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Split Silk’s Cathartic Punk, And More Music News and Gossip
GOODBYE, Pal: Longtime Athens musician, songwriter and close friend Todd McBride died Monday, Jan. 16 just after a limited time period of powerful disease that began in early December. Whilst he performed with numerous teams in excess of his virtually 40 decades in Athens, he was finest acknowledged for his function in Dashboard Saviors. Acknowledged for his poignant songwriting and sharp lyricism, McBride was a welcoming shepherd of kinds who in no way unsuccessful to provide new musicians less than his guiding wings and be a beacon of encouragement for individuals striving to acquire footing in our scene. I can personally attest he was one of the 1st Athens “band…
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Vintage punk rock jacket set to sell for hundreds of pounds
A Staffordshire punk rock fan is set to be in the money after putting his vintage designer jacket up for sale. Thomas Lowbridge did a clothes swap with a friend 43 years ago, handing over his own denim jacket in return for the tartan bondage jacket. He realised he’d made a wise decision decades later in 2018 when an expert on BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow valued it at between £400 and £600. Now the jacket, made by Birmingham designers Kahn & Bell, is going up for auction and Thomas could make a tidy sum, reports Staffordshire Live. The 58-year-old, from Stafford, said: “I can still fit into it – just…