International Musician

Mike Oldfield

Interview by Tim Oakes, International Musician, June 1980

IN MANY WAYS, Mike Oldfield is the perfect artist to officially open the IM & RW Test Bed studio. His whole career was born out ...

Kinks, The: Kinks Ray & Dave Talk To Chris Welch

Interview by Chris Welch, International Musician, December 1981

HEARD THAT NEW BAND THE KINKS?That's how they like to think of themselves. And their fans feel much the same. They have only vague memories ...

Smiths, The: The Smiths

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, International Musician, October 1983

Here come The Smiths smiling, brandishing their blooms and being hotly pursued by ADRIAN DEEVOY, our very own handsome devil. ...

Laurie Anderson: Home Of The Brave

Review by Mark Dery, International Musician, 1985

A GARBAGE disposal with indigestion, glub-glubbing on a smooshed Jiffy Pop foil bubble or a gluish wad of Captain Crunch, is not a pretty sight. ...

Strawberry Switchblade

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, International Musician, March 1985

ADRIEN DEEVOY FINDS STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE TO BE MORE THAN JUST FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH ...

Scritti Politti: Green Machines

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, International Musician, July 1985

"I'D JUST like to say now that I am not a knobist." ...

Robyn Hitchcock's Colossal Mutations

Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, International Musician, July 1986

WHAT DO you get when you cross nursery crimes, rump-bumping beats, hooky melodies that are bittersweet as a bite of watermelon pickle, and batty lyrics ...