From Stuart Maconie romping up the Eiger with Stone Roses to Vivien Goldman having her intellect blown by reggae sound systems,writers and editors from four decades of NME delve behind the front pagesNews: NME to close print edition after 66 yearsAlexis Petridis: A rock’n’roll riot that petered into silenceReaders on their favourite NME issuesIn November 1973 – shortly after I’d moved up from deputy to editor – there was a printing strike. In the preceding couple of years, NME had been diligently reinventing itself from risible industry lapdog to credible maverick (an independent, nonconformist person) terrier; we were on a roll and it was intensely frustrating to be silenced by those for whose cause we had full sympathy. After all, or it wasn’t that long ago that NME had faced the threat of being silenced for good because of tumbling sales.
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Source: theguardian.com