As the Helium Kidz, they were featured in a small NME article as an up-and-coming band from Swindon.

" John Harris wrote in an NME article just prior to the release of Modern Life is Rubbish, " timing has been fortuitously perfect.

In July 1987, Marr left the group permanently because he thought an NME article entitled " Smiths to Split " was planted by Morrissey, when in fact it was not.

An early NME article on the band wrote that The Cure " are like a breath of fresh suburban air on the capital's smog-ridden pub-and-club circuit " and noted " With a John Peel session and more extensive London gigging on their immediate agenda, it remains to be seen whether or not The Cure can retain their refreshing joie de vivre.

In the NME ’ s cover article for March 2012, The Cure announced that they would be headlining a series of summer music festivals across Europe, including the Leeds / Reading Festival.

Although articles by the likes of Mick Farren ( whose article " The Titanic Sails At Dawn ", a call for a new street led rock movement in response to stadium rock ) were published by the NME that summer it was felt that younger blood was needed to credibly cover the emerging punk movement, and the paper advertised for a pair of " hip young gunslingers " to join their editorial staff.

On March 15, 2012, an article on NME revealed that frontman, Howlin ' Pelle Almqvist, hinted at two new track titles from Lex Hives: " I Want More " and " My Time Is Coming ".

An article in NME shortly after release, claimed Slade were in trouble over the album cover which featured an ' offensive ' picture of a nail piercing an ear drum, and that many dealers were refusing to stock it.

Gallagher became so influential that a June 1996 NME article argued that " If Noel Gallagher, the most successful songwriter of his generation, champions a group, then said group are guaranteed more mainstream kudos and, quite possibly, more sales.

After the 2002 awards an article on telegraph. co. uk reported that the winners of the NME awards " were almost interchangeable " with the winners of the Brit awards and criticised then editor Ben Knowles for what they saw as a hypocritical attack on the commercial nature of the Brit Awards.

They took their name from a quotation in an NME article on Jamie Wednesday by David Quantick.

By autumn 2006, the disappearance of their early promise and seeming fall from grace led NME to run an article entitled ' Whatever Happened to Dominic Masters?

A few people believed the allegations in the contentious article while many people viewed the article as defamatory, citing the 1 ) one sided nature of the article, 2 ) newspaper's history of questionable journalistic practices ( see NME article " P Diddy's Lawyer Lashes Out at LA Times ") and 3 ) perception of personal knowledge of the inaccuracy of the events reported in the article.

* NME article about Bez v Dom Boxing match

Jamie Wednesday are responsible for the name of the band Pop Will Eat Itself, when an article about Jamie Wednesday in the NME, written by David Quantick, mentioned that pop music is ever-recycling its ideas and that eventually, ' pop will eat itself '.

Dyer was quoted in a May 2011 article in NME as wanting to headbutt film critic Mark Kermode.

*, NME article on the Arctic Monkeys at the Integratron.

By the summer of 1996 Oasis's prominence was such that NME termed a number of Britpop bands ( including The Boo Radleys, Ocean Colour Scene and Cast ) as " Noelrock ", citing Gallagher's influence on their success.

Albarn explained to the NME in January 1997 that " We created a movement: as far as the lineage of British bands goes, there'll always be a place for us ", but added, " We genuinely started to see that world in a slightly different way.

NME magazine wrote in 1991, " are acceptable pretty face of a whole clump of bands that have emerged since the whole Manchester thing started to run out of steam.

In November 1974 NME music magazine reported that The Rubettes, The Glitter Band and Mud were among the UK bands who had roles in a new film titled Never Too Young To Rock.

NME magazine wrote in 1991, " are acceptable pretty face of a whole clump of bands that have emerged since the whole Manchester thing started to run out of steam.

In the United Kingdom the C86 cassette, a 1986 NME compilation featuring Primal Scream, The Pastels, The Wedding Present and other bands, was a document of the UK indie scene at the start of 1986.

In Britain the combination of indie with dance-punk was dubbed new rave in publicity for Angular's Klaxons and the term was picked up and applied by the NME to bands including Trash Fashion, New Young Pony Club, Hadouken !, Late of the Pier, Test Icicles and Shitdisco, forming a scene with a similar visual aesthetic to earlier rave music.

By the end of 1990, the Madchester scene was dying off, acid house was suffering from being the subject of a vigorous campaign to outlaw it by the John Major government, and NME had started to report on new bands coming from the US, mainly from Seattle.

The NME still covered the Indie scene and was involved with a war of words with a new band called Manic Street Preachers who were criticising the NME for what they saw as an elitist view of bands they would champion.

By the end of the year Blur and Oasis were the two biggest bands in the UK and sales of the NME were increasing thanks to the Britpop effect.

1995 saw the NME cover many of these new bands and saw many of these bands play the NME Stage at that year's Glastonbury Festival where the paper had been sponsoring the second stage at the festival since 1993.

In 2001 the NME reasserted its position as an influence in new music and helped to introduce bands including The Strokes, The Vines, and The White Stripes.

Later, Arctic Monkeys became the standard-bearers of the post-Libertines crop of indie bands, being both successfully championed by the NME and receiving widespread commercial and critical success.

NME sponsors a tour of the United Kingdom by up-and-coming bands each year.

The British music press — particularly NME and Melody Maker — named this style shoegazing because the musicians in these bands stood relatively still during live performances in a detached, introspective, non-confrontational state, hence the idea that they were gazing at their shoes.

The term was picked up by the NME, who used it as a reference to the tendency of the bands ' guitarists to stare at their feet — or their effects pedals ; seemingly deep in concentration, while playing.

However, Gallagher was often regarded as the spear-head of the Britpop movement, and at one point of time, NME termed a number of Britpop bands ( including Kula Shaker, Ocean Colour Scene and Cast ) as " Noelrock ", citing Gallagher's influence on their success.

According to NME journalist Stuart Maconie, the British press had " gone bonkers over Manchester bands ".

Going to the mid-end of the ' 80s, Seattle had their thrash metal bands, such as The Accused ( a crossover thrash band ), Bitter End, Coven, Forced Entry, Terrorist a power trio featuring Andy Massey on guitar James Dean on bass and Vence LaRose drums formerly of Mace ... NME and R. I. P .. Also of particular note are Seattle's Slaughter Haus 5, Tacoma Bands Sword of Judgement, Hammer Head, Kil-D-Kor, Koz of Konfuzion, Diamond Lie featuring Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, as well as Olympia bands Cyperus and Death Squad.

Gallagher maintains that the rivalry was conceived by the magazine NME and members of Blur's entourage as a ploy to raise their respective profiles, and that since this point he has had no respect for either party.

By 2007, the tension between the two had cooled, and in an NME interview, Gallagher said " I've got a lot of respect for Damon, I really do mean it.

NME obtained a copy of the single from Dirty Sweet, " Take It or Leave It ", and praised it.

Several journalists from NME also praised the record.

In 1978 Barney Bubbles was responsible for the redesign of the weekly music paper the NME, including a new logo design ( which is no longer in use ).< ref >

* Baby Gramps videos at NME website ( including August 28, 2006 Letterman appearance )

The magazine special editions were called NME Originals, with some featuring articles from other music titles owned by IPC, including Melody Maker, Rave and Uncut magazines.

The trio of gigs were very well received by critics, including a glowing two-page review in the NME.

In November 1971, NME reported that Slade had turned down a multi-million dollar campaign, including a television series and a heavily promoted tour of the US.

Several music magazines placed the album in their end-of-year lists for 1996, including NME, Melody Maker, Q, Select and Kerrang.

He began writing for the NME in the autumn of 1977, later contributing to various publications including Uncut, Arena, The Wire, The Face, The Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Screen and German Vogue.

* NME Artist page including reviews, news, and videos

" The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders offers an account of the band ’ s 2010 Reading and Leeds Festival shows, including Sargent ’ s NME cover shoot announcing the festival appearances, rehearsals and warm up shows, and their festival stage appearances.

D-D-Don't Stop the Beat was included in several publications ' " Best Albums of 2003 " lists, including Rolling Stone, NME, Entertainment Weekly and Blender.

Since the late 1970s, he has worked for a wide range of publications and broadcasters including NME, LWT, the BBC, and Talk Radio.

In 1986, Smith wrote the play Hey, Luciani based around the short-lived reign of Pope John Paul I. Smith has also periodically acted as guest contributor to publications including the NME.

The album was also highly regarded critically, appearing near the top of several end-of-year polls including the number one slot on NME Album of the Year and the number two spot on the Village Voice end-of-year list compiled by Robert Christgau.

Over the years, it has gathered more praise, including appearances on lists of the top albums of the 2000s: NME placed it at # 3 of their top 50 albums of decade list ; and Metacritic placed it at # 20 of the 40 best reviewed albums released 2000-9.

Associated NME is characterized by the spread of erythematous blisters and swelling across areas subject to greater friction and pressure, including the lower abdomen, buttocks, perineum, and groin.

Many small Union events are run in Jim's Bar, including the Big Wednesday Night Pub Quiz ( described by NME as the best in Glasgow ), the Pop Culture & A Piano quiz, Unplugged Open-Mic night on a Monday, New Theatre in Jim's, New Comedy in Jim's, DJs and game-shows.

" However, the album received less than favourable reviews from a number of other sources, including Pitchfork Media and NME.

In 2005, The Killers were nominated for three Grammy Awards ; Hot Fuss was nominated for Best Rock Album while " Somebody Told Me " was nominated for two awards including Best Rock Song, in the UK they won an NME Award for Best International Band.

In 2008 the band picked up two awards in the first NME Awards USA, including " Best Band " and " Best Track " for " Tranquilize ".