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The complete guide to The Bee Gees
Inarguably the Isle of Man’s most successful pop act of all time – shifting more than 220 million records worldwide – the Bee Gees first found fame in the 60s,…
(CLOSED) Win a copy of NOW – Yearbook 1980 in all three formats!
NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. ✨Kicking off with…
Top 20 80s sampling hits
Mining the past to make the music of the future, these singles used 80s sampling to fine effect From the prominence of the Fairlight CMI and the rise in turntablism…
The Associates: “We were firing on all cylinders at the speed of light”
Post-punk pioneers the Associates transformed themselves into bona fide pop stars on 1982’s Sulk. Alan Rankine, Mike Hedges, Michael Dempsey and Martyn Ware take us inside their skewed masterwork… It’s…
xPropaganda interview: “Music should be a playground”
Alongside Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome, Propaganda’s A Secret Wish defined the grandeur of ZTT. Their debut album stood alone as a beacon of extravagant synth-pop… until…
Issue 76 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop we have an exclusive interview with Karl Bartos who reveals all about his life in Kraftwerk. We also serve up an exclusive chat…
Sound of the Suburbs – Depeche Mode in the 80s
They came from commuterville, schlepping their synthesisers on the train to the big city’s bright lights. But soon Depeche Mode would be airborne and first-class, jet-setting a new pop sound…
13 of the best and most iconic band logos
In our list of the best band logos we look at some of the most snazzy, most original and most memorable mastheads out there… Logos are integral to the music…
Bananarama albums – the complete guide
The albums of Bananarama have spanned from post-punk to shiny pop… Deep Sea Skiving, 1983 As introductions go, few made an impression as indelible as Bananarama’s March 1983 debut album,…
Pop on the Tyne: Remembering Razzmatazz
Before The Tube, there was kids’ TV show Razzmatazz which brought small screen anarchy to the masses. Presenter Lyn Spencer and producer Malcolm Gerrie tell the tale of how this…