How Margaret Drabble invented punk
Much writing about punk makes reference to a 1977 novel by Margaret Drabble about Britain in decline called The Ice Age. But can the book really be considered relevant to punk, or is it just a cliche? Continue reading
Radiohead, NME and Britpop
Along with the Beastie Boys, PJ Harvey, Tricky or the Manic Street Preachers, in the 1990s Radiohead existed well away from Britpop, yet they sold large quantities of papers when …Continue reading
Interviews with NME journalists: Tony Parsons
Despite later attempts to reposition itself, the NME was late in properly endorsing punk, leaving one of the smaller music inkies, Sounds, to clean up by being first to write …Continue reading
Madchester – The Sound Of The North
In March 1990 Granada Television’s Celebration strand filmed a documentary which captured the Madchester scene as its influence began to spread globally, filming inside the NME offices as they chose the cover image of Shaun Ryder for the following week…Continue reading
Manic Street Preachers – sleeping with the NME
When the Manic Street Preachers first arrived in the press early in 1991, they were derided by the staff of the NME as fake punks, a Clash tribute act out …Continue reading
NME covermount cassettes
Over at the excellent Press Play and Record blog, they’ve been busy assiduously digitising and uploading loads of free NME covermount cassettes from the 1980s. NME covermounted flexidiscs from its …Continue reading
Interviews with NME journalists: Paolo Hewitt
The author and writer Paolo Hewitt spent much of his childhood and teenage years living in a children’s home in Woking in Surrey, before moving to London in the late …Continue reading
Morrissey versus NME
Following today’s news that Morrissey is likely to have his day in court in his libel action against former NME editor Conor McNicholas and the paper’s publishers IPC Media, much …Continue reading
NME – the fashions
Great couple of posts over on the excellent Tin Trunk blog collecting some of those small ads from the back of the NME that used to hawk cannabis leaf pendants, …Continue reading
