Robin Banks
Robin Banks wrote for ZigZag in the late 1970s.
14 articles
List of articles in the library
The Clash: Belgium's Burning! The Clash in Europe
Report by Robin Banks, ZigZag, September 1977
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried/Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." ...
Profile by Robin Banks, ZigZag, September 1977
I FIRST SAW Steel Pulse the night Elvis Presley died. I was soaking wet from the pouring rain, couldn't afford a drink, and my equilibrium ...
The Clash, Generation X: Only in ZigZag! The New Clash Single!
Review by Robin Banks, ZigZag, September 1977
THE CLASH: 'Complete Control'/'The City of the Dead' (CBS) ...
Interview by Robin Banks, ZigZag, October 1977
IF YOU ARE one of the lucky few who have already seen The Rich Kids play, you are going to be bragging about it in ...
Don Letts: Cramp and Paralize Them and Those Who Worship Babylon
Interview by Robin Banks, ZigZag, February 1978
DON LETTS shares a comfortable flat in Forest Hill with three Rastafarian friends, a ferret named Brian, and various other permanent or transient guests. The ...
The Subway Sect: Subway Sect: An Eiffel of the Subways in Paris
Report by Robin Banks, ZigZag, April 1978
THE METRO is crowded. Looking strangely at home amidst the Parisian hordes, Vic Goddard reclines in his seat, leisurely drawing on a Gauloise cigarette. The ...
Public Image Ltd, The Sex Pistols: Public Image Ltd.: We Only Wanted To Be Loved
Interview by Robin Banks, ZigZag, December 1978
THE ENIGMATIC Johnny Lydon. Dubbed "The Messiah of Punk" by those who only thought in clichés, he was catapulted into a situation that left him ...
The Clash: Give 'em Enough Rope (CBS 82431)
Review by Robin Banks, ZigZag, December 1978
A TRIUMPHANT roar of battles won. This album is a paean to victory than demands instant recognition and then leaves one gasping for breath, exhausted ...
Vic Godard, The Subway Sect: Vic Godard: Down the Road on a Stick
Interview by Robin Banks, ZigZag, March 1979
ON THE 'WHITE Riot' tour of early '77, Vic Godard and his band the Subway Sect ('cos they always were his band) confronted the great ...
The Vincent Units: Sex Against Rockism
Profile and Interview by Robin Banks, ZigZag, May 1979
"It's an amazing feeling getting up on stage and knowing that nobody expects miracles... and then sometimes one occurs" — Neal Brown, May 1979. ...
The Professionals: 'We Ain't Gonna Clean Nobody's Kharsi' Say Steve 'N' Paul
Report and Interview by Robin Banks, ZigZag, January 1980
PAUL COOK sits alone in the pub surrounded by an assortment of Friday night tossers, with their tardy, flared, off the peg suits and typist ...
The Clash: Rude Boy: Directed by Jack Hazan; Starring Ray Gange and The Clash; Cert X
Film/DVD/TV Review by Robin Banks, ZigZag, April 1980
RUDE BOY CAN FAIL ...
The Clash: Clash at the Apocalypse Hotel
Report by Robin Banks, ZigZag, November 1981
"We're just waiting to be melted down .... have you ever seen a burning puma?" (Joe Strummer. 'Clampdown'. Paris. September '81.) ...
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