John Robb
John Robb
Background information
Born	[May 4th.]], Fleetwood, Lancs., UK
Genre(s)	Spoken word punk
Occupation(s)	Singer Songwriter TV pundit Radio DJ Author
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1977 to present
Associated acts	Membranes Goldblade ]
Website	Official site

John Robb (born 4th May 1961 in Blackpool, England) is vocalist in the punk rock band Goldblade. Based in Manchester, he frequently appears as a journalist/commentator on documentary/light entertainment music shows.

Robb was inspired by the DIY ethic of punk to form the critically acclaimed Membranes who released several albums in the 1980s. 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 Happy Mondays. He also coined the term 'Britpop' whilst writing for Sounds in 1989.

He produced several bands, including in the mid-90s two singles by the Leicester three-piece Slinky as well as Therapy and Cornershop who he also co-managed.

In the mid 1990s he formed Goldblade, who have released several critically acclaimed albums including 2005's successful 'Rebel Songs' and toured the world a number of times' headlining punk festivals in Russia and America. At the same time Robb wrote the best selling biography of the Stone Roses, Stone Roses And The Resurrection Of British Pop (1996) and the best selling Punk Rock: An Oral History (2006) which has been translated into several different languages He is constantly in demand as a "cultural commentator" and 'pop pundit' on TV and radio and has produced and presented an award winning ten part documentary on the history of punk rock. He also writes articles for the mainstream media.

Contents 1 MUSICIAN 2 TV 3 AUTHOR 4 JOURNALIST 5 ALBUMS

MUSICIAN

Like many people of his generation John Robb was fired by the excitement of punk rock and formed his first band The Membranes.

Goldblade

TV

pundit on top 100 shows

pundit on 'I Love the 60s/70's/80s/90s' series

pundit on '7 Ages Of Rock'

guest on several TV debate shows

regular contributor the top 10's series

regualr on Sky Tv's successful 'The Pop Years'

pop culture expert on channel 4 news

produced and presented a 10 part series on the history of punk rock

presented a 12 part guide to the arts in north west england

regular pundit on BBC breakfast news

pundiit on BBC world service

appeared on countless DVD discussing groups as varied as Joy Division, Queen, the Sex Pistols and the Chili Peppers

AUTHOR

Stone Roses And The Reserrection Of british Pop' Ebury Press

Noise Bible- adventures on the eighties undergound with The Membranes Thrill City

The Soul Manual Ultimate

The Nineties: What the fuck was That All About Ebury Press

Punk Rock: An Oral History Ebury Press

JOURNALIST

wrote for Zigzag in the eighties

main freelncer on Sounds in the late eighties

wrote for Melody Maker

now writes for Sunday Times, The Observer, Guardian, several websites, Big Issue and several foreighn magazines from Turkey to Algeria to America and Russia and Brazil.

ALBUMS

the Membranes

gift of life (creation) 1985

songs of love and fury (in tape) 1987

kiss ass godhead (glass) 1988

to slay the rock pig (vinyl drip) 1989

Goldblade

home turf (ultimate) 1997

goldblade drop the bomb (ultimate) 1999

do you believe in the power of rock n roll! (TSB) 2001

rebel songs (captain oi!) 2004

The Masons unreleased as yet