RIU Classic

A DIY digitisation project of Rip It Up, New Zealand's free rock music monthly magazine. From issue 1, June, 1977. May include other NZ music magazines as I come across them. Twitter: @RIUclassic | YouTube: RIUClassic

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Issue 42, January 1981, back cover 

Full page ad for Sandinista!

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 19 

Live reviews:

Screaming Meemees / Shoes This High @ Last Resort. 

Crocodiles / Pop Mechanix / Techtones @ Auckland Town Hall. 

Ainsworths / The Regulators / Killjoys / Rebel Truce / Screaming Meemees @XS Cafe. 

Furys @ Rumba Bar. 

The Rodents @ The Termninus. 

Small ads.

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Issue 42, January 1981 page 18 

Finally! The debut of the famed RIU Calendar/Gig Guide.

The Secret Policeman’s Ball reviewed. 

Short stuff.

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 17 

Clash interview concludes.

Letters! Howard loves Howard! Bluey has a bone to pick. Sire argues against injustice. Grace & Trace love drum solos. Yo Yos write to claim name fame.

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Issue 42, January 1980, page 16 

Album reviews:

Broken Home - Broken Home. 

Randy Stonehill - The Sky Is Falling. 

David Bowie - Chameleon. 

Shakin’ Stevens - Take One. 

Jan & Dean - The Jan & Dean Story. 

Glaxo Babies - Put Me On The Guest List. 

Singles reviews! Dave Dobbyn - Lipstick Power, Hammond Gamble - I Wish I’d Never Asked Her, Tigers - Heart Don’t Stop, Stiv Bators & The Dead Boys - Not That Way Any More, The Visitors - Brother John, Sunnyboys - Love To Rule.

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 15 

Full page ad for Australian Crawl’s new single ‘Beautiful People’.

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Issue 42, January 1980, page 14 

Album reviews:

Flowers - Icehouse. 

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Organisation. 

Various - Hauraki Homegrown 80. 

Dave Davies - Dave Davies. 

Robert Palmer - Clues. 

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Issue 42, January 1980, page 13 

Half page ads for a pre-Icehouse Flowers, and Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons.

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 12 

Album reviews:

Adam & The Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier. 

Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels. 

Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Laughter. 

Blondie - Autoamerican. 

Public Image Limited - Paris au Printemps. 

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Issue 42, January 1980, page 11 

Full page ad for Tigers’ single ‘Heart Don’t Stop’. Limited quantity NSFW sleeve. Out now!

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Issue 42, January 1980, page 10 

Jo Jo Zep interview by Ken Williams. 

INXS interview by Mark Phillips. 

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 9 

Full page ad for Stevie Wonder’s Hotter Than July album. 

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 8 

Cold Chisel interview by Mark Phillips. 

Kevin Borich & Dutch Tilders interview by Ken Williams. 

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Issue 42, January 1980, page 7 

Half page ads for The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball & Sweetwaters. 

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 6 

Topper Headon & Paul Simenon of The Clash interviewed by Duncan Campbell. 

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 5 

Full page ad for RTC releases. 

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Issue 42, January 1981, page 4 

Tour news. Sweetwaters & Nambassa run sheets. Midnight Oil cancel Nambassa. The Reels, Flowers, Police, John Mayall, Pointer Sisters & Sister Sledge to tour.