NME (New Musical Express)

Sep 18, 2023 · 24m 53s
NME (New Musical Express)
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A (relatively) in-depth analysis of the British music newspaper NME (or New Musical Express as it was originally known) in (just over) twenty minutes. In this episode I am in...

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A (relatively) in-depth analysis of the British music newspaper NME (or New Musical Express as it was originally known) in (just over) twenty minutes. In this episode I am in conversation with with Dr. Andrew Webber.

NME is currently a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. Launched in 1952, it was originally a newspaper (or 'rock inkie') and was the first British newspaper to include a singles chart.

In the 1970s, it became the best-selling British music newspaper. From 1972 to 1976, it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism, a style of writing that typically employs satire, exaggerated assertions, scathing critique, shocking descriptions and usually includes the writer as part of the story using a first-person narrative. It was closely associated with the punk rock movement through the writings of Julie Burchill, Paul Morley, and Tony Parsons. In the 1990s it moved from newsprint to a glossier magazine style format before leaving the physical format altogether and publishing online only.

In the the Sex Pistols song 'Anarchy in the UK', I always assumed Johnny Rotten sang 'I use the NME, I use ANARCHY'. Maybe he actually did.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

Mathew Woodall
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