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Pop on the Tyne: Remembering Razzmatazz
Before The Tube, there was kids’ TV show Razzmatazz which brought small screen anarchy to the masses. Presenter Lyn Spencer and producer Malcolm Gerrie tell the tale of how this…
The story of 1982 in music
A trip down memory lane as we remember the best music of 1982… Rumour has it, that Britain’s first new No.1 of 1982, Bucks Fizz’s Land Of Make Believe, was…
Remembering Madonna: Truth Or Dare
In 1991, Madonna invited cameras backstage, into her dressing room and even her bed for Truth Or Dare, which lifted the lid on what went on behind the scenes of…
Remembering Manchester’s Haçienda nightclub
Manchester was primed for an era-defining mecca of music by the time the Haçienda nightclub opened in 1982. For the next 15 years its pills-and-thrills fuelled hedonism spawned a legacy…
The story of 1981 in music
The music of 1981 unfolded with an explosion of creativity. synths took over the hit parade, the New Romantics enjoyed their last hurrah, funk, rap and retro opened new territory.…
The complete guide to The KLF
With The KLF, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty completely disrupted the musical landscape of the early 90s. And then they vanished, attempting to take all trace of their work with…
Heaven 17 albums: the complete guide
Taking politics to the dancefloor, the albums of Heaven 17 have given The Human League a run for their money as Sheffield’s biggest synth-pop act. By Steve Harnell Penthouse And…
Top 20 80s pop duos
In this list of the top 80s pop duos we look at how, in music, two is sometimes better than one… Contrary to De La Soul’s hip-hop classic, three isn’t…
Blondie & Debbie Harry: the complete guide
With Debbie Harry at the helm, Blondie had a grit, glamour and sophisticated pop sensibility that was lacking in most of their contemporaries. For a few years, as the 70s…
Making KLF: The White Room
Subsidised with the proceeds of an 80s novelty hit, the eccentricities, the vision and ambition of KLF, combined with their taste for acid house and anarchy, resulted in The White…