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Strawberry Switchblade - Hyde Park, London, summer 1983

(📸©️ Peter McArthur, used with permission)
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday performed on Japanese TV, 1985.

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Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (Japanese TV 1985)
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December 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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41 years ago this week, December 1984, if you were rushing out to buy the latest Smash Hits you'd have found Strawberry Switchblade on their first ever national magazine cover.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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6th, December 1975 David Bowie on the front cover of Sounds. Image from GlamSlam.
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Siouxsie and the Banshees, Boston, MA, 1980

Photo © Michael Grecco, from "Days of Punk," a photographic chronicle of the punk rock scene in the United States.

#punk #punks #punkrock #siouxsieandthebanshees #gothpunkrock #history #punkrockhistory
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Sounds Front Cover 3rd, December 1977 featuring Siouxsie Sioux of the Banshees. Pic by Ray Stevenson.
December 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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3rd, December 1977 an article on New Musick by Vivien Goldman featuring Siouxsie & The Banshees. Pix by Ray Stevenson. "We'll do it on our own terms."
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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45 years ago today
Siouxsie and the Banshees supported by D.O.A at California Hall, San Francisco, November 26, 1980.

Photos by Chester Simpson

#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #siouxsiesioux #doa #siouxsieandthebanshees #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Killing Joke's 'Malicious Damage' album and tour advert in Sounds 22nd, November 1980.
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Siouxsie & the Banshees album 'The Scream' advert in Sounds 18th, November 1978.
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The Damned's first single 'New Rose' advert in Sounds 13th November 1976.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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On this day in 1974, Roxy Music performed 3 tracks live on German TV show Musikladen, including "Out of the Blue" seen here.
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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"A Kiss In The Dreamhouse", the fifth studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on this day in 1982.
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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New World Record For Album Art

The Original Bowie Aladdin Sane Artwork Print Achieves £380,000 at Bonhams Duffy Auction today

Known as the ‘Mona Lisa of Pop’ it is one of the most recognisable images of all time, David Bowie’s cover image for his iconic album Aladdin Sane, shot by Duffy.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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46 years ago today
Machine Gun Etiquette, the third studio album by English punk rock band the Damned, released on this day in 1979 featuring the singles "Love Song" and "Smash It Up"

#punk #punks #punkrock #thedamned #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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47 years ago today
Recorded on this day in 1978, The Feeding of the 5000, the first album by the anarcho-punk band Crass

A revolutionary album that was able to shine with anarchist political ideas and visions for the time

#punk #punks #punkrock #anarchopunk #crass #history #punkrockhistory #otd
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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[October 24th, 1985] Siouxsie, singer of The Banshees, dislocated her knee during a performance at Hammersmith Odeon and had to be helped off stage. She was hospitalized and her leg was placed in a cast.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Strawberry Switchblade's Since Yesterday was released this week in 1984, accompanied by this brilliant video directed by Tim Pope which perfectly complements the song and the band.

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Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday [High Quality]
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October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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“Being in the charts was never the plan. We were electro punks…”

Remembering Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball, who has sadly passed away aged 66. MOJO revisits our 2021 interview with Ball in which he recalls his and Marc Almond’s unexpected journey from electronic transgressives to pop stars.
Soft Cell’s Dave Ball: “We were electro punks…”
Remembering Soft Cell's Dave Ball, who has died aged 66. In 2021, Ball spoke to MOJO about his partnership with Marc Almond and their rise to pop stardom.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A sad day, RIP Dave Ball
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Happy birthday to Rose McDowall. Here are Strawberry Switchblade with Since Yesterday on #TOTP. They obviously feature prominently in the documentary film Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands, which you can watch on BBC iPlayer at
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October 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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49 years ago today
"New Rose", is the first single by British punk rock group the Damned and the first single by a British punk group, released on this day in 1976 on Stiff Records

#punk #punks #punkrock #newrose #thedamned #history #punkrockhistory #otd
October 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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66 years old today: Rose McDowall #StrawberrySwithblade
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October 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM