Journalism
Robb has worked as a journalist for many years. He published his own small town fanzine, Rox, while a member of The Membranes. He wrote for ZigZag in the 1980s, and was a regular freelance contributor to Sounds in the late 1980s, as well as writing for Melody Maker. He now writes for The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, several websites, The Big Issue and magazines in Turkey, Algeria, America, Russia and Brazil. He also writes features for Chimp Magazine in Manchester, UK.
While working for Sounds, Robb was the first journalist to interview Nirvana (in 1989), and also later coined the word 'Britpop'.
In 2011 Robb launched an online rock music and pop culture magazine/blog called Louder Than War, louderthanwar focusing on arts news, reviews, and features. The site is editorially independent, and includes contributions from Robb and several other freelance journalists and critics. In its first year, in November 2011, Robb was voted to win the UK Association of Independent Music 'Indie Champion' award.
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