To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Adrian Borland–leader of UK post-punk cult heroes The Sound, the punk band The Outsiders before that, a solo career, and more–there will be an event ...

“Left all alone, I’m with the one I most fear,” Adrian Borland sang on “I Can’t Escape Myself,” the first and best song on The Sound‘s 1980 debut album Jeopardy, and as conveyed in the 2016 Adrian ...

The Outsiders weren’t by-numbers punks, even though they regularly played Covent Garden hot-spot The Roxy. Frontman Adrian Borland was influenced by America’s Doors and Stooges, whose Iggy Pop was so ...

With the zeal of Joy Division, the majesty of the Bunnymen and the melancholy of the Cure, it’s one of music’s eternal mysteries why this band never made it big Some bands rack up hit after hit and ...

Jonathan Garrett takes the helm for the latest in our Unspun Heroes series, taking a look at The Sound’s underrated 1981 album ‘From The Lions Mouth’ Some burn out. Others fade away. Then there are ...

On the 26th of April 1999, Adrian Borland, a man who had spent a significant part of his adult life dealing with manic depression, took the decision to end his own life. The signs had been there for ...

Four months on, in May 1977, The Outsiders became the first British band of the punk rock era to issue a do-it-yourself album. It was as significant a move as that taken by Buzzcocks, but is less ...