Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 17hAt the Imperial Museum North for the launch of Pet Shop Boys A Man from the Future - in conversation with Turing biographer Andrew Hodges 0282
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 08/10/2026At Hope and Anchor launch of the Joy Division Eternal (Live) box with Wolfgang Tillmans, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris and Peter Saville 71116
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 04/10/20261976 comp up for preorder on @acerecords.bsky.social website. Contains discs pictured plus many more 3426
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 Very pleased to be a guest on Word In Your Ear talking about my new 2xLp comp 1976: Something Was Going To Happen, the Ramones, Jeans On, buying records in 1970-71 and the upcoming republication of England’s Dreaming. Thanks to Dave Mark and Alex youtu.be/THm6xpeU3Aoyoutu.beJon Savage loathed the 1976 singles chart so he’s made an album of should-have-been hitsYouTube video by Word In Your Ear 46611
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That was a Leee Black Childers blag - the band were on the point of disintegrating. But Leee was so great I didn’t mind 020
Reposted by Jon SavageSounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 01/10/20261st, October 1977 an article on The Heartbreakers by Jon Savage and pics by Andre Csillag and Ray Stevenson. "....you can be an asshole and still be a rock'n'roll star. (Laughter)." @jonsavage.bsky.social 1155
Reposted by Jon SavageSounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Heartbreakers' album 'L.A.M.F.' reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 1st, October 1977 . @jonsavage.bsky.social 0163
Reposted by Jon SavageChristian Cargnelli @chrisl7000.bsky.social · 29/09/202647 years ago today, @jonsavage.bsky.social reviewed Wire's album "154" for the Melody Maker (29 September 1979). @robertrotifer.bsky.social 2258
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Out now - Joy Division Eternal (live) 14 live CDs and 2 DVDs inc Plan K. A superb job and thanks to all those who worked so hard on it: Stephen Morris, Rebecca Boulton, James Zeiter. Giancarlo Sciama, Warren Jackson, Peter Saville. Jon Wozencroft. Now you can hear what they really sounded like 37410
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Out at end of the month: new Ace comp, all 1976 singles on 2 x LP. Guaranteed no Wurzels, Brotherhood of Man, Elton and Kiki. Includes late pub rock, pre punk, reggae, funk, gay disco and punk itself. Great cover image from a painting by Phil Diggle 48111
Reposted by Jon SavageChristian Cargnelli @chrisl7000.bsky.social · 23/09/202648 years ago today, @jonsavage.bsky.social reviewed the second Buzzcocks album "Love Bites" for Sounds (23 September 1978). #Buzzcocks @buzzcocks.com @robertrotifer.bsky.social 0132
Reposted by Jon SavageSounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Letters Page in Sounds 24th, September 1977, this week edited by Jon Savage including the great Punk debate. @jonsavage.bsky.social 0121
Reposted by Jon SavageChristian Cargnelli @chrisl7000.bsky.social · 12/09/202629 years ago today, @jonsavage.bsky.social did this nice piece on legendary music journalist and record store owner Dave Godin who coined the term Northern Soul. Guardian, 12 September 1997. #NorthernSoul #DaveGodin @robertrotifer.bsky.social 0235
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It was a complete accident - went to press before Elvis’ death 060
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wonderful portrait of Brian Epstein by Robert Whitaker 1964. I have a print of this 29010
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 27/08/2026RIP OTD in 1967 Brian Epstein - the man who foresaw that the Beatles would be the biggest stars of the 20th century and beyond. New documentary in New Year by director Clare Lewins - I’m in it 36813
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Great piece of pre Punk wit and activism from Flash Vol 1 No 2 June/ July 1972. Bits and Pieces holds up against Kick Out The Jams 2473
Reposted by Jon SavageSounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The history of Music Papers and Fanzines by Giovanni Dadomo and Jon Savage in Sounds 20th, August 1977. @jonsavage.bsky.social 1236
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 10/08/2026That was the night that Phil splashed paint on the club curtains- no more post punk at Devilles 070
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 05/08/2026They have to do this in order to justify their own positions- as much to themselves as anyone else. Desperate flimsy stuff on their part and an indictment of a whole media class 140
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is not to excuse - far from it, because like so many of the commentariat, he deliberately exploited the worst aspects of his character for money - but a small part of Liddle knew that he was doing this and knew he could have been better. I could see it in his eyes 0120
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Good list but no Fancy, Wonderboy, Polly, Big Sky etc 150
Reposted by Jon SavageChristian Cargnelli @chrisl7000.bsky.social · 21/07/202647 years ago today, @jonsavage.bsky.social reviewed Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" for the Melody Maker (21 July 1979). #JoyDivision @robertrotifer.bsky.social 46515
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 10/07/2026At Moreton Corbet - deserted Expressionist Elizabethan mansion - in the heat 1390
Reposted by Jon SavageSounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 01/07/2026An article on Subway Sect by Jon Savage and pic by Bryn Jones in Sounds 1st, July 1978. @jonsavage.bsky.social 0183
Reposted by Jon SavageSounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The Roxy London WC2 album reviewed by Jon Savage in Sounds 25th, June 1977. @jonsavage.bsky.social @buzzcocks.com @wirehq.bsky.social 0253
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I visited BG at his Paris flat and he put me in front of his Dream Machine. Definite Third Eye activation 050
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Sunlight reflecting on the pool at St Cybi’s Well - a sacred site on the Llyn named after a 6th century although origins go way back before that 6502
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Scrits were good but Red Krayola and PragVec - nah. Passions were great though 130
Reposted by Jon SavageSounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 21/05/202621st, May 1977 The Clash, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect and The Prefects' gig at the Rainbow reviewed by Jon Savage. "Rock 'N' Roll can be one of the few honest things left in this world." @jonsavage.bsky.social @theclash.com @longlivethejam.bsky.social @buzzcocks.com 0264
