Bad Bax 2

Our photo stories really set us apart from other magazines. Again, we used a girl’s teen mag regular – the romantic photo story played out by young models and unknown actors – and Flexipopped it by injecting a whiff of sex, a dash of violence, a famous tale and a host of pop stars.But then we went one step too far. For our second anniversary issue, psychobilly band the Meteors were the stars of a Mad Max skit, Bad Bax, so named because of the obvious pun and the fact that Flexipop! designer, Mark Manning, had a ferocious looking bulldog called Baxter, a pussycat in reality. Baxter featured heavily in a photo story that contained totally realistic scenes of stabbings, limb hackings and cannibalism courtesy of a local butcher’s shop that provided a shitload of offal in return for a plug in the mag.The Flexipop! photo stories reflected the fun that was inherent in pop music in the early 80s. The punk snarl had turned into a skanking smile. There was a new romance in the air as Goths discovered melody.
By: FlexiPop!