Author formerly @JonSavage1966 and @JonSavage258 England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock republished with a new cover by Derek Jarman by Faber in November
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Top of the Pops (7th November 1974). Another gem from the Dick Emery U-matic tape. Roxy Music perform All I Want Is You.
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Singles reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 5th, November 1977 including Buzzcocks 'Orgasm Addict', Devo, Pere Ubu, John Otway and many more.
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Exactly 50 years ago I walked into a large brutalist hall at the Royal College of Art and saw this. I took along a cassette player to record it. It was the second time I’d seen the Clash in just over a week: I did not expect the violence from the audience - photos by Jonh Ingham
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An article on Magazine by Jon Savage in Sounds 5th, November 1977. Pics by Kevin Cummins.
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5th, November 1977 The sex Pistols album 'Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols' reviewed by Jon Savage. "As rock 'n' roll, can't be faulted."
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RIP Clem Cattini - a true great of British music. Here’s an interview I did with him for Mojo early 1995
RIP Juan Atkins - a true pioneer. Here’s a piece I wrote on Cybotron’s all time epic Techno City some time ago theguardian.com/music/musicb…
Exactly fifty years ago today, I walked into a hall and saw this - the Clash, supporting Roogalator, in Fulham Town Hall (photos by John Tiberi). It was a total turning point
Doing an event with the great Alexis Petridis at Rough Trade Denmark Street Saturday. Come on down dice.fm/event/pywxgl-jon-sav…
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#OnThisDay 1979
Joy Division performed the first of two nights at Manchester Apollo.
Both nights were filmed and were included on the upcoming video release "Here Are The Young Men."
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Buzzcocks, Magazine, John Cooper Clarke, The Worst, The Fall, The Prefects, The Negatives and Warsaw's gig at the Electric Circus, Manchester reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 15th, October 1977.
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Penetration's album 'Moving Targets' reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 14th, October 1978.
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Copies of 1976: Something Was About To Happen are in! Launch at Rough Trade Denmark Street October 31st. Order from Ace: acerecords.co.uk/jon-savages…
New edition of England’s Dreaming just in! A ‘new’ cover by Derek Jarman - originally created for first edition (1991) but never used (the Faber box design). Also features new intro by me - out early November
1976 comp up for preorder on @acerecords.bsky.social website. Contains discs pictured plus many more
Very pleased to be a guest on Word In Your Ear talking about my new 2xLp comp 1976: Something Was Going To Happen, the Ramones, buying records in 1970-71 and the upcoming repub of England’s Dreaming. Thanks to Dave Mark and Alex youtu.be/THm6xpeU3Ao
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1st, October 1977 an article on The Heartbreakers by Jon Savage and pics by Andre Csillag and Ray Stevenson. "....you can be an asshole and still be a rock'n'roll star. (Laughter)."
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The Heartbreakers' album 'L.A.M.F.' reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 1st, October 1977 .
