This will be the last blog entry until the absolute tail end of December, so myself (and Wayne Hussey and Noddy Holder above) would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. Thanks for reading the blog and I hope our journey from 1983 through to the middle of 1986 has been a pleasurable one - we started by dining on Goth Rock and the final specks of meat on the Oi! carcass, and have finished on Goth Rock, not by design, but by sheer luck... and if you thought Wayne Hussey wasn't remotely Christmassy, you'd obviously forgotten about the Metal Gurus above. Serendipity is our friend this Yuletide.
I'm hugely grateful for everyone who has stuck around reading this year - you've been a loyal audience with barely any sign of dropping away - but this is still a fairly niche, obscure blog and it could really use a lift. If you like it and want to share the joy on social media, or better still want to link back to it from your own site, I'd really appreciate it. I do this for pleasure rather than any attempt to build a profile, but nonetheless having an influx of new readers would definitely spur me on throughout 2026.
At this risk of sounding like I'm doing an Alan Partridge/ Noel Edmonds styled address, there have been a small number of people over the last year who haven't enjoyed this blog, but (to my relief) almost all of the criticisms were pre-empted by the FAQ when I launched. Of course, nobody reads FAQs, so it's worth reiterating the fact that this blog can never function as a fansite. If you're a particular fan of a band or artist being covered, there may be moments when it gets frustrating because it feels as if I'm stating the obvious or even moving towards cliches, but that's for the benefit of all the people out there (non-UK readers in particular) who may never have heard a note of their work and just need some basic scene-setting. Once we've got that out of the way, I try, to the best of my ability, to try and find something new to say. Of course, if your favourite group didn't ever hit the Indie Number One spot, then you're really stuck in the land of pith (this pains me sometimes as well; I'd like to have written more about Felt and The Fall in particular, but neither group ever reached the top spot in the NME rundown).
Here's a thought, though - in 2026, why not start your own blog? It's a dying hobby, but in these challenging times the world needs more enthusiasm and passion, in whatever form it comes. Be the change you want to see and give us all a better year. I want more things to read! See you again soon.
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