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Mar 20-April 2 1980 Vol 2 No. 6 Martha Muffins 4 First of all, a big hi to all new &The readers of , and ANOTHER NAIL IN MY HEART welcome to the magazine that Squeeze 4 brings your vinyl alive! A warm welcome back too to all our much loved regular readers. In addition 5 to all your usual news, features and chart songwords, we've got ATOMIC some extras for you — your free Blondie 6 record, a mini-P/ as crossword prize — as well as an extra song HELLO I AM YOUR HEART and revamping our 13 reviews/opinion section. We've also got a brand new regular ROSIE feature starting this issue — 13 regular coverage of label scene (on page Managing Editor KOOL IN THE KAFTAN Nick Logan 26) plus the results of the Smash B. A. Robertson 16 Hits Readers Poll which are on Editor pages 1 4 and 1 5. And If that's not YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME enough for you, then for news of Ian Cranna Phyllis Hynnan 19 the next big freebie from Britain's most generous , Features Editor POISON IVY turn to the inside back page The Lambrettas 23 where ALL WILL BE REVEALED . . . Design Editor HAPPY HOUSE Steve Bush Siouxie & The Banshees 24 Design Assistant WARHEAD Andy Ingamells U.K. Subs 25

Editorial Assistants THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Bev Hillier Kate Bush 29 Diane Church Contributors WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU Cliff White Detroit Spinners 36 Robin Katz I'M Red Starr TONIGHT ALRIGHT Fred Dellar Narada Michael Walden 36 Mike Stand THE OLYMPIAN Kelly Pike The Skids Jill Furmanovsky 39 TEN FEET TALL Advertisement Manager Rod Sopp XTC 39 Tel: 01-439 8801 Editorial Manager Feature & Colour Photo 7-9 Paul Flint : Colour Centrespread .20/21 NEXT ISSUE Editorial and Advertising : Feature 22/23 ON SALE address: Smash Hits, Lisa KATE BUSH: Colour Photo 29 House, 52-55 Carnaby Street, W1V 1PF. : Feature 32/33 This magazine is published THE SKIDS: Colour Poster 40 by EMAP National Publications Ltd, Peterborough, and is BITZ 10/11/12 INDEPENDENT i ^pv\ printed by East Midland Litho POLL 14/15 Printers, Peterborough. RESULTS LABELS 26 |

Copyright exists on all songs PRIZE CROSSWORD 17 STAR TEASER 28 I appearing in Smash Hits. They 19 REVIEWS 30/31 must not be reproduced LETTERS 34/35 without the consent of the GIGZ 38 I i copyright holders. SMASH HITS 3 Echo Beach on '{»'• •".•"••3 TiP • By *»:*':•• sf* Records rf/ :.-*fc«v

I know it's out of fashion And a trifle uncool

But i can't heip it .^^ ^ I'm a romantic fooi n^r K's a habit of mine To watch the sun go down On Echo Beach M* l^l I watch the sun go down

From nine 'till five I have to spend my time at work My Job is very boring, I'm an office clerk The only thing that helps me pass the time away

*—fciiiii "•ST «P*^ Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach someday

On a silent summer evening ,^ The sky's alive with lights A building in the distance Oii Surrealistic sight ^ On Echo Beach Waves make the only sound On Echo Beach There's not a soul around

From nine 'till five I have to spend my time at work My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk The only thing that helps me pass the time away Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach some day

Echo Beach Far away In time Repeat to fade rij Words and music by Mark Gane round Reproduced by permission of Dinsong Ltd. Nail In Another My Heart^ By Squeeze on A&M Records

The case was pulled from under the bed _™__''''2f*»^ today She made a call to a sympathetic friend And made The door was closed, there was a note

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I had excuses, those little boy lies !"••'•"» As the) ««ndp/ac. • computed by watching my eyes That she •down and r.'"*™'* >3 And told me firmly ^ndthepubln She couldn't stand it, I'm bad on the heart But I don't ™^«*''epu&?''''*'-''''9"« She dropped her make-up and I found the bar ^** '"'"•^ '^•"ts' Now it concerns me ^i f'epeatchorus I've had a bad time, my love has resigned I've been such a fool, I've loved and goodbyed « .,N! These•^-oVtre'nrsrS^V^-- explodes So here in the bar the piano man's found braying ^^ froze Make sh^eo o„ ^JS"*' Another nail for my heart this bo? shlZZk^tV^ And here in the bar the piano man's found Going l'^"*" underground '"' ""*' »"=«»'*. Another nail for my heart 'Xk And here in the bar the piano man's found Another nail for my heart K And here in the bar the piano man's found Another nail for my heart And here in the bar the piano man's found ff^P^^t chorus to "" ^"^ ''«='«'" Another nail for my heart faJe

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6 SMASH HITS ANDY SUMMERS Fifteen years in Rocic 'n' Roll. Is it just a passing phase? David Hepworth thinks not.

^F is the face and voice of The band only had one hit, stint was followed by periods in Padovani had departed and they and "Big Time Operator" which the Band, The Kevin were three. is its heart then Andy Summers reached No. 25 in August 1966, Coyne Band, and then with Kevin Yes folks, it is that easy to be a roll star! is, more than anyone else, the but they were a name. When Ayers. rock and architect of their distinctive pyschedelia came along in 1967, Then on May 28, 1977, while sound. Before Andy came along. they underwent a sweeping helping out with a Gong reunion IT SEEMS curious that a Sting and Stewart readily admit, change of image and emerged as gig in Paris, Andy met Stewart musician from the old guard should take so readily to the they were just another band, it Dantalian's Chariot, all kaftans and Sting. A month later he had was Andy's experience and ear and long wandering solos. They joined The Police as second plans that Stewart and Sting frenzied that set out their direction. were unlucky, it didn't work and guitarist. By August Henry were formulating at the A small, slender man in his they broke up. mid-thirties, Andy lives with his Andy took his guitar and joined wife and year old daughter Layla the original line up of Soft in a scrupulously tidy mansion Machine, a jazzy avant garde flat in South-West London. For band who enjoyed a great the first time in his fifteen year reputation but never sold career he is financially secure. records. With them he made his One room is given over to his first trip to America, eventually numerous guitars and music leaving the band over there and making paraphernalia. The rejoining , this time shelves in the living room are in a later version of . packed with serious looking As a result, Andy lived in Los volumes on art and music, the Angeles during the height of the record racks lined with and hippy era, toured all over classical . America and got as far as Japan. He perches himself tidily on "Had a great old time," he the edge of the sofa and mulls recalls fondly. over the questions carefully, When that band ground to a responding with the enthusiasm halt, Andy recorded his own solo of a beginner, only occasionally which was never released. betraying the length of his career His manager promptly with a slightly worldly-wise disappeared, taking his money edge. and the tapes with him. "Do you really want to know 7" THROUGH THE mill. That's all this stuff asks Andy. "It's a where Andy Summers has been. bit of a sob story." Compared to him, his two Briefly disillusioned with the colleagues are whippersnappers, music business, Andy then upstarts. Before most Police fans remained in Los Angeles and were born he had left his worked for a while as an actor in Bournemouth home to come to fringe theatre groups, eventually London and join Zoot IVIoney's enrolling at college to study Big Roll Band, a respected white music for nearly four years. R&B ensemble who were During his time there he more or enormously popular on the less abandoned electric guitar capital's dub scene. and wrestled with the classical It was the heyday of and form. bands who could crank out Leaving college he played exciting versions of obscure soul around the area in various outfits classics found work easily. Andy — including one genuine recalls weeks when they would Mexican band — before deciding do up to thirteen gigs — two to go back to Britain and return regular shows, two all-nighters to . and one Sunday afternoon set all Arriving back in the old in one weekend. country, penniless and without ft was hectic but he learnt his any real contacts he was lucky trade, developing the enough to bump into old friend professional's ability to pick (of King Crimson) things up quickly and to keep who put him in touch with Neil mistakes to a minimum. In return Sedaka, at that time looking for for all this blood, sweat and musicians for an extensive craziness he was well paid. British tour. Barely eighteen, he was earning Sedaka lent him three hundred £90 a week — a great deal of pounds to buy a new amplifier money in pre-inflation Britain. and put him on the payroll. This .

sit it out. But the way it's gone all this insanity and come out the has exceeded our expectations. It other end and really hit the big has rather caught us unawares." time at a later stage is because I As somebody with more than haven't fallen for all the myths. fifteen years' experience in the "One of the reasons people music business behind him, start getting screwed up is that someone who's seen hundreds they fall for the myths and the of careers rocket upwards and romance of the rock scene and then fizzle out, Andy is in a better fall by the wayside. There are so position than most to comment many people who want to prey on just how long The Police have upon you, especially if you start got at the top. Sting is aiming at becoming a success. Beatles style world domination. "When you're young you get How does the veteran see it? carried away by everything but "It's hard to I predict. don't see as you get a bit older you start to this level of intense fandom suss these things out." going on for ever. I think that's too much to hope for but I think WITH THE exception of "Sally" the group itself has staying on the first album, Andy's power. songwriting talents haven't had "We're so new at it in a way — much exercise in The Police have we so much to do as a although he has collaborated on group yet — we feel we're only a few tunes on the last album. scratching the surface musically. Because he's content to write for If we play our cards right we can Sting, he's content to make his last years if we want to." own tapes with a view to a possible solo album sometime THE POLICE as a whole do their next year. best to keep tabs on the scale of He's generally suspicious of their business, wary of falling producers, most of whom he into the old superstar traps of regards as leeches but doesn't bigger and bigger gigs, more and rule out the possibility that they more grandiose records and may employ one In the strongarm business methods. future. is one candidate that Andy stresses that it's the band are taking seriously. important to study where all the At the moment Andy's busy major bands of the last ten years enough guarding what remains studio and started to hear went wrong, to remain height of the new wave. A lot of of his private life. When the ourselves back then the sound reasonattly true to the ideals that people of Andy's generation just started developing. phone rang during our talk he Round about you started out with. If there's poured scorn on it all. didn't identify himself until he the period that we recorded any sign of gangster methods "I lilced it because there was sure that the caller was a "Roxanne" we found a way to go being employed to further their seemed to be so much challenge business associate. and Sting started to write more career (and this sort of thing In what they were doing. songs. "I do feel a bit self conscious does happen), Andy says he'll Stewart walking around," he admits. was buzzing all round "The attraction of reggae was walk out. London sticking up posters, "People start nudging each other the space. One of our band "One's enjoyment of playing getting made when you go in a shop. But I have on mottos is 'less is more' and you doesn't increase by playing to an Illegal and it was just a real buzz. enough ego to enjoy it. I can can certainly use that to effect In extra two or three thousand. As a "I picked up on it because — in savour it really. It doesn't go on reggae. It was a way of getting group we've decided that two a scene that had become very for ever and I haven't suddenly away from the sixties type thrash and a half thousand in this jaded and tired — there was this and doing become God because my face something new. We country is about as many as we fantastic energy, it has been in all these music was what never consciously set out to play want to play to. was about. It was the reggae. But once magazines. we realised "On this last tour we made less ." I real thing and I was inspired "Unless was God before . . by what we were doing we were money by playing to more it." able to develop it more as we've people because we needed a If The Police had not come gone on." much bigger P.A. and more along at that time do you think lorries to carry it around. So in you would still be a musician AS A capable, experienced future we'll probably try to keep playing the same kind of music? musician were you resentful of to smaller halls but do two "No, I don't think I would the people becoming overnight nights in each." because I was getting pretty stars in those days who couldn't When The Police were trying to disillusioned with it all and I was play a note? hustle gigs and make a name starting to look at the "I've never really considered during the eariy days of punk alternatives. I didn't want to be a that great music comes from there were many who used at all." people who really can play. Andy's age and Stewart's But things didn't happen Some of the most boring music musical history as grounds for straightaway for the new band. comes from people who are disqualifying the band from the Andy recalls that in their first technically proficient. On the youth revolution that was taking year of existence. The Police did other hand there areso many place. Although Andy has a fund no more than twelve gigs and great records and truly of stories regarding the real ages most of them were such rotten innovative records tnat come of many "punks", it still makes support slots they were barely from people who can't really play him a little angry. worth doing at all. in the accepted academic sense. "Either you can get up there IVIanagers came and went. But they can express themselves and be vital and exciting and "Fall Out" didn't sell and the on an instrument. make good records or you can't. I three of them picked up any "There was a lot of very boring don't see what age, past or work they could get. Going to punk music but I think there anything has got to do with it. Germany from time to time to were occasional flashes of Being eighteen doesn't give you work with Eberhard Schooner brilliance." credibility or make you a good was one of the more worthwhile Did you sense that the whole musician or help you make activities. teen idol thing was going to original statements. Mostly And so they rehearsed. happen? you're naive, idealistic and you "We didn't want to sound like "I think when we M^re really don't play that well . . a conventional three piece and committed to The PoQce we all "I'm not a person to identify that's when we started to cotton said to each other, this is wdll the with causes. And I think that one] on to reggae. It started from perfect . group . . there are no of the reasons I've managed to there and once we got into a weak links . . . we've just got to get through quite a few years of 8 SMASH HITS ^* 1--^ I I I I I

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I ALL TIME I TOP TEN I John Foxx I"'' / can't really make any specific comments about the STILL A BIT OF tracks below but they've all been a source of pleasure for SHAKIN' for different me reasons at EVER SINCE the late sixties, CRUMPET different times. WhlttaKW. when he first took to playing his aive Langerand Jim 1. : favourite music, traditional HEY, BETCHA can't guess where WITH THE currant chart success of tha axcallant Strawberry Fields rock'n'roll, Shakin' Stevens has "Hallo, I Am Your Martha And The Muffins met up! Heart , Betta Bright bacomas tha third former Forever (Parlophone) been moulded into just about mambar of Daaf ART SCHOOL!! On!y difference is School to make it in har own right. Batta (real 2. VELVET every shape but his own. name Ann Martin) this particuiar Art School was in comas from Liverpool and attended tha local Art UNDERGROUND: White He's been presented as some Collage where tha Ontario, Canada, not exactly the band was founded in 1974. Light White Heat/Sister kind of Welsh greaser, a most fertile part of the world After tha original fifteen strong (MGM) professional line up was trimmed down to a rock Elvis impersonator, where and roll is concerned. mora manageable eight, a friand entered tham in tha 3. : Neon an all purpose Fifties sex symbol Melody Their original 1977 line up was Maker Rock Contest which, to Light/Franz Schubert on TV's "Oh BoyI" and almost thair surprise, they won, having Martha Johnson (keyboards and already landed a major recording contract with (Capitol) everything in between. Then WEA. vocals), Mark Gane (guitar), Carl After cutting three albums, "Second Honeymoon", 4. THOMAS LEER: Private finally he lands a proper solo deal "Don't Stop Finkle (bass), Andy Haas (sax) Tha World" and "English Boys, Working Plane (Company) with Epic only to find producer Giris ", without any and Mark's brother Tim on the commercial success, thay 5. ERIC SATIE: want their separate ways. Guitarist Cllva drums. Trois intent on putting him They were later joined by New York journalist called Glenn Ungar took up production, most notably on the first Gymnopedies (EMI) in the Showaddywaddy slot. Madness another Martha, , O'Brien who recommended them album, and is about to release his first solo 6. ENO: Music For Films After a trio of singles which album with his band who initially played guitar before to new British label DinDisc. The Boxes on Ehrls Costallo's F-Baat label. (Tha Boxes, (EG) never saw the chart. Shaky took Incidentally, switching to keyboards and "Insect Love", their first British include Ban Barson, alder brother of Mike from Madness). 7. ROY ORBISON: It's Over matters in his own hands and, in trombone. single, failed to make any Bassman Stave Lindsey (known In Deaf (Monument) close collaboration with bass School as Mr Average) Their first single, "Insect Love" impression on the charts but the formed The Planato, who hK last year with "Lines" 8. : Memo player and rock'n'roll broadcaster while singer sold healthily around Ontario and follow up, "Echo Beach", is doing Steve Allen (formerly Enrico Cadillac Jr.) is currently From Turner (Warner Stuart Colman, set about making to be found by 1979 they'd worked up considerably better and their first IN 1956 Alfred Werthalmer, fronting new band Original Mirrors. a New York photographer, racaivad Bros) an album that he wouldn't be enough courage travel I to to New album, "", is causing phone call from RCA Racordt. Thay had this "Hallo Am Your Heart" is Batta's third single but her first young kid called Elvis 9. : ashamed to play in company. on tha York and attempt to break into a small stir, aided no doubt by Praslay who was in town to do ^Korova label. Tha previous two. "My Boyfi-land's Back" and soma TV shows and they naadad Wonderful Land "Take One" is the the big time. result and "Hot 'Cjpt«in They sent a tape to a their recent short British tour. soma pictures taken. Black and white only; no colour In Of Your Ship", appeared on Radar and racaivad a case ha (Columbia) Dog", the current single, gives a proved to be a flash in the pan. suffidantly encouraging recaption to warrant her putting together 10. : Just Like taste of what it's all about. A year later Elvis's dictatorial manager Tom Parker a band, Tha Illuminations (featuring Glen Matlock and ) swooped on Tom Thumb's Blues Shakey refuses to see it as for a short tour. RCA and removed all their pictures, making it clear that no further (CBS)andROXY nostalgia; "I hate all this talk Since tha demise of Radar shots to I she's ware be released to the press without his say so. But MUSIC: Sunset (EG) about revivals been working as a session — this music never pinger Warthaimar hung on to his snaps and he's finally collected and planning har first album wKh producer Cllvc Langar tham went away." If you're looking for together in a volume called EMs '58(Cassell £3.95). RWhile living and working In Camden Town dress shop. SIOUXSIE & The Banshees still parallels, then he might quote The shots In Mind you, all these graduates of the Deaf the book, together with the author's commentary, haven't found a permanent Creedence Clearwater School arc going to Revival or have to conjure up a young. Incredibly attractive Presley playing on stage, replacement gat themselves organised if they're going to become mora yet for departed at you. He agrees that it hanging around in dressing rooms, fooling around with a successful than their former colleague Rev. Max Ripple. He's guitarist John Mackay, so they're was music made as if the Sixties girlfriend, taking part currently Head Of The Fine Art Department in chronic variety shows and relaxing at currently figuring on using no had never existed. at London's Goldsmith's Coliagal home In Memphis. fewer than three temporary men. Shakey's band The Sunsets For anyone only whose acquaintance with Presley dates from Magazine's John McGeoch broke up three years ago after the period of his sad decline, this is book a marvellous reminder of guests on the new "Happy many years delighting live the young man invented who rock and roil and defined its style. House" single and the band are audiences but without any apparently also intending to use serious vinyl success — despite The Cure's and one glorious influential veteran Robert Fripp. produced album (recently THIN LIZZY, complete with new reissued as "Legend"). Following guitarist Snowy White, their demise, Shakey was commence their first tour of the IDENTITY persuaded to take part in the Eighties in May. They kick off at "Elvis" musical which ran for two Newcastle City SHAM Hall on the first CRISIS years in London's West End. and second of the month and My pa used to sing As one of the three singers continue with: with a Edinburgh Odeon depicting Elvis, he played the dance band and I used my real DATES (3), DundeeCairdHall(4), man during his most fertile name Declan I "POISON IVY", the song that's giving Apollo when started Sussex band The Lambrettas (5), Liverpool are putting together a period, before the cheeseburgers their first taste of the with a country band charts, is not exactly a new composition. Empire (7), Preston Guildhall (11), short tour for the called Flip City month of April and pills got to him. It was when Written in the Fifties by famed songwriting Sheffield City around duo Leiber and Stoller Hall (12), Stafford to promote their new album and the show finally closed for London pubs. Since then I've that The Coasters, it's been periodically revived ever since Bingley Hall (13), most a single called "Tell The Shakey moved on to become a successfully by The Rolling changed both my names, Stones Conference Centre (16), Coventry Children". Dates so far fixture on produced a 2-Tane debut "Oh BoyI" terrible. They ought to open the disco, rock'n'roll. The Lambrettas came to their record Theatre (17), Leicester That's enough company, Rocket, via a De announced are; Top Rank Although utterly album, sold an enormous aedicated to windows, let people hear it, let to be compilation album of unknown bands called "499 2139 Montfort (18), going on with. '. Their first Southampton (April 13), Sheffield Top Rank Fifties rock'n'roll, he's amount of records and even wary of the the airwaves carry it away." "It's all just single, "Go Steady ", went nowhere at the end of last Gaumont (20), Bristol Colston fashion and it year and so (14). Bournemouth Stateside (15), narrowness of many of the "There's they chose chucked around the odd this terrible thing in changes, in a year they'll the old classic as a follow up Lead singer Jez Bird was Hall (24), Apollo Withornsea Grand bucketful of water on Pavilion (17), music's disciples. the music business at the probably a bit dubious about the idea at first because he could only (25/26), London be getting out the bell dimly Blackburn King George's Hall "A lot of them treat the music moment recall the 'Tiswas". If you scoot down about finding bottoms again and saying 'this song from his childhood and thought it was a rather Odeon (28/30), is (18), Birmingham Top Rank (20) as if it's their personal property. risque to the bottom of Page 12 you something new, something where it's atl' the item called "Boys And Ivy"! Guildhall (June 3), Oxford And moment it New and Manchester Apollo (21). Y'know, it's front different. might find out who I am... my room and Why? You've got mod, just Theatre (4/5). seems to have come round to you can't come in here. That's , punk, country and western. me again." 10 SMASH HITS SMASH HITS 11 I I 7 I f I I I f I f f I' f f f f f I f I" u^' NARADA i _*.^ ^:- 11 ...'-i^ ONE WAY THEY m'Wm Rit: SC-ES ^..2* si^ -J « L_ ::^

OF ALL the people currently "I had drunk a whole bottle of TICKET COME pursuing dual careers in rock and whisky and was swinging on the acting, Birmingham born Toyah shower unit in the bathroom of THE TOURISTS, who are THE "NARADA" bit of Michael Willcox must be one of the most some famous film star," is how currently Involved in legal Walden's name means "he who successful — and the most the occasion. squabbles with their record Toyah remembers brings light, delight and bizarre. company, Logo, are threatening compassion from heaven to earth Whether she's scurrying around Up until then, she says, "The to leave the country and set up and takes to back heaven from the stage of some tiny rock acting had been totally serious, abroad if they aren't released earth all of her sufferings". venue somewhere or delivering but the idea of a band had been a from their contract before it Modest, what? her lines in the film adaptation of fantasy because I was too expires in 1984. The band are Walden collected this Shakespeare's "The Tempest" frightened to sing in public." recording a number of TV shows unfortunate moniker through his by Derek Jarman (director of the From that time, however, she before leaving for an American involvement with a guru called punk film "Jubilee"), Toyah is an worked on both roles, singer and tour and say that if the dispute Sid Chimney . . . sorry, Sri unmistakableableface of 1980. actress, continuing to rehearse isn't resolved by the time their Chinmoy. Born in 1952 in and gig with her band — simply next album is ready, they won't Michigan Walden played drums After troubled teenage years — called "Toyah" — while playing release it in this country. in a variety of bands before which included running away parts in "Quadrophenia" and joining up with Mahavishnu John with a pack of Hells Angels at the television's "Shoestring" series in his McLaughlin Mahavishnu age of fire and a host of other plays and ACE NEW band Holly And The 14, setting to a barn Orchestra. (As you can probably near her and films. Italians were forced to leave The home continual suss from their name, these boys battles with her parents — Toyah Selecter tour recently because a The double attack our ears weren't exactly Salvation Army.) finally found a sympathetic on small section of certain and eyes shows no signs of After three albums with the atmosphere at drama school. audiences decided that their letting up, either. Look out for band where he took up a variety It was there that a BBC theatre music wasn't acceptable. Since Toyah as Dr Jekyll's maid in a of instruments, he worked with director craftily observed her in a The Selecter invited Holly on the BBC adaptation of the Jeff Beck before starting a solo college production, classic tour purely because they admired horror story, "Dr Jekyll and Mr career. His new album, "The masquerading as someone in her music, they are bitterly Hyde" and on her first English Dance Life", of that Of from which search a pantomime chorus disappointed some of their album release, which is think "Tonight I'm Alright" is taken, line. That led to her first part — fans that anything which tentatively due around late May. leans more towards disco and as a singer in the half hour BBC2 isn't ska or on the 2-Tone label is Meanwhile she's "saving than the jazz-rock of yore. play "Glitter" with up not fit to listen to. for a cinema in South London" in Maybe it all came to him in a "Quadrophenia" mainman Phil When you consider that one of which to live and work. dream. Maybe he took the advice Daniels as her boyfriend. She has the main ideas behind 2-Tone is no intention of easing off. of a bank manager. to encourage the maximum "I enjoy doing t>A/o jobs at The National Theatre asked her integration, musical, racial and THE CURE release their second once", she enthuses, "I get to join their company in London otherwise, it's doubly depressing album, "17 Seconds" on the excited and completely and once there she met Joel, her that certain characters are Fiction label on April 18th. They exhausted as well; I can't guitarist, at a New Year's Eve relax incapable of seeing the wood for will be touring the country during otherwise." — ^ _ party. Steve Taylor the trees. Ah wel I, bigots are April and May with The Passions nothing new. as support. CALL THIS pueq s/i/ Buiuiol ui josisaqtuAs NEWS? etsojetw ot seut ouaisoQ siAg YOU MAY have seen stories in the national press about which claimed that the tapes to their new album had been stolen in New York and a ransom demand made for their return. According to their publicist, the band paid up and regained the precious masters. Well, it's a little odd then that the New York Police, who Priest claim advised them against paying up, don't know anything about any such incident and neither do the recording studio where the theft is claimed to have taken place. Not a publicity stunt, surely? AT HOME WITH FAY FIFE: Fay hears the sad news about Emerson, Lake And Palmer's break-up and has a quick practice on the organ in case she's needed anywhere. We hear that this machine also makes the tea if asked politely . . . Rosie By Joan Armatrading on A&M Records

He has little red feet His stockings and his shoes Lipstick and rouge on his face He has his hair piled high Has a red umbrella And carries his head in the sky

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And I said Aw, Rosie, don't you do that to the boys Don't you come on so willin' Don't you come on so strong It can be so chilling When you act so willin' And your warmth sets like the sun

He has a little baby brother A big fat Mama His sister asks for dimes on the street He doesn't feel insecure In fact he knows, for sure He can please Said he's up there right now Runnin' with the devil Struttin' down the alleyways With the nervous young hopeful at his heel And no dissatisfaction Won't drive him away

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He's not lookin' for a friend Not lookin' for a lover There in the crowded bar He has rings on his fingers He's there to tease You know he only wants to take things too far

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SMASH HITS 13 THE SMASH HITS READERS' BEST SINGLE WORST SINGLE POIL RESULTS MOST OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR Your man in the dickey bow First of all, thanks very much for MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE and sickly smile: David FANCIABLE 1. THE POLICE: your fantastic response to the poll. Hepworth. 2. : ARE "FRIENDS" Even though half the staff have ELECTRIC been carted off to private PERSON nursing RATS: I DONT LIKE Left. "It's true! 3. THE BOOMTOWN homes to recover from the rigours It's true! MONDAYS of counting, We got more votes than we've been knocked 1 STING 4. The Special AKA: Gangsters out Red Starr! "The two by the thousands of votes 2. DEBBIE 5. The Jam: Eton Rifles most fanciable people in HARRY we've received and, unlike certain 3. GARY 6. Blondie: Heart Of Glass the whole wide world. NUMAN publications we could name, every 4. Kate 7. The Special AKA: Too Much Too Young Best Male and Best Bush last entry has been counted and 5. Stewart 8. : Another Brick In The Wall Female singers, celebrate Copeland computed. See you same place 6. Bob 9. The Police: their Geldof next year with a Smash Hits awards. Roxanne new pencil. 7. Chrissie Hynde 10. The Police: 8. PIC: ALLAN BALLARD 9th equal. Paul Waller, Terry Hall BAND OF THE YEAR BEST FEMALE 1. THE POLICE-' 2. THE JAM SINGER r 3. BLONOIE 4. The Boomtown Rats J 1. 5. The Specials BEST MALE 2. kate bush 6. Tubeway Army 3. /:hrissie hynde

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Madness had three runners-up.TheJam. 10. Elvis Ccstallo wealth of great female talent but just failed to that It's really ^.' I singles In the first twenty After that things were hard to choose the best. Your success of their close, with Blondie, the prize voting emulate the astonishing The they go again. Sting cops reflected this; Rats and The Specials racing neck and And there although Debbie showed the t former 2-Tone playmates. The Specials. And neck throat by a mere few hundred restofthefield most of the way. A special mention for for golden a clean pair of stilettos get this, fight fans, the entire 2-Tone ELO, Numan. Geldof beat off Paul Chrissie the only outfit votes from Gary Hynde and 1 to figure in our Top Ten Annie Lennox slugged it catalogue appeared in the first thirty believe?) one votel Joe who ve been at the top Weller by (would you out for third position, both of throughout The of you them kpilinga upk Seventies. obviously got through to a lot huge totals. Hearty congratulations also to Jackson on and on. It d The Specials and Madness, while Cliff Richard just goes two bands who against him were almost foolhardy person who'd bet If you're interested. unheard of at this time last year. be a Sting, Cliff Richard and TWERP figuring in the 1990 poll. Gary Numan did well OF THE in this section, all Amongst the nearly-made-its were The gathering more votes than Anita Ward Suggs and Feargal Sharkey YEAR Undertones, Queen and The Pretenders. Dave Edmunds, respectable showings but just We d also like to give the Smash Hits all made the big league. sarcasm award to the character who missed making it into 2. LENA MARTELL nominated Meat Loaf as best bandl BEST DJ/RADIO 3. TONY BUCKBURN 4. Bob Geldof 5. Red Starr SHOW 6. Ian Page BEST ALBUM TV PROGRAMME 7. Sting 8. Cliff Richard OF THE YEAR 9. Kenny Everett OF THE YEAR 10. Terry 1. MADNESS Wogan Well, it's a great honour. But it wasn't 1. THE POLICE: REGATTA DE BLANC 1. TOPS OF THE POPS 2. THE PRETENDERS just my achievement; there are hundreds 2. THE JAM: 2. THE KENNY EVERETT VIDEO SHOW 3. JOHN FOXX of people behind the scenes without 3. TUBEWAY ARMY: REPLICAS 3. FAWLTY TOWERS 4. The Tourists was ^^^"^ position whom all this would have been 4. The Specials somethina of a HiL 4. The Old Grey Whistle Test 5. The Buggies impossible ..." 5. Madness: One Step Beyond but,contacteSnfgh?^?h;"*r""*^°^'^''" 5. TIswas 6. The Beat emphasised ^ ^°"'^- ^^ 6. Blondie: Eat To The Beat his determ nJr 6. Soap 7. Joe Jackson "1980 is going 7. Electric Light Orchestra: Discovery ?o be m^'"|a'"' °?i° BORE 7. Rock 8. The Vapors '^^r. l 'T'^^- Goes To College my bone." can feel it in 8. Boomtown Rats: The Fine Art Of 8. Grange Hill I 9. The Chords Surfacing THE YEAR 9. M«A»S»H 10. New Musik Mer?uf;,'M^,73r« ^^-'^die OF 9. Gary Numan: The Pleasure Principle Th".7L'^°'*^' 10. Dallas Pursey a ''^^'' ^"'^ ^'"'"ly 10. Pink Floyd: The Wall so rffl n„t 1. LENA MARTELL 1. hopes pinned on any Well, if you've got your hackles, and a ce^"°*f,^o«^^^ into the "TOTP" may not be anybody's idea of TRAVIS ^^'" ^'- 2. MOD Once more The Police skank 2. DAVE LEE of the above list you're unlikely to be out either ""Vdon wasn't far 3. DISCO distance, covering the competition with their dynamic TV but Its job is purely to reflect the 3. so Madness and The disappointed. Alright, Gary Numan "Setting charts and, If they're healthy, then the show 4 dust. The Jam's minor masterpiece, 4. Mike Read Pretenders have already hit big, not to Thatcher 5. Margaret Sons", took second from Mister Numan's will contain a fair amount of good stuff. The 5. Kid Jensen but they're nearly all mention The Buggies, Heavy Metal seller, "Replicas", by just a dozen Everett show is^rnore Imaginative and Everett (Capital Radio) Both 6. massive 6. Kenny still feeling their way at the moment. 7. votes, with only four points separating the funnier but the miisic content Is smaller. 7. The Top Forty Show have obviously The Chords and Vapors Punk graduates of the 2-Tone academy at four Fawlty Towers Is purest brilliance as you're Powell their 8. two 8. Peter Impressed a good deal of you with Geldof obviously aware. 9. Bob and five. 9. Paul Burnett efforts as support acts while John Foxx Is Cliff Richard It's doubly good to see "Soap" scoring so 10. Other respectable scores were notched up 10. Ann Nightingale justifiably getting his due for all the Influence heavily in spite of the efforts of TV by "Days In Europe" by The Skids, "London he's had on more famous acts. programmers all over the country to lose It airwaves just Calling" from The Clash, the first album by And the Peter Pan of the completely in the schedulesi "Grange Hill" with the awards. attention The Pretenders and PIL's "Metal Box". 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FOR A young hopeful band, the The Vapors. The band get a set "" and the next Dave adds that his lyrics tend luck involved in being in the right together and in May '79 are thing they're straight into the to be short scenarios about place at the right time can be playing one of their first few Top 20. people and the situations they your biggest asset — the decider dates at a nearby pub. So for the Vapors it's all find themselves in, though he between fame and obscurity. As fate will have it. The Jam's systems go; but right now in a appears to steer clear of Collectively, The Vapors appear is drinlcing at that Guildford pub after a sleepless traditional boy/girl sagas. The to have been weaned upon this selfsame etsablishment and, night, their go has got up and B-side of "Japanese", "Here kind of luck, and though the duly impressed, offers them third gone. Thankfully they haven't Comes The Judge" is about a good lady is not usually too place support on some of the acquired the glib backchat of rapist, who once again has head selective about whom she Jam's next dates. His promise seasoned interviewers, but they problems, surveying his life from bestows her favours on, this time proves valid, and before their have a tendency to lapse into his cell awaiting an unsavoury she seems to have come up gigging experience has reached cautious silence when unsure fate, while "Prisoners" trumps. double figures. The Vapors find and voice far more facts than concerned itself with the rut Singularly, Dave Fenton, Ed themselves on stage in front of a opinions, but generally they're Dave found himself in in Bazalgette, Steve Smith and couple of thousand people. polite, speak when spoken to bedsitland. Howard SmKh (no relation) are This is where things could and are good boys for their The two singles are in no way distinctly unimposing guys, have turned sour; a fledgeling Mums. to be scoffed at, but even so The hovering around the age twenty. band thrust immediately into the We start with the obvious, the Vapors' main strength at present There are no sparkling wits, no limelight, they could have easily current hit single. is still their live work, which colourful personalities, not even evaporated under the pressure. "I suppose the main reason shows on "Judge" — a live an outspoken bigot or egotist to But no, Bruce was eager to this one took off where recording which displays a distinguish them. They're so manage them — along with Jam 'Prisoners' failed," states Dave, forcefulness missing from their normal it's downright manager (and Paul's Dad) John "is the it has received. studio sound. disconcerting. Waller — and with their help DJ's took to this one because it's "We did that track live because teething troubles were largely a bit different and initially they we were pushed for time," THE STORY starts in downtown by-passed. Soon the group were got the chance to dig out their confides Steve, "Also we had Guildford, Surrey. Three local ready to go, with a record deal Japanese accents to introduce it. decided that although it's a good bands break up simultaneously, with United Artists to boot. "Though a lot of people think song it just wouldn't turn out and guitarist/vocalist/ A successful tour with The Jam it's just a straight love song, it right in the studio." Dave Fenton is followed, coinciding with the isn't. It's about a guy who's only "We've still got to get things around to pick up selected release of a neat, but ill-fated got a picture of a girl and is right," admits Dave, "With pieces, dust them down and debut single, "Prisoners". A infatuated by her, and the way he 'Prisoners' we used a producer •mould them into a new group: second 45 emerged in the form of ends up completely twisted." whose ideas differed with ours

. 22 SMASH HITS as to what we should sound like. Dave picks up on the question: something The Vapors have "Oh yes," agrees Steve, "It's He wanted a rawer sound than "We've been surprised at how done their share of in recent very easy to be, because you're we were after, and it ended up people have disregarded any months. I ask whether they used to a faceless mass, and then that way because, once again, connection with The Jam, found it strange following the suddenly you can see five we were pushed for time." instead of fixing onto the idea," touring principle in reverse — hundred people in front of you he says, making feel me like the starting with massive audiences perfectly clearly. You can't just I ASK about the current man at wicked witch, "They've taken us then turning their attention to work your way through a set, the controls, Vic as ourselves, not as just Jam small clubs. you have to adjust to how the Coppersmith-Heaven, also protegees. who But then on the other "Well, we've just finished a audience feel and react." produces The Jam, and suggest hand, we aren't signed to the 17-date tour of our own, and Their audiences, they stress, that parts of "Here Comes The same label, and there is only one we've tried to take in the smaller are a very mixed bag. They have Judge" sound a little too close to member of the band involved towns that often get missed out found that a lot of mods have the former's "To Be Someone" with us to any great extent." on traditional tour itineraries," caught onto them because of for comfort. They do agree that up until says Ed. "We learnt an awful lot their sharp, punchy songs, which Blanic faces. No-one seems to now they led have a fairly lucky though on The Jam tour, often sound deceptively simple; know what I'm talking about. life and having someone like because when we first set out yet they also attract punks, After an uncomfortable silence Bruce managing them has been people told us that we would skinheads, a few headbangers Ed cottons on to the idea and an asset. sometimes look a bit lost on the and of course the people who explains, in song, to the others. They have also been left to stages, that we weren't have come along simply because No, they affirm as one, it more or less their own devices by communicating enough and I of their music and who don't certainly wasn't intentional. their record compay, with whom think we're gradually belong to any kind of clique — Dave jumps in with an they are perfectly contented. Ed overcoming that problem. which is how The Vapors view explanation: adds that the initiative lies with "The dates on our own themselves. "We were given a completely them — although there is a obviously give us more Dave is particularly proud of free hand over who we wanted professional team to back them confidence because we know the the view of one critic who stated to produce us and Vic, who we up — and that together the band people who have come along are that "they're remarkable in that all agreed is good, was available do discipline themselves all the here to see us — and are not they are in no way remarkable". at the times we would need him. time. watching because we happen to They have no pretentions of We were pretty pleased with the Do they think that they could be supporting a band they have being something they're not and results of "Japanese" so be under more pressure to come paid to see," continues Dave. there's no image that naturally leaps to we're using him on the up with money-spinning material "When you're in front of two mind when their name is album, which we'll be finishing now that they've proved thousand people it's very mentioned — which again they off in two weeks' time." themselves so quickly to be nerve-wracking at first. You can't are completely satisfied with. But don't they think that they commerically successful? see the audience because there could fall, however accidentally, "Well, we weren't signed up are lights in your eyes, you can SO, IN under a year The Vapors under the shadow of The Jam? on the strength of one song, hear you and feel that they're there have built up a promising For although the two bands are know," retorts Dave, "And I can't but you can't see how they're following, carved a neat niche in comparatively different in see that we'll be under any reacting more to you." the charts, made a name for outlook and styles, the link with pressure than any other band in I mention a that must be easy to themselves and managed to Bruce and Vic's production could similar situation." seem condescending when remain unscarred by the pitfalls overshadow these differences. returning to small gigs. of the music business. The looks on the Vapors' faces THE TOPIC of conversation takes Not bad going, and their best is shout an indignant no. a timely turn to touring. still to come. Poison Ivy By The Lambrettas on Two Stroke Records

She come on like a rose And everybody knows She'll get you in dutch Well, you can look, but you better not touch

Chorus Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy Late at night while you're sleepin' Poison Ivy comes creepin' around

She's pretty as a daisy But look out, man, she's crazy She'll really do you in If you let her get under your skin

Repeat chorus

Ah, that beat wilt make you jump And blues wilt make you lumpy The way it rocks will make you jump and twitch That rhythm's gonna fool ya That slow back beat will cool ya But Poison Ivy, Lord'll make you itch

You're gonna need an ocean Of calamine lotion You'll be scratchin' like a hound The minute you start to

Repeat chorus

Repeat 3rd and 4th verses

Repeat chorus to fade

Words and music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Reproduced by permission ofCarlin Music Corporation

SMASH HITS 23 '"the happy , On house Its such fun HsLpioy I mn, I fun, woah

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Black or Red Tie. To avoid delay, please indicate alternative choice, should any one subject be out of stock. (S) BASEMENT STUDIO PM M: ANABAS PDODUaS UNITED, APOLLO 33 NORTON ROAD, HOVE, SUSSEX BN3 3BF ChithMH ClOM, Cirfar RomI, Mmfortf, Ewix 3ZZ1 mi? 7EX. ENGUND. DEPT. SH] 135c Sting 131c Blondie SMASH HITS 25 In the centre, motionless Alison Stratton, hands deep in dress pockets, adds her clear, flowing vocals in a small, faraway voice. The resulting songs are quietly hypnotic, like spacey, subdued, melodic stories (which some London idiot who couldn't pin Cardiff on a map to save their life will probably christen "mining pop" or something equally dumb). These fifteen intriguing tracks are simply very good indeed. YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS: You'll either love them or hate (Rough Trade LP). them — rock'n'roll they ain't — Virtually unknown outside of but you should certainly their native Cardiff, this strange investigate without delay. little trio have come up with Young Marble Giants, by the something quite new and totally way, came to Rough Trade's unexpected which will doubtless notice via two tracks on "Is The be received with massive War Over?" — a compilation uncertainty by those who haven't album of South Wales talent been told how to react. recorded in Cardiff's Grass Roots A strange band indeed to coffee bar by Z Block Records

witness: one on each side of the (motto: "It was easy, it was stage, the tall, thin Moxham cheap, now it's your turn."). (For

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melody and catchy chorus, it's a 2 1 SHEEP FARMING IN BARNET Toyah Safari brisk little song loaded with good 3 4 LIVE AT THE YMCA Cabaret Voltaire Rough Trade ideas and neatly channelled 4 3 PRINCE BUSTER'S GREATEST HITS Prince Buster Melodise energy. Produced by Clive 5 6 INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL Stiff Little Fingers Rough Trade "Madness" Langer, it's simple e 6 UNKNOWN PLEASURES Joy Division Factory but beautifully effective and one 7 B FLYING DOESNTHELP A. IWoore Quango of the best little records this year. 8 15 LIVE AT THE RAT CLUB ATV Amongst the other Crystal 9 9 FAUST 1 Faust independent vinyl received in this SWELL MAPS' Jowe Head: this Recommended 10 19 SOFARFaust office are t\, o more 45's picture says more about the band Recommended Compiled by distributed by Rough Trade. (This than any write-up! Record Business from a nationwide panel of specialist shops. 26 SMASH HITS SMASH HITS 27 S

The names listed are hidden in the diagram. They run horizontally, vertically or diagonally JGREBLEGOFNADSRRSC — many of them are printed backwards. But remember that the names are in always an EOAMSPYX 1 NEOHPOAYJ uninterrupted straight line, letters in sequence, which ever way they run. Some will need to be used more once. FYRATILIMKNIPYCIEF than Others you won't need to use at all. Put a line through the names as you find them. FLYGSPLABNHP 1 NKFLF Solution on page 37. E 1 AC DC EAPHTEANEOHPFYOR BEAT R 1 NZPCASGCDCAE 1 UOR BEE GEES BUGGIES CARS SHN 1 HTUKHN 1 SRNRODS CHELSEA HI INOMIEIVASETLOHE CHRIS RAINBOW CLASH DANFOGELBERG ARKEMNLWONOVOLOALE DONNA SUMMER DOOLEYS KONEKSLLYNSPELGTLG EAGLES SARSEREASESTSFOGVE ELTON JOHN FERN KINNEY DREA 1 NRTMASEENS 1 UE FLYING LIZARDS FOUR TOPS RYFHEDAASOXRJVWVCB JEFFERSON STARSHIP AGWLBRJDCPNOKOEA 1 JOCKO JOE ELY ZOSOSKRS 1 KHOBKWNRN KINKS KOOL AND THE GANG IRYHCI ISQNONNHGASE LENE LOVICH MAC CURTIS LYI IBVTJEUIVIGCERE MAGAZINE MATCHBOX GPRDLOODEAERPLXT 1 Z PHOENIX PINK MILITARY NSRELE 1 LROLESELGAE RAINBOW RICK JAMES 1 ALSPAMLLEWSZSVEYM ROCKY SHARPE YRJOMCAMORAYCEJ E LY SHAKIN' STEVENS SPYROGYRA LEGNAGEHTDNALOOKEV SQUEEZE SWELL MAPS FOONLS 1 TRUCCAMCXES VANGELIS WHIRLWIND RRORYPSEPRAHSYKCOR YARDBIRDS 1 RWOBN 1 ARS 1 RHCOOJJ ANOTHER BRICK ON YOUR WALL Yes folks, it's competition time once again and this time the prizes are something very special indeed. Bricks. Yup, you heard right. These particular desirable ornaments are part of a set of fifty bricks which have fashioned to mark the release of the new double album, "Big Smash". Each one has been hand-tooied in lustrous red dust and boasts the words "Wreckless Eric ... Big Smash!" painstakingly picked out in the finest water colours on two sides. These beauteous objects will add that certain air of gracious Ih/ing to any room in the house and have been covered on one side in the best black felt to prevent them scratching any smooth surface. The six lucky winners of our little competition will each win a brick plus a copy of "Big Smash"; the twenty runners up will get he album while another fiftyiucky souls can claim a Wreckless trie poster to cover up the damp on their bedroom walls. So what, we hear you mutter, do we have to do to get our mitts on these multofab prizes? Well, you've got to think brick. Just take a well-known song title and substitute the word "brick" for one of the words in the title. Thus, you could come up with "Are 'Bricks' Electric?", "It's Different For Bricks" or even "Brick In Pocket". Got the picture? What we're after is the most absurd and gigglesome substitution, the one that's most likely to appeal to the overgrown kids who run this magazine. So think long and hard and send your entry (only one per person) on a postcard with your name and full address to BRICK COMPETITION, Smash Hits, Lisa House, 52-55, Carnaby Street, London W1 to reach here by March 31st.

28 SMASH HITS tCV4T£ rbU^M The Man With The Child in His Eyes lAilTK TWeCM'tO By Kate Bush on EMI Records

I hear him before I go to sleep Label And focus on the day that's been

I realise he s there when I turn the light off EMI And turn over Nobody knows about my man They think he's lost on some horizon

And suddenly I find myself >97^ Listening to a man I've never known before Telling me about the sea Requested by All his loves, 'till eternity Ooh, he's here again The man with the child in his eyes Ooh, he's here again

The man with the child in his eyes He's very understanding And he's so aware of all my situations

And when I stay up late He's always waiting

But I feel him hesitate Oh, I'm so worried about my love They say "No, no, it won't last forever"

And here I am again, my girl Wondering what on earth I'm doing here Maybe he doesn't love me

I just took a trip on my love for him Ooh, he's here again The man with the child in his eyes Ooh, he's here again The man with the child in his eyes

Words and music: Kate Bush Reproduced by permission Kate Bush Music/EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

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STARJETS: Shiraleo (Epic). With finest moments. A jumping Yet more from ska's horniest 1 bands like Protex, Undertones disco/jazz classic first time band in a tribute to Geno TOM PETTY: Refugee (MCA). and Starjets, Northern Ireland around, it's lost none of its old Washington. The vocalist has a After a period of silence Petty's ALBUMS SINGLES it has good reason to be proud of sparkle. bad attack of hiccoughs and back with a potent release — its pop exports. A nifty little tune, doesn't match up to the promise straightahead rock clinging to a SUGARHILL GANG: Sugarhill themselves back into the year 'B' side, tear-inducing harmonies but LEIF GARRETT: Same Goes For of "Dance Stance". The tuneful melody. But he's still an Gang (Sugar Hill). Surprise — this 1977. The results could have lacking in depth. Pleasant, but not You (Scotti Brothers). A sheep in "Breaking Down The Walls Of acquired taste, and hardly likely ain't such a bad little album. Only been the work of Benny Hill; a the one to put them in the big wolf's clothing, Leif's given disco Heartache" sounds rushed. to burst into the top ten with this half is this highly overrated ghastly parody of all that was time. the boot in favour of an hilarious Vaguely disappointing. one. "talkover" style — something crass and conservative about attempt at rebellion. Guitar that soon wears thin without a punk. Should be very popular Leif FLYS: 16 Down (EMI). Another dominated dirge featuring CHERIE AND MARIE CURRIE: great backing track. The rest is a with people who don't like music. great band all dressed up to go whining with all the ferocity of a Messin' With The Boys (Capitol). pleasant mixture of (1 out of 10 — at least it's round). not actually getting there. lost kitten. Ignore for your own but Cherie's claim to fame is that she straightforward soft soul ballads interpreter waltzes perilously David Hepworth Good ideas, good value (4 tracks) sake. used to be in The Runaways. and funk, well written and near the Black Hole of California and a good knack for writing Marie's is produced by that she's Cherie's Sylvia Robinson of Easy Listening. A sadly THE CRAMPS: Songs The Lord exciting rock/pop songs. All they MAGAZINE: Thank You (Falettin sister. Both are attractive and Moments/All Platinum/"Pillow inconsistent and awfully tinny Taught Us (Illegal). If it's need now is good luck. Me Be Mice Elf Agin) (Virgin). If think this is a Talk" fame. Worth investigating. good enough production dilutes Seger's aggression and savage wit you're Howard Devoto stopped putting reason to become singers — Includes the full 15 minute sympathetic delivery. Most of the after, then look no further than 10CC: One Two Five (Mercury). out half-hearted hints that something they can hardly version of "Rappers Delight". ^^^^ (5 time he sounds as if he'd rather this demented debut set. The lOcc seem to have lost sight of all Magazine could be impressive he attempt on the strength of their out of 10). be elsewhere. There are Cramps sound like a haunted their inspiration. This sticky ditty might be taken seriously. Instead lacklustre voices or jaded songs. Red Starr moments, but scarcely enough of jukebox, cranking out voodoo this creepy little number's gonna It plainly isn't. THE JAM: Going Underground them. (5 out of 10). rock and roll that fairly rattles do nothing for his obscurity BROTHERS JOHNSON: Light (Polydor). Can they put a foot Up David Hepworth with Intensity. Sometimes problem. FOUR FROM THE SQUARE THE MICE: Song For The Night (A&M). Pleasant wrong? Can pigs fly? A Weller A Europe album hilariously tacky, sometimes song, "Going Underground" isn't (Charly). We're told this lot'll be of modern, streamlined funk — JAMES BROWN: Solid Gold GANG: Bad News frighteningly vacant, these four SUGARHILL LENE LOVICH : What Will I Do round with pickaxes if we don't tight and danceable but not as immediately jaunty cis "Eton (Polydor). We seem to have sound as weird as they look. And (Sugarhill). Nothing like the Without You? (Stiff). 6 tracks for mention this likeably pop song providing any great surprises or Rifles", but after a few whirls this passed by this double they look like nothing on earth. smash "Rappers Delight", this is pence? T'is true — and it's innovations. proves the stronger song. 99 which sails through on the merits Otherwise it's retrospective which, considering (7yioutof10). a nicely surprising, lilting soul better value than the LP. Lene of its melody and with thanks notable mainly for the excellent Relentless attack in their usual no it was put together by Cliff White, David Hepworth ballad. Apart from the twee girly straighter biting style, coupled with works her way back to to the vocals. So that was the production by Quincy Jones, the Is a terrible sin. What you get is vocals now and then, it's quite songs rather than vocal exercises writing uncomfortably sobering lyrics. mention. co-credits with four sides of music that just hits PSYCHEDELIC FURS: good. on the two impressive studio 's talented Rod Superb. and hits and refuses to quit from Psychedelic Furs (CBS). Like Gary tracks and the four live tracks MANICURED NOISE: Temperton and a Moscow guest the man who has been In the Numan and the MANHATTAN TRANSFER: display all sides of her talent to a 1980 (Pre). One of several records appearance by Michael SECRET AFFAIR: My World (I Jackson. Vanguard of black music for nigh Furs take various obvious Trickle Trickle (Atlantic). After T. marvellous record, it u nder this fashionable title, is If you like Spy). OK, so Ian Page's head has A this "Stomp", you'll like on 25 years. The most persuasive Influences (Velvet Underground, their jazz outings ManTran have demands to be huge. a forceful instrumental this. out of lost all sense of proportion and (5 10). dance rhythms this side of Bowie), weave them together reverted back to straight dominated by a high-stepping their last release was a flop — but TOM PFTTV^No Red Starr heaven and graced by absolutely adding something of their own Darts-type doo-wop with plenty THE HEADBOYS: Kickin The sax and driving line. "My World" deserves better, if bass hair-trigger vocalising, records and emerge with something polish. it of slick and Classy, Kans (RSO). After failing with a Infinitely playable, it gets better THE FEELIES: Crazy only on the strength of its searing Rhythm better than this one are simply individual and really good. This demotes Rocky Sharpe to the good record The Headboys try ever time. (Stiff). new four sax solo. Far ahead of all other- REFUGEE Not to be missed. A piece from not available. [SVi out of 10). darkly atmospheric album level of candyfloss. their luck with a turkey. It New Jersey, The Feelies Mod bands they remain, but pit their David Hepworth combines a nice raw edge with squawks around for a few KINKS: You Really quirky, gentle songs forget the dressing-up and listen Got Me (RK). against energy, melody and some nice It's THE SEARCHERS: Too Late minutes without actually getting 60's chartbuster re-activated, if insistent, hard edged guitar to these powerful songs — you'll BLACKBEARD: I Wah Dub (More jangly guitar and distinctive in (Sire). The Searchers are back anywhere and doesn't do their you don't own a copy it's worth patterns. It's sometimes be pleasantly shocked. Cut). Humourously subtitled hoarse sax. A little thin in places, the land of the living and this reputation any favours at all. shelling impossible to tell out for one now. whether the "Rastanaut", this Is the work of but mostly highly enjoyable. number knocks spots off of most They don't only come at tongue is in the cheek but they GENESIS: Turn It On Again Matumbi mainman and hottest Definitely a name to watch. (8 out with a rich, releases. Pop . current Christmas you know . . RUSH: Spirit JOf Radio (Mercury). have the power to really (Charisma). Spiralling keyboards, draw reggae producer in town, Dennis of 10). glowing capital P, teams with Headbanging stuff with you into their strange little subtle guitar and technical fewer of Bovell, and shows off his Red Starr ability and experience to produce ecstasy of course, but although SAD CAFE: My Oh My (RCA). Rush's usual pretentions to suburban world. Definitely worth dubbing skills in fine fashion. The a surefire gem. Don't miss it. This, the sleeve, is a special this song sets out with some says intellectual and divine getting next to. (8 out of 10). music bumps and glides on a STIFF LITTLE FINGERS: tour single, and as far as I'm inspiration. They've almost promise it finishes frighteningly sounds like an album track from made David Hepworth cloud of fat but delicate bass Nobody's Heroes (Chrysalis). PIONEERS/HARRY J. ALLSTARS: it it Inoffensive, but concerned can go as far as a pop song here . . . docile. Altogether half a good five years back. playing, effects duck In and out of Anyone waiting to write off Stiff turntable Long Shot Kick De likes with no tears shed. An 2Z TOP: Deguello (Warner Bros). song and half a dull ache at the not the stuff to set the earshot and something new Is Little Fingers simply because of alight. Bucket/Liquidator (Trojan). Two average soft rock single, all bark, THE SCARS: They Came And Absolutely the finest hard rock back of the head. revealed with every play. Plays their move away from Belfast is original ska classics on one little bite, thrashing on about the Took Her (Pre). Bassy ditty band in America about present their loud, plays quiet, plays havoc in for a big disappointment. twelve incher can't be bad — the devil. Only careful production has little green men taking away first album in years and it's BODYSNATCHERS: Do Rock JUDIETZUKE: Understanding a with your feet. {IVi out of 10). Though sometimes a bit strained only surprise is why Trojan have saved its day. some chap's wife and pearl. Steady rolling Steady/Ruder Than You (Two (Rocket). Judie wraps her genteel him Texan R&B David Hepworth — eg their attempts at white taken so long to release them. pondering with Tone). Up and coming all girl ska vocal chords around a wistful how to save the gruff but tuneful vocals and reggae — or merely average, The originals are far more BOOKER T AND MG's: is It's Time human race. Fascinating . . some of the most satisfying band give a promising debut self-penned little ballad. not COCKNEY REJECTS: Greatest when they've got something like seductive than the current Tight (Stax). Re-release guitar work release. The traditional "Do Rock as strong as "Stay With Me 'Till you'll catch this or Hits Vol One (EMI), it ought to be the utterly superb "Tin Soldiers" versions kicking around — and that's doubtful to reach the THE INMATES: Love Got any year. Don't it, I'll Steady" is bouncy bluebeat, Dawn" and unremarkable on first Me wrap wear it Impossible to operate musical (as good as anything they've ever "Long Shot" is almost heights "Green Onions" soared (Radar). Rollicking R B now. (8 of though not quite of Specials hearing, but it merits a few & about out 10). Instruments for forty minutes done) to focus their passion, unrecognisable from The to — largely because it's more the perils and pains of love. David standard, while "Ruder Than listens. Hepworth without producing any music. concentrated energy and skills Specials' version on their live EP. likely to end up as polite Pleasing, but minus the snap You" with its toytown organ is far of Which just shows you should then there's few to touch them. A Movin' background music for DJ's their last effort. "The Walk", and : Against The Wind better — as catchy as ftu and ten BRASS CONSTRUCTION: never underestimate The Rejects. great, honest little band — more that gives the DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS: banter than as an attraction in subsequently less enjoyable. (Capitol). Another marvellous times more enjoyable. Who says (UA). A re-release They screech, they rant, they do power to them. (8 out of 10). Gene (EMI). And still it comes! itself. American boys have all the fun? chance to re-live one of BC'S Kelly Pike singer and their damndest to wish Red Starr 30 SMASH HITS SMASH HITS 31 promising American tour, OUT OF all the different styles of From recording bus as he wanders into Virgin although he had made the rock banging shoulders with decision earlier that year when each other at present, Foxx stops to nuclear war Records' modern press office in clumpy brown boots, black they were recording their third thinks synthesiser music is the TWENTIETH affairs trousers, black overcoat album, "" most interesting of the lot. He love — John woolien and scarf, the wliole ensemble in Cologne in Germany. doesn't, however, like the way Foxx is a man of our topped by a pale, slightly worn English musicians have taken ^i%ch^r -Z times. Steve Taylor face, and that stiffly parted hair. LOOKING BACK, John isn't bitter essentially funny ideas, like the investigates. But later, wandering round to a about the way were way the German group CENTURY nearby hotel for a late breakfast, treated: Kraftwerk presented themselves the polite and softly spoken "It wasn't fashionable, I think. as robots and the music as tones of John's Foxx's voice start We did all the angry things — automated, and taken them GAUNT is the word, as in to reveal a different character: songs like 'Metropolis seriously. smoke-blackened chimneys or thoughtful, considerate and Breakdown' — a year before The human element in John's the stark landscape of the quietly in control. Gaunt and things like the Pistols' 'Anarchy own synthesiser music Is very industrial North of . warm; somewhere between In The UK' and The Clash's important to him; it's what he This is the first aspect of John these opposites is where you'll 'London's Burning'. Then we got tries to get over in his Foxx's appearance to strike you find this latest hero of "electronic interested in sound and doing songwriting and style of singing. pop." things with feedback etc. and He admits that future music will went into a whole different develop, but not too strangely: JOHN FOXX (real name Dennis area." "Any change in the instruments

Leigh) was brought up in Compared with John's own used changes the music, so I in . He began his plans, such bands were, he think we can look forward to musical career with the curious thinks, "Much more the some new forms of music but

activity of recording people's conventional side of things, not radically new, because I hope conversations at bus stops, although it seemed as though it they'll still conform to the idea of

messing around with the results was the other way round, a pop song. I like songs a lot — on an old-fashioned tape recorder because their campaign of action not light and frothy and silly, just in a way he describes as "very and advertising was so well effective." surreal". organised that it seemed John Foxx has every reason to The musical angle came from a spontaneous." be confident of his ability to craft piano which his aunt gave him Ultravox continued to swim good "pop songs", as the and from an electric guitar, against the tide, only to break up immediate success of although he admits: on the rocks of an internal "Underpass" shows. The next "I was more interested in the breakdown. single, "No One Driving" — a sound effects I could get from "I ended up still contributing sort of ghost story — is even playing than things backwards, all the basic material, when I more strong and tuneful. in learning to play 'properly'." wanted them to participate; Yet Foxx was pipped to the He was thrown out of his first no-one ever brought a song in for post in selling this area of art school in Preston "because I instance." "electronic pop" to the didn't do any work", then went John is anxious to point out, single-buying public out there by to another in Blackpool which however, that he didn't "resent Gary Numan who — incidentally LMTHDWIBIS («UCFC6 was "very strange, the their point of view" at all. — has admitted in almost every classroom was in a bike shed", When John had finished with interview that Ultravox, and and eventually got scholarships his commitments to Ultravox, he Foxx in particular, are among his to Manchester and London's returned from the States and left main influences. on the the band. How does John feel about strength of his drawings. "I had a tape recorder, a that? Once ill the big city he decided synthesiser and went back to the "I was very pleased that the SWEATSHIRT MOD BOATING BLAZER he was fed up with working front room." ideas I'd put out weren't being for alone, so John looked around With a loan from his publishing wasted," he replies, "and that I some people to form a band. He company and access to a studio hadn't wasted my time. I've also had a very clear idea about on a record-now, pay-later basis, always been interested in ideas how he wanted it to work. John spent last year putting more than anything else." "I sort of organised it, trying to together "", working John's "ideas" can sometimes get the musicians who liked the out the basic parts at home seem a little eerie — when he's heavy metal, , folk before going Into a small 8-track talking about the period when he and things to play songs like 'I studio. The album was released tried to live "like a machine", for Want To Be A Machine'. in late January on his own Metal example, and have no feelings. "It was a bit difficult at first. Beat Label through Virgin. He readily admits that it didn't One of my friends had a small "I wanted a work but then gets into equally As illustrated. Black & white panels. Please factory in London which used to because the big companies strange territory by explaining state size Narrow Lapel, Centre Vent, 3 (metal) repair dummies for shop invest so much money in you — how he wrote an Ultravox song, £6.99 buttons. Sizes SML. Colours 1) Blue, red & windows, mannequins, very maybe over £1 00,000 to launch a "Hiroshima Mon Amour", about white, 2) Grey, red & blue, 3) Maroon, navy & green realistic ones. I'd been helping band nowadays — that they have falling in love with the idea of a FLAGS him to paint the faces, because to make you a to pay it nuclear war! £24.95

it's not at all easy. I loved the back. I wanted to avoid that way he organised people, he was vicious circle." ©J^ UNION JACK TARGET CHECKED MINI very human about it, not at all He was greatly helped by the BUT ALTHOUGH John will All cotton flags approx 18" x 36" the big boss. cheapness of some of the new willingly talk SKIRT for hours about a £3.00 each or 2 for £5.50 "Every one liked what they synthesisers which are available: whole world of feelings and Black & were doing and worked well, "Synthesisers used to white cost a perceptions which most of us checked were happy and excited about it. lot of money and fairly be would prefer to ignore, John MOD DRESS Mini Skirt as illustrated or That was such a change from the complex machines, but they've Foxx's real strength is the smaller factories I'd worked in up North become simpler. That's the soundness of his practical ideas. In black & white only. "Counterpane' that I to try run the check. decided and interesting thing about the After the success of Sizes 10/12/14 band like that." technological changes Please state we're "Metamatic," he's toying with size That band became Ultravoxl going through now. plans to tour the country playing '"'^ who slogged their way through "The synthesiser was initially in municipal theatres with videos £9.95 ALSO FISHTAIL PARKAS. three albums and three years of used to imitate orchestras, which of the audience projected onto Serge lined, pockets etc, sizes 38"-42" £14 95 IRRIDESCENT SHIRTS Small collar size SML Maroon, Blue Bronze & very successful touring only to is rather like trying to make an enormous screen behind the Green, £4.95 be treated with almost universal plastic look like wood. But you band. CATALOGUE Details of further lines eg. Tank suits. Badges, Leather jeans etc. — sendS.A.E.to contempt in the rock press. find it has qualities of its own, "I do love that feeling that you But it was the failure of the that you can make almost any get on stage", he says INDIVIDUAL TRADING CO. Dept. SH, 81 Tavistock St., BEDFORD MK40 band itself to adapt which lead to 2RR sound you want on it; then it enthusiastically, "It's the only Tel: (0234)216692 John quitting the job of lead becomes TO ORDER: Send cheques/P.O or cash (registered please) an interesting machine time in my work that I receive also C.O.D. available on orders over singer and main songwriter at in its own right." something back." £20.00 the end of 1978 after a very 32 SMASH HITS SMASH HITS 33 .

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Was Captain right he was! you had missed out Billy Idol's AFTER READING the letter from Beaky blind or did he run into the Sorry, kid, can't win them birthday. What has he done to S. Jones (issue Feb. 21 ), I wanna you miss him out? tree on purpose? Is Reckless Rat's all. you'll see when The you to make you know — since when does And real name Gay Gordon? Clash are dead and buried while I don't want to stoop so low as everyone listen to the John Peel Wally, Bona, Paint and Nell, The BETTER to threaten you, but If you ignore how could the Festive The Police are still going even show? So Hissing Sid Is Innocent ^f^ BODySNATCHERS this letter then I shall come and Fifty have been a fair and stronger. Campaign, Sheffield, Walsall GUSH ' 16 IONS- Police Fan, Sheffield. chuck my granny's wheelchair accurate vote if not everyone Dedicated DSTTES through your window (Granny MO- listens to it and therefore not MARY HAD a little lamb. Sting's HUMAN LBAGUE and all). everyone Icnew about it? I AM writing to complain about bleaching peroxide. Bob Geldof's WHERE'S CAPTAIN KIRK? Billy Idol's No 1 fan, Plumstead, The reason Lena Martell got to the senseless arguments that go comb, Debbie Harry's face pack, SPIZZ ENEHGI in letters page. People London. COSTELLO 'YELLOW No. 1 was because it was bought on the Jo Jackson's lost hair, Johnny RAMONES by enough people who thought it write in to argue about Joe Sorry about that — Mr William Ramone's right knee patch, Gary STIFF LITTLE FINGERS was good — mainly the older Strummer and Sting etc. etc. Why Broad's birthday Is November 30. Numan's missing height, Klark SISTER and I recently heard a THE CRAMPS whereas the younger do they do this? Can people not MY Happy generation, now? Kent's identity and the matching MKTAMAXIC is record which we thought was people are represented by have opinions any more? What for Stiff Little Fingers. girls, here's the face In thumb BAUHAUS agreeing to differ? really great! The trouble is, Well, records from artists such as The wrong with Babs, a padded cell, Bedford. nobody else in radio land seems question and it belongs to Henry I AM personally fanatical about PSYCHEDELIC FURS Police and The Boomtown Rats. Or do these morons think that never heard the BadowskI — no relation to Bruce Foxton. Is he married? If 20p each+ lOp max P&P they will influence everybody to think so as we So again the question arises, a little lamb. Sting's S»:aiiipod Addressei" record again. Padovani. Henry (21) comes from so, what is his wife allergic to? MARY HAD Send The Clash haven't had into buying Police or Clash LP's? how come (where he Angry of Mayfair's Wife, autograph, Joe Jackson's Envelope for free Cat. cop-on, Anyway, we think the record Kingston on Thames a No. 1 hit? The answer is simple If these creeps had any earring, Debbie Harry's birth was called "My face still looks the prefers to record at home) and Guildford, Surrey. — they haven't got enough fans, they would realise they are only certificate, a photo of Gary 286 PCRTOBELLO RD LONDON WlO OK same to me" by Henry has done stints with Chelsea, and they're just not good acting the goat by arguing. So smiling, Wreckless Eric and Captain JUST A short note to ask if Numan and Andy give up and write constructive Something-or-other. We were enough, that's why. in Summers' lett red and white sock if could Sensible in the past. "My Face" Is Suggs, the lead singer letters. wondering this have Tracey McLaughlin, Leicester. — and she swapped them all for been , ex-member his second single, the first being Madness, is married? If he isn't, An Irritated Dublin Reader. Madness' drummer Dan of The Police? We'd be very "Baby Sign Here With IVIe" which will you ask him if he's got a stiff Steve Jones from WHAT A appeared on the independent girlfriend 'cos I'm not going out Woodgate. number MY FANATICAL Congrats are grateful if you could solve this Cheshire is. Crass, the (hint, Helen (who likes Madness, little mystery and print a picture Deptford Fun City label before with anyone at the moment punl(band of today, were not extended to Fred Dellar on an one hint!). Starjets and Sid Vicious), MODS of this wonderful vocalist, being taken up by A&M, who singing about shaved women, it infallible interview with Trevor Bedlington, Northumberland. UNIONJACK TRANSFERS irxKTI (Iron on to nny gaimsml ;Sp BRASS STUDDED LEATHERLOOK BELTS £1.90 think A great Madness fan, Billingham. 1.90. Isather look belt £2.90 BUM FUPS RED OR WHITE £1.90 (and whoever he may be. also release "My Face". We THE WHO BELT BUCKLES f With the degradation of women Horn and Geoff Downes MOD T-SHIRTS IS.M.LI - WHO, TARGET, MOOS (louol, UNION STRAIGHT TIES BLUE P.V.C, BROWN OR WHITE £1.00 was to a star. The Snoopy Sisters. the man's going be JACK. SECRET AFFAIR (Group Picl. MADNESS (Big M), MAD- BONDAGE TIES WITH "D" RINGS & STRAPS £1.90 too, I might add). they were hitting bacl( at. about time WHOSE IDEA was it to start this 3* WIDE No, Bruce Foxton isn't married, NESS (Group Picl. JAM, SPECIALS, SELECTER i3.50 sacli WRISTBANDS LEATHERLOOK in future, please. STRAIGHT TIE in Red, White or Blue polyuretttane €1 £1.00, 6' wide £2.90, 10- wide £3.90 Sure I liked The Clash and The More Buggies 'Mary had a little lamb' business? though he definitely has a BADGES: THE BEAT, MODETTES, NUTTY, QUADROPHEMA SEX PISTOLS BELT BUCKLES £1 90, complete with Pistols (in 1977) butthis is 19801 Might I add that the statement Mary, West Drayton. RUDEBOYS, RUDEGIRLS, WHO, SKA. JAM, LAMBREHAS, belt £2.90 ago and became Mods because girlfriend. Same goes for Suggs, '0' ..£4.75 Buggies concerning John At a rough guess, we'd say that MERTON PARKAS, MODS, POLICE, SELECTER, SECRET AFFAIR, PUNK T-SHIRTS with Straps & rings (S.M.U I — Most hardcore punks know that by The P.S. haven't got a little lamb for PUNKY SOCKS with Straps £2.75 boring twanks knew everyone else was doing the I'm afraid. Actually his girlfriend SPECIALS, TEENBEATS tOp each, 5 £1.75 none of you SEW-ONS: WHO (4-iiri, JAM (IVi'xS'AI, MADNESS (6"«2"l, THE BADGES: ANARCHY IN 80, CLASH. 999. P(L — RUTS bands like Crass and Fatal Foxx is spot on the button. I'm up will a daft hamster do? of well over a year is none BEAT (6-x2"l, SPECIALS (6-iin SELECTER (6-121, GANGSTERS - SLF - SEX PISTOLS - SHAM 69 - UNDER- Sid well enough to say whether same. now - - - Microbes are the saviours of to my bi-focals in morbid, (6"x2"l, UN(ON JACK (3Vi-|c3-|, TARGET (6"x6-|, SECRET AFFAIR TONES UK SUBS XTC S(D VICIOUS or a other than Bette Bright! And the WE ARE both Madness fans and (3"xrl 60P EACH, 5 FOR £2.75 (LEGEND LIVES ONI 40p each, 5for £1.75 bull. OK, Buggies he was a "useless moron" punk. Other bands such as The unexciting The LARGE SEW-ONS - ideal for Parkas: THE WHO [tTxr), THE SEW-ONS: SEX PISTOLS (IVi'sS'l, SIO VICIOUS I sick of seeing Mods at Madness/ wonderful human being. So shut AM on February 16 we and two other (lOVi-xlOVil, (3"«ri eopaach Ruts and UK Subs are just rip off deal with the future but at least MODS (Pxn TARGET UNION JACK your meaningless traps and let school and hearing them say that connection doesn't stop there friends caught a train to London (10y.-x10%-|, MADNESS (Ml (6-xn LAMBREHAS (8-x«"l, THE it's lively, exciting and inspiring JAM £1.75 each, 3 for £4.50 artists. a the poor sod rest in peace. The Specials are Mods. What either. It seems Suggs used to go to see our favourite group at the GIANTTARGET & UNION JACK IRON-ONS i1 eacli United Fan, Yorkshire. music and not relying totally on Instead you can aim your load of rubbish! The Specials to school with Olive Langer (who under 16's . synthesiser and a uniform, MONBY BACK GUARANTEE Sand money with order plus S.A.E. to: criticisms at the leeches who are themselves have said they play produced the Madness album) When we got off the train, two DEAR DAVE ROOM, monotonous voice. COALViaE, LEICS. music for all types of music and Lea Thompson played sax on other BENTSLEATHER (SH5), 45 CHURCH LANE, WHITWICK, Buggies Fan, Sheffield. making money out of his death. friends were chased by a After reading your letter I was Fanatical While we're putting typewriter lovers. They play a mixture of Bette Bright's new single. Just vast mob of skinheads. While we fuming. Before you start picking — keys to paper, we would like to Jamaican bluebeat and ska like Soap, Isn't it? were looking for them, we were on The Police you ought to get WHEN I tuned in to Radio One's say that we're fed up with people nothing like Secret Affair etc. So mugged in a subway and our your facts right. You say The "Rock On" show a couple of saying that so and so is taking off please get this into your heads. DEAR FRANCES SUMNER, KATE tickets taken. While we were in Clash have stuck to the music weeks back, I was surprised to PUZZLE music, Mods. SUMMERS AND SONJA the Police station, people were NEM/I OLEFIN iIND Vance (he of the so and so. If it's good what they believe in and The Police hear Tommy (Punk Specials KRISTINA, the hell does it matter who it's David Hyde and being brought in with their tickets record any rubbish that sells. worst musical taste known to TESTC4SSETTE by? fan). West Bridgford, Notts. After seeing 'The British Rock stolen and some had even been ANSWER afraid you've got mankind) introducing David Well, I'm And Pop Awards" on TV the All cassette players in the car or the home Hepworth. Hepworth then The Puke Sisters. beaten up. everything the opposite way other night, I'm sure that you need regular cleaning to maintain sound RUDE Boys, Teds, Punks It was very frightening, as round! The Clash are punk proceeded to spout a load of old MODS, quality. In about 2 minutes the unique new surgery noticed how your husbands and coming from the country boring I AM considering having — what next? (Taken from we C.A.T. (Clean And Test) cassette not only bandwagon jumpers! ! They had rubbish about how fianc^ were surrounded by Hong cleans the player, but also a special audio to become a Mod. I have heard conversation between Gladys never expected anything like this. it too easy. They didn't have to synthesisers can be in the hands Kong girls. I therefore programme tests that the entire system is that this drastic operation is Arbuckle and Gertrude Smith was We were absolutely disgusted, as where they are today. of the wrong people. efficiency. fight to get wondering if you were looking to working at maximum pretty risky and that the chances across the garden wall.) In my girls as well as boys were Copeland asked The point is, Hepworth is right When Stewart get rid of these two-timing Introductory offer ONLY C2.00 (inept p) are only about 50/50. it matter — as bullying people into giving them London, he had no but the same applies to every of survival opinion, doesn't Sting down to creeps? If so, would glad to From B6NS0NIC LTD., Dopt. E24 if it will be we be their tickets. were very upset, instrument known to Please can you tell me long as you feel good and you We proper place to stay. The band other take in. Please 122 Shepherds Bush Centre, London, W128PP painful? your teenage years. Long them send your as we know we will never have a If you don't believe me, enjoy back guafantaa was really desperate for work. mankind. contributions to: Mwwy Devoted Punk, Abingdon, Oxon. live all fashions of music! chance to see Madness now. It not fully aatiefled Sting had an offer from Billy take a listen to a Carl Palmer The Unwanted Policemen's Please print this as it was an Ritchie Blackmore P.S. This letter is not one of The Neutral Pupil of Bayhouse Ocean which he was thinking drum solo or a Society, Lisburn, N. Ireland. School, Lee on the Solent, Hants. experimental concert and very seriously of taking because drum solo. contempt for Mods who, as far as OISSETTE P.S. Hissing Sid is definitely Madness wanted to know what he had a wife and kid to feed. Dave Stamp, Reading. I'm concerned, can have their I'M ONLY writing this to see my their fans thought. Stewart Copeland talked Sting place in this world, but for the guilty. name in print. Carmen and Sally, Evesham, into staying because he knew TO ALL you Sid Vicious lovers attitude of so many of those who THE Smash Hits Calendar it Anon, Poplar, London. Worces. they were a good team. And how and haters. were punks a couple of weeks ON SMASH HITS 35 34 SMASH HITS I ** Michael Walden on I'mAlHfht by Narada Tonight C-" But you "-7,-gonnraWr^^'^t know everythmg s Tonight I'm alright I rock on Said I'm gonna Tonight I'm alright alriflht Tonight I'm Tonight I'm alright I'm alriflht alright Tonight done Tonight I'm Se.?Xing'sbren said and Repeat to finish vourfun t^yNsrsds Michael ?„TwTnKo and have words and music know, babv You need to of Warner Teprlducedhy permission Bros Music Ltd Youcantakeaholidav

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Chorus ri, but you're too proud, I'll keep to you, working my way bf^' babe u won't give in With a burning love insrde len I think J*** Yeah, I'm working my way ba<^to you babe bdiit all that was when And the happiness that died I let it get away aggat chorus Then paying everyday Babe) My world is kinda lone Whan you we» so in love with just gotta get back home (you bab*} I played wround like I was free really sorry Tliought I could have my cake and r acting that way But how I cried over losing you really sorry S«e I'm down and out Ooh, little gill |, ^. And I ain't about to go livtng my We without you fm really sorry For telling you lies Hey everyday. For so long, oh please

giri Forgive me girl, come on (give me a chance) tttedayrdie Vl^'t you forgive me girl, hey (let's have romance) OM/forgive me girl (let's start again) Repeat chorus Come on forgive me girl I want you over and over and over and over again I used to love to make you cry It made me feel like a man inside to fade if I had been a man in reality You'd be here, baby, loving me ml4c Sfs. Linzer aryd D. Randell Now my nights are long and lonely '^f^mtlacedJ^ by permission ofArdmore and And I ain't too proud, babe, I just miss you so 'eechwood/EMI Music SMASH HITS 37 1

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