Old Wavers in the nuddy continued...
Shudder
Still, must admit find this one quite touching
Voted Guitarist of the Year in 1975, if I recall right, by the readers of Melody Maker
Out of much competition, this December 4 1976 cover and the first page of the spread inside might be the most Quintessency of Old Wave images out there (although I have some dillys lined up best believe)
Cusp moment - all the news and stories on the front cover are Old Wave in excelsis (believe that's a report on the Last Waltz?) but inside a bunch of news items and adverts point to the impending Noo
Hard to believe this none-more-Old-Wave would have such a large role in the Noo
An interesting appearance of “new wave” in that story about the Stranglers signing, all the way back in 1976.
ReplyDeleteIt often gets described as a marketing term invented in the late 70s to make the descendants of punk more palatable to the mass market. But there it is, right at the beginning. A class conscious of itself as it emerges.