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Steve Strange, 1959-2015

Although undoubtedly best known to the public at large as the leader of synth collective Visage, Steve Strange was one of the pioneering figures of the New Romantic movement and an icon of early ’80s pop. Born on 28th May … read more

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Births
1957 Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen born in London.
1959 Paul Rutherford born in Liverpool.
Deaths
1980 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York, aged 40.
1984 Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle (Nicholas Dingley) dies in a car crash, aged 24. The car was driven by Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe.
Number 1s
1981 Don't You Want Me by the Human League reaches number 1.
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Off The Chart

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This seems as good a time as any to reveal that our upcoming 300th show on 4 January 2022 will be an All Request Special Edition (A.R.S.E.) - please send your requests for what you'd like us to put in our A.R.S.E. here: offthechart.show/contact/ #OffTheChart

10:05 pm · 7 December 2021 ·
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Off The Chart

@OffTheChartMWR

Here we go! Two hours of hits, headlines and hurricanes from this day in 1983 - it's #OffTheChart time! Join us on @MadWaspRadio immediately! offthechart.show/7-december-1… #MadWaspRadio pic.twitter.com/7DZ1CZ1tMN

9:00 pm · 7 December 2021 ·
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Off The Chart

@OffTheChartMWR

We're whipping up a storm on this week's #OffTheChart as we revisit this day in 1983! Join us at 9pm on @MadWaspRadio for an earnest discussion of light entertainers falling into an industrial shredder, and maybe some hits too. offthechart.show/7-december-1… pic.twitter.com/mrFWiOFcUZ

4:56 pm · 7 December 2021 ·
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@OffTheChartMWR

Casual reminder that you only have until tomorrow morning to vote in the #OffTheChart Christmas poll tiebreakers. Come tomorrow the 2021 positions will be set in stone. offthechart.show/xmas/

4:10 pm · 3 December 2021 ·
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I voted #OffTheChart pic.twitter.com/cIAPBjEHb8

11:00 pm · 30 November 2021 ·
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@OffTheChartMWR

The first song on tonight's #OffTheChart is quite eye-wateringly offensive and should only be listened to by people of strong constitution. You have five minutes to make alternative arrangements. Or join us on madwaspradio.com at your own risk. offthechart.show/30-november-… pic.twitter.com/qGapi5UMxD

8:55 pm · 30 November 2021 ·
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@OffTheChartMWR

It’s St Andrew’s Day and this week’s #OffTheChart is going as Scottish as it possibly can, by which we mean there’s lots of rude words and swearing. Tune in to @MadWaspRadio at 9pm for 2 hours of hits, headlines and haggis from this day in 1987! offthechart.show/30-november-… pic.twitter.com/69G1guzJEo

4:23 pm · 30 November 2021 ·
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Off The Chart

@OffTheChartMWR

...and the big one, Dennis Waterman & George Cole or Frank Sidebottom? There can be only one. Unless you pick Dennis and George, in which case there will be two. But you get the idea. #OffTheChart

11:47 am · 29 November 2021 ·
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...a genuinely more difficult choice between the Pretenders and Kate Bush... #OffTheChart

11:47 am · 29 November 2021 ·
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...a difficult one here, Jason Donovan or Siouxsie & The Banshees... #OffTheChart

11:47 am · 29 November 2021 ·
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Off The Chart: 30 November 1987

Hoots, och aye, help ma boab and all sorts of other stereotypical Scottish phrases – it’s St Andrew’s Day and this week’s Off The Chart is going as Scottish as it possibly can, by which we mean there’s lots of … read more

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