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Interview by Barbara Charone, Creem, October 1979

BLAME THE AUSTRALIANS for putting them at the top of the charts. Hold all of New Zealand responsible for making More Songs About Buildings and ...

Madness, Selecter, The, Specials, The: 2-Tone: Ska Authentic And More.

Report by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 6 October 1979

GARRY BUSHELL CHECKS OUT 2-TONE ...

Selecter, The: The Selecter: Pressure Group

Report and Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 20 October 1979

SKANKING AND BACON SANDWICHES WITH THE SELECTER BY GARRY BUSHELL ...

Clash, The: The Clash: The Fastest Gang In The West (Part 2)

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 20 October 1979

DETAILS: THE FIFTH MEMBER Micky Gallagher turned up in Boston. Four or five dates into the Clash itinerary and The Blockheads' jumpy Irish keyboardist slips ...

Pere Ubu: The World According To Pere Ubu

Interview by Robot A. Hull, Creem, November 1979

Look, look at the machine revolving,Look, look at the brain flying,Look, look at the Rentiers trembling!Hurrah, arse-horns, long live Pere Ubu!– Alfred Jarry, ‘The Song ...

Girlschool: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's … Girlschool

Report and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 3 November 1979

I MET GIRLSCHOOL in a pub called the Leather Bottle, which was appropriate because leather is what they wear and bottle is what they've got ...

Rock's Fiery Jamaican Connection

Report by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 11 November 1979

REGGAE MUSIC was widely tabbed as pop's Next Big Thing five years ago. With fiery lyrics of social protest wedded to a catchy dance rhythm, ...

Madness: Blue Beat and Pork Pies

Report and Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 24 November 1979

Not so much New Boots and Panties, more a case of...Blue Beat and Pork Pies. Britain in the grip of Madness. Report by Garry Bushell. ...

Destroy All Monsters: Fighting The DAM-Buster

Report by Kris Needs, ZigZag, December 1979

DESTROY All Monsters were the first American group to be brought over to the UK by a British small label. ...

The Fall: All Fall Down

Interview by Ian Penman, NME, 5 January 1980

JUST ABOVE my typewriter on the mantlepiece is an eye-catching tube of 10 orange flavoured effervescent tablets. Each tablet contains 1g orange flavoured concentrated Vitamin ...

Melissa Manchester, Tower of Power: Tower Of Power: Pro Blowing Section

Interview by Michael Goldberg, Downbeat, February 1980

THE BASIC tracks were cut in Atlanta, Georgia. The strings were arranged and overdubbed by Gene Page, and Melissa Manchester put down the lead vocal ...

Jerry Lee Lewis: Killer's Gospel

Interview by Mick Brown, The Guardian, 16 February 1980

Jerry Lee Lewis closes his current British tour in London at the Rainbow tonight. Mick Brown reports ...

Selecter, The: The Selecter: Survival Inna Suburbia

Report and Interview by Vivien Goldman, Melody Maker, 23 February 1980

IT TOOK HIM ages to get the lapel of his jacket off. The scissors kept on cutting the cloth instead of the bits of stitching, ...

Fleetwood Mac: Can't Go Home Again

Profile and Interview by Chris Salewicz, Trouser Press, April 1980

OF COURSE, Fleetwood Mac is the American Dream. The band's success story is the stuff of which the mythology of modern day America is made: ...

Penetration: Going Underground

Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 5 April 1980

SO YOU'RE learning to write music, Pauline – how's it done then? ...