No Sex Please, We’re British: Coil’s Subversively Overt Homosexuality
Homosexuality drove experimental band Coil’s creativity, yet they rejected the demand that they either embrace performative homosexuality or remain discreet and closeted.
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‘Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (A Companion to the Film by Beth B)’ (excerpt)
Nick Soulsby’s book on Lydia Lunch comprehensively overviews her creative campaign of resistance, a celebration of pleasure as the ultimate act of rebellion.
The Story of Swans by Those Who Lived to Tell
Nick Soulsby's oral history of Swans digs deep in and around the trenches of Michael Gira's twisted musical world.
Nick Soulsby Reads from His Oral History, ‘Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence’
Swans' story is a story of artistic near-death, defiance, and resurrection. This excerpt brings forth the band's challenges during the Swans Are Dead Tour of 1997.
An Artist in His Own Right: Nick Soulsby on Thurston Moore
This oral history seeks to course-correct one man's discography that's been overshadowed by that of his band, but it seems more intent to course-correct Moore's reputation.
‘I Found My Friends’ Is a Drop in the Bucket of the Nirvana Story
Nick Soulsby tries to crack the case of Nirvana, the watershed band that very few saw coming.