Star Struck Down Mathew Street

A snapshot of the Liverpool music scene in 1979.

In 1979 I started writing for Merseyside Late Extra, a short-lived publication which looked like a newspaper but came out like a magazine (every few months). Nearly ten years before I was freelancing for the Echo, I had my own music column and (unlike the Echo) they let me write what I wanted.

I think this might have been my first column. I like this on…