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Part 1 of our exclusive interview with Goldie Lookin Chain

Rhys and Eggsy of Goldie Lookin Chain talk to Debs and LooLoo about a whole load of stuff that we're not sure whether to believe...

Goldie Lookin Chain

Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Goldie Lookin Chain

Rhys and Eggsy of Goldie Lookin Chain talk to Debs and LooLoo about a whole load of other stuff that we're not sure whether to believe...

 

Goldie Lookin Chain

Back issues of Welsh Bands Weekly

Download all our back issues, from 1997 to 2001. Exclusive interviews with Super Furry Animals, Catatonia, Feeder, Stereophonics and more... Download back issues

Exclusive interview with Swci Boscawen

Swci BoscawenSwci Boscawen talks to Welsh Bands Weekly about Debbie Harry, John Cale and the toilets at Clwb Ifor Bach...

Exclusive interview with Cerys Matthews

"I haven't changed much, I just have one more foot on the ground than I used to," Cerys tells us.

Read our exclusive interview with Cerys Matthews...

Cerys Matthews

Photo gallery

The Welsh Bands Weekly photo gallery is here! We've sorted through our old photo albums and picked out some of our favourites to share with you.

From our pre-WBW adventures at Super Furry Animals gigs to our vast collection of bollard photos, from V96 to the Eisteddfod, from post-gig shenanigans to the WBW Christmas party - it's all in our gallery.

There's plenty there that have never been published before, so take a look.

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Exclusive interview with Howard Marks

During his extraordinary life he's worked for MI6, campaigned for the legalisation ofHoward Marks cannabis and even stood for Parliament.

In our exclusive interview, the very lovely Howard Marks talks to us about being on tour, his favourite Welsh bands and what he'd like to make illegal.

Read our exclusive interview with Howard Marks...

The history of Welsh Bands Weekly

Welsh Bands Weekly started life as a pretend magazine that we made up so we could get aftershow party passes.

Find out how it turned into a real magazine: Welsh Bands Weekly history

Issue 9½: the missing issue

All interviews and features from the missing Issue 9½ are now available to read for the first time. Includes interviews with Anweledig and Pep Le Pew - visit our features and interviews pages for more details.

Our scrapbook

We've dug out some of our most the Welsh Bands Weekly scrapbooktreasured memorabilia and stuck it in a scrapbook.

Take a peek at the Welsh Bands Weekly scrapbook (10mb file, opens in new window)...

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Inside Emma

The mad pixie takes you on a guided tour through the windmills of her mind - whatever that means. Visit our features section to find out more...

Loo'll Fix It

From the missing Issue 9½ we bring you Loo'll Fix It, where Loopy LooLoo answers all those questions that have been bugging you. More...