Creativity in art, radical politics and new ideas in sound combined in the 1970s and 1980s to create a new music movement in Leeds. Alumni Officer Della Vallance meets Leeds Polytechnic fine art alumnus Paul Fillingham to find out more.

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By the summer of 1982 the Smart Cookies five piece line-up had developed a very strong sense of identity. Songs arranged collectively through live rehearsals had a distinctive sound. Chris (Riff) held everything together with his strong 60′s guitar riffs, Russ and Rose added a swirling wash of sea-shanty strings and electropop melodies. Bob contributed [...]

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