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Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, March 1969
PART TWO of my rap with Jimi Hendrix was concluded just before the elections in November. It is interesting to compare Hendrix's concepts of America ...
Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, March 1969
Part Three of the interview with Steppenwolf's John Kay. ...
Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, March 1970
IN RECENT weeks, Led Zeppelin's records have sold better than both the Beatles' and the Rolling Stones', according to Billboard Magazine's charts. And the reason ...
Profile by Danny Goldberg, Circus, March 1970
JOHNNY CASH the Misfit: Drug induced and being busted for possession of benzedrine at the Mexican border happened long after he had made a name ...
Flying Burrito Brothers: The Flying Burrito Brothers
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Circus, March 1970
WHAT IS the world coming to when the Jefferson Airplane, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and the Grateful Dead get cut to pieces by a ...
Crosby Stills Nash and Young: CSNY: Flying Freely
Report and Interview by Lenny Kaye, Circus, March 1970
THORNTON WILDER once wrote a book called The Bridge at San Luis Rey, where he followed back the lives of the victims of a bridge ...
Quicksilver Messenger Service: Quicksilver Does A Quickchange
Retrospective and Interview by Lenny Kaye, Circus, March 1970
ON THE NEW Year's Eve separating 1968 and its successor, the Quicksilver Messenger Service played a farewell concert at Fillmore West. Looking back at the ...
Doug Kershaw: Crazy Cajun Fiddler
Profile and Interview by Danny Goldberg, Circus, April 1970
DOUG KERSHAW, before his current tour was primarily known as "the guy who was on the Johnny Cash Show the same night that Dylan was ...
James Taylor: The Saga of Sweet Baby James
Profile by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, May 1970
"Goodnight you moonlight ladies Rock-a-bye Sweet Baby James" ...
Profile by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, June 1970
"MAYBE SOME group will come along and be big, you know, but who cares. It's just happened so many times now," said Neil Young in ...
Van Morrison: Egotistical and Brilliant
Profile by Danny Goldberg, Circus, June 1970
VAN MORRISON has finally begun to get his due. Finally is a pretty strange word to use with someone who is not yet twenty-five, but ...
Youngbloods, The: The Youngbloods: Youngbloods Leave Live
Report and Interview by Danny Goldberg, Circus, June 1970
THE YOUNGBLOODS have split from RCA, leaving behind a live album, Ride the Wind, which fulfills their contractual obligations to RCA and have begun their ...
Mott The Hoople: Mott the Hoople Causes Hoopla
Review by Bud Scoppa, Circus, July 1970
LISTENING TO A "sounds from England" segment on a local FM station several months ago, there was, surprisingly, what sounded like an outtake from the ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Circus, July 1970
IT'S BECOMING increasingly obvious that Rod Stewart is an unusually gifted singer and writer. His new album, Gasoline Alley, even more than his first solo ...
Faces, The: The Faces: From Pop to Euphoria
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Circus, July 1970
CROWD SOUNDS from the English Soccer Championship [actually the FA Cup Final replay – RBP Ed. and Chelsea fan!] flooded the fourteenth floor of New ...
Jethro Tull: A Subtle Acceptance
Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, July 1970
A LITTLE OVER a year ago, Jethro Tull made their first appearance in America. The result was slightly less than overwhelming. No fanfares went up, ...
Moody Blues, The: The Moody Blues: Gentle, Smooth and Nice
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Circus, August 1970
THE FIVE RATHER dapper looking musicians on the Fillmore East stage began a song, and some members of the audience craned their heads to look ...
Byrds, The: The Byrds are Amazingly Graceful
Report and Interview by Bud Scoppa, Circus, September 1970
STUDIO B IS down the stark fluorescent-lit hall of the CBS Hollywood arsenal. Past the snack bar with its dozen vending machines, it is beyond ...
Melanie: Festivals: Powder Ridge A Ball Anyway
Report by Danny Fields, Circus, October 1970
Let me take you down Cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields Nothing is real Nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever Strawberry Fields forever ...
Kris Kristofferson: The Road From Rhodes
Profile and Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, October 1970
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON looks his songs. He looks as if he's been where he sings about and not surprisingly, he has. Now thirty-four, the singer has ...
Big Brother & The Holding Company: What Big Brother Is Up To
Report and Interview by Ben Edmonds, Circus, October 1970
THE EXPLOITS OF Janis Joplin in her post-Big Brother days are inevitably front-page material, but what of the band she left behind? Big Brother & ...
Profile by Ben Edmonds, Circus, December 1970
HARD, THUMPING rock. That's what is coming out of England these days, and if it's a trend that can't very well last too long, at ...
Bernie Taupin, Elton John: Elton John: New Superstar
Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, December 1970
ELTON JOHN played the Troubadour in Los Angeles and overnight became an industry superstar. Public relations people, having no personal or professional claim to the ...
Profile by Danny Goldberg, Circus, January 1971
ODDLY ENOUGH, the first question that come to mind writing about Grand Funk Railroad is, why don't people like them? This is followed quickly – ...
Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna: Hot Tuna
Report and Interview by Danny Goldberg, Circus, April 1971
"THE JEFFERSON Airplane" Jerry Garcia has said, "are a bunch of crazy madmen. Together, they have their own unique chemistry which is like a very ...
James Taylor, Dennis Wilson: On Location With James Taylor
Report and Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, April 1971
DURANT, OKLAHOMA – James Taylor and Dennis Wilson (drummer of the Beach Boys) were into their sixth week of filming their first movie. The toll ...
Edgar Winter's White Trash: Edgar Winter's White Trash
Review by Danny Goldberg, Circus, May 1971
THIS IS MY pick for the greatest album of the year; it certainly is the most impressive surprise masterpiece to hit the rock scene in ...
Procol Harum: The Problematic Career of Procol Harum
Profile and Interview by Danny Goldberg, Circus, August 1971
'Most groups start at the bottom and work their way up,' says Keith Reid. 'But we started right in at the top.' ...
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Circus, August 1971
POCO IS THE only rock 'n' roll band I've ever seen whose members smile as they sing - it's hard to grin with your mouth ...
Savoy Brown: Kim Simmonds Makes Savoy Brown A New Group
Interview by Danny Goldberg, Circus, April 1972
SAVOY BROWN is an oddity in the rock pantheon. Never really disappearing, yet never really together they can be compared most easily to John Mayall. ...
Alice Cooper: Rehearsing at The Fillmore
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Circus, October 1972
2013 NOTE: My photographer Flash and I were in New York City on other business when we heard Alice Cooper was rehearsing his upcoming tour ...
Leon Russell: The Forum, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, December 1972
WHEN LEON Russell took center stage at the Los Angeles Forum the pre-performance excitement had reached Rolling Stone proportions. As unbelievable as it seemed, Russell ...
Report by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, December 1973
Gram Parsons: His body disappeared and the story behind it is cloaked in a veil of mystery. Why was it stolen and why was it ...
Lou Reed Stuns Listeners with the Horrifying Story of Berlin
Report and Interview by Stephen Demorest, Circus, December 1973
Confronted by the velvet shadow-master's terrifying movie without pictures, one employee ran from the studio in tears, Julie Christie stayed up all night talking about ...
Roxy Music, Mick Ronson: Mick Ronson: Slaughter On 10th Avenue; Roxy Music: Stranded
Review by Michael Gross, Circus, December 1973
AND WHEN THE kids had killed the man they had to break up the band... almost. Now that the glitter thunder is over, perhaps it'll ...
Report and Interview by Stephen Demorest, Circus, February 1974
Being a rock star has its advantages, but the spotlight is usually only big enough for one person. Circus took a behind stage look at ...
Johnny Winter: Saints and Sinners: Johnny Winter's Celebration of Freedom
Report and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, March 1974
IN A HUGE Connecticut mansion, the kind reserved for bank presidents -and rock stars, a tall, thin, albino blues player kneeled before a massive fireplace, ...
Band, The, Bob Dylan: Dylan and The Band Return with Planet Waves
Report by John Swenson, Circus, April 1974
When Dylan took the lid off the box he was hiding in, he made the conditions for peeping in very difficult. Now Bob Dylan doesn't ...
Report by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, April 1974
AFTER YEARS of the Dylans, the Tim Hardins, the jazz aficionados, and the Elton Johns, almost nothing could shock either the people or the environment ...
Carly Simon, James Taylor: Carly Simon Serves Up Hotcakes
Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, May 1974
Carly's new LP offers an intimate peek into the home of one of America's most sought-after and most reclusive couples. ...
Big Star: No Glam, Just Rock and Ram
Profile and Interview by Jon Tiven, Circus, May 1974
WITHOUT EVEN an ounce of glitter in their cosmetic kit, Big Star is a band that's making it without devices or gimmicks, unless you call ...
John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Smothers Brothers, The: Lurching Lennon: Beatle Bounced
Report by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, June 1974
WHAT IS happening to John Lennon? Last month it was the infamous Kotex caper. Recently the former Beatle with the mellow voice was at it ...
Rick Derringer, Edgar Winter: Edgar Winter Unleashes A Superstar Rock Band With Shock Treatment
Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, July 1974
When the Edgar Winter group exploded onto the record charts last year, few people expected the band to emerge as a whole triumvirate of rock ...
Interview by Steven Rosen, Circus, August 1974
PAUL RODGERS is perhaps England's (and America's) most well known unknown. As lead vocalist with Free he developed a small-but-strong following gushing with devotion. But ...
Suzi Quatro: The Teen Queen Of Europe Comes Home
Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, August 1974
IN 1971 SHE'D been nowhere – a local bandleader in Detroit who was more a spectacle than a musician. Then she left America. When Suzi ...
Sly & The Family Stone: Sly Stone Finds Domestic Bliss with Small Talk
Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, September 1974
Two years ago, Sly Stone's future looked bleak. Now, after an acclaimed album, a woman, and a son have come his way, Sly's entire life ...
Marc Bolan, T. Rex: Marc Bolan: T Rex Flashes Light of Love on America
Profile by Michael Gross, Circus, October 1974
EARLY IN 1972, Marc Bolan and T. Rex were the biggest, bestest and baddest rock band in England. Every one of their singles shot instantly ...
America: Can An English Holiday Revive America?
Review and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, October 1974
LONDON'S SPEAKEASY club shares a bond with New York's Max's Kansas City in that they are both music business hangouts. But where the sickly red ...
Yes: "A Rearranged Yes Says 'No' To Standing Still"
Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, December 1974
JON ANDERSON'S normally composed features clouded, as the mouthpiece for Yes, rock's foremost progressive quintet, recalled with a shudder his first case of critical cold-shoulder. ...
Bad Company Eat Up The Road On Their First American Tour
Report and Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, December 1974
THERE WAS THE TIME veteran road manager Clive Coulson saved Led Zeppelin from a stadium riot in Milan, Italy. "Zeppelin was the only English band ...
David Bowie: Bowie Throws A Bone To His 'Dog' Fans
Report and Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, December 1974
WHILE HARSHER CRITICS said his music was being lost behind his many theatrical masks, Bowie was planning the live album that would reveal him as ...
Chicago: Is The Most Popular Band In America Handcuffed By Its Fans?
Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, January 1975
IN THE FALL of 1974, a small number of groups had multiple album entries lodged firmly in the Top 200 chart of Billboard Magazine, the ...
Bad Company: Paul Rodgers Builds Bad Co. On Ballsy Basics
Profile and Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, February 1975
Forceful yet relaxed, Bad Company have left the fads, ego trips and tribulations of the sixties behind, and forged what the self-assured Paul Rodgers calls ...
Ringo Starr: Ringo Waltzes Through Goodnight Vienna
Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, March 1975
His first solo album jolted those who had forgotten the placid Beatle with its astounding success, but Ringo's veteran producer likes his new platter even ...
Genesis: Will America Swallow The Lamb? Why Genesis wouldn't chop up The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Report and Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, March 1975
For years Genesis had dreamed of cooking up a recipe of their most powerful surreal visuals and most mesmerizing music. Yet they feared their ambitious ...
Brian Eno, John Cale, Nico: Eno: The Monkey Wrench Of Rock Creates Happy Accidents On Tiger Mt.
Profile and Interview by Stephen Demorest, Circus, April 1975
One day Eno is going to formulate a theory that will make music melt out of the North Pole (maybe he'll do it with mirrors), ...
Interview by Jon Tiven, Circus, April 1975
ACCOLADES SUCH AS "greatest single long-playing achievement since Sgt. Pepper" and "the most important record album ever made" fall over Queen's latest album as easily ...
David Bowie, Mick Ronson: Mick Ronson: "It's Strange Being On Your Own"
Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, April 1975
WHEN MICK RONSON set down his guitar and stepped out of the London studio where he was serving as "musical director" for lan Hunter's first ...
Faces, The: Faces Survive Solo Syndrome
Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, May 1975
The Faces were afraid America might forget them while they were busy getting some individual ambitions out of their system. But their first Stateside tour ...
Led Zeppelin: Under The Hood – A Backstage Chronicle Of The Historic 1975 Tour
Report by Danny Goldberg, Circus, May 1975
THERE WAS an historic purple aura in the clouds that hung over the audience at Madison Square that evening in February. ...
Jimi Hendrix Makes A Crash Landing From The Phantom Zone
Report and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, May 1975
LATE AT NIGHT, the cluster of rock neophytes bunched around the portals of Steve Paul's famous club, The Scene, would scatter like mice as Jimi ...
Rick Derringer: Giddy With Spring Fever
Review and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, June 1975
RICK DERRINGER's Manhattan home reflects nothing that might he called "rock star chic". Though his stereo set-up is large and an acoustic guitar may occasionally ...
Black Oak Arkansas Kick Up Their Heels In Europe
Review and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, July 1975
SITTING IN a Holiday Inn, not in in Evansville or Bakersfield, but just a few minutes walk from Hyde Park in London, Jim Dandy Mangrum ...
Kiss, Blue Oyster Cult: Stanley Kissed Off At Cult
Report and Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, July 1975
THE FLAMING ROCK 'n' holocaust that Kiss brings to the stage has caused many intimidated headlining groups to ban the New York nitro-rockers from appearing ...
Nils Lofgren: America's Best Native Guitarist?
Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Circus, July 1975
STANDING OVER A pool table in A&M Records' New York offices, lining up a shot and then pausing to draw on a cigarette, Nils Lofgren ...
Chicago, Beach Boys, The: Spirit Of America: A Beach Boys Retrospective
Retrospective by Michael Gross, Circus, August 1975
Never have two monster groups been so united as the Beach Boys/Chicago tandem which is touring America like blood brothers. ...
Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter: Hunter and Ronson Tie The Knot
Report and Interview by Ron Ross, Circus, August 1975
IF NEW YORK and Los Angeles are the nerve centers of rock 'n' roll in America, Cleveland is its heartbeat. ...
Pink Floyd: More Gritty, Less Giddy
Report and Interview by Alan Betrock, Circus, October 1975
IT HAS BEEN over two-and-a-half years since the release of Pink Floyd's last album, Dark Side Of The Moon, and yet the hit LP is ...
Interview by Jon Tiven, Circus, November 1975
THIN LIZZY IS more than just your average rock band because Thin Lizzy features The Great Black Hope of rock 'n' roll himself, Mr. Phil ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Circus, November 1975
FROM LISTENING to Fleetwood Mac, you'd think this once-definitive British blues band was a Southern California pop group – and you'd be right. The three ...
Rod Stewart: Atlantic Crossing
Review by Bud Scoppa, Circus, November 1975
HAPPILY, THAT HORNY, rank, exuberant rascal who romped through Rod Stewart's masterpieces Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story and Never a Dull Moment has ...
Who, The: What's Next For The Who
Report by Dave Schulps, Circus, December 1975
"The report of my death is greatly exaggerated"– Mark Twain ...
Jethro Tull: An Interview with Ian Anderson
Interview by Steven Rosen, Circus, December 1975
IAN ANDERSON is not fond of the press; in fact, he dislikes that body intensely. Interviews have misquoted him, misrepresented him and manhandled him. In ...
Interview by Ira Robbins, Circus, January 1976
"JETHRO RETIRE HURT!" blared the headline in a major British magazine just over two years ago, when a spokesman for the group announced an "indefinite" ...
Kevin Ayers' Velvet June 1, 1974
Profile and Interview by Jon Tiven, Circus, February 1976
CHARACTERIZING Kevin Ayers as a brilliant musician is like saying Jimmy Page is a nice guitar player – both are fairly accurate conclusions if you ...
David Bowie: Station to Station
Review and Interview by Richard Cromelin, Circus, March 1976
DAVID BOWIE, never one to maintain continuity in his work or in his life, has become more elusive than ever in the past year. ...
David Bowie: Bowie Meets The Press: Plastic Man or Godhead of the Seventies?
Interview by Ben Edmonds, Circus, April 1976
AFTER THE BRILLIANT plumage of every previous David Bowie incarnation, the stark black and white figure on the Station to Station stage might have come ...
Rainbow Rising: Ritchie Blackmore Gets It Up
Interview by Jon Tiven, Circus, June 1976
"WE'VE GOT The Rash from Stamford, Connecticut" reveals Mr. Ritchie Blackmore, "we've got Cozy Powell, the finest nonprofessional driver in England. Not to mention me, ...
Interview by Stephen Demorest, Circus, June 1976
Aerosmith's New Yankee Hanky-Panky ...
Tubes, The: Tubes at the Garden of Eden: Can They Sell It Out?
Report and Interview by Joel Selvin, Circus, July 1976
THE BICENTENNIAL year has been a busy one for The Tubes, bull goose loonies of the San Francisco rock world. Shortly after ushering in New ...
Marvin Gaye: I Want You (Motown)
Review by Bud Scoppa, Circus, August 1976
MARVIN GAYE, one of the most durable pop presences — his three-record compilation is easily the solidest of Motown's Anthology series — has in recent ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Circus, August 1976
DONALD FAGEN AND Walter Becker don't play by the rules. They won't tour, they won't talk to interviewers, they won't keep a band together — ...
Andy Pratt: Avenging Andy Rides Again
Interview by Stephen Demorest, Circus, August 1976
THREE YEARS AGO, Andy Pratt had bats in his belfry. Flutter, flutter -you could hear the unrequited passions playing hide-and-go-seek in his psyche. ...
Interview by Stephen Demorest, Circus, September 1976
"I Hate The Blues!" Snaps Chaka Khan ...
Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, The: Zeus Of Zeppelin: An Interview with Jimmy Page
Interview by Mick Houghton, Circus, October 1976
You're your own record company bosses now with Swan Song, which is a far cry from the days when you were doing sessions for Decca ...
Thin Lizzy: Tonight There's Gonna Be Trouble!
Profile and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, December 1976
Thin Lizzy Stalks the Fury of Fandom. By Wesley Strick ...
Sylvers, The: The Sylvers: Something Special
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, January 1977
WHAT'S WRONG with disco music? All my friends hate it, so I know there must be something good about it. They say it's inhuman; I've ...
Queen: A Day at the Races Is A Self-Made Masterpiece
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, January 1977
IT WAS SOME WEEKS BACK, and Europe's biggest rock band had four months' studio time behind them, and two weeks ahead. "It feels like we've ...
Allman Brothers Band: The Allman Brothers: Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, February 1977
I MAY BE DEFICIENT but somehow I feel grateful for the existence of this Allman Brothers album. Unlike the sodden Win, Lose or Draw, which ...
Interview by Deborah Frost, Circus, February 1977
A SUBTERRANEAN VOICE growls across the phone wires, hesitates, and growls again – this time more softly. Canadian telephone service might be different, but it's ...
Queen: The Queen Tapes Part 1: Brian May
Interview by Mick Houghton, Circus, February 1977
Stargazing Guitarist Brian May Turns the Telescope on Himself and Talks About What He Sees ...
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, February 1977
IDI AMIN, Grand Kleagle of the topographic boil of Uganda, has said, in response to world press canards that he's a mere throwback: "I am ...
David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop: Bowie Now: New Songs for Day and Night
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, February 1977
THESE ARE the facts:David Bowie's latest album, Low, is two-sided. Side One contains seven crypto-disco tracks, no track shorter than 1:42 or longer than 3:26. ...
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, March 1977
Rodgers and Ralphs Mix Celestial Magic At Chopin's Chateau ...
Peter Gabriel: Say Goodbye to the Bubble Creature
Report and Interview by Barbara Charone, Circus, March 1977
BOB EZRIN CALLS him the overkill kid. And it's easy to see why. Right now Peter Gabriel wants to sandwich 16 complicated bars of music ...
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Warner Bros.)
Review by Fred Schruers, Circus, April 1977
YOU COULD look it up. After 10 years and a like number of frequently boring albums (some great stuff in there, too), these penguin fanciers ...
Iggy Pop: The Idiot (RCA Victor)
Review by Wesley Strick, Circus, May 1977
IN 1974, RAY Manzarek invited Iggy Pop to front for the Doors. It's said that Iggy dyed his hair jet black to suit the part. ...
Deep Purple: Deeper Shades of Purple
Report and Interview by Deborah Frost, Circus, May 1977
DEEP PURPLE. The name itself was synonymous with the rock genre it perfected; Deep Purple was heavy metal. Unleashing waves of relentless decibels upon worshippers ...
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, May 1977
The Return, In Relative Good Health, Of Rocks Ragged Edge ...
Beach Boys, The: Beach Boys: The Beach Boys Love You (Reprise)
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, June 1977
THE BEACH BOYS present the most convincing argument in our entire culture for never growing up. ...
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, June 1977
Jimmy Page Pauses for a Few Words about Roots, Keith Richards and Zep's Musical Karma ...
Interview by Don Snowden, Circus, June 1977
STEVE MILLER FOUND himself caught on the horns of a dilemma in 1974. A cult favorite from the first days of the Summer of Love, ...
Bad Company is Mean But Clean as they Roar Through the USA
Interview by Don Snowden, Circus, July 1977
BAD COMPANY'S 1976 American tour was a marathon four month affair that left the British blasters drained of energy and suffering from a severe case ...
Kiss: Love Gun Is a Real Bazooka
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, August 1977
Behind the Scenes of the First Kiss Simulated Concept LP ...
Jimi Hendrix: The Final Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
Memoir by Al Aronowitz, Circus, September 1977
I HAD TO talk Miles into going to Jimi's funeral with me. ...
Captain, The, and Tennille: The Captain and Tennille: Come In from the Rain
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, September 1977
IT'S TOO EASY to be cynical about the Captain and Tennille. People who pride themselves on being hip and chic find it very convenient to ...
Hall & Oates: Back Together Again
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, October 1977
Hall & Oates Abandon Philly Soul ID, Adopt Heavy Metal Stance ...
Sex Pistols, The: The Sex Pistols Are Cocked
Report by Wesley Strick, Circus, January 1978
Will Their Punk Madness Spread to the States? ...
Elvis Costello is Angry and Convincing: This Year's Model Fulfils Every New Wave Expectation
Profile by Fred Schruers, Circus, June 1978
IT'S 1:30AM IN the Bootlegger Lounge in Syracuse, NY. Elvis Costello, the one with the owlish stare and the spitting mad vocals, the man whose ...
Scorpions, The: The Scorpions: From Europe To Video Domination
Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Circus, August 1985
AFTER SPENDING virtually all of 1984 on the road, rocking fans on four continents, you'd think Scorpions needed a break. So they did, and they ...
Scorpions, The: Scorpions: Around the World
Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Circus, November 1985
IT TOOK THE Scorpions more than a dozen years to do it, but there now remains no doubt that the Hannover, West Germany-based rockers have ...
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