BLITZ magazine was a monthly media, fashion & pop culture magazine, founded in September 1980 by university students Carey Labovitch and Simon Tesler.
From the arty end of the spectrum, it documented the misfits populating clubs such as the London one that shared its name.
It was one of a trio of British "style" magazines which established a broad following internationally as well as in the UK, paving the way for the lads magazines of the early 1990s.
It closed in May 1991 with it's 103rd issue.
Credits:
Price - 45p
Release Date - Unknown
Publisher - Carey Labovitch
Editor - Carey Labovitch / Simon Tesler
Assistant Editor - Simon Tesler
Features Editor - Tim Hulse
Fashion Editor - Ian R Webb
(Deputy) Advertising Manager -Shauna Lovell
Art Design - Simon Tesler
Front Cover - Rolland Gift
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Issue 61
Released: 17th December 1997
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January 1988
February 1988
Issue 62
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Front Cover - Patsy Kensit
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March 1988
Issue 63
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Front Cover - Vivian Westwood
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Front Cover - Morrissey
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Issue 64
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Issue 65
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Front Cover - Michael Grade
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Issue 66
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Front Cover - George Michael
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Front Cover - Mick Jones
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Front Cover - Holly Johnson
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Paul Caplin
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Steve Knight
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Kitty Bowler
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Chen Kaige
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Phil Baines
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Pieter-Dirk Uys
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Eric B
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Bright Lights Big Money
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Jay McInerney
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Tama Janowitz
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Bret Easton Ellis
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Cicciolina
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Kiss 'N' Tell
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Holly Johnson
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Superbarrio
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Stephen Berkoff
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Michael Jackson - Bad Tour in Rome
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Fashion - Vivienne Westwood
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Sandra Bernhard
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Dorothy, Tyke Nelson, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Diva, Sa-Fire, Amoretto, Kevin Rowland, Johnny Thunder & Patti Palladin, Van Morrison and the Chieftains, Was (Not) Was
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Focus on Howard Jacobson
Warhol, , Psychotic Reactions, Waiting or The Man, Storming Heaven, The Return Of A Native Reporter, Porn Gold, The Ogre and the Frog King, The Erotic Comedies, Rich In Love, You Bright and Risen Angels, Anagrams, Where You'll Find Me, The Female Gaze, The Royal Style Wars, The Pirelli Calendar Album, Selected Letters and Journals
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Issue 68
Cover By - Russell Young
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Issue 69
Released - 19th August 1988
Cover By - Donna Fineman
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Issue 70
Released: 23rd September 1988
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Front Cover - Willem Dafoe
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Roger Evans
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Joely Richardson
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The Ukelele Orchestra
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Zaha Habib
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David Gale
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Steve Kerton
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Helter Skelter
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Boxer
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Product Placement
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Jeffrey Archer
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Al Green
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Rude Boys
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Eat Art
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William Dafoe
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Paul Morley and the State Of Modern Music Part One
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Real Man To New Man
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Oldland Mantano
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California Screaming
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Momi
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Inner Space, Masters |Of The Universe, Siesta, The Stepfather, The Sure Thing, Sign O The Times, Maurice
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Joe Strummer, Crazy Pink Revolvers, Lightening Strike, The Would Be Goods, Savage Pencil, Big Stick, Claude Sabbah, Eric B and Rakim, The Go Betweens
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The Milagro Beanfield War, Stars and Bars, Buster, Frantic
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Front Cover - Robert De Nero
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Issue 71
Cover By - Gino Spira
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Issue 72
Released: 18th November 1988
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Front Cover - Tom Waits
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Bilby & Pinkney
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Rebecca Pidgeon
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Lloyd Newson
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David Peak
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Talking Bull
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True Brit
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The Good Doctor
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Ceremony
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Tom Waits
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Short Cuts
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Michael Tolkien
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The Gypsy Kings, Boy George, Billy Bragg, Jane's Addiction, Sandie Shaw, Freddie Mercury, Brian Eno, Nick Cave, Transvision Vamp
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Acid Drops, Capote, The Life and Work of Jane Bowles, Emperor Of The Air, A Little Original Sin, The Norman Trilogy, Happiness, Florry of Washington Heights, Song of the Silent Snow, Picture This
Front Cover - Jack Nicholson
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Issue 73
Cover By - Herb Ritts
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Issue 74
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Issue 75
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Issue 76
Cover By - Cino Sprio
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Front Cover - Madonna
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Sarah Sankey
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Thomas Mogotlane
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Review 1988
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Preview 1989
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Siobhan Fahey
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The Great Drinking Stories of Peter O'Toole
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Herb Ritts
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The Naked Ape
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Pee Wee Herman Live, Steve Martin Live, Richard Prior Live, Robbin Williams Live, Rodney Dangerfield Live, Irishmen, Steven Wright, Rory Bremner Live, Hale and Pace Live, Direct From Broadway,
Why Am I Straight
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Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bryan Ferry, Ultra Vivid Scene, A Guy Called Gerald, Blue Aeroplanes, Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Hue and Cry, Santana, Buddy Holly, Bad Dreams Fancy Dress
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Young Guns, Dead Ringer, Manhunter, The Dressmaker, High Hopes
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Front Cover - Liam Neeson
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Front Cover - Roland Rivron
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Front Cover - Geoff Goldblum
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Trix Worrell
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Lea Anderson
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Kathy Burke
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Richie Rich
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Mark Ellingham
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Nick Knight
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Richard Torry
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Alan Yentob
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Gilbert and George
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Thai Sick
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Power
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Adrian Edmondson
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Paul Smith
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Ruby Wax
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Tama Janowitz
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Geoff Goldblum
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Fashion Week Supplement
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Jet Vegas, The Shamen, Bliss, Urban Jazz, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Cowboy Junkies, Band Of Susan's, Depeche Mode
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Working Girl, Cocooned, Crossing Delancey, Tequila Sunrise, Twins, Nicky and Gino, Mississippi Burning, Lair Of The White Worm, Alien Nation, Walker, The Dead Pool, The Tall Guy
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Issue 77
Released: 21st April 1989
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Issue 78
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Front Cover - Mel Gibson
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Front Cover - Steve Martin
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Issue 80
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Front Cover - Lenny Henry
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Issue 81
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Issue 82
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Front Cover - Andy Warhol
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Front Cover - Annie Lennox
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Issue 83
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November 1989
Front Cover - Grace Jones
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Issue 84
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December 1989
Front Cover - Madonna and
Mrs Thatcher
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Issue 86
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Front Cover - Steve McQueen
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Issue 87
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Front Cover - Jools Holland
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Issue 88
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Front Cover - Jack Nicolson
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January 1990
February 1990
Front Cover - Matt Dillon
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Dominic Cooke
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Beeban Kidron
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Fiona Stylianou
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Jan Rowland
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Tim Broad
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Matt Dillon
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Rob Reiner
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Jeff Koons
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Fashion - The Autumn Shows
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Screen Test
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Terror
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Paris
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Josie Lawrence
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Betrayed, Her Alibi, Child's Play, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Naked Gun, Prince of Pennsylvania, Walker, De La Soul
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Native Tongue, Gilbert O'Sullivan, 808 State, Renegade Soundwaves, Breathless, The Times, New Beat
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The Standard Life of a Temporary Pantyhose Salesman, Evenings At Mongini's, Allen Ginsberg, Questions Of Broadcasting, Pandemo Hium
Issue 85
Cover By - Wilde and
Behrendt
Price - £1.80 Pages - 116
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March 1990
April 1990
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June 1990
Front Cover - Laian Glen
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Front Cover - Keith Allen
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Issue 89
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Issue 90
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July 1990
August 1990
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Front Cover - Arnold
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Front Cover - William Dafoe
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Issue 91
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Issue 92
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September 1990
October 1990
Front Cover - The Best Of Ten
Years At Blitz with:
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Jack Nicolson, Madonna, Alexei Sayle, Daniel Day Lewis, Steve Martin, Robert De Nero, Andy Warhol, Matt Dillon, Morrissey, Boy George
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Maria Marshall
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Who Dares Wins - Human League
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A Slice Of Lenin
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Nick Rhodes
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How Did We Do It?
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One To Ten
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The Hits and Misses Of The Blitz Decade
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A Look Back At The Best Of The Last Ten Years
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Celia, Drugstore Cowboy, Shirley Valentine, Johnny Handsome, War Of The Roses, Parenthood, Talk Radio, Black Rain
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Summer Of Love, Duran Duran, First Offence, KLF, Space, Primal Scream, Bruce Dickinson, Pixies
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Elfriede Jelinek, Lorrie Moore, E L Doctorow, Peter Guralnick, William Kotzwinkle, Michael Herr
The History Of Greek Philosophy, The Real Frank Zappa Book, Make Me An Offer
Front Cover - John Malkovich
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Issue 93
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Nick Knight - Sayle
Marcus Tomlinson - Lewis
Terry O'Neil - Martin
S Sands - De Niro
Nat Finkelstein - Warhol
Richard Croft - Dillon
Russell Young - Morrissey
Paul Gobel - George
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Issue 94
Released - 13th September 1990
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November 1990
December 1990
Front Cover - Malcolm McLaren
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Front Cover - Christopher
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Issue 95
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Issue 96
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Issue 97
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January 1991
Front Cover - Gerard Depardieu
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Issue 98
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Cover By - Nigel Davenport
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February 1991
Front Cover - Christina Fulton
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The Doors
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Vic Reeves
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Sex Supplement
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Tongue Man, , Throwing Muses, The Farm, Queen, Fluke, Kathy Mattea, Ultra Nate, Jesus Loves You, The Chords, The Subhumans, Toyah
Print:
Norman Mailer, Henry Miller, John Hind, John Waters, Joyce Carol Dates, Russell Lucas, Michael Ignatieff, Nelson Al Green
Films:
The Godfather III, Awakenings, Desperate Hours. Green Card, I Hired A Contract Killer, Meet The Applegates, Tatie Danielle, Q&A
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Throwing Muses, Temper Temper
March 1991
Issue 99
Released: 14th March 1991
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Front Cover - Pet Shop Boys
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April 1991
Issue 100
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Front Cover - Chanel De Yong
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Issue 102
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May 1991
June 1991
Front Cover - Cherie Lunghi
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Front Cover - Winona Ryder
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Videos:
Eurythmics, The Big Chill, Sworn To Silence, Star Trek 4, Best Seller, April Fools Day, No Way Out, Something Wild, Angel Heart
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Track 29, Anna, Vice Versa, Beetlejuice, School Daze, The Manchurian Candidate, A Bout De Souffle
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Freddie Jackson, The Blow Monkeys, Public Enemy, Morrissey, Was (Not) Was, Scarlet Fantastic
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A Man Jumps Out Of An Aeroplane, What Ever Happened To Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears, Rainforest, Los Angeles Without A Map, /the Day Of Creation
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Colors, Big, The Raggedy Rawney, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, A Summer Story, The Fruit Machine, The Dawning
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Sonic Youth, Black, Howard Hughes
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Forty-Seventeen, Running Wild, Love In The Days Of Rae, The Life and Times of Paddington Bear, The Curse of the Vampire Socks and Other Doggerel, The Chatto Book Of Poetry, The Looney, The Lost Gon Show, Sin City, William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin
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Stark, Music Programme, Bonfire Of The Vanities, Wonderland Avenue, Elvis Close Up, Peter Knows What Dick Likes, Trash Trio, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, In The Eyes Of Mr Fury, Blood and Water, The Summer Of The White Peacock, Velocity, The Risk Pool
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Parenthood, Turner and Hootch, Mystic Pizza, Fellow Traveller, Steel Magnolias, Rosalie Goes Shopping, Earth Girls Ae Easy, In Country
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Quincy Jones, Baby Ford
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The Big Man, Memphis Belle, Die Hard 2, Paper Mask, Mignon Has Left, Dark Habits, Dick, Breaking In
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INXS, Pixies, Woo Bop Torledo, Sonny Southon, Silje
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Issue 103
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This was the 11th Anniversary Special
This was also the Final Issue
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July 1991
Front Cover - Martin Scorsese
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