...which heavy metal star used to wear outfits worthy of Danny La Rue? Which clean-cut singer has an unhealthy obsession with bidets? Which are Martin Fry's most hated singles? The dark neon triva&trash page reveals the answers to all these questions - and many more besides.

...and be sure to test your knowledge of 80s trivia by answering our quiz questions.
Click the link at the bottom of the page to see the answers.

"I started wearing make-up and dying my hair when I was about 14 or 15. It wasn't the done thing at school. I was naive enough to think that the other kids would side with me against the authorities. But I was wrong. They beat me up instead. So I stopped going to school."

David Sylvian of Japan.

"How big is my what? Well, I suppose it's quite small really. It'll just fit through one of these rings on my jacket."

Winston of The Anti-Nowhere League in reply to (an, alas, unrecorded) question from the young Collingbourne.

"Today I dressed up as my Mum and and cooked a curry. There's always an undercurrent of insanity which goes on in private."

Robert Smith of The Cure

Quiz Question #1

What is the connection between cross-dressing film star and disco diva, Divine...

... and clean-living bubblegum popsters, Jason & Kylie?

"When we first started, I used to wear silk and satin. They were really quite elaborate costumes too! I used to get all my clothes from the Birmingham theatrical costumiers - I'd just go along and pick up anything I fancied - some of my outfits were really bizarre.
   "When we did concerts I used to tear off after every second number to go and put on something different. Often I'd do as many as six or eight costume changes in one show. It was like Danny La Rue backstage - quite outrageous!"

Rob Halford of Judas Priest.

Quiz Question #2.....

Whose lips are these?
a) Siouxsie Sioux, b) Steve Strange, c) Boy George?

"Nick (Heyward)...

...is very fond of bidets. He just loves them. I think he suffered from a lack of bidets when he was young. When we were on tour once we happened to walk into his room and there was Nick down on his hands and knees, caressing this bidet!"

Graham Jones of Haircut 100

Martin Fry of ABC 
...chooses his Top 5 Hit records and His Top 5 Misses (as of the summer of 1985, that is)

HITS

1. New York, New York by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
This record says it all. Melle Mel is the boss poet of the 1980s.

2. Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix
The first record I ever bought and still one of the best I own. All it took was a six bob record token and it was mine. Where would you find a bargain like that these days?

3. Sex Machine by James Brown
The most exciting record ever created in the entire history of Mankind and Civilization As We Know It! Hotter than hot...

4. There's A Riot Going On by Sly and the Family Stone
This brings back memories of the first LP I ever owned. I cherish it to this day. Not only is the music good but, even more important, Sly Stone is and always will be the best dressed man in show business.

5. What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye
Majestic, matchless, flawless. As close to perfect as any record can get.

MISSES

1. The Wild Boys by Duran Duran
W-E-A-K... as tough as a paper cup.

2. William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
OK, so it really was nothing! FLOPPY...

3. Hide and Seek by Howard Jones
UGLY - as sin.

4. Propaganda by Dr. Mabuse
SMELLY... about as subtle as a concrete slab

5. The War Song by Culture Club
CHUBBY. About as smart as a false moustache.

"You'd never catch me dead in a pair of fishnets. I've no liking at all for the fishnet tights brigade - for one thing, they're just not practical. And for another thing, it's just like a tacky drag queen."

Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive.

Quiz Question #4

Who's wearing these wet swimming trunks?

a) Adam Ant, b) Phil Oakey of The Human League, c) Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet?