Showaddywaddy

byJo Kendall
October 13, 2022

A muggy night at London’s Kilburn National Ballroom in September 1987, and German industrial-meisters Einstürzende Neubauten are headlining. The support act? 1970s glam rock entertainers Showaddywaddy. As one press report aptly put it, “Say WADD?”

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Jo Kendall

Test Dept Miners’ Benefit Concert

byMat Smith

It’s September 1984 and UK industrial pioneers Test Dept are flexing their political muscles as they throw their musical weight behind the increasingly bitter miners’ strike, beginning with a now legendary benefit concert in south London

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Delia Derbyshire

byJo Hutton

Recollections of a very special day early in the new millennium when Delia Derbyshire came to tea

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Noël ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’

byJeremy Allen

Written and produced by Ron and Russell Mael, but kiboshed by Richard Branson and the war on disco, Noël tells the story of her incredible lost classic, ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’

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PAN SONIC

byRobin Rimbaud

It’s 1994, in a Brixton backstreet club, a bunch of Finnish musicians are making their London debut with a live set that will lay the foundations for PAN SONIC, one of electronica’s most revered acts

TTime Machine

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Tangerine Dream ‘Oedipus Tyrannus’

byDavid Elliott

Tangerine Dream had a big year in 1974 with the release of ‘Phaedra’ and their first UK tour. But let’s not forget their score for the Greek tragedy ‘Oedipus Tyrannus’ in Chichester

TTime Machine

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Telex Take On Eurovision Song Contest

byJools Stone

We backpedal to 19 April 1980 when leftfield Belgian electronic outfit TELEX took the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest in a bid to bag the legendary musical prize… or failing that, come last with null points

Showaddywaddy

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Jo Kendall

Test Dept Miners’ Benefit Concert

Delia Derbyshire

Noël ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’

PAN SONIC

Tangerine Dream ‘Oedipus Tyrannus’

Telex Take On Eurovision Song Contest

Polypores

Alan Rankine ‘Party Fears Two’

The Haçienda

David Holmes: Back In The Saddle

Young Fathers: Them Heavy People

M83: Wishful Thinking

Universal Harmonies & Frequencies: Making Waves

Laibach: Ruffling Feathers

Showaddywaddy

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