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Showing posts with label 1979. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1979. Show all posts

Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

It's 1979 and The Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady LP is released to glowing reviews, a compilation of singles and B-sides on one fantastic release.

The Riptides - 77 Sunset Strip


This one was on the TV last night.
The Riptides with the classic 77 Sunset Strip.
I didn't even know they made a clip for it, but here it is.

Surviving Pistols Confess All


Paul Cook and Steve Jones have a few things to say to Nick Kent on the demise of The Pistols.


1979.

Lydon versus Glitterbest

This article on the case of Lydon versus Glitterbest states the case was drawing to a close. It was eventually settled out of court in 1986 with the surviving Pistols winning control of the lot.

1979.

Sex Pistols vs McLaren


Legal proceedings against Malcolm McLaren get underway.
So where did all the money go then ?

RAM 1979.

Sid Vicious Dead

February the 2nd 1979, Sid Vicious is found dead in the Chelsea Hotel from an overdose of heroin.

Thanks to Bob from That Striped Sunlight Sound for this article.


The front page of The Brisbane Telegraph 1979.

The Relatives


Simon Kain from the Relatives (who came out of Melbourne in 1979) emailed me these when he contributed a record cover to prehistoricsounds.com.
It includes a couple of fliers for two shows they did in 1979 and a shot of the band.
I picked up a copy of their Uncle Theo ep many years ago and it had constant rotation on my turntable back in the day.

Jimmy And The Boys Tour



A bit of promotional material for a Jimmy and the Boys tour for their first album - I'm Not Like Everybody Else.

RAM Magazine 1979.