Boy saw the girl and the girl saw the boy… Following 1984’s Junk Culture album and tour, Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys embarked on an industrious songwriting period even before the year was out. Relocating to Amazon Studios in Liverpool, … Read More

Heaven is cold… 2025 sees the 40th anniversary of Crush, OMD’s sixth studio album and one that’s largely seen as the band’s ‘American Album’ which finally managed to give them the Stateside success that OMD had been trying to achieve … Read More

The classic Julian Cope zine of the late 1990s packed with features, live reports, news, photos and stories.
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The classic Julian Cope zine of the late 1990s packed with features, live reports, news, photos and stories.
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Ghost Star Rising… I think it’s fair to say there was a lot riding on the shoulders of Messrs. McCluskey, Humphreys, Cooper and Kershaw prior to these gigs; not only were they taking place at the revered Royal Albert Hall, … Read More

Look at what we’ve done… It’s not unusual for fans of a particular band to be asked why they continue to go and see said band night after night on tour, despite the fact the band play the same songs … Read More

To the shores of Sealand… With an extensive musical career that stretches back over several decades, it’s understandable that many people will have their own particular favourite OMD album. Some plump for the band’s imperial phase (encompassing the first four … Read More

Vinyl delights… There’s not a great deal to say about the tracks on Architecture & Morality that hasn’t already been said. Most people reading this will already know that it was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s third album, that it … Read More