The front cover for ‘Original Rude Boy’ that didn’t make it…
A proposed front cover for the biography of Neville Staple – Original Rude Boy – published by Aurum Press
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Mr Cheerful – Terry Hall on the front cover of Smash Hits
Mr Cheerful – Terry Hall on the front cover of Smash Hits
Violent attacks on punk bands in the 1970s
1977 saw several violent attacks on punk rock bands as Britain celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee as Tony McMahon discovers
Spear of Destiny tour poster
Spear of Destiny tour poster from the early 1980s when they played Liverpool University
Really, really bad 1970s single picture covers…
Really, really bad 1970s single picture covers found in a street market in Portugal. The faces of Latin disco in the seventies.
Adam and the Ants – Prince Charming – the fan club
Adam and the Ants – Prince Charming – the fan club
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,…
Oi! skinhead bands do anti-racism
Oi! anti-racism may seem like a contradiction in terms but some Oi! bands wanted to burnish their anti-racism credentials in 1981