New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a 'rock inkie', the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a free publication, before becoming an online brand which includes its website and radio stations.
December 2020 cover of the digital issue, featuring David Byrne
Cover featuring Patti Smith for the week of 21 February 1976
Blur vs Oasis, August 1995. NME started 1990 in the thick of the Madchester scene, covering the new British indie bands and shoegazers.
Björk, April 1995. The magazine heavily championed Björk's breakthrough in the 1990s.
Paul Robert Morley is a British music journalist. He wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983, and has since written for a wide range of publications and written his own books. He was a co-founder of the record label ZTT Records and was a member of the synthpop group Art of Noise. He has also been a band manager, promoter, and television presenter.
Paul Morley (left) with Chris Austin, in rehearsal for Morley's "Yet another example of the porousness of certain borders" at the Royal Academy of Music
