Malcolm Mclaren

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40 Years On: Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock Revisited

Malcolm McLaren’s innovative Duck Rock is often held up as the embodiment of cultural appropriation, though the dues the roguish impresario owes to the French are less often acknowledged or explored, says Jeremy Allen

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From Ballet To Sex & The Pistols: How Jordan Became The Face Of Punk

With the publication of her memoire, Defying Gravity, by Omnibus Press, punk icon Jordan talks to Mark Youll about latex, Jubilee, and the problem with The Clash

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Beyond Manu Chao: The Charmed Life Of Peter Culshaw

To mark the release of his new book, Clandestino: in Search of Manu Chao, Adrian Dannatt considers the life, not of his subject but of Peter Culshaw himself

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A Wild Nobility: An Adam Ant Exclusive By Simon Price

After a 15-year period away from the music business Adam Ant is back in the spotlight once again. Simon Price meets a musical maverick and iconic star of the 80s to talk inspiration, madness and coming back fighting

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Jon Savage Interview & An Extract From The England’s Dreaming Tapes

Following the publication of his book _The England's Dreaming Tapes_, author and journalist Jon Savage talks punk with The Quietus, and kindly donates an interview that just couldn't fit into his thousand-odd page bustling tome.

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Lydon “I’ll Miss McLaren”

Sex Pistols singer issues statement

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Footage At The Borderlands: Horror Writer Adam Nevill’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

With his new novel 'Lost Girl' out now, horror author Adam Nevill recommends his favourite recent horror films to Sean Kitching. You are going to want to work through this list.

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Inspiration And Implementation: Olivier Assayas On His Key Films

To mark the Blu-Ray release of a new box set of his films, Olivier Assayas takes Greg Hyde through the major questions of his biggest titles, from Sonic Youth to Personal Shopper

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Trumpidation: Reviewing The US Election TV Coverage

Brit Sean Kitching and American StarLynn Jacobs’ marriage has to date spanned the four-years of Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency - they sat up through the night to review the television coverage. Words: Sean Kitching and StarLynn Jacobs

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This Is What Defeat Looks Like: Zero Dark Thirty Reviewed

Jason Ward reviews Kathryn Bigelow's dramatisation of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden

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Kill Your Idols: The Punk Singer Reviewed

Val Phoenix reviews Sini Anderson's documentary about Bikini Kill and Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna

Film

Dream On: Brazil’s City Of God At 20

In 2002, Brazil was full of promise and culture was blooming, but revisiting City of God 20 years later reveals how that hope fell through, finds Yessica Klein

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He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman

The devastating news of the death of Chadwick Boseman, the actor whose intelligent vulnerability redefined portrayals of Black heroes for a beseiged generation, brought the world to the halt. Soma Ghosh remembers the late, great artist

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Welcome To The ‘New Normal’: Kubrick And The Nuclear Farce

As part of our celebration of what would have been Stanley Kubrick's 88th birthday, Robert Bright takes another look at one of his best loved films, 1964's Dr Strangelove

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Malcolm Mclaren

Articles 5

40 Years On: Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock Revisited

From Ballet To Sex & The Pistols: How Jordan Became The Face Of Punk

Beyond Manu Chao: The Charmed Life Of Peter Culshaw

A Wild Nobility: An Adam Ant Exclusive By Simon Price

Jon Savage Interview & An Extract From The England’s Dreaming Tapes

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Lydon “I’ll Miss McLaren”

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Peel the Layers: Nilüfer Yanya’s Favourite Albums

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

“I Enjoy Silence!”: Michael Rother’s 13 Favourite Albums

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of July 2025

A Photocopy of a Polaroid of an X-Ray of a Ghost: The Sabres Of Paradise Reissues

Another Round: The Pogues’ Rum, Sodomy & The Lash at 40

The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

Burial Releases New EP, ‘Comafields / Imaginary Festival’

The Rhythm Divine: Running Up That Hill, 40 Years On

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

Three Album Run: How 20th Century Metal Never Bettered Slayer’s Unholy Trilogy

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Footage At The Borderlands: Horror Writer Adam Nevill’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

Inspiration And Implementation: Olivier Assayas On His Key Films

Trumpidation: Reviewing The US Election TV Coverage

This Is What Defeat Looks Like: Zero Dark Thirty Reviewed

Kill Your Idols: The Punk Singer Reviewed

Dream On: Brazil’s City Of God At 20

He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman

Welcome To The ‘New Normal’: Kubrick And The Nuclear Farce

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Articles 5

40 Years On: Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock Revisited

From Ballet To Sex & The Pistols: How Jordan Became The Face Of Punk

Beyond Manu Chao: The Charmed Life Of Peter Culshaw

A Wild Nobility: An Adam Ant Exclusive By Simon Price

Jon Savage Interview & An Extract From The England’s Dreaming Tapes

News 1

Lydon “I’ll Miss McLaren”

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

Most Popular

Peel the Layers: Nilüfer Yanya’s Favourite Albums

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

“I Enjoy Silence!”: Michael Rother’s 13 Favourite Albums

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of July 2025

A Photocopy of a Polaroid of an X-Ray of a Ghost: The Sabres Of Paradise Reissues

Another Round: The Pogues’ Rum, Sodomy & The Lash at 40

The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

Burial Releases New EP, ‘Comafields / Imaginary Festival’

The Rhythm Divine: Running Up That Hill, 40 Years On

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

Three Album Run: How 20th Century Metal Never Bettered Slayer’s Unholy Trilogy

Previously Read

Footage At The Borderlands: Horror Writer Adam Nevill’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

Inspiration And Implementation: Olivier Assayas On His Key Films

Trumpidation: Reviewing The US Election TV Coverage

This Is What Defeat Looks Like: Zero Dark Thirty Reviewed

Kill Your Idols: The Punk Singer Reviewed

Dream On: Brazil’s City Of God At 20

He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman

Welcome To The ‘New Normal’: Kubrick And The Nuclear Farce

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