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Out on the winding, windy moors We'd roll and fall in green You had a temper like my jealousy Too hot, too greedy How could you leave me?

When I needed to possess you

i hated you, I loved you, too

Bad dreams in the night

They told me I was going to lose the fight Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering Wuthering heights

Chorus Heathcliff, it's me, oh Cathy, I've come home: I'm so cold, let me in your window Heathcliff, it's me, oh Cathy, I've come home I'm so cold, let me in your window

Ooh it gets dark, it gets lonely On the other side from you

I pine a lot, I find the lot Falls through without you Coming back love, cruel Heathcliff My one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night Coming back to his side to put it right Coming home to wuthering, wuthering Wuthering heights

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Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away You know it's me, Cathy

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Words and music by Kate Bush. Reproduced by permissior) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. .

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Welcome to Greatest Kate Bush 2 Hits! Surprised, eli7 Actually MARY OF THE FOURTH FORM what's happened Is that the charts (and our printing schedules!) tend The Boomtown Rats 4 to go a bit funny during the holiday SOS season, so we thought we'd do a special issue using 15 of the best Abba 4 from all your request spot SO LONELY letters throughout the year. Here's 5 the result — hope you like it, because you asked for it! MR BLUE SKY What else is there? Well, there's Electric Light Orchestra 7 a real thought provoking piece on The to end The 70's MY GENERATION with, and a piece on tomorrow's 7 talents (Cleveland branch) to welcome The 80's. A look behind GOD SAVE THE QUEEN the scenes at The Kenny Everett The Sex Pistols 12 Show keeps pace in the middle. We've also got a Quiz on page 6 PRESENCE DEAR to your memories on 1 979, and Managing Editor Blondie 15 the third token for our fab free Nick Logan Calendar offer on page 29. And MARS BARS that's about it for this time — Editor 20 normal service will be resumed Ian Cranna next issue! TAKE ME I'M YOURS s I features Editor Squeeze 20 -' Bavid Hepworth Design SWEET Steve Bush & 23 Andy Ingamells Editorial Assistants SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER BevHillier *; ^ The 24 Diane Church ^ Contributors SHAME Cliff White Evelyn "Champagne" King 25 Robin Katz BOMBERS Red Starr Fred Dellar TubewayArmy 30 Julie Logan WATCHING THE DETECTIVES Jill Furmanovsky Elvis Costello & The Attractions 31 Advertisement Manager Rod Sopp Tel: 01-439 8801 THE SEX PISTOLS: Feature 10/11/12 BLONDIE: Colour Centrespread 16/17 EditorialUaanager Paulflint KENNY EVERETT: Feature/Colour Photos 18/19 Editorial and Advertising NEXT ISSUE address: Smash Hits, Lisa TEESSIDE: Feature 26/27 House, 52-55 Carnaby Street, : Colour Poster 32 ON SALE W1V 1PF. This magazine is published by EMAP National Publications QUIZ 6 L|4.. Peterborough, and is print^.by East Midland Litho BITZ 8/9 SMASH HITS SUBSCRIPTIONS Prfnters, Peterborough. CROSSWORD 13 Home and Overseas (Surface Copyright exists on all sojigs STAR TEASER 22 mail): £10 appearing in Smash Hits, GIGZ 22 (Airmail rates on application). must not be reproduc Europe (airmail): £14.40 ' 24/25 without the consent of Write to : Park House, 1 1 7 Park copyright holders LETTERS ....28/29 Road, Peterborough PE1 2DS.

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People try to put us down (talking about my generation) Just because we get around (talking about my generation) Things they do look awful cold (talking about my generation)

Hope I die before I get old (talking about my generation)

This is my generation It's my generation, baby Why don't you all fade away? (talking about my generation) Don't try to dig what we all say (talking about my generation) I'm not trying to cause a big sensation (talking about my generation) I'm just talking about my generation (talking about my generation) It's my generation, K's my generation, baby. Running down the avenue Why don't you all (talking fade away? about my generation) See how the sun shines brightly Oon't try to dig all what we say (talking about my generation) In the city on the streets I'm not trying to big cause a sensation (talking about my generation) Where once was pity I'm just talking about my generation (talking about generation) my Mr Blue Sky is living here today hey hey My generation, it's my generation, baby Chorus Words and music by Peter Townshend. Mr Blue Sky, please tell us why Reproduced by permission Fabulous Music Ltd. You had to hide away For so long (so long) Where did we go wrong?

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Hey there Mr Blue We're so pleased to be with you Look around see what you do Everybody smiles at you

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Mr Blue Sky, Mr Blue Sky, Mr Blue Sky

Mr Blue you did it right But soon comes Mr Night Creeping over now his Hand is on your shoulder Never mind I'll remember you this I'll remember you this way

Repeat chorus

Hey there Mr Blue (sky) We're so pleased to be with you (sky) Look around see what you do (Blue) Everybody smiles at you

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\ z \ \ r \ ..--' \ I \ THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND pose for pictures on the set of the .,"' film "Urban Cowboy" in which they play a sort of countryish sort of U-' Charlie Danielsish band. T!ie geezer in the middle looking a brt self conscious may be familiar to some of our older readers. Name of John KEEPING THE THE GRAND Travolta. GLASGOW JONESES UP BARE BOTTOMS TOUR I;, GEORGE JONES, former AT DAWN! CALLING husband of Tammy Wynette, is MORE GOOD news for Revillos fans. Apart from the band's fab THE TOURISTS have announced one of the most respected names new single "Motorbike Beat" which comes out on DinDisc on EX-MODEL and New SIMPLE MINDS hav« been 1. THE NIPS: Gabrielle (Chiswick) their first tour of major venues for 'STORM in January 11, there are some more fanzines for you sample, socialite Bebe Buell, formerly the commissioned to provide music country music but things to put 2. THE SLITS: Instant Hit (Island) The New Year. out by some of the craziest and most loyal fans around. close companion of Todd for the soundtraclc of a French haven't been going too well for 3. PURPLE HEARTS: Millions Like They kick off at Ipswich him of late. What with his "The Daily Raj" is produced by Bob Jefferson of "The Beat Goes Rundgren and Elvis Costello and documentary film. The film Us (Fiction) Gaumont or, February 14 and SIGNALS On" fame, and comes complete with lyric, currently walking out with traces the making of a science D.I.V.O.R.C.E. and his drinking song contribution from 4. GANG OF FOUR: Elevator continue as follows: Birmingham his Robo Rhythm and a surprise free gift! Get it from for plus ex-Dead Boy Stiv Bators, has fiction feature called "Le Morte problem, recording career Bob 20p (Live) Odeon (15), Apollo IF YOU don't rate Storm as the wagered Kiss mainman Gene En Direct" ("Death in was at an all time low until SAE from Raydale Lodge, Gretna, Carlisle CA6 5DQ. Watch") 5. VAPOURS: Spring Collection (16), Blackburn King Georges Hall most Inspiring name for a band Also available is "Cool Jerk" — large Simmons (are you writing all this the band's native Glasgow and somebody hit on the idea of 25p and SAE from Andy (Live) (17), Sheffield City Hall think (18), yourself lucky. Back at the down/) that The Rats' will of doing an album of duets with Dougan, 88 Brediland Road, Linwood, Paisley, Strathclyde. "I Don't use the whole their 6. WIRE: Outdoor Miner (Harvest) Edinburgh Odeon (22), Newcastle outset of 1979 it was still % Like Mondays" will second album, "Real To Real some of George's biggest True Revillos fans can also enrol in The Revillos Fan Club, run by be a giant 7. SKIDS: Into The Valley (Virgin) City Hall (23), Glasgow Apollo "Manesses", hardly the catchiest Cacophony". admirers. the irrepressible Mitch. For your membership card, newsletters smasheroo in The States. 8. WHIRLWIND: Rockin High (24), Leicester De Montfort Hall of handles. Storm, who h«H from The results can be found on a etc, send £1 to Mich at 27 Elgin Grove, Burnside, East Stanley, So convinced is she of it's The finished programme is due School Baby (Chiswick) (25), Bristol Colston Hall (26), North London, are a family-based success that she's promised to be aired on French television new Epic record called "My Very Co. Durham. You won't regret it! to 9. JOY DIVISION: Transmission Southampton Gaumont (27), and outfit mad* up of Stuart, Spencer Special Friends" on which walk bare naked down 5th in the New Year and may reach (Factory) London Hammersmith Odeon and IMcMilian, the brothers Avenue if it bombs. If it hits screens in George croons with such Gene Britain in due course. 10. UNDERTONES: Family (28). Hippolyte, who play keyboards, luminaries as Linda Ronstadt, high points. Simmons has threatened to do SECRETS Entertainment (Sire). Tickets are £3.50, £2.50 and £2 drums and guitar respocthwiy, Emmylou Harris, two of the guys OF THE "Keith Richards" by Barbara the same, without h\s make up. at all venues except and vocalists Anita Antione and from Doctor Hook and ex-wife Charone (Future £3.50) is These are in no particular order. Not a pretty thought, eh? STARS Hammersmith where there are Brenda Mesmin wlio are interesting from the point of view You could put in any single cousins. Tammy. High spot, however, is a by additional £3 seats. IF YOU'VE got any obviously got According to their record version of "Stranger In The book tokens to that Ms Charone Wire, The Nips or The Skids dispose of eompany, the band, whose agos between Christmas close to the Stones' guitarist, I like AND House" with its author, Elvis because them all. THE NEXT and Year, range from fourteen to eighteen, Costello. Elvis nas been an New you may be particularly during his ordeal in interested in couple have been together for four years CONTESTANT... admirer of George's for a long a of rock and Toronto a year or so ago. roll biographies EXTRA without as yet playing a live gig while. that have Her descriptions of the day to have found a of any sort. That's what you recently hit the bookstands. day tedium of rich living and call new drummer to replace the intensive reitearsal I The first is "Born To Run", a constant drug dependence are BLONDIE recently departed Richard Their portrait of Bruce Springsteen by fascinating but she goes astray LYNOTT first single, "Hard Not To Dudanski. The new Like You", percussionist, American rock writer Dave Marsh when she traces Keith's part in came out on the band's fourth SHOWS Sound-Off in eighteen (Doubleday £2.95). Marsh is career. Always Records eariier this TEMPERTON the band's ALONE months, is called Martin Atkins BLONDIE HAVE announced two year and did evidently a true fan and therefore prepared to take Keith's side wall on the reggae and comes from Durham. 'S first solo album, additional dates for the January charts this account of the man's life and against anyone else, she ends up without exactly burning RISING due for release in February or part of their British tour. They up the National work is not exactly critical but it is seriously underestimating both Top Fifty. For March, is to be called "Solo In play an extra date at Deeside tlioir second THOSE OF you who are well written and quite exciting in Mick Jagger and the late Brian release they took RAMONERAMA! Soho". are currently in Leisure Centre on January tiM its way. The transcripts of Bruce's of the writing is a 19th Diana Ross tune, "it's IMy compulsive readers of record Jones. Some THE return to the studio working on their next and another extra at House", Britain label credits will doubtless onstage storytelling provide the bit ropey too. and reggaefled it a little. for their first tour in over a year album for release around the Hammersmith Odeon on the The resulting track at recognise the writer of Michael was picked the beginning same time. 20th. For the Hammersmith of 1980. Jackson's current biggie "Off The gig up for major distribution by the band are keeping They start with an appearance as other aside 1000 Scope Records and is currently Wall" none than GABRIEL on "The Old Grey Whistle Test" Heatwave's tickets for the exclusive use of fan doing quite nicely thank you. Rod Temperton. on January 1 5 I^HB; club members. These tickets are and then go on to 's favourite son is a BRINGS THE SOMEWHERE Brighton available from the fan club Top Rank (16), Leicester busy lad these days. Apart from De NEWS (maximum two per Montfort Hall (17), Cambridge writing several tracks on the GOOD OVER member) on Corn Exchange (18), Norwich GABRIEL releases his receipt of a cheque or postal BUDGIES Jackson album. Rod has also PETER East Anglia THE RAINBOW order for £4.75 per ticket University (19), been working with American third solo album at the end of 9 #^B^^ made out to the fan Exeter University (21), Cardiff funksters , February. Like the previous two. RAINBOW take to the road in club. You must, CAN BE University (22), Friars Britain however, quote your fan club Rufus & Chaka Khan, and H will be simply called "Peter 'A, '^ J^^^^^^^^H during February and also number on the ticket (23), Guildhall (24), producer as well as Gabriel" and Peter will be going release a new single, "All Night application. Leeds University (26), Edinburgh BANSHEES minding the Heatwave house. on the road to promote it. S J^^^^^^^^^^ Long", from their "Down To Odeon (27), Glasgow Apollo (28), THE of also He begins at Birmingham ,B ^r^^K^^sm Earth" album. Incurable volume SIOUXSIE AND BANSHEES Some you may Newcastle City Hall on February 23rd and IH ^P freaks can catch them at (29), have confirmed that Budgie will remember that a while back we Odeon ^HV t Newcastle Liverpool University (30), be staying on as their drummer reported that Heatwave's lead continues at Leicester De Jr. /w ^^^m .# Ml City Hall (Feb 19, 20), THIS AIN'T Manchester Apollo (Feb 1), after filling in on their last tour. singer Johnnie Wilder had been Montfort (24), Sheffield City Hall f IHIp /m ^^^^ i rM Edinburgh Ingliston Stadium Lancaster University (2), Aberdeen Capitol (28), 1 (22), Stafford Bingley Hall (23), However, they are still injured in a car crash in America. (25), NO Sheffield Top Edinburgh '^f Manchester Apollo Rank (3), auditioning furiously for a We're sorry to have to tell you Glasgow Apollo (29), 1 Wni^mx (26), Deeside Birmingham Odeon (4), Bristol s: Leisure replacement guitarist. While now that Johnnie has been Odeon (March 1 ), Newcastle City ^ A i s^HK I Centre (27) and Leicester DISCO . . . Colston Hall (5), Colchester Essex recovering from her recent bout paralysed from the shoulders Hall (3), Liverpool Empire (4), >^ Granby Halls (March 2). \ University (8) and Cardiff A London show, "THE London of hepatitis Siouxsie managed to down. But, plucky man, Johnnie Manchester Apollo (5), | ' ti probably at BIGGEST Disco In The £/ flm / i Rainbow (9). ' The Rainbpw, has World", write dozen new songs. hopes to keep on with Sofia Gardens (7), Southampton 1 *< yet to be which was supposed to a the II / J The long awaited new album, .^ Whether they're all about (which he got together), at Gaumont (8), London 1. V confirmed and a couple more take place in Birmingham on group m^m / ^ A ? "" (produced hospital food and blanket baths least in the studio. Lotsa luck, Hammersmith Odeon (11, 12) 1 dates are expected to be added in January 19th, has been called off. ^ / jM by Phil Spector) will be released and Brighton Centre (15). —- 4-*. ^ due course. No explanation has been offered. we're unable to confirm. Johnny. — \^m on January 4th. 8 SMASH HITS SIMASH HITS 9 1

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fc Uj proposed waxing. Shame. Virgin (geddit?). The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, I'll i but TAKE and Mai had to forget about this Someone called Militant Barry your bet 're — you gonna regret' — co2 I'M THE BEST THERE'S EVER — and about the BEEN!!" released a reggae record about hastily-scheduled gig they'd Sid called " Boy" and Sid S DON'T just fly TIME by when couldn't feel worse than I do hoped would come off with the and Nancy tee-shirts are on offer s you're enjoying yourself? It's about The Sex Pistols today . . . reformed Pistols STARRING, wherever good clothes aren't Paul to be 1 i> to be Peter Frampton and been almost thirty years since FRESH FROM HIS CELL IN sold (the first one, a collector's StS7anted Elvis Aaron Presley slunk into THE INDUSTRY that has sprung RIKER'S J4/1..'THAT Cozy Powell. ISLAND item now, came out of Mai's Now was a heroin addict, a coward, a bully and a cretin Sam Phillips' Sun Studios in up around Saint Sid of The Rusty NOTORIOUS SUPERPUNK ON A Seditionaries shop just after Memphis to cut a private, strictly Bike-Chain is repellent. Now Sid ah, IT, MURDER RAP! SID VICIOUS!!! Sid's arrest for Nancy's murder. — STICK SUCKERS. minority living up to the image the disco or over the football amateur-hour bouncers, bouncers, who don't recording of "My Vicious was a heroin addict, a But even if the corpse was Designed by Vivienne The Sex Pistols without Rotten and relaxing by beating their terraces — WE REALLY DID know their ass from a hole in the Happiness" for his ol' Mom's coward, a bully and a cretin — was like killer getting a bit stiff, they could still Westwood, Malcolm's a shark with its brains out their ears with a THESE THINGS!! ground, birthday bouncers, bouncers, present and went and okay, we've all got our bad squeeze a bit of blood out of it, dentures soaking in a glass sweetheart, it said, "She's dead of housebrick); liked the New York was for ratted, keeping the punters down — and got himself discovered. points. He might even have been couldn't they? — I'm not — I'm yours"). water by the side of its bed. Dolls (flash and sassy, lots of matted, middle class kids who drunken Australians taking off But in all those years there's a m-u-r-d-e-r-e-r. But a lot of A handful of SingalongaSid But the Saint Sid of the Rusty energy and a bit of a laugh, make came to school in greatcoats and the only been TWO — count clothes and punching, 'em people love Sid — they bless the singles were put out — "My Bike-Chain Industry is only the CHILD, IN the early 70's, it was old geeks like Bob Harris squirm plimsoles trying for that spewing, at it rock bands truly and over whom — who have cut day he overdosed and died and Way", "C'mon Everybody", bad. I have memories of going to inside his kaftan); blood-splattered tip of the ice thought pub sensitive-vapid \ook, perhaps mattered not. through entire the nation's got business booming. "Something Else" — and became pick — the real Sex Pistols see The Faces in London's Oval rock had its heart in the right best expressed by Neil Young's Through it all the messiah psyche like a sharpened scythe People like — cricket ground, hits queueing all . . . (promoted by — wouldn't haven't existed since January place but was so old . . . portrait on the cover of "After to an English trademark, minced about like Mister become who were so fast off the starting you know it — advertising 14th 1978 when Rotten night out on the street, only to be Thought glitter for Johnny was good The Rush". Under their arm Humphries in "Are You Being a battlecry, known to all ages of blocks when informed depicted Sid as a knife-toting, told the audience in San from the stage by Mott you (good antidote to all those they had an album by Free every class, the object of or Served?". And he couldn't write gossip was found stabbed to death in swastika-clad psycho, despite Francisco, The Hoople's Ian Hunter that — sagging-jowled, tax exiled "HA! HA! HA! EVER Floyd (Pink) or Yes or Genesis or good tunes anymore, either. in the Palace itself. the bloody bathroom of Room Mai and his Virgin pals' claims GET THE FEELING YOU'VE BEEN "Anybody with short hair is a millionaire slobs left over from or Juicy Lucy. There were others, of course, Both and The Sex 100, Chelsea Hotel, New York, straight and all the that they believed Sid to have straights . . CHEATED? GOOD NIGHT!" can the sixties) but . well, the Their big brothers sometimes Pistols came to the same sticky that they made Sebastian Coe but how long can you ease the been innocent). the GO HOME!!" clothes oh, I got Come end of the band's — me platforms! lent them old Hendrix or Cream pain end — worshipped and adored look like a tranquiiized slug with out of adolescence with Virgin also released an album U.S. tour. Rotten wouldn't go Rotten was to rant, "I can — very nice, very nice, but don't or Doors which made their eyes stuff like, "Someone just called by the mindless. No movement a gammy leg. of Pistols yapping which they remember going to all down to Rio to record with bald, those you feel a bit of a, well, poove shine and their mouths smile me this, just a cheap chuckle for the Virgin and the ex-Pistols concerts Sebastian'l called "Some Product: Carri On, barrel-like, bungled burglar and seeing all those done up like the Bopping Elf, faintly; these people existed. THREE YEARS later, tourists. (They'll never believe manager, Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols" and pushed with hippies being far out word was Ronald Biggs. Rotten was sick of and Bert? As for us, we were at home this back at the office.) quickly filtering through the grapevine. came up with the smartly packaging of Vicious grabbing Uncle Mai's publicity punts — together, MAAAAAANNNNN!! These days there's every cult growing our barnets down our You and the other You see, this is what happens arrested Sidney's 25,000 dollar (he talked like that operators forty winks in some coffin. and Mai knew he was beyond his when he had that ever existed milling about. backs so we could get into rock when you release dreck like "My bail money so he could "fight the fiddled the log on the graveyard Elsewhere, The Cash Pussies (a control now. the hump — whoops — his back Back then, there wasn't — Just a concerts again. Sweet Lord" Is shift in the computer room of and "No-one charge and make an album". band controlled by Fred and Judy and up — SORRY — got a bit wild), whole generation aspiring to Actually, I stopped going to Innocent". We're in the last (Funny — the Pistols hadn't Gordon's Gin Distillery in Vernorel, authors of The Sex followed "despising me because I was look — our parents Malcolm down to an would have gigs after I saw David in '79 Bowie Islington ... it didn't gasps of and punks and the included Vicious in their line-up Pistols biography) about fifty years and take brought out island in the sun and the Demis younger than called it CLEAN, NEAT AND TIDY. London Earl's Court Stadium in long to the 100 Club in clinking bells of the Hare Krishna for nine months at this time. "99% Is Shit" (an old Sid quote, they were and had Roussos-ish Biggs, their tails SHORT We didn't call it anything, but if May, 1973. "Aladin Sane" had crowd make for strange Before Nancy got killed, Mai and Street . . . relating to his considered wagging obediently, tongues HAIR!!" we had it would have probably just been released, Bowie was The Sex Pistols changed bedfellows indeed . . . Strange? Virgin appear to have forgotten your Ah, . opinion of the human race) and hanging out as the short hair, Ian . . been SHARP. Malcolm starting to believe his own mind. It's TRAGIC. about our Sid.) held an art exhibition with a Well, the squares were about After promised them special treats nasty experiences with concept albums and it was A Chuck Berry fan from way But Sid had topped himself to They were unbelievably flash coffin (yes, another coffin) now that Rotten had gone off to go home. the long-hairs and when chronic horrific. back who watched him before he had a chance to put overflowing with smelly doggy Some of us were and funny and snotty and sharp, snowbound New York and Sid ex-skinheads boredom set in, we didn't go to Couldn't hear nothing, couldn't prostitute his ding-a-ling-a-ling down one single track of this sharper than any rock band doings, meant to symbolize Sid was practising killing himself but (most of us for the clothes, only a rock concerts. 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him. That would have been K passed because of time Queen impossible. (being The Sex Pistols could Save The The vehicle of The Sex Pistols never have been a career); God was a Godsend for him, of because Malcolm wanted to milk course, with Malcolm McLaren's the publicity for all it was worth on Virgin Records dreams of the most controversial and Rotten By The Sex Pistols was getting sick of it. rock band of all time just waKing It passed because personal r^^^^^^^^ for the right front man to come relationships within the band save the V^sc.st God Q-ep^^-f along, which Rotten did, finding soured (John thought Steve and McLaren's vision of some great Paul were stupid, they thought anarchic swindle okay by him. he wanted to be a superstar, Rotten hated slowness and John didn't like Nancy or Sid the want drabness and stupidity, and he junkie, Sid didn't like being be told what YOU Don't didn't mind singing in a rock second to Rotten and accused band — it was something to do, future, no. him of being paranoid) . . . There's no future, no it could be a laugh and — short This paranoia thing — Rotten we mean it maaaan hair! — there were some old had every rightto be paranoid God save The Oueen God saves scores to settle here, after all; because a lot of the silent love our Queen, We why should we let them have it majority despised The Sex cause tourists^^aremoney all their own way? Pistols and all they stood for and save the Queen, God ATTACK! were prepared to make their point by slashing faces, breaking WE HAD nothing to lose but our bones and generally seeking Lord God have mer Oh boredom. Rotten wasn't a leader revenge by taking the law into ^ Ohwhenthere'snofuturehov.cantherebesin7 — we weren't falling into that old their own hands. (This was ironic hippy trap! — but he was a because this was anarchy as

figurehead, a sort of cross self-rule — I WANNA DESTROY We're the poi future between a spiritual guide and a THE PASSER-BY — but what We're the future, your ten-by-eight glossy pin-up. happens when that passer-by is He talked such sense: "We YOU?) want another hundred bands to Cops stopped you in the street, follow us! Not bands like us! All Teds pulled up alongside you as different!" you were walking home at night, He looked just right (and soon dark figures tailed you, punk, his face was as instantly down in the tube station at

recognisable as a Coca Cola midnight . . .

for you bottle or Micky Mouse or Oueen I even got refused entry no future, no future to the NO future, Elizabeth, for you thanks to all the restaurant car of an Inter City No future, no future scandal and controversy that train because I was wearing a soon sprang up): like a cross God Save The Sex Pistols ^ords and '-'^sic '.y^^Zm^^^^^^^ between Jacob Marley's ghost — tee-shirt. Just inside the dining chains everywhere, pallid face, car was a fat man with a

head wrapped in bandages . . . moustache who looked like one Davia 've'"" - ^ncrilke Ron Mael after of the Eagles and who was Brian Peden. ^^ ^ chronic, Dianne, I McAllister, catching himself in the zip of his ' Andrew. wearing a tee-shirt that depicted ^^nn ayhurn.GaryConsX^^^^^^^^ Coiin Douglas, fly... two ducks mating in mid-flight like And one of those dissipated . . . yet they served him and not young rakes in Edwardian times, me. That's the way it was. drinking and debauching themselves to madness INSTEAD OF the Pistols Hughes Ian ar,. or death . . . corrupting the music business, it Hill, Stephen Sally. And(\n his quiet moments) like worked the other way around. Wayne, Gez, Paul and I some distracted prof, a mad People started to become genius, walking around in a greedy, nasty, selfish or just plain dream, unconcerned about the stupid. rest look tired and tame and just some dumb kids up on stage trivia of day-to-day life — like Sid wanted his drugs, to play devoid of any interest enjoying the chaos with that photo of Einstein with his the hard nut and be seen as a star whatsoever. They played violent, everybody looking at them was hair all uncombed because he without doing anything. diseased pop music — pop as In Johnny Rotten. thought so much. Malcolm wanted to make as populist — full of slogans, He was one moody little piece He talked like Kenneth much money as possible with as boasts, threats, sneers and jokes. of work was Rotten. He abused Williams and was more popular much style as possible and get They were exhilarating and his band and fans out of their with the folk of the Covent out, he said. Steve wanted to be hilarious at the same time — apathy, and after that he did it Garden Roxy than the Ayatollah Peter Frampton and Paul to be their songs were youth anthems out of habit. He threw chairs and in an average-sized mosque. Cozy Powell. like could only microphones and squatted on his Also, The Sex Pistols in general Rotten didn't want to let the dream of. They were in their first haunches, looking at you. He and Rotten in particular made whole thing turn him into a total band and it showed — they had smirked, he snarled, he spat, he you believe we could really wanker, like it did the others rows with each other when was a teen idol and spoilt brat achieve something — just what (who had all been only minor things went wrong, they and classroom freak and stand was a bit vague — youth wankers when they started). This frequently cocked up songs and up comic. rebellion, overthrow the music infuriated the others, so they were all playing something Matlock, Jones and Cook business/Government/Teds, drove him out. different. posed real good, but Rotten gave make magnificent music or When Rotten left, Jones and They fought with the audience, them life, direction and some newspapers or clothes (The Cook turned to pumpkins. Virgin exchanged insults with each kind of ramshackle grace. Rotten Pistols got everybody off their tried to force that golden slipper other and the crowd all night was full of contempt, very smart ass — everybody was doing on to and Ten Pole

long . . . and you thought, Jesus, and well pissed off. It suited him. something), or make money or Tudor but their smelly feet just

they've got a NERVE. They could H suited us. He was just what have fun or get famous. . . didn't fit it. They should try the hardly play, they couldn't give a was needed. during those early days, plenty of easy stuff first — like walking on toss — it could be anybody up Childhood meningitis had left us believed we could do the lot. water.

there . . . almost. Rotten with bad teeth, weak Basically, that's the glory of When it all fell to pieces it was The power of songs like "No eyes and stunted growth. He set The Sex Pistols — they made you a RELIEF — The Sex Pistols were Future" (as K was known back the pace for the punks who were believe you could have a laugh never going to be the Rolling then), "No Feelings", "Anarchy starting to rally around the flag while you took over the world. It Stones of the eighties. They can In The UK", "Seventeen" and at Pistols' gigs, the public icon of was a moment — a glorious release all the records they like "Pretty — but a Vacant" came through this private world nobody else moment moment with "Sex Pistols" on them — I even then, but what made the but J.R. himself, of course. It nevertheless, and the moment KNOW they don't exist no more,

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m > . WHO SAtS VIDEO KILLED THE VIDEO STAR? watches Kenny Everett rewrite the script.

Jill Furmanovsicy captures it all on film. .

KENNY EVERETT paces Studio Three at . He's wearing bright red bondage strides, a cheap blacit jacltet illuminated by safety pins and a synthetic blond wig with disgusting green streaks. In his hand he holds a hammer. He is waiting for The

Pretenders . . . and company are old hands at "The Kenny Everett Video Show". This isn't the first time they've assisted Everett in his parodies of various pop idols. Something special is required for the New Year's Eve Special and the band are therefore being transformed into hard core 1976 Kings Road punks in order to back Kenny on the least attractive version of "Auld Lang Syne" they can manage. Bassist Pete Farndon and drummer Martin Chambers eventually show up decked out like mail order bikers, while James Honeyman-Scott flounces in wearing naught but a pair of leather look trousers. As he passes scriptwriter , the older man removes his pipe momentarily and remarks, "Mm . . . must remember ." to get some lard on the way home tonight . . They all go into a huddle with director to work out an, er, arrangement for this major piece of art. After discussing whether to stick to two chords or use one and a half, they run up a version grotesque enough to satisfy everyone. Chrissie Hynde, who appeared from make up too late to master the finer points of the style, makes do with cavorting around at the back and occasionally attempting to bite Kenny in the crotch. A number of jars are arrayed around Kenny's feet and halfway through the number we discover what the hammer was for. Suffice to Cliff say that it gives an entirely new twist to the phrase "instrumental THIS NEW YEAR'S spectacular, featuring The Boomtown Rats, break". Richard, Roxy Music, David Bowie and , is the introduction Director Mallet is a small, stocky and impatient individual whose to the third series of the show which begins this January. unconventional ideas about presentation are responsible for the Despite provoking objections from many quarters, from Mary show's rather wacky style. Much of the time he works with just one Whitehouse who was shocked by the antics of to half camera pointed straight at Everett giving the effect, as Kenny ducks asleep "Crossroads" viewers who were suddenly confronted by Sid and weaves in and out of shot, of some kind of manic Punch and Judy Snot the show has been an extraordinary success story and Thames Show. haven't yet given in to pressure to put it on late at night, when only For the punk sequence, four men heave one of the huge cameras off insomniacs and shift workers would see it. its plinth and scamper back and forth, holding it like a battering ram It's slightly irrevereht, totally illogical, completely unpretentious and filming as they go. (This is how they achieved the wobbling effect and a whole lot of fun. In fact, it's just like the best pop. that you may have seen on Mallet's work with people like Thin Lizzy.) The whole thing is done in pieces. Ideas are dreamed up on the spur As soon as something has been taped, everybody gathers round of the moment, sometimes in the studio, the writers will gather in a one of the huge monitor screens to see how things look. Suggestions corner to hammer out a little dialogue or a song or some alternative for improvements are made by all concerned and things can be silliness. The results are performed and taped before they have a altered quickly. The Pretenders have a quick giggle at themselves and chance to go stale. then rush off to change into their outfits for the next skit. Any specific show is put together from all these various fragments. Dave Hill, their manager, observes that if they don't make it big next The real work is done in the cutting room with Mallet editing with the year, "they can always be The Barron Knights of The Eighties ". accent on pace and humour. Like Monty Python shows, they don't need to have beginnings, middles or ends. The show follows its own lunatic logic, carrying you along with its infectious sense of fun.

THE PRETENDERS and Kenny re-emerge from the dressing rooms wearing black, military style uniforms. Everybody's hair, Chrissie's included, has been swept back into ludicrous styles and held there with grease. The scene shifters are doing something with a number of upturned pallets at the back, green spotlights are being focused, a 'synthesiser player is tuning up — it's Gary Numan time! The actual song they perform is some norisense about grafitti artists. Kenny accompanies it with outrageous hand gestures, I if shuffling about in front of the camera as if he were on castors, pulling faces and poking fingers up his nose. James Honeyman-Scott, who is supposed to be playing guitar robot style, has considerable difficulty keeping a straight face, while the technicians don't even bother trying, laughing loud and long as >^^ Kenny varies the business ever so slightly with each take. .1 He may remark, as he has his make up retouched in the middle of a studio fogged with dry ice, that it's all "very silly — I only ever wanted to be a disc jockey on the radio", but he must know that he long ago ceased to be just a DJ. Since the demise of The Beatles his only real musical interest is ELO, hardly the most vital band in the world. It's Kenny's personality, and his knack of giving it expression in wickedly funny ways, that has made him a star. The Video Show is not just another pop show. It could probably carry on without any music at all. What we have here is a variety show for young people and a pretty hot one too. Someday all television will be made this way. Roll on the videodisc! THE PRETENDERS really have a ball playing good time rock and 19 roll while SMASH HITS Kenny feels like a numan . . Chorus •

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It's really been some welcome, you never seem to change A grape to tempt your leisure, romantic, just as strange

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22 20 GET UP 81 BOOGIE FREDDIE JAMES WARNER BROS 124 23 14 STILL COMMODORES MOTOWN SLOW 24 NEW GREEN 0NK>NS BOOKER 8< THE MG'S ATLANTIC 25 19 IDONT WANT TO BE A FREAK DYNASTY SOLAR 119 26 NEW WITH YOU BILLY PRESTON & SYREETA MOTOWN SLOW 27 33 IT'S MY HOUSE STORM SCOPE REGGAE 28 24 CORDON BLEU STIX HOOPER MCA 110 ^hame 29 30 SWEET TALK ROBIN BECK MERCURY 117 30 NEW ARE YOU READY BILLY OCEAN GTO 119 By Evelyn "Champagna' King on RCA 31 31 DANCE TO THE MUSK SLY STONE EPIC 126 Records 32 22 DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL RUFUS MCA 120 Requested by Jo-Ann Heraty, Staffs. 33 27 READY FOR THE 80's VILLAGEPEOPLE MERCURY 133 138 34 NEW 1 PLEDGE MY LOVE PEACHES & HERB POLYDOR Sham* burning you kMp my whole bo«ly yoaming 35 NEW JAZZ CARNIVAL A2YMUTH MILESTONE 135 You got mo so confuMd it's a shame 36 NEW SAFARI MODERN SOUND CORPORATION SUNSHINE SOUND IMP Sometimos I think I'm going Insano 37 NEW LOVE INJECTION TRUSSEL ELEKTRA IMP 113 But still I wanna stay 38 NEW TONIGHT GLORIA GAYNOR POLYDOR 132 Wrapped in your arms is where I wanna l>e 26 YOUR LOVE STEVIE WONDER MOTOWN SLOW I wanna be (wanna be) 39 SEND ONE Wrapped in your arms that's my high 40 NEW ROTATION HERB ALPERT A&M IMP

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Wrapped in your arms is witere I wanna lie Wanna be (wanna be) WINNERS: Wrapped in your arms that's my high PUZZLE ALBUM Andrew Mills. Tupsiey, Hereford; Sarah Browning, Westbury-on-Trym, I can't get enough, ooh beby ANSWER Enough of that magic touch Bristol; Karen Hatton, Nr. Pontefract, W. Yorks; June Downer, Caversham, Love Is in my heart, tearing ti>e rules apart Berks; Mark Yeates, Gt. Yarmouth, So why should I be ashamed, only love can lie to Norfolk; Ian Bouncer, Coventry; Terry blame Tyldesley, Brighton, Sussex; Grant If we lose our love It's a shame Baldwin, Wantage, Oxon; Colin I wouldn't wanna live with the pain Teasdale, Hawes, N. Yorks; Michael I'm gonna stay forever Allen, Rhondda, Mid Glamorgan; Simon Skinner, Ealing, London; Helen Wrapped In your arms is where I wanna be Wanna be (wanna be) Varney, Nr. Tiverton, Devon; Nicola Wheatley, Nr. Stroud, Glos; Steven Wrapped In your arms thafs my high BIyth, Hornsey, London; Derek Shame, only love can be to blame Hanlon, Workington, Cumbria; Nicholas Davey, Bradford-on-Avon, If we lose our love it's a shame Wilts; Ian MacDonald, Strathdyde, I wouldn't wanna live with the pain Scotland; Jane Clements, Battenhall, lirl it's a shame Worcester; Joan Simmons, >h it's a shame Ashington, Northumberland; Jayne

)h K's a shame L I TTfEATTAl Renshaw, Chesterfield, Derbys; Mark {heme, shame P A U L N I C-S Chapman, Chessington, Surrey; Rama ]ust don't understand Simon Lowndes, Denton, CROSSWORD No. 26 WINNERS Manchester; Susan Lawrence, Hall I how I love that man Farm, Sunderland; Carl Gallagher, |Dh, oh H's a shame CASSETTE WINNER: Castle Bromwich, Birmingham; Repeat and lib to fade ad Ian Gaskell, Altrincham, Cheshire. Malcolm Brain, Newcastle upon Tyne. tWords and music by John H. Fitch/Reuben Cross. Wleproduced by permission Interworld Music Ltd. SMASH HITS 25 a lot like with football terrace chants for songs and some tough looking supporters, but despite this they are very popular. Other bands on the way up include The Jaywalkers, Chesterfield Modern, Billy Oblivion 8i The Obvious (a new band that features several Vultures), The Gynaecologists, Reflector, Penelope Polaroid & The Hornrims, The Hurricanes (Teesside's answer to Matchbox), The Teesside sOK! Filth, The Extreme . . . the list is virtually endless. IN AN AREA with a high concentration of bands, magazines designed to cater for them are an inevitability. of GABBA GABBA HEY, RAMPANT NASTIES, GRAFFITI and STRICTLY Will it be a local scene like Teesside that spawns the sounds of the '80s7 In the second our ROCKERS have all passed away, but two are still going strong — irregular sries on thriving regional scenes, John Hodgson (of Basczax) reports on his home TEESSIDE PUBLIC ADDRESS and TEESSIDE SMELLS, highly based in London, talent territory and reminds you that though the music business may be informative with a nice line in insults. The people who run Teesside certainly isn't. Smells are now preparing a compilation LP of Teesside bands for

ALTHOUGH THE name Teesside officially went out years ago, it is quite obvious that the majority of people still know it as Teesside and not as Cleveland, as it is now called. A lot of people also get us mixed up with Newcastle for some reason, which is funny because we up here never get London and Brighton mixed up! Yes, Teesside IS a separate area and as such has a separate music scene. It all started with the new wave, of course, but has diversified and is Cornforth. Mick Todd; Ion now preparing itself for the SOs, or so I'd like to think. The first band to Baseiax; Lr (on wall) John Hodgson, Alan make any impression on a national scale was BLrrZKRIEG BOP, who ground) Alan Savage and Jeff Fogerty. released a self financed single in June '77 with three tracks, "Let's Bugsy is what we call a local character, and it came as no surprise Go", "9 Till 5" and "Bugger Off". when he decided to give his band a name like THE AMAZING SPACE This sold out within weeks and received good reviews, and as a FROGS. His songs are invariably about taboo subjects, hence the title result Lightning Records signed the band for two singles. A of the A-side, "Nuns Of Destruction". This will not help the single get re-released "Let's Go" with two new songs on the 'B' side, "Life Is radio airplay. The single was released in October, the backing band Just A So-So" and "Mental Case", and their follow up, "U.F.O." and being half of Basczax and half of No Way, plus local whizz kid Pete "Bobby Joe", failed to excite any major record companies and Farrell. Lightning lost interest. Later on, Greg Shaw of Bomp Records in America heard the original AS FOR bands who haven't made records yet, there are quite a few version of "Let's Go" and immediately contacted the band to get worth mentioning. THE PROPS play a mixture of heavy and straight permission to put the song on a compilation album. The band agreed rock and are planning to release a single in January with a fairly poppy and in April '79 it was released in America. H did not make the Hot song penned by Basczax member Alan Savage. 200! DEJA VU have built up a massive following, not only locally but also Throughout '77 and '78 local bands formed and re-formed, but it in Crawley and Brighton, where they play regularly. The band have »«"»*«7s;:^^™™ wasn't until November '78 that another record was released. NICKY combined a hard with Genesis type melodies to stunning effect. °''^' -iohn BEAT & THE BEATNIKS (featuring Dimmer Blackwell, who played on and R^ They have recently been in the studio with Chris Rea's manager Bop's first "Let's Go") released a self financed three track single, '""^" ^''^"'"""' ^"'"^ ^'''"^^' Greg (Chris, incidentally, comes from ) and I tip them to be "Starstruck" and "Split Second Love". Archer and Andrew "Voices", Se'tteK""""'' enormous. The single failed to capture the band's exciting live performances, >' THE BARBARIANS have been slogging away for two years now, and and they never capitalised on its release. The band are stilt Records their from the name, are very much influenced by The and are pencilled in a for a compilation album due to be put out by the performing under the name THE CASSETTES and, as you might guess aggressive pop. Rock Against Racism people some time in the new year. Their '78 In December an EP hit the market from CARL GREEN & THE guitarist, Dave Barbarian, was part of Teesside's first package tour, SCENE, four tracks of witty pop only slightly reminiscent of lOcc. along with Carl Green & The Scene and The Cassettes. Do", "Fantasy Girls Ain't Tracks are "Click Click Camera", "Rodeo Do THE DROP are still a young band, but are performing their Joy Real" and "Sophistication". The band are still gigging though Division style dark music with confidence. Their former bass player of their recorded songs. strangely enough they don't perform any has now formed a band called TIC TIC, — the first band on Teesside to use a drum machine. DISGUISE seemed to have a bright future ahead of them when they THE SINES are a new very Mod three piece whose red hot signed for Chiswick Records in late '77, but the label's lack of interest Daltrey/Townshend-inspired performances have been impressing after they had taken on the band left them disillusioned. They had to people wherever they play. it was, wait over a year for their single to be released, and even when SHOOT THE LIGHTS OUT are a strange two piece from Hartlepool public, which "Hey Baby" didn't have any effect on the record buying who perform lengthy tuneless songs to mainly hostile audiences. is a shame. Disguise recently split up. (Their drummer is now with the PORK THE PIES are a five piece from Stockton, interesting mainly Cassettes.) because their guitarist plays with the aid of a violin bow. In of this year they NO WAY are a very popular local band. March The BOMBAY DRUG SQUAD are an excellent three piece who "T.V. and "30 released a three track single, "Breaking Point", Pox" remind me of a non-political Gang Of Four. Unfortunately their all copies snapped up. Seconds" and within a few weeks 1,000 were drummer has gone to India but they plan to carry on. DISCHARGE are The band play straight punk, fast and exciting, in a style that despite everything still remains popular. John Peel certainly likes the band — he's played the record on his programme at least six times. The band recently lost their guitarist, but are still determined to carry on. THE VULTURES, relatively unknown on the local scene, also ZFAUVt decided to release a record, and their single is nothing less than amazing. "Time, Let's Go" is a haunting, discordant instrumental that has been misunderstood by many people. It has only sold around 300 of its 1,000 copies, a fact that leaves me speechless. Sadly, the band have recently split up and it's not hard to understand why. When local band BASCZAX were looking for to improve their line up they had to look no further than who, after Diacharga. two years, were still trying to establish themselves. John Hodgson and Alan Cornforth both left Bop for Basczax and in June '79 went into release in Spring of next year, helping Teesside to get the SOs off to a Cargo Studios, Rochdale with Fast Product supremo Bob Last and good start. recorded "Karleearn Photography" and "Celluloid Love". The tracks Meanwhile a package of 7 singles — featuring Blitzkrieg Bop, were released in October on "Earcom 2", a 12" single/album which Basczax, The Vultures, Nicky Beat & The Beatniks, Carl Green & The also featured Joy Division and Thursdays. Scene and The Amazing Space Frogs — is available for the The band's generous use of saxophone and synthesizer has resulted ridiculously cheap price of £5.75, postage and packing included. in comparisons with early Roxy Music, which the band take as a If you want to get this package, separate singles, or if you just want compliment. They have also released a 7" single, "Madison Fallout" to know anything about the Teesside scene, write to TEESSIDE Deja and "Auto Mekanik Destruktor" on the local Pipeline Products, run by SMELLS, 70 ROSEBERRY VIEW, THORNABY ON TEES, TEESSIDE. ex-Bop manager, Larry Ottaway. field. SMASH HITS 27 26 SMASH HITS S/l"' your ^ OK, gang — here's that all important third token towards your free offer of our exclusive Smash Hits calendar. The calendar, just to remind you, is a poster measuring 20ins x SOins featuring Gary Numan, The Police, and The Boomtown Rats among others in glorious full colour, plus the birthdates of some of your favourite stars. 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LISTEN HERE, Miss L. Riley of ENCLOSE 3 TOKENS PLUS STAMPS TO VALUE OF 14p. THE POLICE: Aldridge. I do nof look like Ray Send £2,00 plus SAE to: Police Wilkins of Manchester United! I Fan Club, 41 B Blenheim am truely insulted. I don't look Crescent, London W11 2EF. like any of that Man. United I WOULD like to complain about thing about. The Boomtown Rats what was he wearing? If he did and make this national peace rubbish and never will. THE SKIDS: David Hepworth who does the before Christmas as Mr Robert and he was sitting where I week. Now, if I looked like Graham Send £3.00 plus SAE to: Skids singles reviews. I quote what he Geldof and Mr Johnny Fingers thought he was I shall be VERY Britt Ekiand, alias peaceful mod Rix or David O'Leary or any other said about The Dickies. "Now seem such nice men? Thank you. (female), Rainhill, Merseysid6. Fan Club, PC Box 63, London ANNOYED! Arsenal player I wouldn't mind. look, there's nobody out there Diddy Didham, Dagenham, Police Fan, The World. W2 3BZ. A But Ray Wilkins, well, I'm afraid I who takes these clowns Essex. P.S. Vice versa goes for anybody SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES: can't forgive that. seriously, is there?" Why? Was he blocking your else who reads this. OFFER Hits in CALENDAR Send £3.00 to: Siouxsie File Sting, Reading Smash Well, I do. I think they are the — too latel — Red Starr. view? Aw Dartford. Offer, 1 Carthusian Street, Baxters paper shop, best group I have ever heard of. I IN ISSUE number 25 Steven London EC1 6EB, hope I am getting their latest CAN YOU print the complicated I WAS outraged recently at a local Weeks of Kinson wrote in to ask if MARY HAD a little: JJOKEN , album for Christmas from my and tongue twisting lyrics to disco when a friend and I were the members of The Police were lamb, Fulham season ticket, mum and dad. "One Step Beyond" by Madness? thoroughly enjoying "You Really related. You said that they meaning of this farfrom pleasing album, rare poster of Red Starr, POST TO: Rupert Burden, C. Brouard, Guernsey. Got Me" by . This weren't, but I thought that Andy to my ear review? deck chair, 4 Friesian cows. Blue Calendar Offer, P.O. Box 162, Hendon, London NW4. Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. idiotic mod-type creation came Summers and Sting (Gordon Smash Hits Peter badge, portable television, Personally I think a lot of hard We'll print 'em if you'll up to us and said "You can't Sumner) were related in some Let's get this straight. We've work was put into this piece of Latin text book, electric flute, a . Name sing 'em . . enjoy this type of music, you ain't way, because of their surname always had a good word for The vinyl and a great end result has partridge in a pear tree, verbally sent his idiot . . . Am I wrong as usual?! I Dicldes round here. mods!" We bullworker. Dandy annual, been produced. I don't want to POLICE, POLICE, Police, could packing he and his Devoted Police Follower. Address . whereupon tree, Unfortunately, this is a family start to nagging again but it does Japanese Bonzai imitation you tell me if Sting went to mates branded my friend and I publication . . . deserve a much better review. snail shell coat, carpet, 17 acres Knebworth on August 4th to see "rockers". Sensing trouble, we Basically, yes I This mag has not just put Chris of derelict Liverpool, and finally DEAR RED STARR, please please Led Zeppelin. If so where did he left before a serious injury befell off his curry, but Glenn, Jools, . . . Joe Strummer's left football please could you say one nice sit (back or front, right or left) and anybody. THE QUESTION was "what was it John and Gilson are right off my sock . . . gasp! 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HERE IS this week's brand new DEAD KENNEDYS five follows: Birmingham. donated the whole mag to it. top as that I A music loving Gary Numan, I WOULD just like to say 1 Denis — Maggie Thatcher CA3ARST VOLIAiaS people writing CALLING ALL Mods. Thin Lizzy and Police fan. strongly object to 2 Sex Offender — Britt Ekiand to an intellectual magazine such — Starr Ready? Thank you, now I'll 3 Sound Asleep Red as yours pretending to be the 4 Hanging On The Telephone — 3WS1L KAPS begin. 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Look up I hear the scream Of sirens on the wall

I see a policeman crying In the back seat of a dying Ford Hotel waiters leave the bedrooms Of stars who are far too old And no one ever told me

That I could be so cold

Chorus Bombers fight at zero Feet Bombers fight at zero

I see an old man Knocked to the ground And beaten by the vicar's wife No one stops to help they're far To busy trying to save their own lives A tiny girl screams for mother And wanders out into the street I saw her go down underneath A thousand peoples running feet

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All the junkies pulling needles From their arms And hope it lasts the night All the soldiers curse the day they Joined the army and prepare to fight In silent bars, in silent rooms In silent cars you hide where you can And me, I know just where you are You see, I'm a bomber man

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Words and music by Gary Numan. Reproduced by permission Beggars Banquet/Andrew Heath Music.

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