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The comprehensive online archive of all things #StrawberrySwitchblade since 2003. Posting about the band, nattering about music in general. strawberryswitchblade.net

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Jill Bryson of Strawberry Switchblade will be joining Radhika on stage this Friday, 18 Sept, at the Freakender Festival at the Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. Radhika says she & Jill will be performing a couple of Strawberry Switchblade songs. Tickets just £15! tickets-scotland.com/fre41

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FREAKENDER FESTIVAL 2026!

FREAKENDER FESTIVAL 2026! at Old Hairdressers, Glasgow on the Friday 18th September 2026

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On this day in 1985 Strawberry Switchblade performed their new single Jolene on UK TV show Bliss, followed by a brief interview with Muriel Gray. Sorry about the buzzy glitch near the start, this is on the source tape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1nq...

Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene performance and interview (Bliss, 6 September 1985)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New repress of Strawberry Switchblade's 1982 4-Piece Demo EP! The label @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social keeps the EP in print, when a batch sells out they get more made, usually in a new colour. They're now issuing it on 500 green vinyl copies. Order from night-school.bandcamp.com/album/1982-4...

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In the anniversary week of Strawberry Switchblade's 1985 cover of Jolene, here's a Japanese TV appearance (recorded in London) youtu.be/LGSJEyQs3TI

Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) (Japanese TV performance)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Continuing our celebration of the anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Jolene, here's a rundown of the releases. It came out on 🍓Strawberry shaped picture disc in the UK 🍓7" & 12" black vinyl in the UK 🍓7" in Japan 🍓Limited edition 33rpm 12" in the Philippines

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On this day in 1985 Strawberry Switchblade released their electro-pop cover of Jolene, accompanied by this video shot in Paris. Produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley, it featured some fabulous harmonica by veteran sessionist Larry Adler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq0UleP-VGg

Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) [High Quality]

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We mourn the passing of Dolly Parton, whose classic Jolene was covered with an electropop treatment by Strawberry Switchblade in 1985 for their final UK single. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcHu...

Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (Extended Mix) (Dolly Parton cover)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Contact sheet of photos from the session for the Strawberry Switchblade album cover, 1984. (Pics by Peter Anthony McArthur, used with permission)

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Strawberry Switchblade's Jill Bryson sings Since Yesterday, accompanied by Carla J Easton & Radhika. Celebrating Scottish women in music at the Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow on 26 July 2026. Three generations of Glaswegian women musicians singing a Glaswegian pop classic! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ahu...

Since Yesterday (Strawberry Switchblade) - Jill Bryson, Carla J Easton & Radhika, 26 July 2026

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Carla J Easton, Radhika & Jill Bryson - three generations of Glasgow singer-singwriter women together at the Old Fruitmarket in the city last night where they performed the Strawberry Switchblade classic Since Yesterday (video hopefully coming soon....)

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

On this day in 1983 Strawberry Switchblade released their debut single Trees & Flowers. Lusciously produced by Bill Drummond & David Balfe, with Roddy Frame on guitar & Madness' rhythm section, it was the sound of summer. This 7" version has still never been reissued www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9u...

Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers (7" single version)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Strawberry Switchblade's Jill Bryson will perform Since Yesterday with @henhoose.bsky.social musicians this Sunday in Glasgow! Tickets: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/hen-...

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Jill Bryson in one of the new Strawberry Switchblade T shirts! The first official band merch in 40 years. There are still some left at @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social Bandcamp: night-school.bandcamp.com/merch

A smiling Jill Bryson wears a black T shirt of the cover artwork from Strawberry Switchblade's Since Yesterday single.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New on the Strawberry Switchblade fansite - interview with Janis Goodlet, bassist in the original line-up that recorded the 1982 4-Piece Demo. She talks about the band's formation, camaraderie, why she left, & the late-onset popularity of their recording. strawberryswitchblade.net/janis-goodle...

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Janis Goodlet interview - Strawberry Switchblade

TestJanis Goodlet, bassist in Strawberry Switchblade's original all-female quartet line-up, interviewed 6 May 2026.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Strawberry Switchblade, 1984. Jill Bryson told us: ‘That’s a record company promo shoot by Paul Cox. It was the first posh studio shoot that we did for Warners. It was so hot, there was somebody fanning us, I thought we’d look horrendous because it was so sweaty!'

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

On this day in 1982 Strawberry Switchblade's original 4-piece line-up played their final gig together. Shortly afterwards, bassist Janis Goodlet & drummer Carole McGowan left & the band continued as a duo & the sound took a new direction. Here's the full concert www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJK...

Strawberry Switchblade - live at The Venue, Glasgow, 16 June 1982 (full concert)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Strawberry Switchblade, 1985. 📸Midori Tsukagoshi for Japanese magazine Music Life

Close up black and white photo of Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall's faces, both are looking at the camera with gentle smiles

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"Jill Bryson is a third-year student at art school... when she’s not making dresses, she plays lead guitar in an all-girl band called Strawberry Switchblade." Style tips from a 21 year old student with a big future, Jackie magazine, 12 June 1982

Page from UK teen girls magazine Jackie. Titled 'she's got designs on you', it featured five photos of young women wearing very bright clothes, and text about how Jill Bryson makes her own clothes and accessorises to match.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Strawberry Switchblade shirts are finally here & shipping! For the first time in 40 years, official band merch. @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social who released the 1982 4-Piece Demo EP are distributing them. night-school.bandcamp.com/merch

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Strawberry Switchblade - making the Who Knows What Love Is video directed by Tim Pope, released 41 years ago this week. (feature originally broadcast on Wide Awake Club, 6 May 1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNui...

Strawberry Switchblade - making the Who Knows What Love Is video (Wide Awake Club, 6 May 1985)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Here's the promo video for Strawberry Switchblade's dreamy Who Knows What Love Is, released as a single 41 years ago this week. As with the two previous singles from the album, the video was directed by Tim Pope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Ww...

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

On this day in 1985, Strawberry Switchblade previewed their single Who Knows What Love Is. This is one of just 3 TV performances of the song that we know of - the Keith Harris Show, 11 May 1985 (Harris was a ventriloquist who somehow managed to get his own TV show). www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNGt...

Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is (Keith Harris show, 11 May 1985)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The brilliant documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands is back on BBC iPlayer for 28 days if you're in the UK (or on a VPN set to a UK server if you're elsewhere). Guaranteed to show you music you've never heard of that you'll love! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands

The story of the trailblazing Scottish girl bands who challenged a male-dominated industry.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Little Strawberry Switchblade nugget - here they are on the opening credits of short-lived BBC entertainment news show Friday People, 20 Feb 1985 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3A1...

Friday People opening credits including Strawberry Switchblade - 22 Feb 1985

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Glass Modern Records @glassmodern.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Radhika - Since Yesterday Digi Single releasing April 24. Great version of the Strawberry Switchblade Classic 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓 glassmodern.bandcamp.com/album/since-... Cine-Pop LP/CD presellng for May 22 glassmodern.bandcamp.com/album/cine-pop @glassmodernr.bsky.social

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Strawberry Switchblade's Since Yesterday, reinterpreted by contemporary Austrian anarcho-punksters Harsh Response who blast through it in under 2 minutes. 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSU...

Harsh Response - Since Yesterday (Strawberry Switchblade cover) 2025

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

On this day in 2002, ex Strawberry Switchblade singer/guitarist Rose McDowall played a beautiful short solo set at the 500 year old St Olave's church in London. In keeping with her goth aesthetic, the church has carved skulls over its gateway! Here's Since Yesterday www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyDl...

Rose McDowall - live at St Olave's church, London, 6 April 2002

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Strawberry Switchblade's album was released on this day in 1985! In the era of vinyl, the album was 2 separate sides, side 1 opened with Since Yesterday & ended on 10 James Orr Street with Andrew Poppy's arresting epilogue demanding you sit quietly & let it resonate 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN7N...

Strawberry Switchblade - 10 James Orr Street

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Strawberry Switchblade, with Rose's trademark Antigua finish Fender Coronado II taking pride of place. She bought the guitar from James Kirk of Orange Juice, who also thought up Strawberry Switchblade's name & played on their first two BBC radio sessions. Thanks, James!

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

On this day in 2014, Strawberry Switchblade's Jill Bryson released a new version of Trees & Flowers with her new band The Shapists. The Shapists were Jill Bryson with her daughter Jessie Frost, and guitarist Craig Hood. Stream/download it on Bandcamp theshapists.bandcamp.com/track/trees-...

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Trees and flowers, by The Shapists

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This week in 1985, Strawberry Switchblade were cover starts of No.1 magazine, a UK weekly music mag for teenagers, with an interview talking about their recent move to London & Jill's agoraphobia.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Rose McDowall live in Glasgow! The fabulous @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social, who released Strawberry Switchblade's 1982 4-Piece Demo EP, are having a 15th anniversary celebration at the Fairfield Social Club on 29 and 30 August.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Because Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go wasn't a hit, unlike Since Yesterday there were very few TV performances. We only know of two! Here's the first, from UK kids' TV show Saturday Superstore, 16 March 1985 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8lg...

Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go (Saturday Superstore, 16 March 1985)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Celebrating the anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, let's take a moment to consider the remix, Let Her Go (Kitchensynch Mix-Up). Five people are credited with the work: Bill Drummond, David Balfe, Phil Harding, Steve Short & Youth. 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-OK...

Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go (Kitchensynch Mix-Up)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This week in 1985, both Smash Hits and No.1 magazines had full page lyric posters for Strawberry Switchblade's new single Let Her Go

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If you were watching TV in the UK 41 years ago this week, you may well have seen ads for Let Her Go, Strawberry Switchblade's follow up to Since Yesterday. TV ads for singles were really unusual at the time & showed a high level of faith & commitment from the record company

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

As we mark the 41st anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, let's jump back even further in time to the earliest studio recording of it, from their very first BBC session in October 1982. 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAFh...

Strawberry Switchblade - Linda (aka Let Her Go) (David Jensen session 1982)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

41 years ago this week Strawberry Switchblade released Let Her Go - in the UK it came on a limited edition strawberry shaped picture disc. A very few were issued uncut and have become one of the major Strawberry Switchblade rarities.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Continuing our week marking the anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go in 1985: the single was given full-page ads in the UK music press - 'from the girls that know'

Black and white advert for Let Her Go. The cover art is large and central, it features Rose and Jill in trademark polka dots with headbands of plastic flowers that trail long ribbons. The text says: "Strawberry Switchblade the new 7 inch and 3 track 12 inch single Let Her Go. 12 inch includes the extra track Michael Who Walks By Night. From the girls that know".

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Happy 41st birthday to Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go!The follow-up to Since Yesterday also had a video directed by Tim Pope, delicate harmonies with electro-sparkle dynamics, & a considerable promotional push, but it failed to break into the top 40 youtu.be/sfjvyjlPnuc

Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go [High Quality]

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

40 years ago today Strawberry Switchblade relased their final single - in Japan only. The sensual Hi-NRG track I Can Feel was, like all their songs, credited to the 2 of them equally even though this was solely written & sung by Rose McDowall. Still not on streaming! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfU...

Strawberry Switchblade - I Can Feel (single version)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday! It you order stuff before midnight all the money goes to the label and band. It's a good day to pre-order the new Strawberry Switchblade T shirts (first official merch in 40 years!) night-school.bandcamp.com/merch

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Strawberry Switchblade official merch, the first in 40 years! Night School Records, who released the 1982 4-Piece Demo, have worked with the band to produce three T shirt designs night-school.bandcamp.com/merch

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is on UK kids' TV show Saturday Superstore, 16 March 1985. This was the first time the song had been played anywhere. These days it'd be called dreampop, but back then this gorgeous gossamer music had no named genre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckaU...

Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is? (Saturday Superstore, 16 March 1985)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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.

Jill Bryson in 1983. She's looking at the camera, heavy eye make-up, hair backcombed, a headband trails long ribbons.

Jill Bryson, photogra[phed by Paul Cox, 1984. A monochrome photo, she looks at the camera, a hand with Indian finger jewellery is raised and holds ribbons trailing from a headband. The image has a high contrast, her facial features are barely defined.

Jill Bryson as a young child, yet wearing a very Strawberry Switchblade outfit - polka dot pinny and a big matching bow in her hair.

Jill Bryson in 2023, in her painting studio

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

WTF is going on here? Strawberry Switchblade are depicted on the picture sleeve for a 1985 single by comedian Russ Abbot! 🧵

The cover of All Night Holiday by Russ Abbot - a painting of a beach scene with pop stars as descrivbed in the post.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

On this day in 1985, Strawberry Switchblade recorded their 5th & final BBC radio session. Although Since Yesterday was still in the top 10 & the album was imminent, the band recorded 4 new songs. Here's Nothing Changes, written & sung by Jill Bryson. 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXnj...

Strawberry Switchblade - Nothing Changes (John Peel session 1985)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Strawberry Switchblade photos from the session for the cover of debut single Trees and Flowers, 1983 📸©️Peter McArthur, used with permission

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Wonderful find from Robin Rimbaud on X - a 1984 flier for gigs promoted by Bliss, inc Strawberry Switchblade supporting Farmers Boys at Camden Electric Ballroom. It also has Nick Cave when the Bad Seeds were The Cavemen, between the recording & release of From Her To Eternity 🧵

Slightly tatty leaflet listing gigs in March, April and May 1984, including Allen Ginsberg at the Albert Hall, Cocteau Twins at the Royal Festival Hall, and Strawberry Switchblade and Nick Cave at the Electric Ballroom.

Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

On this day in 1985, Strawberry Switchblade had their second #topofthepops appearance as Since Yesterday peaked at number 5 in the UK charts www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCXF...

Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (second TOTP performance, 24 January 1985)

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