Middle-aged, British, guitarist, song writer, expert shouter of Oi! From Leeds, West Yorkshire. strong interest in street punk, non English speaking punk and late 90’s ska punk.

Jim Meehan
Reviews, interviews, weak beard.


Jim Meehan Contributed Content

DS Festival Review: Slam Dunk Festival (North)
In 2001, I moved to the Northern English city of Leeds, in part because of the live music venue, The Cockpit. This small venue put on all my favourite bands of the time, and had a long history of putting on great live music. I worked in another venue in the city on weekends, so […]
Dying Scene Album Review: Gimp Fist – “Isolation”
Despite being British, I never really bonded with UK punk music when I was younger. It wasn’t my sound, it wasn’t my history. To me The Pistols were a cliché of what punk was meant to be and I never truly invested in the growing British punk scene, favouring more accessible American bands over local […]