In sad news today, we learned that Colin Verncombe (AKA Black) has unfortunately died, two weeks after he was involved in a car crash. The 53 year old singer of…
Issue 21 of Classic Pop on sale now!
Issue 21 of Classic Pop is on sale now! As we went to press we heard the extremely sad news that David Bowie had tragically died after an 18-month battle…
RIP David Bowie: 08 January 1947 – 10 January 2016.
From Space Oddity to Hallo Spaceboy, Bowie’s in the stars… RIP David Bowie. 08 January 1947 – 10 January 2016. “This is the saddest of days.” — Martin Fry “Talented…
Lost & Found: Your Kiss Is A Weapon – Engine Room
If you’d blinked then you would have missed this fantastic all-guns-blazing non-hit from 1985. It was the work of Richard Strange, who has since had more success as an actor…
Lost & Found: Espiritu – Conquistador
File this one under “Why On Earth Weren’t They Massive?”. Espiritu– in their best, early period –were a duo of singer Vanessa Quinones and instrumentalist Chris Taplin. When Quinones moved…
Issue 20 Classic Pop on sale now!
The results are in! Issue 20 features the Classic Pop ‘Top 100 Albums of the Eighties’ – as decided by our readers. Who made the grade? Plenty of the stone…
One Hit Wonders: Election Day – Arcadia
It’s amazing to think that Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes, stalwarts – architects, even – of classic pop could ever have been responsible for a one-hit wonder. But here…
Lost & Found: Ring a Ding Ding – Perils Of Plastic
A definitive slice of mid-Eighties sophisti-pop, this and all of Perils Of Plastic’s singles remain absent from iTunes and even compilation CDs. A short-lived duo of some pedigree, they were,…
One Hit Wonders: …And Stones – The Blue Aeroplanes
In June 1990, Bristol’s finest art-rock collective released …And Stones. Since their inception in 1981, the band had celebrated the eclecticism of pop music and had included pretty much every…
David Bowie announces new album ‘Blackstar’
David Bowie has just announced the name and release date of his new album Blackstar Blackstar is set to be released on the 8th January 2016 and the first single…