddie to the masses
September 2003 Dodgems' Doug Potter wins rare Brighton CD competition The jammy sod!
August 2003 Never mind the Pistols, here's the Brighton bollocks One-off Brighton compilation CD competition
July 2003 Vaultage 78 still making waves 25 years on and still making its presence felt
June 2003 Midnight & the Lemon Boys: Where's Watto? Former manager may have some info on the band
May 2003 Fan Club 'best Brighton band of 79' A touch of bias from a Fan Club member
April 2003 RIP: Final push for West Pier Another nail in the coffin for the grand Old Lady
March 2003 West Pier goes down the tubes Brighton's neglected showpiece collapses in storm
February 2003 Rare Piranhas vinyl found in Stu's loft The unearthing of a punk gem
January 2003 Stuart Jones: This Year's Model Stuart starts his new review series
December 2002 Wrist Action and Flesh in flyer wars Early punk bands show healthy rivalry
November 2002 Attrix Memoirs: the final part Stuart Jones wraps up the series with Part 9
October 2002 Punk and reggae on the same tracks Brighton's own reggae bands
September 2002 Boring Bob declines TV stardom Former Piranhas frontman says no to the BBC
August 2002 Blotto puts it all in perspective Former Dots bassist speaks out
July 2002 Tony Maybury: Punk Guitarist A tribute following his recent death
June 2002 'Bloody' too good not to be a hit Golinski Brothers tune is up there with the best
May 2002 Is Brighton rock in bad taste? Lillettes get harangued in the Guildford press
April 2002 Chefs served up some tastey stuff The Chefs showcased
March 2002 Dick Damage: wild and crazy guy The Brighton loon showcased
February 2002 Iggy Pop? I'd rather see the Dots The awesome pulling power of Brighton punk
January 2002 Piranhas scaled the heights Brighton's favourite band go mainstream, almost
December 2001 Lord Lucan ia still missing Twenty three years on
November 2001 Bushell gets in on the act Gary checks out Brighton's bands
October 2001 Peel gives Brighton bands some cred The evergreen DJ got into the Brighton scene
September 2001 Attrix shop closes down No cash to keep the record outlet going
August 2001 This aint the summer of love Murder at a Depressions gig in Preston
July 2001 Test Tube Babies still rockin' Tribute to 20 0dd years of Peter and Co
June 2001 Old punk posters unearthed Plenty of 70's stuff out there
May 2001 Joey Ramone Death of a punk legend
April 2001 Girls did their bit for punk Brighton's girl bands strut their struff
March 2001 New gallery to feature Brighton punk Fashion & Style Gallery to open in Brighton in October 2001
February 2001 Flesheating punks on Hastings Pier Brighton bands provide a feast of live punk
January 2001 Vaultage 80 completes Attrix trilogy The third and final Vaultage album
December 2000 Resource Centre burnt down End of an era in Brighton music history
November 2000 Silver disc for the Piranhas- then it's over Chart success signals the end
October 2000 Nicky & the Dots- Psychokillers! Showcase of one of Brighton's best-loved band
September 2000 Punk's not dead, so when's the revival? plus www.punkbrighton.co.uk T-shirt winner
August 2000 Punksite registers over 117,000 hits www.punkbrighton.co.uk blows its own trumpet
July 2000 APL were the mindless bozos of punk, says expert feature on the Anti-Piranha League
June 2000 Apathy in the UK resurfaces Zilch interest in doing it all again
May 2000 Promoter wants to lure Piranhas back for one-off gig Could it ever happen?
April 2000 Ian Dury- poet of punk RIP Tribute to a legend
March 2000 Golinski Brother joins the SDP! From punk rock to politics
February 2000 Down and out in the rotten 70's The local press tries to get to grips with the whole punk thing
January 2000 Old pals reunited thanks to Brighton Punk website Two former Lillettes meet again 20 years on