Scream City 6 is the long-awaited film and video edition originally planned for 2012 but which never happened but is now slated for 2020.

The regular line-up of writers will return - Michael Eastwood, John Cooper, Andrew James, Ian McCartney, David Nolan plus debutants Iain Key, Brian Nicholson and Paul Pledger.

The publication schedule is somewhat tentative at this stage but, with a surprising amount of work already having been completed several years ago, it is not having to be started from scratch. More information when I have it but it should be published in the first half of 2020.

In a break from tradition, but rather aptly considering the subject material, this edition will be online-only.

See also: Scream City

Labels: Andrew_James, Brian_Nicholson, David_Nolan, Factory_Records, fanzines, Iain_Key, Ian_McCartney, Ikon, Michael_Eastwood, PKRP, Scream_City

Scream City 4 was almost totally themed around FAC-2 A Factory Sample and featured all four artists - Joy Division, The Durutti Column, Cabaret Voltaire, John Dowie - in the form of interviews with Peter Hook, Vini Reilly, Colin Sharp, Stephen Mallinder and, er, John by Scream City regulars Ian McCartney and Michael Eastwood with a special guest appearance by Phil Kooky Cleaver. Matthew Robertson discussed the design philosophy behind the record whilst Andrew James took on the wider concept of the record label sampler throughout the history of popular music.

A free limited edition CD featured the track 'Cup a Soup Romance' from the then forthcoming album by The Durutti Column, 'Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness'.

The design theme was decidedly and deliberately old school, taking the fanzine concept back to its origins. Fixed-width fonts and black and white vibe. Cover star Vini Reilly was half-toned by Steven Hankinson from a portrait photo by Rachel McFarlane.

The back cover star was the silver mascot of Tony Wilson's old Jag - true story. The figurine was broken and the owner sold it to Scream City's Ian McCartney and donated the proceeds to The Christie, where AHW had been treated during his illness.

Labels: Andrew_James, Cabaret_Voltaire, David_Nolan, Ian_McCartney, John_Dowie, Joy_Division, Michael_Eastwood, Rachel_McFarlane, Scream_City, The_Durutti_Column, Tony_Wilson

Scream City 3 was published in June 2007, one year after the second issue. I discovered that making fanzines is not an easy thing to do and gradually the gaps between issues got longer and longer. This was the one with the seventies porno cover and so the use of Alba Super for the title and inside cover contents page seemed de rigueur. This was probably the most eclectic issue in terms of content as there was no overall theme, save for two articles about the archives at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester (which, back then, was known as the Museum of Science and Industry or MoSI). Regular contributor Andrew James and Jan Hargreaves (now Hicks) from the Museum itself explained two different sides of the Factory archives.

David Nolan presented an extracted from his then forthcoming 'Confusion' biography of New Order's Bernard Sumner and Aloysius Munn (aka Ian McCartney) talked to Ian White of The Wendys. Michael Eastwood gave us two articles about Fac 51 The Haçienda - one on the long-lost Haçienda Classics album and another, 'Ghosts of the Haçienda' which celebrated the early years and coincided with an event at One Central under the same title.

Matthew Robertson critiqued the graphic design used by Electronic for their three main albums, David Nolan talked to Crispy Ambulance's Alan Hempsall and I snagged the cover story with the slightly suggestive title 'A Cock and Balls Story'. Whilst refreshing my memory of this last article I found an archived email with the title 'Tony Wilson's Cock and Balls'. Fortunately the article is not as puerile as the title suggests.

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Scream City 3 forms part of the Scream City digital archive.

Labels: Alan_Hempsall, Andrew_James, Bernard_Sumner, Crispy_Ambulance, David_Nolan, FAC51_The_Hacienda, Scream_City

Home Truths present 'Things That Go Punk In The Night' at The Railway in Whaley Bridge on 31 October 2019 from 19:30.

The event is an exploration of three books on the Manchester Punk Scene with David Nolan, Martin Ryan and Gareth Ashton.

There will be a rare screening of 'I Swear I Was There', David Nolan's documentary on the Sex Pistols concerts at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester in 1976.

Please note that this is a free event for which you don't require a ticket.

More info: Facebook Event [RSVP if you would like to attend as it gives the venue an idea of expected numbers]

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The Railway
33 Market Street
Whaley Bridge
SK23 7AA

Labels: books, David_Nolan, events, post_punk, punk

4th June 1976. Four young men took to the stage of the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester. The noise they made changed everything...

Forty-three years ago the Sex Pistols performed on television for the very first time - on TV's So It Goes show. To mark the anniversary, author and TV producer David Nolan will be here to talk about his documentary and book 'I Swear I Was There'. It tells the tale of the Pistols' two legendary performances at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade in 1976, plus their notorious Granada appearance. GQ Magazine called David's subsequent book version of I Swear "one of the greatest rock stories ever told".

The 2001 Granada TV documentary will be shown in full at the Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club in London on Thursday 19 September 2019. This will be its first airing in nearly 20 years. David will also be talking about the documentary and book (and he might also slip in a mention his recent Manc noir novel 'Black Moss').

Venue information: Bank Job, 151-155 Hoe St, Walthamstow, London E17 3AN

More info: Facebook Event

Labels: David_Nolan, documentary, Joy_Division, London, So_It_Goes, talk, Tony_Wilson

Manchester journalist and author Mick Middles has a weekly radio show on Fab International and on Friday 16 May 2014 he will be joined by special guest David Nolan (author of Confusion and You're Entitled To An Opinion) who will be choosing the music and chatting with Mick.

Listen online from 19:00-21:00 BST via fabinternationalradio.com.

Labels: David_Nolan, Mick_Middles, radio

Lee Gale has written a 5-page article on Bernard Sumner which in the September 2012 issue of GQ (British Edition).

With an in-depth interview with the man himself plus contributions from Karl Bartos, Dave Haslam, Johnny Marr, David Nolan and Peter Saville it's a great tribute to "the straight man of Madchester".

Labels: Bernard_Sumner, Dave_Haslam, David_Nolan, Electronic, interview, Johnny_Marr, Joy_Division, Karl_Bartos, New_Order, Peter_Saville

David Nolan's book You're Entitled To An Opinion - The High Times and Many Lives of Tony Wilson, Factory Records and The Hacienda has just come out on Kindle for a bargain price.

Labels: books, David_Nolan, Kindle, Tony_Wilson

David Nolan's excellent 2009 biography of Tony Wilson, You're Entitled To An Opinion... The high times and many lives of Tony Wilson, Factory Records and the Hacienda, is out now in a revised and updated paperback version (for only 4.79 GBP via Amazon.co.uk).

Labels: books, David_Nolan, Tony_Wilson

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