Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‘Electricity’

byImogen Bebb
February 13, 2025

Andy McCluskey tells the fortuitous story behind Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s 1979 debut single ‘Electricity’, which Factory boss Tony Wilson so nearly chucked in the bin

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The RAH Band ‘The Crunch’

byBob Fischer

Richard Anthony Hewson – aka The RAH Band – remembers his 1977 Top 10 single ‘The Crunch’

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The The ‘This Is The Day’

byRobert Harris

The The frontman Matt Johnson tells the tale of how the unforgettable ‘This Is The Day’ came to be

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Looking back through the mists of time to 1980, Andy Mccluskey talks us through the making of OMD’s smash hit single. Synths out of a catalogue, a scandal with ‘Swap Shop’, Airfix models – it’s a tale that’s got it all

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Steve Hovington ‘Remembrance Day’

byPush

B-Movie frontman Steve Hovington recounts the whirlwind tale of ‘Remembrance Day’, which took them from their local pub to topping the Some Bizarre festival in London in the space of just two months

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