– Altered Images – In Concert – Oct. 17, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Altered Images to kick off the new week. Short-lived by most band’s standards, they attracted a lot of attention from the get-go. A boost from John Peel was a big plus. A budding acting career
– Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Live At Town & Country – 1991 – BBC6 Music – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 70s,80s and 90s favorite Robyn Hitchcock this morning – in concert with former Soft Boys members The Egyptians, live at Town & Country and recorded for posterity
Not so much a cause for alarm, an ominous glimpse of things to come or a cautionary tale, but rather a historic example of how things go wrong and protests escalate as the result. This May 6th in 1981 had much to do with the death of IRA Hunger Striker
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Become a Patron! – Magazine – About the Weather – from Magic, Murder and The Weather – 1981 Magazine arrived on the scene without so much as a genre attached to their music. Howard Devoto, having left Buzzcocks, formed Magazine and within very little time, achieved major success, with their
Become a subscriber: Become a Patron! – CBS Radio – The World This Week – ending March 22, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1981 – Ending a week of turmoil and uncertainty. The situation in El Salvador, the drumbeat of war and the fear of another
Show a little love: Become a Patron! – 1981-01-01 BBC In Concert (Generation X) – BBC Radio 1 – Heading over to the Paris Theater in London for a half-hour set by Generation X, featuring the inimitable Billy Idol. In March 1980, Gen X went into Eel Pie Studios in
CBS Radio Hourly News + Spectrum – December 19, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The saga of Poland continued, this December 19th in 1981. Despite a crackdown and Martial Law imposed, protests and strikes were still going on. News filtering in claimed Solidarity leader Lech Walesa wasn’t under arrest,
Squeeze – In Concert at Oxford Polytechnic – Recorded by BBC Radio 1 for In Concert series – 1981 – BBC Radio 1 Squeeze to kick off this rather hair-raising week. In concert from Oxford Polytechnic and recorded by BBC Radio 1 on May 15, 1981. Squeeze came to prominence
