Beautiful Losers

We'll be bringing the early results of this project to you very soon (some of which can be read in Nude issue seven and issue eight. In the meantime, here's what it's all about: please do contribute. We're having a great time with this and everyone who's written in so far has said that they've loved to relive this time in their lives. If you write in, please include contact details. Thanks!

As what is intended as an affectionate celebration of all those who kicked out the jamms and served in the noble cause of musical mayhem, we're seeking to document an alternative history of rock and roll. Were hoping to build up an archive of bands who for one reason or another fell by the wayside on the long and winding road to fame and fortune. Ultimately we want to explore - in words and pictures - the very essence of what it means to be a member of an aspiring beat combo, and also focus on the notion of being in a band as a rite of passge.So if you were in a group - no matter how good or bad - now could be your time to shine again.

To take part in this project (some of which will be published in every issue of Nude) you would ideally need to provide us with a good quality publicity portrait or performance photograph, together with a short band biography/story (although if you don't have a photo we're stil happy to accept submissions).
Biog should begin with the following essential details… name, town, years of formation and break up etc. The biogs should make for an entertaining read, but please try to avoid all of the usual cliches such as 'we played out first gig in front of two men and a dog' etc. Also no laddish tales of drug and alcohol fuelled excess. Instead, they shoud ideally convey a sese of youthful naivety and / or arrogance, together with accounts of how you may have struggled to reconcile discrepancies between overreaching ambition and actual talent.
The photos shuld ideally convey the genre of music purveyed by the band-the more cliched the better. Think preening big-aired goths, punks posed against graffiti backgrounds, new romantic excess, northern metallers in spandex, old skool hip hoppers in adidas, baggy bands in…baggy clothes. Oh, and we're also seeking demos/live recordings.
This project is intended as a postive celebration of everything that goes with being in a band, andshould not be taken as an opportunity to settle old scores or slag off former band mates. Also, don't be put off if you're not a writer: it's the story that counts! Please submit info via email to info@nudemagazine.co.uk or by post. Details on the 'contact us' page. Thanks!