John Robb
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John Robb (born 1961 in Blackpool, England) is vocalist in the punk rock band Goldblade. Based in Manchester, he frequently appears as a journalist/commentator on documentary/light entertainment music shows.
Robb was inspired by the DIY ethic of punk to form the critically acclaimed Membranes who released several albums in the 1980s. He then went on to write for the music paper Sounds and was the first person in the world to interview Nirvana as well as being the first to write about the new Madchester scene of the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. He also coined the term 'Britpop' whilst writing for Sounds in 1989.
He produced several bands, including in the mid-90s two singles by the Leicester three-piece Slinky.
In the mid 1990s he formed Goldblade who have released several critically acclaimed albums and toured the world several times headlining punk festivals in Russia and America. At the same time Robb wrote the best selling biography of the Stone Roses, Stone Roses And The Resurrection Of British Pop (1996) and Punk Rock An Oral History (2006). He is constantly in demand as a "cultural commentator" and 'pop pundit' on TV and radio and has produced and presented an award winning ten part documentary on the history of punk rock. He also writes articles for the mainstream media.
