Smash hits magazine

Smash Hits was a pop music magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and it ran from 1978 to 2006. The magazine was at its peak in the 1980s, launching the career of many journalists including Heat’s editor Mark Frith. Other well-known writers have included Dave Rimmer, Ian Birch, Mark Ellen (who went on to […]

Smash Hits March 2005

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Had it survived, Smash Hits would be hitting the Big 4-0 this month, which puts most of its early readers in their mid-50s. Either age would have seemed barely imaginable, and scarcely permissible, to a mag that gently mocked The Bangles for being "ancient" in their late 20s.

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Smash Hits Australia October 2001