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30 Years Ago: John Peel airs the BIG BLACK session

30 Years Ago: John Peel airs the BIG BLACK session

BIG BLACK recorded this four-song session in Chicago for John Peel. No date given for the recording, but it was aired on this day in 1987. Three of the four songs appear on studio releases, but "Newman Generator" was only ever recorded (or at least, recorded and released)...
35 Years Ago: THE CURE release Pornography

35 Years Ago: THE CURE release Pornography

...The outing ties in with the release of a new Cure album on the Fiction label, through Polydor. It has the working title of 'Pornography', but as the Polydor spokesperson observed this week: "Whether or not it will actually go out under that title remains to be seen."-...
30 Years Ago: CONFLICT organise The Gathering of the 5000

30 Years Ago: CONFLICT organise The Gathering of the 5000

Reputations Proudly in JeopardyProudly Present THE GATHERING OF THE 5,000A Multi Purpose Benefit CONFLICTandSteve Ignorant from CrassIn the Final Tribute to the bandwithAccompanying bands and guestsandThe Crass videos and Conflict film The notorious Gathering of the 5000 gig took place on this day in 1987. Organised by CONFLICT,...
34 Years Ago: CONFLICT release It's Time to See Who's Who

34 Years Ago: CONFLICT release It's Time to See Who's Who

Eltham's CONFLICT released their debut album during this month in 1983. It's Time... was originally released on Corpus Christi Records, the label formed by members of CRASS and Southern's John Loder as an outlet for bands that did not necessarily fit on the Crass Records label. Within a year or two...