PUNK IDENTITIES PUNK UTOPIAS

Matt Grimes is a senior lecturer in music industries and radio at Birmingham City University and researcher at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. His research interests are British anarcho-punk and its ideological significance in the life courses of ageing punks. He has published on the subjects of anarcho-punk, anarcho-punk zines, punk pedagogy, popular music and spirituality, DIY/underground music cultures/subcultures, counter-cultural movements, and radio for social change. He is the general secretary of the Punk Scholars Network and on the editorial board for the journals Punk & Post-Punk and Riffs. Matt is also a lifelong supporter of Millwall FC.

Contact: Birmingham Institute of Media and English, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, B4 7XG, UK.

Russ Bestley is a reader in graphic design and subcultures at the London College of Communication, editor of the journal Punk & Post-Punk and co-editor of the Global Punk book series published by Intellect and the Punk Scholars Network. His research archive can be accessed at https://www.hitsvilleuk.com.

Contact: London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6SB, UK.

Mike Dines is programme leader for BA (Hons) Music at Middlesex University in London, United Kingdom. As a musician, writer, scholar and DIY punk publisher, Mike has written extensively in the field of subcultures and punk and is currently Chair of the Punk Scholars Network.

Contact: Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, UK.

Paula Guerra is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the Universidade do Porto, and a researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the same university (IS-UP). She is also associate professor of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Australia.

Contact: Via Panorâmica, s/n, Porto 4150-564, Portugal.