Pigbag, April 1982
“Pigbag are 'hot' at the moment and so are the audience.”
One of the less predictable musical strands of the fragmented post-punk world of the early ’80s was a sort of arty funk. Pigbag were among the leaders of this hip new style.
Around this time, I started freelancing for Smash Hits. Later in the 1980s, the magazine would become the glossy, colourful chronicler of the glossy new pop era. B…