― masonic boom, Friday, 6 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Friday, 6 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Remember some amusing picture story about winsurfing the "Paul Young way" tho.... and those year end editions with the calendar spreads incl. spoofy rainy day craft projects.
Didn't they also have a near unhealthy obsession with the Beastie Boys for a few years there? Always seemed to be a photo of them overturning a car in Montreaux or some such. Could just be me.
― Kim, Saturday, 7 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― petshop girl, Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Wooh Yeah! (Repeat x32)
Tricky Disco!
Wooh Yeah! (Repeat x16)
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link
first UK interview with Madonna!
― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 10:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Before he worked at Smash Hits, he also edited 'The Unigate Bumper Book of Household Hints for Housewives'*.
* May not be actual title.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 10:11 (nineteen years ago) link
It's not Smash Hits' fault the stuff around now is not as vibrant/visible.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 10:15 (nineteen years ago) link
EMAP published a paperback anthology Best of Smash Hits in the late 80s. Includes classic NT interviews with Kajagoogoo, The Police and more. Also features the work of Dave Rimmer, Tom Hibbert, etc.
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Palomino (Palomino), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Feel free to flash back and judge for yourself.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 February 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow! Thanx a lot for the link, Ned! I could only find these sporadically in the States and those were well after the Tennant years.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 1 February 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Every copy of Smash Hits (apparently) -
http://likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.com/
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 10:25 (thirteen years ago) link
good lord
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link
WS early 80s Terry Hall
― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 10:45 (thirteen years ago) link
"calling billy idol and cliff Sir William of Idol and Sir Cliffard of Richard"Also Lord Freddie of Mercurydom
also Freddie Mercury = Lord Lucan
― communist kickball (m coleman), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
oh wow
I have a couple books that have lots of Smash Hits covers and articles in them but this is sort of incredible.
― ENBB, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Following on from that earlier blog link, the whole 1983 yearbook
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/sets/72157632080126607/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 March 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
omg I had that book
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 15 March 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
surprisingly little colour.
― piscesx, Friday, 15 March 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
here's a look back at the v early days of Smash Hits' US "cousin" (or stepchild) Star Hits. much more to come!
https://markwrite57.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/new-pop-prelude/
― busy bee starski (m coleman), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link