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It's a piece of cake in this magazine, 'cause the other pages work so hard to come up with the goods — Vol 1 No 24 now my cousin, who's Page 3 of The Sun, he has a rotten time trying to dream up captions for pictures of nude ladies. (Get on with it — Ed.) OK OK, this time around Page 24 has asked me to tell you about his Quiz; Page 31 has Editorial address; Smash Hits, Lisa 52-55 asked me to remind you about his terrific badge offer — the complete set of House, Carnaby Street, London five W1V 1PF. This magazine is published Smash Hits badges absolutely FREE; and . well, you don't need to me by EMAP National Publications Ltd, tell you all this. Everybody knows by now that the best things come in Peterborough, and is printed by East fortnightly doses, and here's another generous helping. Light the blue touch Midland Litho Printers, Peterborough. paper and retire. See you again November 15... Copyright exists on all songs appearing in Smash Hits. 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THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE Sex Pistols 4 Managing Editor MEMORIES Public Image Ltd 4 Nick Logan NUCLEAR DEVICE The Stranglers 5 ETON RIFLES The Editor Jam 8 Ian Cranna SARAH Thin Lizzy 14 Features Editor ,<g'p£zH\ David Hepworth GIMME GIMME GIMME Abba 17 Design Steve Bush SHE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Suzi Quatro 17 Editorial Assistants Bev Hillier, Diane Church LET ME Gloria Gaynor / KNOW 18 Contributors > //.^d'-<: Cliff White I DON'T WANNA BE A FREAK Dynasty 19 AngieErrigo ON MY RADIO The Selecter 25 Robin Katz ' ConnyJude i '/:•; ' DOWN IN THE PARK Tubeway Army 27 Red Starr THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA Charlie Daniels 33 Advertisement Executive Rod Sopp TYPICAL GIRLS The Slits 35 Tel: 01 439 8801 SO MUCH TROUBLE Bob Marley & The Waiters 35 Editorial Manager Paul Flint THE SKIDS: Feature ' Z\\ 6/7 -if* tisll; STATUS QUO: Feature/Colour Photos 12/13 THE POLICE: Colour Centrespread 20/21 XTC: Feature 22/23 GARY NUMAN: Colour Photo 27 SPARKS: Colour Poster 36 BITZ 9/10/11 CROSSWORD 15 DISCO 18/19 QUIZ 24 PUZZLES 26 REVIEWS 28/29 LETTERS 30/31 GIGZ 34 SMASH HITS 3 iz?^'%=k ! 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Nuclear f. device, nuclear device, nuclear device States I'd secede from the If I could get lucky by P S Reproduced at an incredible rate I'd buy the country I The Fine Art of Compromising The Skids' Richard Jobson learns the hard way. Ryan Kelly sympathises. "THE thing I ONLY have learned have everyone know who I am from the of whole the new wave when I walk down the street. I is that I hate rock an' roll; and decided that I didn't want to end although I know that it looks as if up a household name. I love the idea, I don't want to be "Even the things that were a rock roll an' star either. What I going down I didn't like that do want to be is a successful much. Everywhere you saw writer." Richard says this, Richard says The person behind there that, followed by an 'in-depth' crushing words is, surprisingly, study of my character which Richard Jobson, singer and always ended up making me look lyricist with The Skids. What is like some ignorant yob. so surprising about his "I felt like an advert on the statement is that The Skids are back of a cornflakes packet — one of the few new wave bands collect four tokens and send off who are still on their way up, and for your free lifesize cardboard ." are still constantly changing, cut-out . rather than doing one simple formula to death. AS YOU can see, despite his What is also unusual, is that obvious pride in the new Skids these words come from a man album, Richard's dislike of the who seems to have all the music business in all its aspects qualifications to become a star. has only increased. He's just 19, he has talent, looks, "It's all so traditional," Richard and the ability to adapt while still explodes Richard. "The record Jobson keeping his individuality. companies and newspapers become parodies of "I suppose everybody outside haven't changed the system at the people have been right," he adds dryly. they say they despise. of the band did try to put me into all in the past twenty years! You "I think the real meaning of the Richard's the role of leader/spokesman for still just hope to get over to THOUGH outlook words 'music business' is seems distinctly pessimistic, a while," he says, sprawling America and then if you hit it off compromise," he continues. "Days In Europa" is thing across his hotel bed. you've really made it — which one 'There's just no place for art in which he is "I am the most talkative, but it means you become comfortable more than happy rock an' roll because everything with; and if he was talkative was getting to the stage where I tax exiles. is measured in terms of before, his urge to let words flow had to decide whether I really "Bands are forever saying that commercial gain, and art will wanted to end up like a Bob they can break the system and now is positively unstoppable! always come bottom of that list. "I've Geldof or a Jimmy Pursey and they never do — they just used the battle theme "Sometimes I even think that throughout," he enthuses, "I had the lyrics I write could be used it in the past but not very damaging to what The Skids are well so that it ended up very doing because the kids just mixed up. I was still scared to do aren't interested, and if you don't it directly — but everybody does get commercial success, you've know what is behind the general had it." feel." I suggest at the moment they The album in fact centres do seem to be getting their own around the theme of a soldier way — experimenting and and an athlete in those sensitive changing, yet without losing the years immediately before World commercial aspects of their War 2. The cover is actually an sound. adapted poster from the "Not necessarily," Richard Olympics of 1936, held in argues. Hitlerite Germany. "Take 'Charade' for instance — In the ensuing conversation up we (the band) didn't want that popped the question of Nazism, song to be put out as a single.