Stones press communique from the early eighties. More formal than the punk style releases, but the famous tongue logo makes it stand out.

Hazel O’Connor was a switchboard operator in our office who went onto hit the heights with the Number 1 album and hit film “Breaking Glass”. This press release addressed criticism about Hazel being ‘hyped’ head on as a way of getting people down to a gig at The Marquee Club.

Punk was a creative force of nature that indirectly influenced all the arts especially music and fashion – it’s spiritual home.  This press release for The Stranglers puts an emphasis on the visual as opposed to written word.

Prior to that press communiques tended to be long, formal and incredibly dull. I wanted to bring a bit of humour to the proceedings and ensure that we grabbed people’s attention.

The Heartbreakers release was inspired by US comic books and tried to reflect the bands trashy New York style. Again it aimed to catch the eye.

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This shot was taken on board Gerry Bron’s private jet headed for a Motorhead gig in Marseilles. Gerry was the head of Bronze Records, the band’s label at the time.
As you’d expect enormous amounts of lager had been consumed, only for us to find out at half past France there was no toilet on board! Empty glasses were collected. Predictably the next thing that happened was hitting turbulence…..