Platinum Needles guitarist Gary Sewell now performs as the Riffmaster Terminator to find out what he is up to visit the Riffmaster's web site

And before becoming the Riffmaster Gary was the front man for Shropshire's premier indie band BLADE for some great sounds and further information visit the Blade web site

In the early 1980's The Needles were part of the thriving Stoke on Trent music scene to find out about almost every band that has hailed from the Potteries area visit the excellent Stoke Beat web site

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For a more in depth view of the Punk revolution visit the excellent Punk 77 web site The site has excellent articles on all of the bands from the late 1970's

The Search and Destroy Punk search engine is an excellent way of finding anything Punk related on the Web

And another top General Punk site is Punkbands.com featuring almost every punk band on the planet

Of the 3 main innovators of British Punk The Pistols, The Clash & The Damned only The Damned are currently active and producing new music. The Damned always were your mates and you can find out what they are up to at their official site or for some unique insights as well as a comprehensive list of archive articles at onewaylove.com or Step Into The Night

Hailing from the same town as The Platinum Needles, Sonic State have over the last few years gained quite a national following. With Lead Singer Jenny Z splitting her time between Sonic State and her other band Sique Sique Sputnik.

The Final Hour are an excellent band who have just released their first album to find out more visit their highly recommended web site