After completing a degree in history at the Polytechnic of North London, Neil takes a job at Marvel Comics, anglicizing spellings and indicating where over-risque woman needed to be redrawn decently. While there he interviews comic fan Marc Bolan, who politely points out that his tape recorder wasn’t working. In 1977 he works at Macdonald Educational Publishing, later moving to ITV Books. In June 1982, he joins Smash Hits.
Elvis Presley’s rendition of ‘Always on My Mind’ hits #9 on the U.K. singles chart. (More than a decade later PSB will take their cover version all the way to #1.)
The Boys perform in Valencia, Spain.
They begin writing a new song, ‘Psychological.’
Neil is among the attendees this evening at the opening of an exhibition of oil paintings by former Clash bassist Paul Simonon at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts.
In anticipation of the release of their new album Hotspot, Chris and Neil are interviewed this morning on BBC Radio by Becky Want.