Ray Dexter
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Dexter reviews old editions of Melody maker. No.4 October 1993. REM, Pearl jam
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Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 4: Melody Maker October 2nd 1993 Front cover: REM – Michael Stipe steps out of the shadows. Freebie: Five Alive Take Two cassette, featuring Blur, the Breeders, etc Biggest adverts: Buffalo Tom…
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May 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody maker. No.4 October 1993. REM, Pearl jam
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Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 4: Melody Maker October 2nd 1993 Front cover: REM – Michael Stipe steps out of the shadows. Freebie: Five Alive Take Two cassette, featuring Blur, the Breeders, etc Biggest adverts: Buffalo Tom’s album Big Red Letter Day, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey,…
No. 4: Melody Maker October 2nd 1993 Front cover: REM – Michael Stipe steps out of the shadows. Freebie: Five Alive Take Two cassette, featuring Blur, the Breeders, etc Biggest adverts: Buffalo Tom’s album Big Red Letter Day, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey,…
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 4: Melody Maker October 2nd 1993 Front cover: REM – Michael Stipe steps out of the shadows. Freebie: Five Alive Take Two cassette, featuring Blur, the Breeders, etc Biggest adverts: Buffalo Tom’s album Big Red Letter Day, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey, Wonder Stuff’s Construction For the Modern Idiot. News: Pearl Jam’s new Album was previewed song-by-song and there was a protracted explanation as to what the hell the album was called.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 4: Melody Maker October 2nd 1993 Front cover: REM – Michael Stipe steps out of the shadows. Freebie: Five Alive Take Two cassette, featuring Blur, the Breeders, etc Biggest adverts: Buffalo Tom’s album Big Red Letter Day, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey,…
No. 4: Melody Maker October 2nd 1993 Front cover: REM – Michael Stipe steps out of the shadows. Freebie: Five Alive Take Two cassette, featuring Blur, the Breeders, etc Biggest adverts: Buffalo Tom’s album Big Red Letter Day, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey,…
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers:No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993
No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993 Front cover: Tim Burgess & St Etienne “get hitched” Biggest adverts: Depeche Mode’s Songs of Faith and Devotion Live, Parga Rock – rock festival in Greece – never heard of it…
No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993 Front cover: Tim Burgess & St Etienne “get hitched” Biggest adverts: Depeche Mode’s Songs of Faith and Devotion Live, Parga Rock – rock festival in Greece – never heard of it…
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers:No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993
No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993 Front cover: Tim Burgess & St Etienne “get hitched” Biggest adverts: Depeche Mode’s Songs of Faith and Devotion Live, Parga Rock – rock festival in Greece – never heard of it News: Nirvana lined up two shows at the Brixton Academy for April 1994 and were keen to play ‘smaller than expected venues’.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers:No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993
No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993 Front cover: Tim Burgess & St Etienne “get hitched” Biggest adverts: Depeche Mode’s Songs of Faith and Devotion Live, Parga Rock – rock festival in Greece – never heard of it…
No. 3: Melody Maker December 11th 1993 Front cover: Tim Burgess & St Etienne “get hitched” Biggest adverts: Depeche Mode’s Songs of Faith and Devotion Live, Parga Rock – rock festival in Greece – never heard of it…
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 2: Melody Maker November 7th 1992 Front cover: Punk Messiahs! On the road with Sonic Youth Biggest adverts: The Farm, Therapy?, a Primal Scream and Orb gig in Sheffield, but dwarfing them all was a double page advert for Raleigh bicycles. News: With…
No. 2: Melody Maker November 7th 1992 Front cover: Punk Messiahs! On the road with Sonic Youth Biggest adverts: The Farm, Therapy?, a Primal Scream and Orb gig in Sheffield, but dwarfing them all was a double page advert for Raleigh bicycles. News: With…
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 2: Melody Maker November 7th 1992 Front cover: Punk Messiahs! On the road with Sonic Youth Biggest adverts: The Farm, Therapy?, a Primal Scream and Orb gig in Sheffield, but dwarfing them all was a double page advert for Raleigh bicycles. News: With the kind of sentence that doesn’t start news pieces now, the Manic Street Preachers were teaming up ‘with ex-teen, porn star turned actress Traci Lords’ for their new single ‘Little Baby Nothing.’
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April 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 2: Melody Maker November 7th 1992 Front cover: Punk Messiahs! On the road with Sonic Youth Biggest adverts: The Farm, Therapy?, a Primal Scream and Orb gig in Sheffield, but dwarfing them all was a double page advert for Raleigh bicycles. News: With…
No. 2: Melody Maker November 7th 1992 Front cover: Punk Messiahs! On the road with Sonic Youth Biggest adverts: The Farm, Therapy?, a Primal Scream and Orb gig in Sheffield, but dwarfing them all was a double page advert for Raleigh bicycles. News: With…
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Dexter reviews old editions of Melody Makers
No. 1: Melody Maker October 12th 1991 Front cover: Carter USM. Headline: Carter come out fighting Supplement: Guns N’ Roses Booklet Biggest adverts: Cud, Kingmaker and Lush’s Black Spring EP, and a live Happy Mondays record (Fact 322). This is a great edition. News: Guns n’ Roses were denying that Izzy Stradlin (born Jeffrey Isbel) was leaving the band and also denying that Dave Navarro was joining.
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March 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Latest review of old Melody Makers is up.
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Been working on a new Waterboys album for 4 yrs between other projects, boxsets & tours. It's now finished and drops in April. In January the title will be announced along with a 1st video. The album tells an epic story, it's one of our best and I'll drop you a few clues as we approach. Label logo:
November 16, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Been working on a new Waterboys album for 4 yrs between other projects, boxsets & tours. It's now finished and drops in April. In January the title will be announced along with a 1st video. The album tells an epic story, it's one of our best and I'll drop you a few clues as we approach. Label logo: