John Robb looks back on the earliest days and unreleased music of Fontaines D.C.: “They made the world a better place”

Acclaimed writer and musician John Robb has shared an excerpt from his new book in which he looks back on being one of the first people to discover Fontaines D.C. and reveals info on two unreleased songs. Check it out below. READ MORE: At home with Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten: “Our personality is bigger than the sound that we make” Manchester legend Robb is a music journalist and author who is also frontman of punk veterans The Membranes. He was famously the first person to interview Nirvana, he discovered The Stone Roses for Sounds, and did early agenda-setting interviews with the likes of The Jesus And Mary Chain and Manic Street Preachers. As an author, he has published books about Oasis and the history of goth music, and runs his own website Louder Than War. His latest work, Punk Rock Ruined My Life, is a memoir that captures his storied life in music. One of his lesser-told stories is how he discovered Fontaines D.C. back when they were at college, and nearly put out their first single. “It was a different version of ‘Liberty Belle’, but it was at more at demo stage with a rawer and punkier sound with great vocals which gave it an exciting edge,” Robb told NME. “I loved it ...