NME Magazine 8 April 1978 Generation X Cheap Trick Wreckless Eric X-Ray Spex Japan

NME Magazine 8 April 1978

This issue features Cheap Trick, a retrospective on Captain Beefheart by Lester bangs part 2, Wreckless Eric. Full page adverts for Japan, Wings, Meatloaf, Genesis Foreigner, 999, Television, Vibrators, Rory Gallagher, Nick Lowe. Gig Reviews Include X-ray Spex, Patti Smith Group, Tapper Zukie, Tom Robinson, Dire Straits, The Only Ones, Penetration. Record reviews include Devo, Television, Frank Zappa, Wings, Gladiators, the Vibrators

Part of the gig page is torn and crossword has been attempted.

New Musical Express magazine (later shortened to NME) was first published in 1952 and ran for 66 years. NME magazine covered most musical genre's from 1950s Jazz to Rocknroll, 1960's Beat and Folk,1970's glam, progressive rock, heavy rock, punk, new wave, acid house, grunge, britpop etc eventually ceasing publication in March 2018 when it moved to an online subscription only. Vintage back issues of NME make great gifts or as music collectibles they make an interesting archive of music history.

Language: English