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I've got to be honest, I'm starting to worry slightly. Since I started this blog about two months ago, at least three of the bands in the right-hand column have split up. First there was Death From Above 1979 . Then Hope Of The States called it a day. And now Arab Strap have decided that, ten years since 'The First Big Weekend' appeared that they will finish. It's amicable enough and you can read all about it here on the Chemikal underground website . It just seems a sad, [...]

There are certain bands whose importance cannot be understated. I could probably spend all night making a list of how they changed things, but let us just say...Without Joy Division, bands like U2 and The Cure would have sounded radically different, the entire 'goth' movement would have been hugely unlike what it is (Ian Curtis was the inspiration for The Crow), the 'indie' scene would have been radically, utterly different (and worse) and I'd have to have to have a different all time song instead of Atmosphere. There are possibly people who have never heard these songs (it's that gap [...]