Jon Savage
@JonSavage1966
The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture is published by Faber and Faber 6 June 2024
OTD 46 years ago: my superheated review of Joy Division in the MM
M C 5. —-part of my life. Enabling me escape from Plato’s Parable the Cave -with everything else. And Viva Manchester Central Library. Viva Jon Savage
Bought OTD in 1972: a foundational album for me, along with Teenage Head an exit from West Coast into sharp, angry fast rock. The whole thing is great butthe second side is astonishing: Shakin’ Street, Human Being Lawnmower. Special mention for Looking At You
An article on Subway Sect by Jon Savage and pic by Bryn Jones in Sounds 1st, July 1978. @vic_godard @JonSavage1966
The Ramones, Talking Heads and Saints gig at the Roundhouse reviewed by Jon Savage and pic by Denis O'Regan in Sounds 18th, June 1977. @RamonesOfficial @TalkingHeadsNet @JonSavage1966 @TheDenisORegan
18th, June 1977, The Sex Pistols' getting arrested for playing 'God Save The Queen' on the 'Queen Elizabeth' Thames River trip by Jon Savage and Pics by Dennis Morris. "Rotten's so close all you can see is a snarling mouth and wild eyes"@sexpistols @JonSavage1966 @_DennisMorris
Happy Pride Month 🏳️🌈 We have a wide selection of books to read this Pride Month, here are just a few of our favourites ❤️ Pop in to have a peruse 📚
The Vibrators album 'Pure Mania' reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 11th, June 1977. @JonSavage1966
Out now, after a short delay, on the ever reliable CTR Celebrated cultural commentator, author & all round good egg @JonSavage1966 takes us on a cosmic journey like no other “Get ready for lift off & remember, the further out you get, the further you are from home”
Braf cael dychwelyd i @montylitfest am y 4dd tro ar gyfer y Late Lounge a chael sgwrsio hefo @JonSavage1966 Always great returning for the Late Lounge and this year a huge pleasure chatting The Secret Public with Jon Savage. Shout Out on @BBCRadioCymru bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07…
'The missing story of the heart of pop.' JOHNNY MARR From Sunday Times-bestselling author @JonSavage1966, comes a monumental history of the LGBTQ influence on popular culture. A Guardian & Evening Standard Book of 2024, it's now available in paperback. faber.co.uk/product/978057…
Singles reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 4th, June 1977 including Chelsea, Cortinas, Eater and Ian Hunter. @JonSavage1966
21st, May 1977 The Clash, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect and The Prefects' gig at the Rainbow reviewed by Jon Savage. "Rock 'N' Roll can be one of the few honest things left in this world." @JonSavage1966 @TheClash @LongLiveTheJam @Buzzcocks @vic_subwaysect @_Nightingales
26 years today since Rob Gretton died, so I thought I'd share again my piece on growing up together in Wythenshawe and how he was the reason I got into sleeve design, which played a big part in kickstarting the life and career I've subsequently enjoyed: shorturl.at/e5oVt
Arthur Lee & Love - August Arthur, along with the Four Sail line-up, performing for the Danish TV special, ‘A Group by the Name of Love’. Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen. 1970.
Singles reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 6th, May 1978 including Pere Ubu, Throbbing Gristle and The Residents. @JonSavage1966 @ubuprojex @ThrobbingGrstle @theResidents
An interview with Pat Palladin and Judy Nylon of Snatch by Jon Savage in Sounds 6th, May 1978. @JonSavage1966
