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Happy World Goth Day. 2026

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Strawberry Switchblade were cover stars of No 1 magazine 40 years ago today, 23 March 1985. The interview touched on Jill's agoraphobia & the culture shock of moving to London from Glasgow, with photos of them around St Paul's Cathedral.

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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, here's one of only two TV perfomances we know of.

This is on BBC TV's Saturday morning kids' show Saturday Superstore, 16 March 1985.

Sorry for the sketchy video quality! It's transferred from a vintage VHS tape recorded from broadcast TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8lgegGjAfM

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Continuing a week of posts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, here's Jill Bryson's acoustic home demo.

Like most Strawberry Switchblade songs, Let Her Go was written on guitar. Jill wrote the music and a basic vocal meody, Rose refined the melody & added lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrfpdrjBgE8

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To mark the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's single Let Her Go, every day this week we'll be posting content to do with the song. Here's the full-page ad placed in the UK music press - 'from the girls that know'.

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Two shots from Strawberry Switchblade's final photo session, spring 1986.

(📸©️ Peter McArthur, used with permission)

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Strawberry Switchblade, with Rose's trademark Antigua finish Fender Coronado II taking pride of place. She bought the guitar from James Kirk of Orange Juice, who also thought up Strawberry Switchblade's name & played on their first two BBC radios sessions. Thanks, James!

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