Revew of Strawberry Switchblade, The Pastels, April Showers and The Primevals live at Maestro's in Glasgow. Continue reading
An early example of the vigorous 1980s indie music fanzine scene, Scottish zine Deadbeat published nearly 40 issues between 1982 and 1986. Continue reading
Description of the single in Peter Trollope's 'In The Groove' column from Merseyside's evening daily newspaper Continue reading
Brief interview with Billy Sloan, the music writer from this Scottish national paper, just as Trees and Flowers was released Continue reading
Peter Martin reviewed the new releases and gave Trees and Flowers a rave review, declaring it to be single of the fortnight. Continue reading
The 'Popline' column mentions the personnel on new single Trees and Flowers Continue reading
Just as Trees and Flowers is released, this interview by Bill Black talks about the band's history thus far and their first gigs. Continue reading
Mike Gardner reviewed the week's new singles and, as with so many who'd follow him, he dismissed Strawberry Switchblade as 'wimpy'. Continue reading
Short introductory piece on Strawberry Switchblade just as debut single Trees and Flowers was released. Continue reading
Two page feature article, an introductory interview with Strawberry Switchblade mostly discussing how the band started. Continue reading