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Interview by Steve Mascord, On The Street, 7 December 1988

BLINK, AND you'll miss a band being compared to the Rolling Stones. Everyone from the Monkees to Crowded House to your local pub group have ...

Bon Jovi: Yankee Noodle Dandies: Bon Jovi

Interview by Simon Witter, NME, 24 December 1988

HE'S ONLY NINE months older than me, but last year Jon Bongiovi - a 26-year-old American of Sicilian extraction - made more money than you ...

Bon Jovi

Report and Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, January 1989

"BON JOVI... Back To Kick Ass" declare the T-shirts outside the Royal Dublin Society Arena. Below this raunchy statement of intent is the list of ...

Bon Jovi, Gorky Park: Bon Jovi

Report and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 9 February 1989

THE AMBASSADORS OF LITE-METAL MUSIC HEAD OUT TO EXPORT NEW JERSEY TO RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD ...

Poison: The Call Of The Wild

Report and Interview by Carol Clerk, Melody Maker, 11 February 1989

'EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN' WAS NUMBER ONE IN AMERICA OVER CHRISTMAS. THE OPEN UP AND SAY...AHH! LP CRUISED INTO THE US TOP 10 AND ...

Poison: Cat Scratch Fever

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, RAW, 7 March 1989

They say 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'. Or at least POISON do in the title of their current hit single. And certainly the Los Angeles ...

The Clash: Clash: The Clash; Give 'Em Enough Rope; London Calling; Sandinista!; Combat Rock; Cut The Crap

Review by Mat Snow, Q, June 1989

UNLIKE THE Sex Pistols, the other great London punk-rock group had ambitions beyond delivering the short, sharp shock to the system suggested by the sudden ...

Radio's Rock of Ages

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 1 June 1989

Is the classic-rock format dictating which acts record companies sign? ...

John Lydon, Public Image Ltd: John Lydon: …Heeere's Johnny!

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, July 1989

IN THE BAR OF the North London rehearsal studio complex, John Lydon, wearing a typically loud shirt, a pair of unorthodox dark spectacles and the ...

Defiance: My Vacation From Hell

Interview by Christine Natanael, Powerline, July 1989

The most controversial writer in the universe, the writer that people love to hate! Yes, the infamous "Writer From Hell" Ms. Christine Natanael takes a ...

Beastie Boys, The, Wolfsbane, Rick Rubin: Rick Rubin: Fang of Def

Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 8 July 1989

Five years ago RICK RUBIN was the 21-year-old student behind Def Jam — the label that brought you the twin rock-rap assault of Licensed To Ill and ...

Cult, The: The Cult: Cult Following

Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 13 July 1989

Once postpunk's bad boys, the members of the Cult have found fame with Sonic Temple ...

Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, W.A.S.P.: The Decline of Western Civilization Part Two: The Metal Years (Dir: Penelope Spheeris)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 5 August 1989

NEON NIGHT, LA. Clad in leather and flashing skull'n'dagger tattoos, Chris Holmes of WASP — the Peter Sutcliffe of heavy metal — is lounging on ...

WASP, Kiss, Poison, Ozzy Osbourne: Spheeris of Influence

Interview by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 5 August 1989

The macho world of Heavy Metal is not the most likely place to find a female film director, but PENELOPE SPHEERIS took her camera and ...

Poison: We're Big Down Under!

Interview by Steve Mascord, Kerrang!, 26 August 1989

Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Neighbours, Rolf Harris (and his Stylophone), Skippy, Rupert Murdoch... these days, there's no escaping the ongoing onslaught of dodgy Australian 'culture'. ...

Vixen: Every Man For Herself

Report and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, September 1989

The highway to hell is a merciless thoroughfare for the all-girl heavy metal band. Male counterparts regard you with deep suspicion, record companies run a ...

Faster Pussycat: Wake Me Up When It's Over (Elektra EKT64) ****

Review by Howard Johnson, Kerrang!, 2 September 1989

FASTER PUSSYCAT have always meant just two things to me. First off, vocalist Taime Downe (sic) was the geezer who figured he'd get the choice ...

W.A.S.P.: Penelope Spheeris: The "Mad Surgeon" of Film

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, RAW, 6 September 1989

That's American director PENELOPE SPHEERIS, whose documentary on the LA Metal scene The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years has just opened ...

Aerosmith: Pump (Geffen 924 254/CD) *****

Review by Richard Cook, Sounds, 16 September 1989

Signed, sealed and delivered ...

Soul II Soul: Funki Bold Demeanour

Interview by Sean O'Hagan, NME, 30 September 1989

• Current king of British clubs JAZZIE B is preparing to launch SOUL II SOUL even further ahead of the opposition-the summer soundtrack on both ...