Strawberry Switchblade were cover stars of No 1 magazine 40 years ago today, 23 March 1985. The interview touched on Jill's agoraphobia & the culture shock of moving to London from Glasgow, with photos of them around St Paul's Cathedral.
![First page of a three page feature, headlined 'Let Her Go Out' and intro reading 'Eighteen months ago Strawberry Switchblade moved from Glasgow to London. They got a grotty flat in Muswell Hill and sat in it. Not a great start, you might think. But Jill McDowall [sic] suffers from agoraphobia - a fear of the outdoors - and Rose Bryson [sic] wasn't going out by herself. So how come they're now standing on top of St Paul's Cathedral being photographed by John Stoddart? Paul Simper tries to find the courage to go up there and ask them'](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/musicworld/media_attachments/files/114/210/774/302/075/256/original/2e3d8b5ed9bc2576.jpg "First page of a three page feature, headlined 'Let Her Go Out' and intro reading 'Eighteen months ago Strawberry Switchblade moved from Glasgow to London. They got a grotty flat in Muswell Hill and sat in it. Not a great start, you might think. But Jill McDowall [sic] suffers from agoraphobia - a fear of the outdoors - and Rose Bryson [sic] wasn't going out by herself. So how come they're now standing on top of St Paul's Cathedral being photographed by John Stoddart? Paul Simper tries to find the courage to go up there and ask them'")
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Continuing a week of posts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, here's Jill Bryson's acoustic home demo.
Like most Strawberry Switchblade songs, Let Her Go was written on guitar. Jill wrote the music and a basic vocal meody, Rose refined the melody & added lyrics.
Two shots from Strawberry Switchblade's final photo session, spring 1986.
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Peter McArthur, used with permission)
Strawberry Switchblade by candlelight.
Back page poster from UK music mag Record Mirror, 1985.
(Peter McArthur, used with permission)
Strawberry Switchblade talking about their aesthetic & how Glasgow boredom encourages creativity. Interviewed by Paul Coia, March 1985.
Happy birthday to Jill Bryson, born this day 1961!
The voice, the melodies, the songs, the style, always inventive in her myriad forms of creative expression.
Strawberry Switchblade, 1984 or 1985.
Paul Cox
Strawberry Switchblade centrespread poster from No 1 magazine, 1985.
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The gig was favourably reviewed in Sounds, only the fourth time the band had been in the music press.
https://strawberryswitchblade.net/sounds-live-review-13-november-1982/
Strawberry Switchblade · Sounds live review (13 November 1982) - Strawberry SwitchbladeA Glasgow gig reviewed by early Strawberry Switchblade champion Andrea Miller, just as the band were doing the BBC radio sessions.
Strawberry Switchblade photo shoot for the album cover, 1984. The one that was selected & colourised is top & centre.
( Peter Anthony McArthur, used with permission)
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Happy birthday Dolly Parton, 79 today! Strawberry Switchblade recorded an electropop cover of Jolene as their 5th single, released in September 1985, with a video shot in Paris:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq0UleP-VGg
Strawberry Switchblade lyric poster for Let Her Go, Smash Hits magazine, March 1985.
On January 15 1985, 40 years ago today, Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade became the first - and still only - UK top ten hit by a Scottish female band.
(Footage from that week's Top of the Pops chart rundown - facepalm time for Peter Powell saying that these two proud Glaswegians were from Liverpool!)
Strawberry Switchblade, London, 1984.
( Peter Anthony McArthur, used with permission)
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#Music #Musik #Musique #Música #PopRock #WeAreTheRadio #Rock #MastoMusic #PunkRock #PopRock #ScottishBands #TheBraes #VeryYoungBands #AlternativeMusic #Scotland #ScottishRock #ScotsRock
(Hopefully) Famous bands with very young members < 21 years old /
Grupos que (ojalá) se hagan famosos con integrantes menores de 21 años
Check out this group of 17-year-olds. SCOTLAND, YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!!! 
The Braes – Holly
Full song here/Canción completa aquí:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB1-MMjwSac
