Flexipop

27/01/2024

Late night Lemmy lifelines…

26/01/2024

Late night p***y lifelines, Flexipop! circa 1982…

25/01/2024

Several years back we asked Flexipop! readers to vote for their fave album of the 80s. Here’s the Top 30 with, surprisingly, only two US artists…

23/01/2024

Charming…

Morrissey's fiery opinions: From Bowie's inauthenticity to Gaga's lack of depth, a dive into his music critiques and the stir they cause.

22/01/2024

U.K. Top 30 mid-January 1986….

16/01/2024

That’s some line-up. Debbie Harry even makes an appearance although you’ve got to look carefully…

15/01/2024

Shame America never made it anywhere…

14/01/2024

Marc and the Mambas, Flexipop! June 1983…

11/01/2024

NME’s Top 30 albums of 1977…

10/01/2024

Always touched by her presence…

In 1976, Chris Stein photographed Debbie Harry’s for a centerfold feature in Punk magazine. Taken at a Bowery loft in New York City, the Blondie singer was dressed in that ‘Vultures’ T-shirt, something band co-founder Stein calls “a sacred relic”. “I was taking pictures of everything aro...

08/01/2024

1977, the year of punk. The official chart of the year published in Sounds magazine…

06/01/2024

A big hunk of love. Music paper back page ad for London Calling, December 1979…

04/01/2024

Seek and ye shall find. A cornucopia of musical delights from NME, December 1982…

03/01/2024

1976 - the legendary Midnight Special show. This mini poster sold for over four grand at an auction in 2021…

31/12/2023

It was 40 years ago today - the first U.K. Top 30 singles chart of 1984. Happy New Year…

28/12/2023

My oh my…

25/12/2023

The U.K. Christmas Top 30 1980 - just after the second issue of Flexipop! was published.
Merry Christmas everyone…

24/12/2023

From one Bohemian Rhapsody to another - U.K. Christmas No 1s 1975-91…

22/12/2023

Hope none of you did any of that nasty home taping…

21/12/2023

20/12/2023

Record Mirror’s writers choose their records of 1978…

18/12/2023

The fabulous Flexipop! Album from 1982 given away to fans of the mag who took out a subscription…

Side 1
Bow Wow Wow - Elimination Dancing
Adam and the Ants - A.N.T.S.
Motorhead - The Train Kept A Rollin'
Blondie & Freddie - Yuletide Throw Down (Rapture)
XTC - Looking For Footprints
Soft Cell - Metro MRX
Side 2
Weapon of Peace - West Park (Flexi Mix)
Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool
Pretenders - What You Gonna Do About it?
Depeche Mode - Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead
The Jam - Boy About Town
Associates - Even Dogs in the Wild
Altered Images - Happy New Year

14/12/2023

NME’s Top 30 singles at the end of August 1981…

12/12/2023

Pogo a no no at the Greyhound, Croydon go-go…

10/12/2023

Jools Holland reviews the latest single releases in Smash Hits, November 1983…

09/12/2023

Top Ten best selling singles in the U.K. in the 1960s. Ken Dodd…?!

07/12/2023

The very first issue of Smash Hits…

05/12/2023

RIP…

Wings guitarist Denny Laine has died aged 79 after battle with lung disease.

30/11/2023

RIP…

Born in Kent on Christmas Day in 1957, Shane MacGowan will forever be associated with the festive period thanks to The Pogues' 1987 hit, Fairytale Of New York, featuring the late Kirsty MacColl.

29/11/2023

Top 30 best selling singles of the 70s in the U.K….