Jane Suck
Jane Suck was one of Sounds' main writers on punk rock. She later wrote for the NME under the byline Jane Solanas. Jane died in January 2023.
photo © Kevin Cummins
28 articles
List of articles in the library
Generation X, Sex Pistols: Just Dropped Intuh Tha Fun House: Impressions Of The Roxy
Report by Jane Suck, Sounds, 12 February 1977
I CAME to see Generation X and to look for prospective musicians as I had been assured that the floor was knee deep in 'em ...
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 28 May 1977
Getting those (Chinese) rocks off ...
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs: Marquee, London
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 4 June 1977
AT NINE years of age I decapitated my dolls and donated a life to rock'n'roll. Nights like tonight I understand just why. (Gasp) it was ...
Siouxsie & the Banshees: Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Profile by Jane Suck, Sounds, 25 June 1977
Outrage is the game, Siouxsie and the Banshees is the name ...
The Seeds: The Seeds (Crescendo GNP2023)
Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 23 July 1977
"I'D HIT ya in the jugular/But honey you know I'm lazy…" I won't tell you nuthin' about the band, not even the toothpaste they used, ...
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Siouxsie And The Banshees: Vortex, London
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 3 September 1977
"I DON'T know what it is, but it isn't rock 'n' roll." The Banshees quote Glen Matlock's response to their last Vortex gig with pride. ...
John Cale: The Weirdest John Cale Interview You've Ever Read...
Interview by Jane Suck, Sounds, 3 September 1977
I COULD be some other little girl reporter and tell you how I arrived for the interview on the verge of imminent throw-up; how I ...
Adam & The Ants: The Ants: Nashville, London
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 24 September 1977
avAntgarde ...
The Slits, The Subway Sect: Subway Sect/The Slits: Music Machine, Camden, London
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 8 October 1977
Sect stumble. Slits excite ...
Iggy Pop: TRUE LIFE ROMANCE LIBRARY PRESENTS... The Day A Young Gurl's Dream Came True...
Interview by Jane Suck, Sounds, 29 October 1977
RAGS TO riches. I met Iggy Pop. He opened the door stark naked. I sat in his lap. Got three kisses. Spent two whole days ...
Adam & The Ants, Siouxsie & The Banshees: Siouxsie & the Banshees, Adam & the Ants: Vortex, London
Live Review by Jane Suck, Record Mirror, 5 November 1977
"WE ARE not human..." Support band The Ants are bizarre. More at home on Mars than the bondage mag they look like they just fell ...
Blondie: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 26 November 1977
Would you let this girl play with your maraccas? (Sexist headline of the week) ...
Donna Summer: Once Upon A Time (Casablanca) *****
Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 26 November 1977
I LOVE Sharon Tate, the Baader-Meinhof Gang, Donna Summer and ice cubes... oh, sod that for a lark. Who'd have thought that a concept (double) ...
Comment by Jon Savage, Jane Suck, Sounds, 26 November 1977
FOR LIFE ON REWIND/FAST FORWARD/PLAY/RECORD/STOP/..... ...
Penetration, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers: London, Vortex
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 3 December 1977
No more heroes ...
Adam & The Ants: Whip In My Valise
Profile by Jane Suck, Sounds, 10 December 1977
'The angel Ga-briel sent me to give you a little bit of sympathy...' ('Plastic Surgery') ...
Patti Smith: "And I Feel Like Some Misplaced Joan Of Arc"
Comment by Jane Suck, Sounds, 21 January 1978
MAYBE PATTI Smith is a modern day martyr, though God forbid we get heady and intellectual about good old rock'n'roll, hah? Pass the tequila, I ...
Blondie: Peroxide Pop-Rock: Blondie: Plastic Letters (Chrysalis) *****
Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 28 January 1978
I'VE WAITED months for this album and now I 've got it (white label and unfinished sleeve, vinyl junkies!) ...
Blondie: At last, a genuine artistic (well, it ain't sexist) pic of Debbie Harry in Sounds &...
Interview by Jane Suck, Sounds, 4 February 1978
I'M ALLOWED to say that a bomb dropped on my head whilst walking round the corner from Covent Garden Tube station to meet the band, ...
The Adverts: Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts (Anchor)*****
Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 11 February 1978
One Chord Wonders: no blunders ...
The Adverts: Vicarious Thrills + Pol-A-Ticks: Crossing The Irish Sea With The Adverts
Report and Interview by Jane Suck, Sounds, 18 February 1978
ACTUALLY, WE didn't swim across, we flew in a chartered taxi-cab with Rosalind Russell (Record Mirror) on the wing and a two-hour vomiting session courtesy ...
Buzzcocks: The Buzzcocks: Another Music In A Different Kitchen (United Artists UAG 30519)*****
Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 4 March 1978
A real kitchen sink drama ...
Buzzcocks, Penetration, The Slits: The Buzzcocks: Another Movie In A Different Cinema
Report and Interview by Jane Suck, Sounds, 25 March 1978
I SMOKE TOO much. I drink too much. I do drugs and don't get off, and, according to Dead Fingers Talk's manager and all the ...
Cherry Vanilla: The Tart With The Golden Heart: Cherry Vanilla: Bad Girl (RCA 25122) ****
Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 8 April 1978
ARE YOU AFFECTED BY emotional distress, Cherry? It could well affect the number of stars I allocate to you… ...
Patti Smith, Tapper Zukie: Tapper Zukie: Music Machine, London
Live Review by Jane Suck, Sounds, 15 April 1978
OH WELL, head for new horizons, I suppose. ...
Kraftwerk: We ARE Showroom Dummies
Report by Jane Suck, Sounds, 22 April 1978
Kraftwerk's hottest platter gets poseur preview ...
Jilted John, Julie & Gordon: The World Of Jilted John
Interview by Jane Suck, ZigZag, October 1978
GORDON IS A morrr-onnnn Gordon is a morrr-onnnn Julie is a pain in the arse burble burble ad infinitum.... ...
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