THE WORST NME COVER OF ALL TIME

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congrats. and:

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

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.

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:54 (eleven years ago)

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)

But -yes, completely depressing set of covers.

Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 1 October 2015 07:42 (ten years ago)

effortlessly tapping in to twatosphere culture wars zeitgeist tbf

called a 'Star' by the Compliance Unit (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 1 October 2015 08:55 (ten years ago)

twatosphere

to avoid getting trenchanted, should point out that this wasn't intended as a pun on 'twittersphere', which has only just occurred to me.

called a 'Star' by the Compliance Unit (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 1 October 2015 08:57 (ten years ago)

don't trenchant me bro

called a 'Star' by the Compliance Unit (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 1 October 2015 08:58 (ten years ago)

lots of cats are going to asking each other this week who the stubbly dude on their litter tray liner is

Ray Chard (NickB), Thursday, 1 October 2015 09:00 (ten years ago)

this is the nme equivalent of clickbait.

3 issues into the new era and only one has been a musician.

i picked up the ex-vampire issue.

summary : its a 20 minute (max!) bus ride skim read.

mark e, Thursday, 1 October 2015 09:16 (ten years ago)

summary: it's litter

called a 'Star' by the Compliance Unit (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 1 October 2015 10:21 (ten years ago)

We're done here. Lock the thread. Go about your business.

Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 1 October 2015 10:24 (ten years ago)

Well, quite.

Mark G, Thursday, 1 October 2015 10:42 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/lP90f7l.jpg

Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:19 (ten years ago)


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