Co-ordination: Zang Tuum Tumb Records. "It is the traditional task of the prophet to denounce systems of rule and life which deny the freedom of the flesh or the imagination.... more

Chapter Ten: Spokesman for 'morality' have no right to condemn or to try to prevent any kind of sexual relationshio unless they can demonstrate that it is bringing society more unhappinesss than happiness.... more

Muzak for the new carnage
T-shirts! The three most popular Frankie t-shirts in no particular order appear to be... more

All those whose success in life depends upon a job which satisfies some specific and undchanging social need, like a farmer's nor, like a surgeon's, upon some craft which he can be taught by others and improve by.... more

The essence of pleasure lies in a feeling, felt and passed-on, of rightousness and euphoria produced by that which creates cultivates and preserves. Destruction of the self and of others has no home here.... more

The Liverpool sound......just outside the realms of possibility all those at ridge farm studios and we must eat so inari designer cuisine zang tuum tumb records for limited sake acknownledge corbijn barret....the joker in this packed pack i went into a pub the other day the guys in the pub they said you're not from round here .... more

FGTH entered the British Popular Music Charts at number 6 on September 2nd 1986. This special souvenir catalogue edition , a version of the song "stamped" by TH and SL, has been released to acknowledge this fact.... more

No-one played anything, in any orthodox sense. It was all done by computers, very powerfull computers (38 megabytes R.A.M. 600 megabytes hard disk storage) juggling and organising pre-recording sounds. We all had a hand in it - that is myself, Steve, Andy Richards the keyboard player.... more

Suddenly, they were bounding on the spot again, then rushing forward, and in a trice, the rival mob brokeranks and fled. Now, in bedlame, merkats race everywhere: scar Shoulder, Scar Shest and Spot Chest detached themselves from the mob and each sped alone after victims.... more

Banned by the BBC! Banned by MTV! At last, it can be shown! It's Frankie Goes To Hollywood performing the band's controversial mega-hits that scandalized two continents.... enjoy it

Here's 'RELAX', the song that started it all, live in concert, plus the x-rated version that was too hot for conventional television. Here's 'Two Tribes with its infamous superpower wrestling match. Watch 'The Frankie video'.... have fun

1986, July brought some Midsummer Madness to Montreux where Frankie premiered the next two singles, sank a few crates of ale and a couple of yachts.... enjoy

The Eighties have proved momentous years for Island. The British company absolutely dominated the charts in 1984 with Frankie Goes To Hollywood. The band came to Island via the company's deal with producer Trevor Horn's Zang Tuum Tumb label.... enjoy

Meanwhile there is still freedom left in the world. Many young people , it is true, do not seem to value freedom. But some of us still believe that, without freedom, human beeings cannot becomefully human and that freedom is therefore supremely valuable.... Island

'Rock around the Dock' and 'TOTP' were to follow as Frankie stormed the charts with fake moolah, Mark's gold Amex card, Holly's five pence ear-piece and Paul's overhead stockings.... Autumn 1986

Onwards. 1983. After their firts infamous appearance on The Tube Frankie gave ZTT and producer Trevor Horn the benifit of the doubt. 'Relax'-- they do it. Read bans it. It is followed to the very top of the hit parade by 'Two Tribes'. From my archives .... The last voice

Frankie live 1982... Jodie's Bar

Frankie live 1984... Live performances

Frankie live 1985... Live performances

Frankie live 1987... Live performances

Frankie live 2005... Live performance