13/07/2026
We are bringing the legend John Robb over to Castlebar on November 28th for a very interesting spoken word at bridge st in Castlebar, I’ll also be interviewing John right after the Spoken Word
For those of you who don’t know about John here is a brief synopsis
John Robb is a many-faceted creature.
Not just a well known face from TV but also a best selling author, musician, journalist, TV pundit, music website boss, publisher, festival boss, spoken word artist and frontman of The Membranes/Goldblade.
John Robb is all these things and more.
His released book ‘The Art Of Darkness - The History Of Goth’ is a worldwide pop culture best seller.
He grew up in Blackpool before punk rock came along and saved his life and he formed The Membranes - the highly influential post punk band whose current albums keep pushing forward with added choirs and textures and are critically acclaimed.
He was one of the leading post punk fanzine writers in the UK with ‘Rox’ before he went on to write for the rock press with Sounds in the 80s. He was the first person to interview Nirvana, and coined the expression Britpop and was instrumental in kick starting and documenting the Madchester scene with his writing.
His music and culture website louderthanwar.com is currently the 5th most read music and culture sites in the UK and at the front of diverse modern culture.
He is a constant on TV and radio commenting on music, culture and politics and one of the UK’s leading in conversation hosts who has his own successful youtube channel and his own books & music festival in Manchester every year called 'Louder Than Words'.
He has written many books such as best sellers ‘Punk Rock - an Oral History’ and 'The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop’ and in 2021 wrote a book about the leading eco energy boss Dale Vince from Ecotricity called ‘Manifesto’.
Current projects include a new book on Oasis which came out in 2025 on Harper Collins/Harper North just before the reunion tour. His new book based on his memoirs is out in 2026.
John was the first person to write about Nirvana, he coined the term Britpop, and he documented the Stone Roses’ rise out of Manchester before anyone else was interested. He was at every pivotal gig, and has interviewed every key player in the business, including Jordan, the queen of punk, founding father of new American rock Steve Albini, goth-rock guitarist Daniel Ash, infamous Oasis co-founder Noel Gallagher, and music greats like Lemmy and Poly Styrene.
Few others have witnessed first-hand so many important moments of the last forty years of rock history. Here, they come together to form the essential history of a personal quest to document the ever-changing soundtrack of the modern world.
This is going to be really interesting and fascinating event for all the music enthusiasts out there, tickets are available here
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1993627295909?aff=oddtdtcreator
