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On This Day 21st October 2025.

Scottish Punk band Nerve, on stage at Academy 2, Manchester, 21st October 2001.

#Manchester #Academy2 #Nerve #ScottishBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #BandPhotography

A man with slightly spiky brown hair, wearing a brown t-shirt over a long-sleeved white t-shirt and a blue pair of jeans, playing a black electric guitar attached to a black strap slung over his left shoulder.
He is leaning out over the crowd, his face covered in a massive grin.
The heads of several people can be seen at the bottom of the image, mostly watching the band intently.
In the background, a man wearing a black shirt and black pants can be seen playing a brown and white bass guitar on the right of the frame, next to a rack of black amplifiers, a microphone on a stand in front of him.
A massive drum rig is in the background on the left, under a red stage light.
Black walls at the back of the stage complete the image.

Big Country were my band in the eighties.
I don't think any song's lyrics hit me quite as hard to this day as Chance.

"He came like a hero from the factory floor
With the sun and moon as gifts
But the only son you ever saw
Were the two he left you with.."

Man.

RIP, Stuart Adamson. Your music had a tremendous impact on this kid from Shreveport, Louisiana.

Big Country
Chance

https://youtu.be/NKkhNV8zn-s

#Music #80sBands #BigCountry #ScottishBands #MastoMusic #Fediverse

Photo of the Day 7th October 2025.

The singer/guitarist from Scottish Punk band Nerve on stage at the Castle, Oldham, 15th March 2001.

#Oldham #TheCastle #Nerve #guitar #ScottishBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #BandPhotography

A man with short, slight;y spiky hair, wearing a green t-shirt over a white long-sleeved t-shirt and a blue pair of jeans, playing a black electric guitar and singing in to a microphone on a stand in front of him.
A small amplifier stack is on the floor behind him on the left of the frame.
Purple walls and black ceiling fill the rest of the frame.

#AlternateFridayMusic
Aug 15 2025
The prompt is #Quiet

The Beta Band, “Quiet” from “Hot Shots II,” 2001

#TheBetaBand are from Scotland, purveying kind of clattery #psychedelic music with a #LoFi aesthetic, but when at its best, with some groove - which I think this track demonstrates nicely.

They disbanded in 2004 but I see now that they’ve just reunited for a tour, so hurry out and get those tickets, kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMf5COLqqxE

#BetaBand #Indie #IndieMusic #ScottishBands

This week's #MusicWomenWednesday is one I can't stop listening to these last few days. I usually like to wait until a record is out and I've heard all of it, but these three preview tracks are so damn good, I wanted to share.

Glasgow's CLOTH is twins Rachael & Paul Swinton and their songs are incredibly great. Minimal, melodies galore. A new find for me this year (they have another cool LP from 2023).

LP 'Pink Silence' is out fully in less than a month, on April 25.

https://cloth-music.bandcamp.com/album/pink-silence

#IndieRock #AltPop #electronica #Glasgow #GlasgowBands #Scotland #ScottishBands #2025Albums #2025Records

Looks like the same guitar Edwyn Collins is holding on the cover of Orange Juice's debut single Falling & Laughing

#edwyncollins #orangejuice #orangejuiceband #scottishbands

The coverm of Falling & Laughing, debut single by Orange Juice. Three young men in black and white on a pink background with a floral border on three sides. One of them, Edwyn Collins, is holding a guitar above his head.

Strawberry Switchblade were cover stars of No 1 magazine 40 years ago today, 23 March 1985. The interview touched on Jill's agoraphobia & the culture shock of moving to London from Glasgow, with photos of them around St Paul's Cathedral.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #scottishbands #80smusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #synthpop #popstars #lethergo #no1magazine

Cover of No 1 magazine with headline 'Strawberry Switchlade hit the heights' and a photo of Jill and Rose in polka dot dresses with polka dot ribbons in their hair

First page of a three page feature, headlined 'Let Her Go Out' and intro reading 'Eighteen months ago Strawberry Switchblade moved from Glasgow to London. They got a grotty flat in Muswell Hill and sat in it. Not a great start, you might think. But Jill McDowall [sic] suffers from agoraphobia - a fear of the outdoors - and Rose Bryson [sic] wasn't going out by herself. So how come they're now standing on top of St Paul's Cathedral being photographed by John Stoddart? Paul Simper tries to find the courage to go up there and ask them'

Page two of the three-page feature, including photos of Rose and Jill at St Paul's cathedral with schoolkids around them.

Final page of the three-page feature, illustrated with Rose and Jill standing between large cathedral pillars, Jill in a long white dress, Rose in one that's short and black.

Continuing a week of posts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, here's Jill Bryson's acoustic home demo.

Like most Strawberry Switchblade songs, Let Her Go was written on guitar. Jill wrote the music and a basic vocal meody, Rose refined the melody & added lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrfpdrjBgE8

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #indie #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80smusic #synthpop

To mark the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's single Let Her Go, every day this week we'll be posting content to do with the song. Here's the full-page ad placed in the UK music press - 'from the girls that know'.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80smusic #indie #indiepop #goth #80sgoth #newwave #synthpop #80spopstars #polkadots

A monochrome advert with 'Strawberry Switchblade' in curly letters and the cover for the record featuring Jill and Rose with their trademark polka dots, ribbons and plastic flowered headbands. Underneath is text: "The new 7 inch and three track 12 inch single Let Her Go. 12 inch includes the extra track Michael Who Walks By Night. From the girls who know".

Two shots from Strawberry Switchblade's final photo session, spring 1986.

(📸©️ Peter McArthur, used with permission)

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #80smusic #indie #indiepop #goth #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #popstars

Rose and Jill against a dark background, standing slightly apart in black clothes exposing their shoulders. Both are looking at the camera, and Jill touches her black varnished nails to her neck.

Rose and Jill against a dark background, facing one another, both in black clothes. Rose has long polka dot ribbins trailing down her back. Viewed from a low position, Jill looks at the camera but Rose is looking down. Each has a hand against their upper arm, jill's showing black varnished nails, Rose showing rings that look like spiders.

Strawberry Switchblade on the cover of Patches, 24 March 1984.

Patches was a UK weekly magazine aimed at teenage girls, featuring music, fashion, advice and romance photo-stories.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80smusic #80sindiepop #gothpop #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #patchesmagazine #teenmagazine #polkadot #polkadots

Strawberry Switchblade by candlelight.

Back page poster from UK music mag Record Mirror, 1985.

(📸©️Peter McArthur, used with permission)

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #goth #newwave #indie #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #electropopmusic

Strawberry Switchblade talking about their aesthetic & how Glasgow boredom encourages creativity. Interviewed by Paul Coia, March 1985.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh7J03YPSlQ

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #goth #newwave #indie #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #electropopmusic #paulcoia

Happy birthday to Tim Pope, born this day in 1956, director of the first 3 Strawberry Switchblade videos! His birthday is the day after Jill's & they had a joint party in 1985. 🧵

#StrawberrySwitchblade #birthdays #musician #birthday #musicianbirthdays #otd #onthisday #synthpop #indie #indiemusic #goth #80sgoth #indiemusician #scottishmusic #scottishband #scottishbands #femalebands #polkadot #polkadots #80smusic #timpope #musicvideo

Happy birthday to Jill Bryson, born this day 1961!

The voice, the melodies, the songs, the style, always inventive in her myriad forms of creative expression.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #jillbryson #birthdays #musician #birthday #musicianbirthdays #otd #onthisday #synthpop #indie #indiemusic #goth #80sgoth #indiemusician #scottishmusic #scottishband #scottishbands #femalebands #femalesinger #polkadot #polkadots #80smusic

Strawberry Switchblade, 1984 or 1985.

📸Paul Cox

#StrawberrySwitchblade #paulcoxphotography #paulcox #synthpop #80smusic #music #femaleband #femalebands #scottishbands #scottishband

On this day 40 years ago Strawberry Switchblade recorded their final BBC radio session, for John Peel. With Since Yesterday in the top 10 & the album imminent, you'd have thought they'd be showcasing some of its songs. Instead, they recorded 4 new tracks 🧵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_O2uUlx1Fs

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #scottishbands #indie #indiepop #gothpop #goth #newwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #80smusic #otd #onthisday #johnpeel #johnpeelsessions #sakamoto

Strawberry Switchblade centrespread poster from No 1 magazine, 1985.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #no1magazine #popstars #electropop #electropopmusic #goth #music #popmusic #80smusic

The gig was favourably reviewed in Sounds, only the fourth time the band had been in the music press.

https://strawberryswitchblade.net/sounds-live-review-13-november-1982/

#sounds #music #80smusic #StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #indie

It's the only studio recording by the band in its all-female indie guitar quartet format. It was simultaneously the first new Strawberry Switchblade release in over 30 years, & also their earliest recording ever to be released.

The EP has three songs, Trees & Flowers, Go Away (aka Seaside), and Spanish Song (aka Don't Go). Spanish Song was one of the few early songs that were never rerecorded by the duo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxo_fWkUots

#scottishband #scottishbands #glasgowband #glasgowbands

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