You can now win a specially signed copy of Moods, Memories And Other Manoeuvres – the personal memoir by Julia Kneale which covers her early childhood, teenage years, involvement with Andy McCluskey and The Id and beyond. Julia has kindly … Read More
Steve Hollas, formerly of The Id, (whom Messages interviewed previously) has written about the process of constructing a bass guitar. The article, which is posted on the www.weescribble.com site documents the building of the guitar which Steve had worked on … Read More
New items have been added to the Messages Shop section of the website – including limited copies of the Greek issued History Of Modern box set. Greek record label Undo’s beautiful release of OMD’s History Of Modern features the CD/DVD … Read More
In 1981 OMD released what has largely been regarded as their most definitive album release. Architecture & Morality brought OMD both public and critical appraisal augmented by the success of the singles ‘Souvenir’, ‘Joan Of Arc’ and ‘Maid Of Orleans’. … Read More
Arriving in the latter part of 1980, Organisation followed up the ‘garage synthpop’ of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark with an album of Gothic moods that included the classic ‘Enola Gay’. In 2003 the album was reissued featuring remastered tracks … Read More
Back in 2003, OMD’s eponymous debut album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks, sleeve notes, photos and restored artwork. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark featured many of the best OMD songs, including ‘Electricity’, ‘Bunker Soldiers’ and ‘Messages’. The sleeve … Read More
JULIA KNEALE’s new book Moods, Memories and other Manoeuvres, which provides a window on the vibrant Wirral and Liverpool music scene from the mid to late 1970s, is now available in Kindle format via Amazon. The book includes Julia’s involvement … Read More
During the course of the Official OMD Website’s online presence, there’s been a selection of interviews, articles and features that had served as news and information for OMD fans over the years. Much of this material was lost during the … Read More
Regular Messages visitors will recall the dedicated OMD Magazine that we originally began issuing back in 2002 in conjunction with the Official OMD Website. The good news for newer visitors is that we have back issues available for sale here … Read More
The next single release from the English Electric album will be ‘Night Café’, which is due for release on 16th September. Lyrically, the song appears to have been influenced by Andy McCluskey’s fondness for the works of artist Edward Hopper … Read More