Backstage passes for gigs by The Specials
Backstage passes for gigs by The Specials from 1979 to 1981
October 2012
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Melody Maker in 1981 with The Selecter and Elvis Costello
Melody Maker in 1981 with The Selecter and Elvis Costello
Miners strike posters and leaflets
Miners strike posters and leaflets from 1984 and 1985 during the NUM dispute with the NCB and the Thatcher government
NWOBHM – or heavy metal circa 1981 if you prefer…
NWOBHM – or heavy metal circa 1981 if you prefer. When heavy metal revived as punk declined.
2Tone bands and the 1981 Coventry riot
1981 saw a riot in Coventry after the murder of Asian teenager Satnam Singh Gill that led to The Specials putting on a unity gig in the city
Was anybody on the People’s March for Jobs in the early 80s?
Was anybody on the People’s March for Jobs in the early 80s?
All your photos of New Romantic excess welcome
Oh, the eye shadow, hair gel and strange trousers – the turn of the 80s was all about the New Romantics. I remember in 1981 going to something that called itself a ‘futurist’ party. Seemed to involve a lot of guys in sixteen pleat Bowie trousers – which you could buy in the NME classified…
When the Buggles met Yes and created a Drama
When the Buggles met Yes and created a Drama – the fusion of prog rock and new wave with an unhappy outcome
SUS law – a cause of the 1981 riots
The stop and search SUS laws were based on the Vagrancy Act of 1824 and caused massive resentment among black youth in the 1980s