Rachel Sweet

Various Artists: The Akron Compilation (Stiff); Short Circuit — Live at the Electric Circus (Virgin)

Review by Jon Savage, Sounds, June 1978

OH JESUS! After Devo, the (marketing) deluge. ...

Rachel Sweet

Interview by Paul Rambali, NME, September 1978

THAT AKRON ALBUM took its listeners by surprise. Simultaneously old, new and current, it was fashioned – like any good adventure playground – from whatever ...

Rachel Sweet: Fool Around

Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, October 1978

AKRON'S BRIGHTEST star smiles knowingly and proves that everyone else has it all wrong, because nope, you don't have to exhibit an air of disdain ...

Stiff Records: Be A Killer Or Be A Real Stiff…

Report by Max Bell, NME, October 1978

W. C. FIELDS would have hated the "Be Stiff" tour. A sixteen year child star who toured with Mickey Rooney? A performing punk dwarf called ...

Rachel Sweet: What Rachel Did Next

Report and Interview by Penny Valentine, Melody Maker, April 1979

Rachel Sweet may follow Tanya Tucker's career with particular interest, but she really wants to be Bruce Springsteen. PENNY VALENTINE followed her on a tour ...

Rachel Sweet

Interview by Penny Valentine, Creem, October 1979

IN HER TIGHT jeans and t-shirt her body looks like a 12-year-old's. Her face and her manner tell another story. Make-up across her broad cheekbones, ...