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Welsh rock and roll memorabilia from bands including Manic Street Preachers and Skindred is going under the hammer to raise money for charity.

Launching his latest selection of Newport-inspired paintings, the drummer for Newport 90s rockers 60ft Dolls, says that lockdown changed his life.

As the drummer in one of Wales’ premier rock bands 60ft Dolls, Carl Bevan always made magic with his hands.

YET again this was a many and varied week in Parliament and Furness ahead of the Whitsun Recess, reminding me why I have the best job in the world.

YET again this was a many and varied week in Parliament and Furness ahead of the Whitsun Recess, reminding me why I have the best job in the world.

BBC News How my art helped me quit rock n roll Close He was the rock n roll rebel who loved the after-show party as much as the show itself. When Welsh punk rockers 60ft Dolls toured their adrenaline-fuelled shows at the height of 1990s Britpop, Carl Bevan revelled in rock excesses. These days, life is a little more sedate for the former Dolls drummer as hes turned to art for more of a quieter life. "I see this as the kind of B-side to my life," said the 47-year-old musician. Video edited and p...

BBC News By Peter Shuttleworth media caption"How art helped me after I quit rock n roll" From dancing with the guy who sang Chocolate Salty Balls, a two-finger salute from Johnny Rotten and stopping the Gallagher brothers squabbling for a minute, it was a rock n roll life well spent. His Britpop band moshed in Glastonburys mud, rocked Reading, supported the Sex Pistols 1990s comeback and was an undercard for Oasis in their early days. Legendary DJ John Peel once said "in the mid-90s every town ...