NME music magazine timeline

The first cover of NME magazine was created after Maurice Kinn bought the company "Accordion Time" and "Musical Press". After this he hired new and reliable staff and overhauled the existing template and he also said that he promised that their will be big changes. During the same year, he re-named the magazine "New Musical Express" and Ted Heath Big Bill Broonzy and The Goons stared on the cover.

By the late 60's the rise of home publishing, underground zines and alternative influenced publications like Sounds, ZigZag and Cream was threatening NME's position. after this NME struggled to survive and something good had to be put into practice. this is when Scott Walker's success grew and he appeared on the cover 3 times bringing back the fame in 1969.

The sex pistols appeared on an NME cover in 1977 in an image that was taken at the marquee club whilst the band was making the videos for Pretty Vacant and God Save The Queen. The shot was very chaotic but this helped to capture the mood of the time, which is why the images have become so ionic.

when steve sutherland, NME editor at the time, heard about the death of kurt cobain late one night at the office, he called an impromptu editorial meeting in the local pub saying,"there's nothing useful in the papers, on the radio or on TV, so it's up to us. this was when a major audience was failing to correspond to them but after this was released, it attracted other audiences that different music magazines wish they had.

This cover was released in 2001 and was taken at about the time White Blood Cells was being released. the roads in the area were so quiet that the photographer decided to take the picture in the middle of a four-lane highway. This show us that you can capture good pictures where least expected and most of the time they can be a major success.