This punk-as-hunk shot of Jimmy Pursey - only aimed at the 18 percent of the Sounds readership that was female, honest! - reminded me that one of the papers (for once NME I think) ran with a Playgirl style nude pin-up of Jean-Jacques Burnel.
Yes it was the New Musical Express
Even as late as 1986, J-J B was still whipping his kit off in hopes of shifting a few records.
Is he taking the piss out of Morrissey here?
He's also not buff by modern standards, which is odd given his whole Mishima-fan cult-of-the-body, martial-arts practitioner.... perhaps in that world, being lean is what counts, not the six pack and muscle mass
These nuddies remind me of Top Of the Pops appearances - Ian McCulloch baring his nipples in hopes of getting "The Cutter" to jump up the chart (it worked), Morrissey likewise pulling open his shirt to reveal 'Marry Me' daubed on his chest with lipstick (that's "William, It Was Really Nothing", I think)
