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Cosmic Dancer, T-Rex 1971
Growing up but never giving up being a fan. Being cool meant everything as a teenager, but does it matter now? Bolan impersonators, lost friends, and racist hairdos.
Cosmic Dancer, T-Rex 1971
Growing up but never giving up being a fan. Being cool meant everything as a teenager, but does it matter now? Bolan impersonators, lost friends, and racist hairdos.
Gangsters, The Specials 1979
Terry Hall There are a few moments in pop music that once seen will never be forgotten. For me most of them were on Top of the Pops. The Jam...
Gangsters, The Specials 1979
Terry Hall There are a few moments in pop music that once seen will never be forgotten. For me most of them were on Top of the Pops. The Jam...
Graham Bond's Magik, We Put Our Magik On You, 1971
Graham Bond Organisation: Holy Magik This story begins on a drunken night at the Colpitts Hotel in Durham. I was sitting by the fire in the back bar with a...
Graham Bond's Magik, We Put Our Magik On You, 1971
Graham Bond Organisation: Holy Magik This story begins on a drunken night at the Colpitts Hotel in Durham. I was sitting by the fire in the back bar with a...
Pankrti - Lublana Je Bulana, 1978
The Yugoslav Punk and New Wave Scene A few weeks ago, I discussed the flourishing youth culture and pop music scene in Yugoslavia during the '60s, particularly the mod scene....
Pankrti - Lublana Je Bulana, 1978
The Yugoslav Punk and New Wave Scene A few weeks ago, I discussed the flourishing youth culture and pop music scene in Yugoslavia during the '60s, particularly the mod scene....
Kick Over The Statues, The Redskins, 1986
Comrades at War I was a teenage Marxist. Okay, maybe not a theoretical Marxist, but I certainly claimed a deep belief in far-left politics. It’s not hard to see why....
Kick Over The Statues, The Redskins, 1986
Comrades at War I was a teenage Marxist. Okay, maybe not a theoretical Marxist, but I certainly claimed a deep belief in far-left politics. It’s not hard to see why....
Embarrassment, Madness 1980
Embarrassment, Madness The greatest pop record of the 80s. Madness were never the coolest band of their era—at least not compared to their former 2 Tone label mates like The...
Embarrassment, Madness 1980
Embarrassment, Madness The greatest pop record of the 80s. Madness were never the coolest band of their era—at least not compared to their former 2 Tone label mates like The...