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UPSTAIRS IN THE tiny Electric Circus dressing room Wayne County fussily fumbles and fidgets; he's got to look just right. He's wearing a crisp fawn ...

Marc Bolan, T. Rex: Marc Bolan: A Fan's Tribute

Comment by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 24 September 1977

IT'S DULLY strange — just a few fast days after reading and hearing the effect on so many lives that Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' had — ...

The Subway Sect: Bernard Rhodes Great Unknowns Payola Special

Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 4 March 1978

SUBWAY SECT have been together in some form or another since the semi-legendary 100 Club punk festival in September 1976. The line-up on that date ...

Devo: Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Live Review by Paul Morley, NME, 18 March 1978

SUDDENLY.....Devo! ...

Blondie And The Beast

Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 2 September 1978

DEBBIE HARRY: a few more brisk calculations in the dry equation, and she will be a star. A household name. An object. An illusion. Well ...

Lou Reed: I Love It When You Talk Dirty

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 21 April 1979

WHY DOES SUCH A MAN LIVE? ...

Penetration in Five Easy Stages

Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 19 May 1979

ONCE UPON a time there was an impetuous eight-year-old girl living in a dark Durham corner and influenced greatly by the fashionable doings of a ...

Tubeway Army: Looking Through Gary Numan's Eyes

Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 9 June 1979

THE LIST went something like: 2.00pm – Jackie, 2.30pm – My Guy, 3.15pm – Patches, 4.00pm – Record Mirror, 4.45pm – Smash Hits, 5.30pm – ...

Japan: Discovering Japan

Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 16 February 1980

Are Japan just a bunch of pretty boy remnants of glamrock. Or do they know something that the rest of rock 'n' roll is yet ...

The Associates: The Affectionate Punch

Review by Paul Morley, NME, 16 August 1980

RUMOURS have been dripping down from Scotland about a diverse horde of determined post Skids/S. Minds/Scars groups all ready to shift our attention. Positive Noise, ...

Ultravox: Forever And Ever Ultravox

Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 13 September 1980

WHEN GARY NUMAN was talking to the press every day of the week, unsurely basking in the cold sunshine of a sudden fame, a lot ...

XTC: Last Exit To Catalonia

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 20 September 1980

XTC ARE BITING their nails backstage of an open air gig at a soccer ground in the Madrid suburbs – the equivalent of an English ...

Marc Bolan, T. Rex: The NME Consumers' Guide To Marc Bolan, part 2: The Rise And Fall Of Bolanmania

Retrospective by Paul Morley, NME, 27 September 1980

BOLAN WENT electric and it was deemed, astoundingly, that he'd 'sold out'. For wanting to reach young people with vibrant pop music at a time ...

Associates, The: The Associates: Boys Keep Scoring

Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 27 September 1980

THERE'S SOMETHING a little odd about Billy Mackenzie. When he was younger, he says, his friends used to think that he was crazy. Mental. ...

Girlschool: Black Leather at St Trinians

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 2 May 1981

GIRLSCHOOL FRENZY GRIPS THE COUNTRY AS ADOLESCENT BOYS DISCOVER THEIR VERY OWN ROCK'N'ROLL SEX SYMBOLS. PAUL MORLEY TAKES A MANLY LOOK AT THIS CRAZY PHENOMENON. ...

ABC: Moonlight Club, London

Live Review by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 16 May 1981

ABRACADABRA! ABC show up in London. Another banal crew of slight white boys clumsily revising their dance style for the sake of summer attention? A ...

ABC: Now a name to drop. Soon a major part in the party.

Profile and Interview by Paul Morley, The Face, August 1981

I HOLD in my hand three letters... ...

Gary Numan: Dance (Beggars Banquet)

Review by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 5 September 1981

"These New Romantics are oh so boring I could swear I've been there once or twice before" ('Moral') ...

Adam & The Ants: Adam Ant: True Confessions: Brando, De Niro and Bruce Lee. Lennon-McCartney And Yours Truly

Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 16 January 1982

DO YOU believe in Adam Ant? ...