But in my teens it was a sign of "right on coolness" to have a copy of either the NME, OZ or International Times somewhere in the house (I graduated to them from MAD magazine
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That sounds very familiar, Guy. My Dad always called The NME "The Enemy". I used to get Melody Maker too, and Sounds, and then when I started working in London I discovered Pete Frame's Zig Zag magazine with his "Rock Family Trees" in.