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The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. The paper began in 1952 after the Musical Express was bought by London music promoter Maurice Kinn and relaunched as the NME. It was initially published in a, non-glossy, tabloid format. Later the same year, taking its cue from the US Billboard Magazine, it created the UK Singles Chart. The first of which was, unfathomably, a top twelve.
It grew up alongside rock music and was for many years the rival to the far older Melody Maker. Upon the demise of Melody Maker in 2001, several of its writers and features moved to the NME.
During the mid 1970s the NME famously advertised for "hip young gunslingers" to join their editorial staff. This resulted in the recruitment of Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill, who went on to champion a new musical trend that became known as punk rock, giving coverage to rising bands such as the Sex PistolsDespite their short existence, the Sex Pistols were perhaps the quintessential British punk rock band. Whilst The Clash were both more articulate and politically motivated, and The Buzzcocks had more astute pop sensibilities, no other group better exempli and The ClashThe Clash was a British punk rock group that extended beyond the norms of that form of music, incorporating reggae, roots rock, and eventually many other music styles. They were one of the most influential bands of the late 20th century, both in their ris, and clubs such as The Roxy in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri's Neale Street.
Paul MorleyPaul Morley (born March 26, 1957) is an English music journalist, who wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983, during one of its most successful and relatively notorious periods, and has since written for a wide number of publications. He was, founder of ZTT RecordsZTT Records was a record label founded in 1982 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn and businesswoman Jill Sinclair. The label's name was also printed as both "Zang Tumb Tuum" and "Zang Tuum Tumb" on various releases. ZTT is an abbre (the record labelA record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. The name derives from the paper label of Frankie Goes to HollywoodFrankie Goes To Hollywood (FGTH) were one of the biggest, most controversial and most marketed UK pop acts of the 1980s whose impact was only equalled by their remarkably short shelf-life. Background Emerging from the late 1970s Liverpool punk movement (k), and more recently something of a media pundit , also began his journalistic career writing for the NME during the early 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends. Other notable individuals that wrote for the paper during this period included 'X Moore' (a socialist writer and also member of the band The Redskins), Steven Wells (who was formerly a ranting poet under the name Seething Wells ), Adrian Thrills and Ian Penman.
Other former NME journalists include song and Sci-Fi writer Mick Farren (of the Deviants), plus DJs Steve Lamacq and Andrew Collins (also a film critic), sports television and radio presenter Danny Kelly and writer David Quantick.
