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 the Fanzine  

issue 6 (Poker)

May 1987

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In the 1980s, Leicester gave birth to one of the UK's richest live music scenes.

 

There was big hair and big sounds and much of it was recorded at the time by people who loved it and lived it.

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See what they saw and read what they said in the magazine that cornered the market in music news during a cultural revolution in one of the UK's most creative cities.

      Inside:

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  • Interview - Heavy On The Magik

  • Interview - Tebbit Under Rubble

  • Interview - Crazyhead

  • BBC Primetime - Hugh Cornwall (The Stranglers)

  • Haymarket feature -Julie T Wallace

  • Feature - Huge Big Massive

  • Interview - Michelle Shocked

  • Interview - Curiosity Killed The Cat

  • gig/demo reviews - Wellphead - The Soviets - The Stranglers

  • the Charts courtesy of:  Ainley Records, The Fan Club, International Bar, Subway, Cank Street Records, International Bar, Centre Video

  • Cartoon strips - Dude - The Fans

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     Sponsors:

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  • The Fan Club

  • Haymarket Theatre

  • Zoots

  • Cank Street Records

  • Oddity Records

  • The Princess Charlotte

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Huh Cornwall
Heavy On The Magik
Tebbit Under Rubble
Crazyhead
Curiosity Killed The Cat
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