Buzz Magazine

Just been reminded of 'Buzz' magazine and the work of Music Gospel Outreach (MGO) and Pete Meadows. Our church boasted the person who ran the Buzz store (which was a garage full of stuff offered for mail order in the mag') and we used to go and sell programmes, lift heavy objects and move them around the Royal Albert Hall and do other tasks for the concerts MGO put on.

Time moved on and Buzz eventually gave way to the wonderfully named 21st Century Christian (which always made me think of Gerry Anderson's puppet shows).

But what heady days with acts like the Advocates, Malcolm and Alwyn, Ishmael and Andy and many other names proclaiming the Gospel!

Looking back at some of the magazines that remain I am amazed at who we were then (still play Larry Norman and have the Advocates vinyl offering in the loft!) and the music of emerging people like Graham Kendrick (Fighter - what an album), Adrian Snell and the like.

Makes me realise that Christian music, like computing, was a very different and perhaps much more exciting place to be when I was younger - great leaps forward and very much part of the music scene and yet also so very different.

If you weren't there you need to hear it (I reckons) and you can do a bit of time warp with Kendrick's 'Fighter' by clicking here:

'Fighter'

Enjoy man!