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Noise Magazine

Noise Magazine was a short lived Pop, Rock and Punk magazine published Bi-Weekly in the UK. 

 

The first issue was published in May 1982 with the final issue Number 16 published on 9th December 1982.

Published - Spotlight Publications

Editor - Alan Lewis

Features Editor - Betty Page

Publishing Director - Mike Sharman

Advertising Manager - Steve Bush Harris

Distribution - Spotlight Magazines Distributioon Ltd

Printed - WW Web Offset

May 1982

20th May - 9th June 1982

Front Cover - Bow Wow Wow 

Interviews and Features:

  • Visage

  • Haysi Fantayzee

  • The Associates

  • Thomas Dolby

 

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Issue 01

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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Front Cover - Kurt Brandon

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Issue 02

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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10th June - 23rd June 1982

24th June - 7th July 1982

Issue 03

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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Issue 04

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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Rainbow Pride Flags

Front Cover - Toyah

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Front Cover - -

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8th July - 21st July 1982

22nd July - 4th August 1982

Issue 05

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

Issue 06

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

Front Cover - Marc Almond (Soft Cell)

Back Cover - Pig Bag

 

Articles and Interviews:

  • Haysi Fantayzee (by Betty Page)

  • King Tiger (by Johnny Waller)

  • Mick Karn (by Betty Page)

  • Blue Zoo (Karen Swayne)

  • Discharge (by Winston Smith)

  • Fashion (by Betty Page)

  • Dollar (by Johnny Waller)

  • Robert Plant

  • Pig Bag

 

Song Lyrics:

  • Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Bigg Leggy

  • Japan - I Second That Emotion

  • Thompson Twins - Runaway

  • Modern Romance - By The Way  (I'm Still In Love With You)

  • Leisure Process - A Way You'll Never Be

  • The Partisans - 17 Years Of Hell

  • GBH - Sickboy

  • Dexy's Midnight Runners - Com On Eileen

  • Wham - Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)

  • Fashion - Something In Your Picture

  • Cheap Trick - If You Want My Love

  • Tygers Of Pan Tang - Rendezvous

  • 38 Special - Caught Up In You 

 

General

  • Punk Page by Garry Bushell

  • Album Reviews By Betty Page

  • Electro Pop Page - by Betty Page

  • Metal Page - By Philip Bell

 

Posters:

  • Captain Sensible

  • Andy O (Blue Zoo)

Front Cover - Midge Ure (Ultravox)

Centre Spread - ABC

Back Cover - Scritti Politti

 

Articles and Interviews:

  • Bow Wow Wow in LA

  • Pete Murphy

  • Infa Riot (by Gary Bushell)

  • ABC

  • Midge Ure (Betty Page)

  • Billy Idol

  • Talk Talk

  • The Damned - Discography

  • Scritti Politti

 

Song Lyrics:

  • Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

  • The Firm - Arthur Daley E's Alright

  • Madness - Driving In My Car

  • Eurythmics - The Walk

  • Junior - Too Late

  • Fun Boy Three - Summertime

  • The Cure - The Hanging Garden

  • The Adicts - Viva La Revolution

  • Peter And The Test Tube Babies - Run Like Hell

  • ABC - All Of My Heart

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

  • Talk Talk - Today

  • Sampson - Losing My Grip

  • Scorpions - Can't Live Without You

 

General

  • Punk Page by Gary Bushell

  • Electropop Page by Betty Page

  • Singles reviewd by Karen Swayne

  • Albums Reviewed by Betty Page

  • Metal Page by Philip Bell

 

Posters:

  • Duran Duran

  • The Clash / Bow Wow Wow

  • Talk Talk

 

Coming Soon
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5th August - 18th August 1982

19th August -
1st September 1982

Rainbow Pride Flags

Issue 07

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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Issue 08

Price - 50p  Pages 48

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Front Cover - Billy MacKenzie

                         (The Associates)

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Interviews and Features:

 

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2nd September -
15th September 1982

16th September -
29th September 1982

Rainbow Pride Flags

Front Cover - Jim Kerr

                        (Simple Minds)

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Issue 09

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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Issue 10

Price - 50p  Pages 48

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30th September -
13th SOctober 1982

14th October -
27th October 1982

Front Cover - Nick Rhodes

                         (Duran Duran)

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Interviews and Features:

 

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Front Cover - Boy George

                           (Culture Club)

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Issue 11

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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Issue 12

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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28th October -
10th November 1982

11th November -
24th November 1982

Front Cover - -

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Interviews and Features:

 

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Front Cover - Marc Almond (Soft Cell)

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Issue 13

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

This issue came with a Blue Flexi Disc

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Issue 14

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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25th November -
8th December 1982

9th December -
23rd December 1982

Rainbow Pride Flags

Front Cover - -

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Issue 15

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

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Issue 16

Price - 50p  Pages 48

Cover By - (Unknown)

This issue is missing

Pages 23 - 26, 33 - 36

Can You Help

Front Cover - Thomas Dolby

Back Cover - The Pale Fountains

 

Articles and Interviews:

  • Steve Strange - Inside Story

  • Bootleg Beetles (by Lyndda Pyzer)

  • The Pinkees (by Karen Swayne)

  • Scarlet Party

  • Cavern

  • Thomas Dolby

  • Japan - Go solo

  • UK Subs (by Winston Smith)

  • Ranking Roger (The Beat) (by Paul Edmond)

  • Thompson Twins (by Rose Rouse)

  • Dramatics (by Betty Page)

  • Hall and Oates (by Steve Gett)

 

Song Lyrics:

  • Fun Boy Three - The More I See (The Less I Believe)

  • Madness - Our House

  • The Pinkees - Holding Me Tight

  • Anti Nowhere League - For You

  • Ultravox - Hymn

  • Musical Youth - Youth Of Today

  • The Pale Fountains - Thank You

 

General

  • Musical Notes by Dave Henderson

  • Singles Reviewed by Kevin Murphy

  • Punk Page - by Garry Bushell and Bev Elliott

 

Posters:

  • Thomas Dolby

  • UK Subs

  • Thompson Twins

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Free Stuff

Below are examples of the stuff that was given away.

Issue 12 - 28th October 
10th November 1982

Blue Rondo / Culture Club Flexi Disc

Noise Magazine released a Free Flexi for it's readers in issue 13. 

 

Format Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Blue 

CountryUK

Released1982

GenreElectronic, Funk / Soul, Pop

Style Synth-pop

 

Tracklist

 

A1 - Blue Rondo - Change (Producer – Mike Chapman) 4:21

A2 - Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya (Producer – Steve Levine) 2:34

 

Manufactured By – Flexi Records Ltd

 

Notes:

 

Blue flexi disc released by Flexi Records Ltd for Noise Magazine.

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