‘Gigantic’, 1
PJ Harvey, 1, 2
‘Dress’, 1
Play at Home (TV series), 1
PMT machine, 1, 2, 3
Polsky, Ruth, 1, 2
Polydor, 1, 2, 3, 4
Polygram, 1, 2;
and film/TV, 1
Pop Aural (record label), 1
Pop Will Eat Itself, 1, 2
Poptones Records, 1
Porter, John, 1
Portobello Road, 1, 2, 3, 4
Postcard Records, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
demise, 1;
formation, 1, 2;
legacy, 1;
and Orange Juice, 1, 2, 3;
sleeve art, 1;
‘Sound of Young Scotland’, 1, 2, 3
postmodernism, 1
Powell, Michael, 1
Powell, Richard, 1, 2, 3, 4
Primal Scream, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
and Creation/McGee, 1, 2;
Sony deal with Creation, 1
Loaded, 1
Screamadelica, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sonic Flower Groove, 1
Vanishing Point, 1; ‘Star’, 2
XTRMNTR, 1
‘Shoot Speed/Kill Light’, 1
‘Velocity Girl’ (C86), 1
Primrose Hill, 1, 2, 3
Prince and the Revolution, 1, 2
Parade, 1
Princes Street, Glasgow, 1
Pritchard, David, 1
Probe (Liverpool distributor), 1, 2
Prodigy, 1, 2
Music for the Jilted Generation, 1
The Fat of the Land, 1
‘Firestarter’, 1
Product Inc. (Mute sublabel), 1
promoters, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Psychedelic Furs, 1
‘Pretty in Pink’, 1
Public Image Limited (PiL), 1
Pukkelpop (Belgian festival), 1
Pulp, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
sign to Island, 1, 2
Intro – The Gift Recordings, 1
Parklife, 1
Separations, 1, 2
‘Common People’, 1
‘Sheffield Sex City’, 1
Punk Rock Hotel (film), 1
Pure Trance, 1
QQ Freestyle, 1
‘Nena De Ibiza’, 1
Quando Quango, 1
QueenAdreena, 1
Quinn, Paul, 1
‘Pale Blue Eyes’, 1
Qwest Records, 1, 2
Radcliffe, Sarah, 1
Railway Children, The, (film) 1
Raincoats, 1, 2, 3, 4
Moving, 1
Raisin’ Hell, 1
Ramones, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Rampling, Danny, 1, 2
Ranglin, Ernest, 1
Rank and File, 1
Rankine, Alan, 1
Rapeman, 1
Ratt, 1
raves, 1, 2, 3
Raymonde, Simon, 1
Razorcuts, 1
RCA, 1, 2, 3
Reading festival, 1, 2, 3, 4
Ready Steady Go!, 1
Real World Studios, Wiltshire, 1
Red Crayola, 1
‘Hurricane Fighter Plane’, 1
Red House Painters, 1
Down Colourful Hill, 1
Red Rhino Records, Leeds, 1, 2, 3
Red Wedge (musician collective), 1
Reed, Lou, 1, 2, 3, 4
reggae, 1, 2, 3, 4
Reich, Steve, 1
Reid, John, 1
Reid, Lindsey, 1
Reid, William, 1;
see also Jesus and Mary Chain
REM, 1
Rema Rema, 1
Reportage, 1
Residents, 1, 2
Revolver (Bristol distributor), 1, 2, 3
Revolving Paint Dream, 1
‘Flowers in the Sky’, 1
Rhythm King Records, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Rican, Puerto, 1
Rice, Jacqui, 1
Richards, Keith, 1, 2
Richer Sounds, 1
Richman, Jonathan, 1
Ride, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Nowhere, 1
Ride EP, 1
Riot Grrrl, 1
Riviera, Jake, 1
Robb, John, 1
Robinson, Dave, 1
Rochdale Canal, 1
Rock Against Racism, 1
Rock Garden (London club), 1, 2, 3
Rock Man Rock, 1, 2, 3;
see also Cauty, Jimmy
Roebuck, The (pub), 1, 2
Rogers, Nile, 1
Rolling Stones, 1, 2, 3
Roman Catholic, 1
Ron Johnson Records (Derbyshire), 1
Room at the Top (club), 1
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 1
Rose, Cynthia, 1
Rosenblatt, Michael, 1
Roskilde (Denmark festival), 1
Ross, Andy, 1
Ross, Malcolm, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
see also Josef K
Rough Trade Records: Camley Street warehouse, 1;
as centre of independent music industry, 1;
computer system, 1;
demise, 1, 2;
employs London Records sales team, 1;
ethos, 1, 2, 3, 4;
finances, 1, 2, 3, 4;
fire staff, 1;
Kensington Park Road shop, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and Libertines, 1, 2, 3;
lunchtime at the Malt & Hops, 1;
move to Blenheim Crescent, 1;
move to Collier Street, 1;
move to Seven Sisters Road, 1;
promotion dept., 1, 2;
relaunch, 1;
and RT Distribution deal, 1;
and Scritti Politti, 1;
and The Smiths, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
and Sonic Youth, 1;
sign the Strokes, 1;
and speed, 1
Rough Trade America, 1, 2, 3, 4
Rough Trade Deutschland, 1
Rough Trade Distribution, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
and The Cartel, 1, 2;
demise, 1, 2;
finances, 1, 2, 3, 4
Rowland, Kevin: 1
My Beauty, 1
‘Concrete and Clay’, 1
Roxy Music, 1, 2
Royal Albert Hall, 1, 2
Royal Court, Liverpool, 1
Royal Family and the Poor, 1
Royal Festival Hall, 1
Royal Trux, 1
Rubin, Rick, 1
Run DMC, 1
Raisin’ Hell, 1
Running on Empty (film), 1
Rushent, Martin, 1
Rusk, Cory, 1
Russell Club, Manchester, 1, 2
Russell Hotel, London, 1
Russell, Arthur, 1
World of Echo, 1
Russell, Marcus (Oasis manager), 1, 2
Russell, Paul, 1
Russell, Richard (XL), 1, 2
Ruth Polskys, 1
Rutherford, Paul, 1
Rutkowski, Louise, 1;
see also This Mortal Coil
Ryder, Paul, 1
Ryder, Shaun, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
see also Happy Mondays
Rythm Oil (Booth), 1
St Etienne, 1
St Louis, 1
S’Express, 1
‘Theme From S’Express’, 1
sampling, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
San Francisco, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Santana, 1
Abraxas, 1
Santiago, Joey, 1
Sarah Records, 1
Sausage Machine (club), 1
Savage, Jon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Saville, Peter (graphic designer), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Saxe, Phil, 1
Saxon, Sky, 1;
see also Seeds
Says, Stephanie, 1
Scars, 1, 2
Schoolly D, 1, 2
Science Fiction Theatre (Liverpool), 1
Scotland, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Scott, Mike, 1;
&nbs
p; see also New Order
Scott, Richard, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
and The Cartel, 1, 2;
and move to Collier Street, 1;
refuses to quit Rough Trade, 1;
and Travis, 1, 2
Screaming Jay Hawkins, 1
Scritti Politti, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
at Rough Trade, 1;
sign to Virgin, 1
Songs to Remember, 1
‘The “Sweetest” Girl’, 1
Sebadoh, 1, 2, 3;
at Reading ’92, 1
‘Soul and Fire’, 1
Weed Forestin, 1
Section 1, 2, 3, 4
Sedgwick, Edie, 1
Seeds, 1, 2
Sellers, Peter, 1
Servants, 1, 2
Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park (Rough Trade), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sex Pistols, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
Anarchy tour, 1
Sham 1, 2
Shamberg, Michael, 1, 2, 3
Sharp, Gordon, 1
Shea, Robert, 1, 2
Sheehan, Tom, 1
Sheer Taft, 1, 2
Sheffield: FON Studios, 1;
‘The People’s Republic’, 1;
rave scene, 1;
University, 1;
see also Arctic Monkeys; Pulp; Warp
Shelley, Pete, 1, 2
Shelleyan Orphan, 1
Sherwood, Adrian, 1
‘The Enemy Within’, 1
Shields, Kevin, 1, 2;
see also My Bloody Valentine
Shimmy Disc (record label), 1
Shoom (club), 1, 2
Shop Assistants, 1, 2, 3, 4
Sick, 1, 2
Silicon Teens, 1
Music for Parties, 1
‘Memphis’, 1
‘You Really Got Me’, 1
Silva, John, 1
Silverfish, 1
Simmons, Russell, 1
Simmons, Tina, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
joins Factory, 1;
resigns from Factory, 1
Simple Minds, 1, 2
‘Don’t You Forget about Me’, 1
Sims, Joyce, 1
Siouxsie and the Banshees, 1
Sire Records, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
History of British Rock (Sire compilation), 1
Sisters of Mercy, 1
Situation Two (record label), 1
Sky News, 1
Slash (fanzine), 1, 2, 3
Slaughter Joe, 1
Slee, Jo, 1
Sleeper, 1, 2, 3
sleeve art/designs: Blast First, 1, 2;
Creation, 1, 2, 3;
él, 1;
Factory (Saville), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
Factory (Central Station Design), 1;
4AD (23 Envelope), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
Industrial (COUM Transmissions), 1;
The KLF, 1;
Postcard, 1, 2;
Rough Trade, 1, 2;
Warp, 1, 2, 3, 4
Slits, The, 1
Slowdive, 1, 2
Sly and Lovechild, 1
Sly and Robbie, 1
Small Faces, 1
Smash Hits, 1, 2, 3, 4
Smith, Doug, 1
Smith, Elliott, 1
Either/Or, 1
Smith, Mark E., 1, 2
Smith, Mike (EMI), 1, 2, 3, 4
Smith, Patti, 1
Smith, Paul, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and decline of British squat bands, 1;
lunchtime at the Malt & Hops, 1;
and Rough Trade, 1, 2;
signings to Blast First, 1;
and Sonic Youth, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
see also Blast First
Smiths, The: back catalogue sold to Warners, 1;
at Brixton Ace, 1;
at Danceteria (NY, ’93), 1;
at Festival of the Tenth Summer (GMEX, ’1), 2;
and flowers, 1, 2;
at Glastonbury (’94), 1, 2;
at Haçienda, 1, 2, 3;
impact on Rough Trade, 1;
at Kingston Poly, 1;
at ICA, 1;
meteoric rise, 1;
musical style, 1;
Peel sessions, 1, 2;
and politics, 1, 2;
rehearsals, 1;
at Rock garden, 1;
and Rough Trade, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
sign to Rough Trade, 1, 2, 3;
sign to Sire (Warners), 1;
and Stein, 1;
on TOTP, 1;
at ULU, 1;
US tour (’86), 1
Hatful of Hollow (compilation), 1
Meat Is Murder, 1, 2
The Smiths (debut), 1
Strangeways Here We Come, 1
The Queen Is Dead, 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Girl Afraid’, 1
‘Hand in Glove’, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
distribution problems, 1
‘Handsome Devil’, 1
‘How Soon Is Now?’, 1
‘Panic’, 1
‘Shakespeare’s Sister’, 1
‘That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’, 1
‘There Is a Light and It Never Goes Out’, 1
‘This Charming Man’, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘Frankly Mr Shankly’, 1
‘The Queen Is Dead’, 1, 2
Smog, 1
Smykle, Paul Groucho, 1
Sniffin’ Glue (fanzine), 1
So It Goes (TV series), 1
Socialist Workers Party, 1
Soho, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Solomon, Clive (Fire), 1, 2, 3
Solti, Sir George, 1
Some Bizzare Records, 1, 2, 3
Sonic Boom (Spacemen 1), 2
Sonic Youth, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
and Blast First, 1;
and CBS/Geffen, 1;
formation, 1;
and Smith, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bad Moon Rising, 1, 2
Daydream Nation, 1, 2, 3
Evol, 1, 2, 3, 4
Goo, 1, 2
Halloween/Flower (12-inch), 1, 2, 3
‘Death Valley ’1’, 2
‘Ghost Bitch’, 1
Sony, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Soundgarden, 1
Sounds (magazine), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Soup Dragons, 1, 2, 3
South Yorkshire (SoYo), 1
Spacemen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The Perfect Prescription, 1
Recurring, 1
Sound of Confusion, 1
‘Ecstasy Symphony’, 1
‘O.D. Catastrophe’, 1
Spaceward Studios, 1
Spartan (distributor), 1
Specials, 1
Sperm Wails, 1
Spheeris, Penelope, 1
Spinal Tap (film), 1
Spirea X, 1
Spiritualized, 1
Spitfire Boys, 1
Splash One (club), 1, 2, 3
Spooky Tooth, 1
Spotted Pig (NY gastropub), 1
Springsteen, Bruce, 1
Squarepusher, 1
squats, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
London, 1, 2, 3
SST Records, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
sleeve art, 1
Stadium House Trilogy (New Order), 1, 2
Stalker (film), 1
Stanley, Bob, 1
Stax Records, 1
Stein, Seymour: and Aztec Camera, 1;
and Drummond, 1, 2, 3;
founds Korova, 1;
founds Sire, 1;
and Madonna, 1, 2;
and McGee, 1;
and Mighty Lemon Drops, 1;
and Miller, 1;
and New Order Qwest deal, 1;
and The Smiths, 1, 2;
visits Rough Trade shop, 1, 2;
and Throwing Muses, 1
Stent, Mark, 1
Stevens, Sufjan, 1
Stevo (Some Bizzare), 1
Stiff Little Fingers, 1
Inflammable Material, 1
Stiff Records, 1, 2, 3
Stock Aitken Waterman,
1, 2, 3
Stone Roses, 1, 2, 3
STP (Green), 1
Strange Things (fanzine), 1
Stranglers, 1
Strawberry Studios, Stockport, 1
Strawberry Switchblade, 1
Strokes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
‘The Modern Age’, 1
Strongman, Jay (Rhythm Kings), 1
Stump, 1
Stupids, 1
Sub Pop (record label), 1, 2, 3
Subway Organisation (record label), 1
Subway Sect, 1, 2
Suck, Jane, and ‘TVOD’, 1
Suicide, 1
Suite Sixteen (Rochdale), 1
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