Neville Staple biography reviewed in the Huffington Post
Original Rude Boy is the biography of Neville Staple front man in The Specials and the book was co-authored with Tony McMahon
2011
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Record Mirror front covers from the late 70s
Record Mirror had some amazing front covers in the late 70s with pop stars like Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry
The Queen shot at in 1981
An incident you may have forgotten or been unaware of – but back in 1981, Her Majesty The Queen was shot at several times during the annual Trooping Of The Colour. In those days, the Queen rode side saddle down the Mall from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade and that’s when an unemployed military…
What did David Bowie think of Gary Numan?
Gary Numan was beaten up in the music press back in 1980 and criticised by David Bowie but his music was actually rather good
Big Country and the guitar bagpipe sound
This was Big Country performing on Channel Four’s Tube programme. Every week, Paula Yates and Jools Holland would ramble pretentiously or incoherently with cues between presenters either deliberately fumbled or they were creating an edgy feel, who knows? Paula Yates no longer with us of course and neither is the front man of the band,…
Subway Sect to Jo Boxers
Some bands have gone through very odd changes. Here were punksters Subway Sect thrashing around pretty tunelessly in 1976. Then three of them came back with a new leader – Dig Wayne from Ohio – to become Jo Boxers. Dig Wayne went on to greater things as you can see here being an actor in…
July 1981: when Britain went a bit mad
July 1981 was a month of riots in Britain but it was also a time when the country seemed to go a little mad with some very unusual incidents
Jangles – ITV drama in a rock club
Jangles was an HTV drama series made in 1982 and set in a rock club starring Hazel O’Connor and only lasted seven episodes