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 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 Books 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 Panorāmica, s/n, Porto 4150-564, Portugal.