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Altered Images: songs sung blue, pink and with added Mascara Streakz – the Clare Grogan feature/interview
Early ‘80s new wave pioneers Altered Images are back, a number of headline shows about to commence, with a new album, Mascara Streakz, landing this summer. Formed in 1979 as teenagers inspired by the punk scene, this Glaswegian outfit – … Continue reading
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Tagged Altered Images, Bernard Butler, Bill Forsyth, Bill Paterson, Bite, Buzzcocks, Clare Grogan, Comfort and Joy, Cooking Vinyl, Gregory's Girl, Happy Birthday, John Gordon Sinclair, John Peel, Johnny McElhone, Martin Rushent, Mascara Streakz, Pinky Blue, Red Dwarf, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Stephen Lironi, Texas, The Bluebells, The Cure, The Human League, tony McDaid
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Hold tight, now we’re on our own – the Fay Fife interview
Four decades after first gracing our TV screens, belting out the tremendous ‘Top of the Pops’ on the iconic BBC chart show of the same name, the alluring Fay Fife clearly still has a passion for rock’n’roll. Anyone who’s caught … Continue reading
Believe Me Him – back in touch with Blancmange’s Neil Arthur
Based in Gloucestershire since leaving London a dozen years ago, Blancmange mastermind Neil Arthur continues to divide his time between the Cotswolds and old haunts in the capital. “I really enjoy it, including walks when I finish work or early … Continue reading
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Tagged Benge, Blancmange, Cornwall, Darwen, David Rhodes, Don't Tell Me, Fader, Gloucestershire, Heaven 17, John Foxx, John Grant, Kincaid, lancashire, Living on the Ceiling, Martyn Ware, Neil Arthur, Stephen Luscombe, The Human League, Unfurnished Rooms
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Heaven 17, plus 35 – the Martyn Ware interview
It was 35 years ago that Martyn Ware left The Human League, what began as a creative non-band project soon evolving into Heaven 17. Big times followed for both Sheffield outfits, and while Heaven 17’s ground-breaking debut LP Penthouse and … Continue reading
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Tagged BEF, Glenn Gregory, Heaven 17, How Men Are, Ian Craig Marsh, Jeremy Corbyn, Liverpool, Martyn Ware, National Trust, Penthouse and Pavement, Phil Oakey, Sheffield, Sheffield Wednesday, The Human League, The Luxury Gap, The Undertones, Tina Turner
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