NME being handed out free....

[OB1]

Bloody hell got an alert and it was a 3 year old post, :) Yes suppose it depended what music you liked and Sounds always took it's rock / metal more seriously with Geoff Barton etc and other writers that went onto Kerrang and now appear in classic rock, so that matched my tastes.

Barton was the main reason I read Sounds; even met Geoff a few times: he interviewed my best friends' band; in fact, I even got quoted in the article although the comment was attributed to the band.

His sidekick in those days was often the photographer Ross Halfin and we got to know him quite well. He and another Sounds writer Pete Makowski were in the US when one of my friends from the band and I were on holiday there and they got us into a few gigs; primarily UFO, who they were on tour with.

 

[OB1]

This
Melody Maker was for old farts and Sounds for the pop crew
I loved their agendas and their interstitial g writers, add a young Danny Kelly and Chrissy Hynde. Didn't Nick Hornby also write for them?

Sounds wasn't for the pop crew!

 

[squirtyflower]

Sounds wasn't for the pop crew!

Seemed like it to me in the early 70s

 

[OB1]

Seemed like it to me in the early 70s

Ah, you old git ;-)

I only started to read it in late 70's

 

[blueparrot]

Barton was the main reason I read Sounds; even met Geoff a few times: he interviewed my best friends' band; in fact, I even got quoted in the article although the comment was attributed to the band.

His sidekick in those days was often the photographer Ross Halfin and we got to know him quite well. He and another Sounds writer Pete Makowski were in the US when one of my friends from the band and I were on holiday there and they got us into a few gigs; primarily UFO, who they were on tour with.

Which band was that ?

 

[squirtyflower]

Ah, you old git ;-)

I only started to read it in late 70's

Cheers

 

[OB1]

Which band was that ?

Silverwing.

 

[blueparrot]

Silverwing.

Remember the name, don't think I ever crossed their path.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Bought it religiously during the stone roses era late ‘80’s

 

[denislawsbackheel]

It was required reading in the 60s, usually during double Geography.