Kindred Spirit - The Story of a 1980's Hull Fanzine

Red Guitars were a band who emerged from the Hull music scene in the 1980’s and went on to find national acclaim. The photo below was taken by a friend of mine at a Red Guitars gig we went along to see in January 1984 at Spring Street Theatre in Hull, several months after we interviewed them. I can still feel the electricity in the air when I look at that photo even 33+ years later! Check out the Red Guitars website for more information about the band, but on a personal note I think their 1984 single Marimba Jive was one of the most uplifting tunes of all time.  If ever you’re in need of a pick me up its well worth a listen. It works for me every time!  I still stand by what I said in the interview below about the Red Guitars 1983 single Good Technology  being one mighty powerful, stirring tune too. The lyrics however are probably more relevant today than they were when the song was released. The B side of Good Technology is an instrumental track called Hea...

Les Zeiga Fleurs were a goth/punk band active on the Hull music scene in the early 1980s. They featured in issues one and two of Kindred Spirit, in fact they were the cover stars of issue two.  This post features a review of the band's cassette tape - 'Good Men Die Quietly!' followed by an interview we did with the band in 1983. In issue one of Kindred Spirit my brother wrote the following review of Hull based goth band Les Zeiga Fleurs cassette tape entitled “Good Men Die Quietly!” I’ve managed to track down some of the tracks on You Tube. The recordings are rather tinny with the background hissing those of us who listened to cassette tapes in the 80’s came to accept as normal, but they still give you a flavour of what Les Zeiga Fleurs were all about. My personal favourite track is the Cold October. Check out the accompanying video. It's such a perfect match! Tracks 01. Les Zeiga Fleurs 02. Could You Love Me?    03. Searching 04. Cinono   05. Il...

Lady Jane were a four piece rock band from Hull . Members were Stu Forester, Shaun Walby, Dicky Rich and Tony Thresh. We caught up with Lady Jane after they played a gig in the autumn of 1983 at the now demolished New York hotel in Hull . It was a great gig and they were really rockin’. By way of a follow up I found that Lady Jane released a three track EP called “The Sheer Power of Rock” which was recorded at Fairview Studios in 1983. The A side was “ For You Tonight ” and on the B side was “ Out for the Count ” and “ Whiskey and Leather ”. The video for Out for the Count features some rare photos of the band performing a gig at Peppermint Park in Hull in 1983.  I also found a reference to Lady Jane's EP on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal website  and the Encyclopedia Metallum websites. I wonder what happened to them beyond the EP? Here's what was published in Kindred Spirit issue two.. It’s usually very difficult to describe a new band without either an...

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and take a look at this site. My name is Jill Webb and back in the early 80s I decided to put together my own fanzine, which I named Kindred Spirit. Just over a year ago whilst I was having one of my wanders down memory lane online I stumbled across a site called Hull Music Archive. The site has been put together to tie in with Hull being the City of Culture in 2017. It is a gold mine of information. And it was whilst I was digging my way through this little treasure trove that I was both surprised and pleased when I found a reference to Kindred Spirit. This got me thinking that perhaps I too should contribute something in my own small way to the whole City of Culture thing... hence the reason for this website. The idea of  creating my own fanzine started germinating  back in the summer of 1983. The original aim behind it was to provide an outlet for budding poets like I considered myself to be at that time (debatable!!) I r...