THE WORST NME COVER OF ALL TIME

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Praise the lord - that runt Power has disbanded Cast ! what a useless band.

NME.com they can't do a decent job with 20 people, now reduced to 5 they will just rehash PR news releases of big name artists for masinstream audiences - they don't have any authority/mandate or passion for supporting or discovering new music. NME.com Utter crap.

NME - I expect a switch to a fortnightly publication within the next 6 months, when is their 50th? anniversary ! I think they will try a relaunched fortnightly title as Uncut is a monthly already.

Hurrah - I remember them! that Sweet Sanity track - their image though black leathers was a bit sub Psychedelic Furs to say the least!

― DJ Martian, Friday, 24 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Actually, I think the 20 redundancies are at NME.COM rather than NME the magazine. I don't really understand why. I thought NME.COM was winning awards and was generally being looked upon as an IPC success story.

Suppose I'll have to send our next album to horseandhound.co.uk after all.

― Dickon Edwards, Friday, 24 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

NME.COM might have won awards, but it lost money hand over fist because IPC never figured out a way to make it profitable. I heard it had lost over a million, but who knows? Hence the redundancies (if they have happened)

― Jerry, Friday, 24 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one year passes...

new candidate the useless southern bar boogie retro long haired rockers: Kings of Leon. They look stoopid [they deserve to be held down and have their hair sheared], they make the most dullard retro rock.

NME: this week
http://microsites.nme.com/thisweek/
Kings of Leon

I agree with Norman Records
http://www.normanrecords.com/reviews.php

Kings of Leon. 'Youth & Young Manhood' LP/CD (Hand me down/BMG)
NME review: - "the best debut album of the last 10 years' 9/10.
Our review:- " the worst debut album of the last 50 years" 0/10

Go to any bar, anywhere and hear this kind of stale rubbish. If anyone's seen the film Ghost World then the word 'Blueshammer' sums this album up rather accurately. Incredibly, incredibly bad beyond belief. Not one glimmer of any kind of idea, melody or anything....just.....nothing......blues rock of the dullest sort, out of tune singing(!) completely hopeless. What is the world coming to? (Fuckin' bad pub rock. Unbelievable!! x Brian)

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 13:53 (twenty years ago) link

Actually, I thought the cover of that record is very interesting, since it appears to represent the Four Ages of Roy "Wizzard" Wood!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 14:38 (twenty years ago) link

NB An image search for "Kings of Leon" brought up this!!!! Do you think they'll look this when they get to my age?!?!?!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link

I've never heard them, but the name is terrible. It makes Dumpy's Rusty Nuts sound cool.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 15:11 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

a new candidate:

http://microsites.nme.com/thisweek/

[the return of] The Strokes

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 14:29 (twenty years ago) link

Hee Hee, Casablancas looks silly

― person#0 (person#0), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link

And this was a change how?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 14:46 (twenty years ago) link

Hmmm, I just can't profess a *complete* hatred of the Strokes, as much as I want to. It's a kickback to my indie-disco days.

― person#0 (person#0), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link

Eh, this is nothing about Strokes hatred, this is just about him looking silly. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 14:57 (twenty years ago) link

Yeah, but to admit he's always looked silly would to be to hate on him unethically (!)

― person#0 (person#0), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 15:00 (twenty years ago) link

No, it was the one for Glastonbury one year with Carter USM on the cover. They looked like indie hoboes and were even more vomtastic than usual.

― Larcole (Nicole), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 15:04 (twenty years ago) link

Can someone dig out the mid-70s cover where they report on the Japanese rock scene with the headline "CAN YELLOW MEN SING THE WHITES?" and an entertaining 'slitty eyes' cover pic? I'm going home now.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 15:48 (twenty years ago) link

six months pass...

a new candidate:
http://microsites.nme.com/thisweek/

Jet

useless retro rock band from OZ - digusting hippies !

Why is the NME so backwards ?

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:31 (twenty years ago) link

"The Lairiest band in the world"? huh? like thats something to celebrate again?

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:43 (twenty years ago) link

or ever was!?!

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:44 (twenty years ago) link

my god, they are ugly.

― hmmm, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:28 (twenty years ago) link

i wish Campag Velocet would be on magazine covers again...

i vote for the Tony Blair one, something about his face just annoys but it's the statement intended really, and he's holding a guitar iirc

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:31 (twenty years ago) link

If any of you have a spare few minutes on lunch have a read of Kerrang's interview with that cunt from The Vines. It's an absolute hoot

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:54 (twenty years ago) link

Ken Livingstone on the decks, with a pair of big headphones on and the words KEN YOU KICK IT? emblazoned across the front page surely wins this hands down?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 14:14 (twenty years ago) link

what's "lairy"?

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago) link

Lairy- drunkenly threatening.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:55 (twenty years ago) link

cheers

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:04 (twenty years ago) link

Menswear, anyone?

― JJ, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 17:42 (twenty years ago) link

I was way pissed off that I missed that Godspeed You Black Emperor cover (was in Australia for a couple fo weeks either side of it).

So, personally it would be that one.

But Red KeNME is my proper vote.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 17:44 (twenty years ago) link

And check out that Vines article. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 17:56 (twenty years ago) link

I think that Livingstone cover was when Ben Knowles was editor. He was appointed by Livingstone as one of London's cultural advisors. Conicidence?

― Canada Briggs (Canada Briggs), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 17:57 (twenty years ago) link

No.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 18:08 (twenty years ago) link

But yes to 'conincidence'.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

Can someone post a link to the nutty Vines article? My googling is not working.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 20:27 (twenty years ago) link

Their Nu Metal campaign around 2001 was quite pathetic.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 22:58 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

New worst NME front cover:
http://microsites.nme.com/thisweek/

useless garage rock band Razorlight naked with St George's cross Flag.

I thought The Ordinary Boys would be the biggest brit trad rock duffers of 2004, they now have competition in the complete useless c-unts stakes, step forward Razorlight.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link

I thought it said Emo2004 rocks, but remembered that silly "football" game you kill each other over.

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link

hard nosed music fan who has seen everything in last few years saw this lot last night in bristol fully expecting to rename them razorshite by the end of the evening. anyway ..she said they were ace and so still refers to them as razorlite.
still, seriously cr*p cover .. and what with the latest Q cover .. theres deffo sommat in the water ..

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:47 (nineteen years ago) link

The best one was Pat Nevin

― coco, Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link

as for NME.com - what a useless news service, Libertines daily updates zzzzzzzzzzzz

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link

The worst was 'Summer 2001 White Riot What are you fucking doing? etc -- ed.'

― Enrique (Enrique), Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

yep, it definitely needed a response from the Mekons

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Thursday, 10 June 2004 22:24 (nineteen years ago) link

"Summer 2001 Riot: racism is bad, mmm'kay?" was a particular lowpoint, but how about the post Almost Famous "NME journalists talk about themselves" cover?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 10 June 2004 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

the worst ever:

http://microsites.nme.com/thisweek/img/cover_030704_L.jpg

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link

i see they have appropriated a Smash Hits-ism from 20 years ago.

the amusing thing is that NME covers never had that sort of design EVEN WHEN THAT SORT OF DESIGN WAS FASHIONABLE THE FIRST TIME; their covers then were very plain-looking, serious affairs. and is that a reference to "the new Darkness"? whoever can they mean ...

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...

new worst ever cover

http://microsites.nme.com/thisweek/img/cover_140904_L.jpg

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

oh my god!! it really is turning into q. that's ridiculous.

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that today's? Good fuck. (PS. What score have they given Embrace?)

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link

yes, it's this week's NME:
http://microsites.nme.com/thisweek/

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link

That looks like something you'd buy from The Works.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link

That really is bad. Who the hell doing their graphic design, Bazooka Joe?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:21 (nineteen years ago) link

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that's my favourite bad brains era but yeah i never heard any of that in terris' output! maybe they'd have stuck around longer if it had

― not even my mate ross king sniffed out this hot gossip (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 17 March 2017 11:03 (seven years ago) link

I honestly can't explain it. It was a dry old time, musically, and I think I was willing stuff to be better than it was, if only to deliver us from Feeder et al

― Dysphagia Nutrition Solutions (stevie), Friday, 17 March 2017 11:20 (seven years ago) link

eight months pass...

https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/9kqpx3/nme-2002-oral-history-indie-strokes-libertines-scene

― PaulTMA, Monday, 27 November 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link

In 2002, we owned the scene completely. If you look at the sales of NME, there’s a long slow curve of downward sales from 1964. But there are two blips where they increased – ‘77 to ’78, when NME had finally jumped on the punk bandwagon, and ‘02 to ’05.

Kerrang! was outselling NME 2:1 during 02-05 iirc.

― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Monday, 27 November 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link

owned a scene

― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

Who was on the final cover? Was it as good as Melody Maker's?
https://www.rarerecords.com.au/store/magazines/melody-maker-20th-december-2000-fred-durst-on-cover/

― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link

According to wiki it's shame, as in the emotion not the name of a band. Kind of apt I suppose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NME_covers

― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:27 (six years ago) link

lmao

― (robot gives Mum a hot dirty slap) (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link

(@ wikipedia hyperlink)

― (robot gives Mum a hot dirty slap) (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXhdBSNUMAIxSH8.jpg

― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link

5 wite dorks tryin 2 look tough and edgy, a fitting end

― (robot gives Mum a hot dirty slap) (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link

Temporarily locking this one as the conversation is also going on here: Has The NME Got Good?

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link

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