THE FACE December 1980. No. 8 THE INDEPENDENT ROCK MONTHLY 

JOHN LYDON 
"I was born 2,000 years old." This sort of philosophizing and Victor Vomit 4 

BOWIES 
Manchester is the scene of Bowie & Beyond Part 2: Bring On The Clones 20 

IAN DURY 
Graduation day at the Royal Academy of Jackthelademy. Let's keep Des O'Connor out of this 24 

BETTER BADGES 
The business behind the badge. The hippie behind the business 35 

POLYSTYRENE 
"I don't try to draw attention to myself anymore," says the former Princess of Commodity Tack 39 

THE SLITS 
Mirror mirror on the wall .. . the shapes they're in 42 

Caffe Society. . . and the Social Disease. Chris Salewicz on gossip magazines 50 

REVIEWS 
Albums, Movies, Film Buff, Books and the Elephant Man Industry 54 t t

STYLE 
"Fashion shouldn't be taken so seriously." Clothes made and modelled by Phrantik Psycho 48 

OTHER STUFF
Skinhead Poet 13, Fad Gadget 19, Ray Lowry 30,Paul Weller 32/33, Police & Thieves 40, Julie Burchill 46, Crossword 61 Letters 62 
 

Regular contributors of The Face magazine over the years included Janette Beckman, Adrian Boot, Julie Burchill, John Cooper Clarke, Anton Corbijn, Gary Crowley, Kevin Cummins, Chalkie Davies, Geoffrey Deane, Fred Dellar, Robert Elms, Tony Fletcher, Jill Furmanovsky, Glenn Gibson, David Hepworth, Lois Lane, Mike Laye, Ray Lowry, Rick Mann, Mick Middlehurst, Neil Norman, Tony Parsons, Deanne Pearson, Derek Ridgers, Sheila Rock, Chris Salewicz, Jon Savage, Pennie Smith, Mike Stand, Steve Taylor, Vaughn Toulouse, Virginia Turbett, Stan Westwood, Ian Wright.