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.
The first single by Electronic, ‘Getting Away with It’ (co-written by Neil and featuring him on backup vocals), debuts on the U.K. singles chart.
The Boys perform in Bournemouth, U.K.
A very busy ‘U.K. media day’ for PSB: they appear on two radio programs—Steven Wright’s and Geoff Lloyd’s—as well as on Alan Titchmarsh’s afternoon TV show.
It’s rare for either of the Pet Shop Boys to work in the studio on a Sunday, but Chris does so today, putting down a mix of ‘The Trial.’