Los Punk Rockers: The wonderfully awful Spanish Sex Pistols cash-in from 1978
The bizarre story of Los Exitos de Sex Pistols.
1978
Dolly Parton’s 1978 Playboy shoot: glamour, edge, and a very pervy-looking bunny
Dolly Parton surprised fans with a boundary-pushing Playboy spread.
The Happy Dragon-Band: Potent, art-damaged LP powered by a Detroit wizard, 1978
In 1978, a wonderfully weird album was released under the name the Happy Dragon-Band. The Detroit outfit wasn’t really a band, but a project steered…
Before they were Black Flag: New book unearths shots of Panic in 1978
Forty years ago, the ink was still wet on Bomp! Records’ deal with a South Bay punk band called Panic. Several months would elapse before…
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads perform live showcase at Entermedia Theater, 1978
Forty-years-ago, like a gazillion other kids, I was smitten by the sounds of New Wave. The needle had worn out on punk and there was…
Coming soon: An unreleased movie about San Francisco punks CRIME from 1978
via oicVintage CRIME fans rejoice! San Francisco’s first and only rock and roll band starred in a never-released movie filmed during June of 1978, and…
That time David Bowie & John Cale got fucked up and jammed, 1978
The bootleg’s rudimentary cover art The year varies–it was either 1978 or 1979 (or even earlier)–but by John Cale’s own admission, both he and David…
Kate Bush’s charming Japanese TV ad for Seiko watches, 1978
As quickly as the young Kate Bush had won over the British public, she was even more of an overnight sensation in Japan where she…
Unhappy meal: McDonald’s ‘Free Razor with Breakfast’ 1978 promotional campaign
In the mid-1970’s disposable razors hit the market and were all the rage which led to a very bizarre tie-in with USA’s largest fast food…