Friday, February 03, 2006

Smash Hits no more

For anyone who grew up with the British pop scene in the 1980's Smash Hits magazine was the publication to read. But times change etc etc, and on February 13th the magazine publishes its very last issue. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian has written a good feature on the rise, life and fall of the mag.
"British pop music has always been about irreverence and irony, individuality and wit."

The same was true for Smash Hits. I wonder if I still have any old issues stashed somewhere?