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John Robb is a many-faceted creature.
Not just a well known face from TV but also a best selling author, musician, journalist, Louder Than War music website boss, Louder Than Words and Louder Than War Live festivals boss, Eco champion, vegan behemoth and punk rock warlord as well as TV and radio talking head plus singer from post-punk critically acclaimed mainstays The Membranes.
John Robb is all these things and more and his upcoming 2026 memoirs will cover all of this and his adventures in punk and post punk and much more in book form and is also getting made into a film.
His recently released books ‘Live Forever – the Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis’ and ‘The Art Of Darkness – the History Of Goth’ are both acclaimed worldwide pop culture best sellers joining his ‘The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop’ and his 2022 book with the leading maverick green energy boss Dale Vince from Ecotricity called ‘Manifesto’ at the top of the book charts.
He is currently working on the ground-breaking Green Britain Academy education scheme and a zero carbon clothing line called ‘Dark Forest’ in his downtime between spoken word tours of the UK and Europe.
John Robb grew up in Blackpool (who have now made him an ambassador for the town) before punk rock came along and saved his life. In the post-punk era he formed the Membranes – the highly influential post-punk band whose current critically eulogised albums keep pushing forward with added choirs and textures.
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 documenting the Madchester scene with his writing. His website louderthanwar.com is currently one of the top 3 most read music and culture sites in the UK and at the front of diverse modern culture and saw him nearly release the Fontaines DC first single and give Charli XCX her first review amongst other many firsts.
Second part of show will be an interview of Holly Black from The Lovely Eggs –
Since forming her first all girl band “Angelica” when she was 15, Holly Ross has played guitar and sung in bands all her life and is currently one half of the underground surreal-psych punk rock duo “The Lovely Eggs” alongside her husband David.
For The Lovely Eggs being in a band is a way of life. It’s about art. It’s about creativity and expression. It’s about following your own path and doing things your own way.
Not afraid the break the rules, Holly remains fiercely independent and despite having no management, booking agent, record label or publisher, her releases regularly appear in the Official UK physical and vinyl charts, with The Lovely Eggs 6th album “I am Moron” reaching Number One in the Official UK Independent Charts.
She has collaborated with Iggy Pop on The Lovely Eggs single “I, Moron”, has recorded over eleven live sessions for BBC 6 Music and Radio One and continues to sell out shows across the country.
Holly is a Director at Lancaster Music Co-op, a non-profit making rehearsal rooms and recording studio, which she fought to save after they were issued with an eviction notice in 2018. With a full repair and restoration project underway, Holly is part of a team working hard to re-open this legendary community institution in 2026.
