Moody Paul Weller

From the Mates annual, 1980.
Cheers to the adorable Kiki.

Cockney Rejects Greatest Hits Vol. 2

The Rejects in trouble at the time of their second album. From Sounds, 8 November, 1980.

Barney Bubbles

An obituary for artist and graphic designer Barney Bubbles from the NME, 26 November, 1983. He did some of the most distinctive record sleeves of the late 70s/early 80s, in fact some of the most iconic art of the era.

Ranting On Vinyl

Seething Wells and Little Brother share an EP on Radical Wallpaper, it’s Swells’ second, and Benjamin Zephaniah has one to himself.
From the NME, 18 December, 1982

Marcia Medici

This poem from Blackpool, and a bit gothy, ‘zine Altogether Silly Haircuts, first issue, 1985.

Can I Be Yours?

Can I be yours?
Can I be like your Automatic Washing Machine
Pushed, Pressed, Programmed to do as you want;
Can I be your Home Computer game?
Selected, Squeezed, ‘Sterminated
(Until about March when I’m forgotten along with the Action Man.)

Can I be your vacuum cleaner?
‘Wot-a-mover-Hoover’ beats as it sweeps as it cleans as its
Available now!
Can I be your electric toaster?
Fully automatic – copes with even frozen bread:
Perky, pop-up party-piece.

Can I be your Interior-sprung Draw-Divan?
(headboard extra)
Built for comfort, space saving a speciality for
Nights of plastic passion, or Heavy Headaches.

Can I be your partner please?
Super-Sexy-Money-Making-Marvel;
Can I be yours to keep?
Church-Chains, Marital-Mortgage:
Can I be your possession-
Please……….?

Marcia Medici

Let The Children Play

Musicians, comedians, and poets come together in a unity stylee for a compilation double album supporting the Peace Camps Fund.
From the NME, 19 May, 1984.

Redskins – Welfare Rights

The Redskins and Billy Bragg play in Belfast to promote welfare rights information. This review is from the NME, 17 March, 1984 and the gig was also reviewed in top drawer Northern Irish ‘zine Youth Anthem.

Attila – Suspect Device

From Southampton ‘zine Suspect Device, 4, 1986

Viz

Viz is undoubtedly one of the best things in Britain. Since 1979 they’ve been publishing rude, crude, irreverent humour that lays low the pompous. This interview is from the Melody Maker, 12 December, 1987.
Initially Viz started out pretty much as a ‘zine, and strips from the comic were widely seen in other ‘zines. By 1987 it was a nationally distributed comic with major sales and a welcome sight on newsagents’ shelves.

Seething Wells Reviews Snuff

Snuff were easily one of the best live bands of the late 80s. They had some good stuff going on: songs, a singing drummer, mod harmonies, a sense of humour, and even a Wells. I’m happy to say I shared gigs with them on many a time.
In the NME, 18 November, 1989, Swells reviews their first album.