Summer, Donna, 1
‘I Feel Love’, 1
Sumner, Bernard, 1, 2, 3;
see also New Order
Sumosonic, 1
Sun, The, 1, 2
Sundays, 1, 2
Super Furry Animals, 1
‘The Man Don’t Give a Fuck’, 1
Superdrug, 1
Supergrass, 1
Swamplands (record label), 1
Swankers (fanzine), 1, 2
Sweet Exorcist, 1, 2
‘Testone’, 1
Swell Maps, 1, 2
Swervedriver, 1
Swinton, Tilda, 1
Symmons, Rob, 1
synchronisations, 1
Synclavier, 1
T in the Park, 1
Tad, 1
Talking Heads, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
‘Stop Making Sense’, 1
Talulah Gosh, 1
Tambala, Ayuli and Rudy, 1;
see also AR Kane
Tangerine Dream, 1
Tate, Troy, 1
Tati, Jacques, 1
Taylor, Alexis (Domino), 1
Taylor, Mark, 1
tDR see under Designers Republic
Team Talk, Chelsea F.C., 1
Teardrop Explodes, The, 1, 2, 3, 4
A Catholic Education, 1
Bandwagonesque, 1, 2, 3
Grand Prix, 1
‘Bill Drummond Said’, 1
‘Reward’, 1
‘Sleeping Gas’, 1
‘Teenage Depression’ by Eddy & the Hot Rods 1
Teenage Fanclub, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Teenage Filmstars, 1
Telescopes, 1
Television, 1, 2, 3
Marquee Moon, 1, 2, 3
Television Personalities, 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Part Time Punks’, 1
‘Picture of Dorian Gray’, 1
Teller, Jürgen, 1
Ten City, 1
Terra Firma, 1
Terrace, Blenheim, 1
Terris, 1
Tetras, Bush, 1
Thailand, 1
That Dog, 1
Thatcher, Margaret, 1
They Might Be Giants, 1
Thick Pigeon, 1
Thirteenth Floor Elevators, 1, 2
This Heat, 1, 2, 3
This Mortal Coil, 1, 2
Blood, 1, 2, 3
‘Song to the Siren’, 1, 2
Thomas, Richard ‘the Druid’, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Thompson, Daley, 1
Thompson, Hunter S., 1
Thompson, Mayo, 1, 2, 3
Corky’s Debt To His Father, 1
Thompson, Pete (Vital), 1
Thorn, Tracey, 1
Throbbing Gristle, 1, 2
The Second Annual Report, 1
Throwing Muses, 1
Timelords, The, 1, 2, 3;
on TOTP, 1;
see also KLF, The ‘Doctorin’ the Tardis’, 1, 2, 3
Tindersticks, 1
Tolworth Recreation Centre, 1
Too Pure (record label), 1, 2
Top Gear, 1
Top of the Pops (TOTP), 1, 2, 3, 4;
Depeche Mode, 1, 2;
Donna Summer, 1;
and Hawkwind, 1;
Happy Mondays, 1, 2;
Hendrix, 1;
New Order, 1, 2, 3;
Orange Juice, 1;
The Smiths, 1;
The Teardrop Explodes, 1;
The Timelords/KLF, 1, 2
Tottenham Court Road: The Living Room, 1;
YMCA, 1, 2
Touch & Go Records, 1
Town & Country Club, 1, 2, 3
Trafford, Howard, see Devoto, Howard
Transamerica Corporation, 1
Transmat (record label), 1
Travis, Geoff, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
and Alway, 1, 2;
after Rough Trade, 1;
and Blanco y Negro deal, 1;
and demise of Rough Trade, 1, 2;
and Doherty, 1, 2;
ethos, 1, 2, 3;
and Horne, 1, 2;
and Lee, 1, 2;
and Morrissey, 1, 2;
musical taste, 1, 2;
opens Rough Trade shop, 1;
relaunches Rough Trade, 1;
and Scott, 1, 2, 3;
and The Smiths, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
and the Strokes, 1;
and ‘TVOD’, 1;
US signings, 1;
and Warners, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
see also Rough Trade Records
Trax Records (Chicago), 1
Treacy, Dan, 1, 2, 3, 4;
see also Television Personalities
Tricky Disco, 1, 2
Troggs, 1
True, Everett, 1;
see also Legend!, The
Trux, The, 1
Tschichold, Jan, 1
Tube, The (TV show), 1, 2, 3
Tubeway Army, 1
Turner, Alex, 1
Turner, Simon Fisher, 1
Turner, Steve, 1
Turner, Tina, 1
Tushingham, Rita, 1
Tuxedomoon, 1
23 Envelope (graphic design), 1, 2, 3;
see also Oliver, Vaughan
Twisted Wheel, 1
UK, 1, 2
UK Subs, 1
Ulmer, Jame, 1
‘Blood’, 1
Ultra Vivid Scene, 1
ULU (University of London Union), 1, 2, 3
Underground Resistance (Detroit record label), 1
United Artists, 1, 2, 3;
and Andrew Lauder/Hawkwind, 1;
’70s competitors, 1
Universal Amphitheatre, 1
Unrest, 1
Perfect Teeth, 1
USA, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
executives, compared with UK, 1;
radio stations, 1;
touring in, 1;
Eighties, 1;
West Coast, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
V (festival), 1
Valley Girl (film), 1
Van der Graaf Generator, 1
Vaselines, 1, 2
‘Molly’s Lips’, 1
‘Son of a Gun’, 1
Velvet Underground, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Loaded, 1
VU, 1
Venice Biennale, 1
Verlaine, Tom, 1, 2
Versace, Donatella, 1
Vig, Butch, 1
Vindaloo Records (Birmingham), 1
Violent Femmes, 1
Viper Room, 1
Virgin Prunes, 1
Virgin Records, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Vital (distributor), 1
Vogue, 1
Vomit, The, 1, 2
Vonnegut, Kurt, 1
Vox Continental (organ), 1
Wag club, 1, 2
Waits, Tom, 1
Wake, 1
Walker, Gary (Wiiija), 1, 2
Walking Seeds, 1
Wall Street, 1, 2;
Wall Street Journal, 1
Wall, Max, 1
Wallace, Colin, 1, 2, 3, 4
Walmsley, Peter, 1
Walters, John, 1
Warby, Russell, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Wardle, Ben, 1
Warhol, Andy, 1
Warner Brothers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
and Drummond, 1, 2, 3,
and McGee, 1;
and New Order, 1;
and The Smiths, 1, 2;
and Travis, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and Watts-Russell/1AD, 2, 3, 4;
see also Blanco y Negro; Electra; Elevation; Korova; Qwest; Sire
Warp (record label), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
AI series, 1;
and Boards of Canada, 1;
and Detroit scene, 1;
facelessness, 1;
and FON Studios, 1;
formation, 1;
and Peel, 1;
and Rhythm King, 1, 2;
sign Broadcast, 1;
and tDR, 1, 2;
‘Track With No Name’ (debu
t), 1
Warp Films, 1
Warpnet, 1
Warren, Tony, 1
Warwick University, 1
Water Rats, Kings Cross, 1, 2
Waterman, Pete, 1, 2, 3;
see also Stock Aitken Waterman
Watford Gap, 1
Watts-Russell, Ivo, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
and AR Kane, 1;
and Cocteau Twins, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and Colourbox, 1;
early life, 1;
emigration to LA, 1, 2, 3;
founds Guernica, 1;
and 4AD, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
and Lavonia, 1;
leaves 4AD, 1;
and Oliver, 1, 2, 3;
and Peel, 1, 2, 3;
personal life, 1, 2;
and Pixies/Throwing Muses, 1, 2;
and PJ Harvey/Too Pure, 1;
and ‘Pump Up the Volume’, 1;
and Red House Painters, 1;
‘steals’ AR Kane, 1;
and This Mortal Coil, 1, 2;
signs Lush/Pale Saints, 1, 2;
see also 4AD
WEA, see Warner Brothers
Weather Prophets, 1, 2
Mayflower, 1
Weatherall, Andrew, 1
Webster, John, 1
Wedding Present, 1, 2, 3, 4
Week of Wonders, The (Hammersmith Riverside, 1985), 1
Welwyn Garden, 1
Wembley Arena, 1, 2
Wendys, 1
West Ham, 1
West Princes Street (Postcard), 1, 2, 3
West Wing, 1
Western Baths Club, 1
Westgate Street, Hackney (Creation), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Wet Wet Wet, 1, 2, 3
Whaam! Records, 1
What’s On, 1
Whitaker, Hugh (Housemartins), 1
White, Jack, 1, 2
White, Jimmy, 1
White, Paul, 1
White Panther Movement, 1
White Room, The (film), 1
White Stripes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
sign to XL, 1
White Swans (cricket club), 1
Whitehead, Dave, 1
Whitehead, Malcolm, 1
Whitesnake, 1
Whitworth Street, Manchester, 1, 2;
see also Haçienda, The
Wichita Recordings (record label), 1, 2, 3, 4;
attempt to sign Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 1;
sign Bloc Party, 1
Wiiija (record label), 1, 2, 3;
joins Beggars Group, 1
Wild Swans, 1, 2
Wilder, Alan, 1
Williams, Lucinda, 1
Williams, Robert, 1
Wilson, Brian, 1
Wilson, Greg, 1
Wilson, Tony, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
‘art of the playground’, 1;
closes Haçienda, 1;
and Drummond, 1;
and The Factory Club, 1;
and Factory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
and Granada, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
and Gretton, 1;
and Happy Mondays, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and McGee, 1, 2;
and McGough, 1, 2, 3;
and New Order, 1, 2, 3;
resigns from Granada, 1;
and Savage, 1, 2;
and Sex Pistols, 1, 2;
see also Factory Records; Haçienda, The
Win, 1
Winwood, Muff, 1
Wipers, 1
‘D’, 1
Wire, 1, 2, 3
With Love from Manchester (festival), 1
WLIR, 1
Wogan, 1
Wolfgang Press, 1, 2, 3
‘A Girl Like You’, 1
Wonder Stuff, The, 1, 2
The Eight Legged Groove Machine, 1
Woodbine Street Studios (Leamington Spa), 1, 2
Woodentops, 1, 2, 3
Word, The (TV show), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Working Week, 1
Worst, The, 1
Would Be Goods, 1
‘The Camera Loves Me’, 1
Wyatt, Robert, 1
‘Shipbuilding’, 1
Wynette, Tammy, 1
X–Factor, 1
XL Recordings (record label), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and rave scene, 1
Xmal Deutschland, 1
Y Cruff, 1
Yazoo, 1, 2
Upstairs At Eric’s, 1, 2
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 1
Yes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Yetnikoff, Walter, 1
YMCA, 1
YMG, 1
York, Peter, 1, 2
Young Marble Giants, 1, 2
Young, Martin, 1, 2, 3
Young, Neil, 1
Young, Steve, 1
Zoo, The (Zoo Records), 1, 2
To the Shores of Lake Placid (compilation), 1
About the Author
Richard King was born in Newport, Gwent. He has worked at the heart of the independent music industry for nearly twenty years. He is the co-editor of Loops, an occasional journal of long-form music writing published jointly by Faber and Domino Records. He has contributed to the Guardian, the Observer and many other publications. He lives with his family in Powys. This is his first book.
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