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...of the '80s, please, just ask!

I was a pop music journalist in the UK in the early '80s and I think I must have interviewed most of the big stars of the time (Duran, Adam Ant, Dep Mode, Toyah, Limahl, ABC, George Michael, Boy George  etc. etc.)

I've only recently discovered the '80s 'scene' on the Web which explains why I haven't dropped in here before. I've also started putting my old interviews and photos of the '80s pop stars online at my own site (www.darkneon.com).

Actually, I am also quite keen on the '70s 'glam' bands - particualrly T. Rex and Bowie (though also Slade and Alice). However, I never interviewed them so I haven't any inside info, I'm afraid....

Anyway, time to take a look around the rest of the forums. See you all later...!

all the best
Huw
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Welcome Hue!! Feel free to visit all the forums, since you will find they cover many topics of each decade sometimes covering several decades  8) Post your quizzes in the quiz areas and dont forget to visit the 2000's and Playful penguin areas where we talk about todays topics and what people do for fun these days!  :o

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Could I just ask - were you a freelancer, or employed by the music media? Must've been one helluva job! End Quote

Always was freelance (and still am! Only these days I mostly write for computer magazines such as PC Plus). In the early '80s I wrote for all kinds of music and teen magazines - ranging from Flexipop! (my favourite) to Jackie (well, I had bills to pay!), not forgetting No. 1, Kicks, Blue Jeans, Etcetera and a few others...

Yes, it was fun, I must admit. Though unfortunately it paid peanuts, which explains why I made the jump to the computer magazines. Besides, I don't think I would have enjoyed being a pop journo in the '90s half as much as in the '80s.

all the best
Huw

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Hello again, Huw!!!  :) I've been enjoying reading all of your great interviews with 80s pop stars on your web site! End Quote

Thanks. Fortunately, I kept carbon copies of many of my interviews plus photographs I took and various copies of the magazines that I wrote for.

Unfortunately, I discover that I also threw away a whole load of stuff. There are many interviews I did - even whole magazines and books that I wrote - of which I no longer have copies (sob!). I used to do so many interviews in those days that it never even occurred to me that I or anybody else would ever be interested in reading them again, so when my cupboards filled up, whole bundles of stuff got thrown into the dustbin.

Fortunately, I have tracked down some quite interesting things that escaped those purges. I still have a couple of Adam Ant, Tears For Fears, OMD, Kim Wilde interviews (and so on) that I will eventually put onto my site. I've also got various unpublished photographs of The Beat, Lloyd Cole, Captain Sensible, Shiela E and various others. Until recently I wasn't able to put copies of these online as I only had a simple flatbed scanner. I've just bought a new scanner with a transparency attachment though so I'll be scanning many more picture from now on...

all the best
Huw