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July 1975

After completing a degree in history at the Polytechnic of North London, Neil takes a job at Marvel Comics, anglicizing spellings and indicating where over-risque woman needed to be redrawn decently. While there he interviews comic fan Marc Bolan, who politely points out that his tape recorder wasn’t working. In 1977 he works at Macdonald Educational Publishing, later moving to ITV Books. In June 1982, he joins Smash Hits.

On this day

2000

After spending several days in London, the Boys return to Neil’s home studio in the north and work on the track ‘Between Two Islands.’

2012

Continuing their media promotions for their new album Elysium, Chris and Neil are interviewed on Steve Wright’s afternoon show on BBC Radio 2.