THE WORST NME COVER OF ALL TIME

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NME definitely on its last legs, they only went and put my band in the Radar section. I'm still somehow incredibly happy about this, though.

― emil.y, Thursday, 25 September 2014 01:10 (eleven years ago)

omg well played

the NME is obv not a monolithic institution and presumably still employs or sources content from ppl with a genuine interest in good under-the-radar music from a variety of milieux. its primary agendas are usually reductive & boring but it's good to hear that the institution hasn't entirely sacrificed its grip on musical diversity

― pretentious over rated bloody old rubbish (imago), Thursday, 25 September 2014 01:12 (eleven years ago)

congrats! mb you'll be able to gauge the extent of its decline by how useful a commendation this proves to be

― ogmor, Thursday, 25 September 2014 01:16 (eleven years ago)

presumably still employs or sources content from ppl with a genuine interest in good under-the-radar music from a variety of milieux.

Yeah, I still buy it every so often and there are good writers and good bits on new and interesting bands* hidden away in there. The covers and main features almost entirely laughable, though.

*New and interesting guitar bands, for the most part, yes, but there are actually a lot of good, non boring-Bugg-premature-grandad-with-guitar types ones out there at the moment.

― emil.y, Thursday, 25 September 2014 01:59 (eleven years ago)

good enough reason to be happy

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 25 September 2014 02:02 (eleven years ago)

oh wow, good work **** of ****!!!!!

― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 25 September 2014 06:08 (eleven years ago)

fug o' smells

― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 25 September 2014 06:09 (eleven years ago)

s. log flumes

― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 25 September 2014 06:10 (eleven years ago)

what did they say about you anyway? i want juicy quotes

― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 25 September 2014 06:12 (eleven years ago)

This is awesome! I'll see if I can find a copy on campus.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 25 September 2014 07:55 (eleven years ago)

congrats. and:

is definitely true and probably has always been true for its entire existence.

― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:29 (eleven years ago)

ps what is yr band?!

― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:40 (eleven years ago)

Arctic Monkeys, innit.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:42 (eleven years ago)

Ba-dum-tsh.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:42 (eleven years ago)

I'll get my coat.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:43 (eleven years ago)

Sorry.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:43 (eleven years ago)

Oh god I've killed the thread.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:43 (eleven years ago)

stevie, at the risk of letting the moggy out of the sack:
http://riotsnotdiets.bandcamp.com/album/begin-to-dissolve

― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:54 (eleven years ago)

thanks nick!

― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:55 (eleven years ago)

Congrats, Emil.y!

(The NME can be a sewer, but I can still quote our 2 reviews word for word)

― Welcome to reality. No spitting, please. (Branwell with an N), Thursday, 25 September 2014 08:59 (eleven years ago)

loving the tracks.

― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Thursday, 25 September 2014 09:28 (eleven years ago)

Thanks, guys!

Arctic Monkeys, innit.

Well, I laughed, anyway.

― emil.y, Thursday, 25 September 2014 12:12 (eleven years ago)

yo that's rly good!! think i liked the b-side best but yeah godspeed

― pretentious over rated bloody old rubbish (imago), Thursday, 25 September 2014 12:25 (eleven years ago)

yeah i think i liked the b-side best too

― A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Thursday, 25 September 2014 13:31 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

can't wait to see how well this is received

― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 05:27 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

pretty sure this is it:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NME-MUSIC-MAG-ZZ-TOP-17-NOV-1984-/201051298970

― ledge, Monday, 2 February 2015 14:23 (eleven years ago)

worse than the one with a bald bloke's head painted like a globe, because the mag featured an extensive interview with midnight oil?

― #Research (stevie), Monday, 2 February 2015 14:34 (eleven years ago)

http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mzywkEkl-R-dEo5q_pbEEwA.jpg

― #Research (stevie), Monday, 2 February 2015 14:35 (eleven years ago)

Jack Barron's head, as we've probably covered upthread

― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Monday, 2 February 2015 14:59 (eleven years ago)

if you didn't like the ZZ Top cover don't sweat it, just wait until next week and all will be well again

http://www.rockofages.uk.com/stock/6818.jpg

― hot takes: audit in progress (DJ Mencap), Monday, 2 February 2015 15:02 (eleven years ago)

design-wise that's a million miles from awful

― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Monday, 2 February 2015 15:08 (eleven years ago)

oh agreed, I just posted it because it amuses me tbh

― hot takes: audit in progress (DJ Mencap), Monday, 2 February 2015 15:17 (eleven years ago)

Adrian Thrills, now music critic for the Daily Mail

― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 2 February 2015 15:19 (eleven years ago)

one month passes...

Noel takes on Courtney Love

new musical express

― poxy fülvous (abanana), Monday, 9 March 2015 17:42 (eleven years ago)

http://www.nme.com/images/gallery/NMECoverBeatles_CMA3_170315.jpg

― cgi bubka (NickB), Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:45 (eleven years ago)

most ilm cover they've had for a while though tbf

― cgi bubka (NickB), Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:46 (eleven years ago)

NME covers since the start of 2015:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/nme.jpg

― cgi bubka (NickB), Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:49 (eleven years ago)

Noel Gallagher's miserable face on 25% of them

― cgi bubka (NickB), Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:51 (eleven years ago)

I know you got Noel!

― a cocoanut rink (how's life), Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:51 (eleven years ago)

fucking hell, that beatles cover. that picture's nearly 50 years old ffs!

― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:00 (eleven years ago)

statistics indicate that there are three times as many noel gallaghers making music as there are women or black people

― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:47 (eleven years ago)

LOL @ "100 Greatest Beatles songs!" Really curious to hear what Dave Grohl and Jack White have to say about that, I only have their opinions on everything else in the universe.

one month passes...

http://i.imgur.com/aQ20DQm.png

― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 27 April 2015 21:39 (eleven years ago)

I don't know who that guy even is!

― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 27 April 2015 22:15 (eleven years ago)

Wass not Wazz

― Pat Condell tha funkee homosapien (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 April 2015 22:16 (eleven years ago)

Mick Talbot

― Master of Treacle, Monday, 27 April 2015 22:20 (eleven years ago)

dont you notice the "get tickets" but? nobody at nme.com has either it seems

― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 27 April 2015 22:25 (eleven years ago)

*bit

― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 27 April 2015 22:25 (eleven years ago)

five months pass...

We have a winner
http://nme.assets.ipccdn.co.uk/images/NMECoverChrisMoyles_CMA3_WhiteBorder_300915.article_x4.jpg

― Black Arkestra, Thursday, 1 October 2015 00:14 (ten years ago)

fucking hell, that beatles cover. that picture's nearly 50 years old ffs!

Apparently - two of them are supposed to be 'flying' (tripping), unbeknownst to the other two. I assume it's John and Paul ?

― Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 1 October 2015 07:33 (ten years ago)

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