The Professionals 1982

Marin Shaw and Lewis Collins as The Professionals (or, in German, “Die Profis”) on the cover of Bravo of 7 October 1982. This week 40 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:

Kim Wilde tested her live show in Denmark
• How Nastassja Kinski was turned into a beast in Cat People
• With German new wave band Spliff in the studio
• Richard Chamberlain in the TV series Shogun
• ABC: New Romantic Rock from England
Grease 2 star Maxwell Caulfield, with autograph card
• German goalkeeper Toni Schumacher can laugh again
• Students tell what they hate about school
• Bravo readers interview Bud Spencer
• The life of Schlager singer Andy Borg
• New in cinemas: Porky’s

Rock Bands of 1979

In its 27 September 1979 issue, Bravo invited readers to vote for their favourite bands, and helpfully featured a while lot of suggestions over three pages. Whom would you have voted for? Me? At the time possbily The Boomtown Rats. Today I’d ask: Where are the soul bands, Bravo?

In 1979 I bought records by 17 of these 35 acts.