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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 ...

Jars of Clay, Rebecca St. James, Newsboys, DC Talk, Audio Adrenaline: Jesus Rocks

Report and Interview by William Shaw, Details, October 1996

But does he mosh? William Shaw follows Jars of Clay to Creation '96 — the Godstock of Christian contemporary music — and pitches his tent ...

The Beastie Boys: Burden of the Beasties

Report and Interview by Jack Barron, The Guardian, 23 May 1987

WHEN THE Beastie Boys step on stage in Brixton tonight at the start of their British tour everyone – the media, authorities, and fans alike ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: But what can a poor boy do?

Report and Interview by David Sinclair, MOJO, May 1999

IN AMERICA, THE STONES' JUGGERNAUT ROLLS ON UNSTOPPABLY. BUT BACK HOME THEIR STOCK HAS HIT ROCK BOTTOM. AS THE BAND'S STRIPPED-DOWN NEW SHOW DEFIES THE ...

Anthrax, Garth Brooks, Kiss, Lemonheads, The, Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket: Kiss Off

Report and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, GQ, January 1994

As the nation turns its lonely eyes to the Seventies for inspiration, they alight fondly on Kiss, who were stupider and crasser than anyone — ...

Kiss: The Curse of the Sphinx

Report and Interview by Steve Mascord, Kerrang!, 16 June 1990

In the inauspicious surroundings of small town America it sounds like a storm is brewing. It's the eve of the new KISS world tour and ...

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 ...

Dire Straits: Nine Or Ten Unbelievably Interesting Facts About Dire Straits

Report and Interview by J. Kordosh, Creem, February 1981

Plus The Usual Unsubstantiated Opinions, Speculations, And Outright Inventions ...

Consolidated, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pixies, The: Doing the slam: Tales from the mosh pit, where rock 'n' roll is a contact sport

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 23 February 1992

THESE DAYS, rock 'n' roll has become a contact sport. Not all rock 'n' roll, of course. You won't see slam dancing at a Moody ...

David Johansen, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders: Beyond The Valley Of The New York Dolls

Report and Interview by Roy Trakin, Musician, October 1981

THE FIRST TIME I ever laid eyes on the New York Dolls was New Year's Eve, 1972, at the old Mercer Arts Center, and, quite ...

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 ...

Boomtown Rats: Today: Top Of The Pops, Tomorrow: The World

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 16 December 1978

The Day After: Top Of The Pops Again ...

Cheap Trick

Report and Interview by Max Bell, NME, 8 April 1978

Meet Tricky Ricky and the Denim Deliverers. Ricky Neilson and CHEAP TRICK, to be more precise, who're currently wowing the Heavy Metal Hordes and MAX ...

Bad Company: A Bunch of Sissies?

Report and Interview by Nick Kent, Creem, June 1976

You don't have to wear mascara, you know... ...

Van Halen: Glory Or Rupture

Report and Interview by Nick Kent, NME, 7 July 1979

GIVE THE Yanks their due: when it comes down to being straight-ahead 'dunced out' almost beyond the realms of the hyper-crass, they take the old ...

The Nymphs: Nymphs: The Asylum Siren

Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 15 February 1992

When singer Inger Lorre first heard Patti Smith, she knew she had to become a rock'n'roll star. When she heard the Velvet's 'Heroin'. She got ...

Rehab'n'Roll

Report and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, February 2002

"I WAS TRYING to prove I could do it and come out alive." That was Eric Clapton's account of his immersion in heroin from 1970-74. ...

Runaways, The: The Runaways: Girls! Girls! Girls!

Report and Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 2 October 1976

As The Runaways scoot their everlovin' way through Britain and Europe, GIOVANNI DADOMO tries to get his lemon squeezed... Now gasp on... ...

Brides of Funkenstein, The, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Funkadelic, Parliament: George Clinton & The Funk Mob

Report and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Unicorn Times, May 1979

GARY SHIDER and Mike Hampton held the stage at the Capital Centre in the fiercest rock'n'roll guitar duet in any local hall recently. Shider's fingers ...

Beastie Boys, The: The Beastie Boys: So Long, Suckers!

Report and Interview by Lloyd Bradley, Q, June 1987

A curse has come upon the youth of America. It turns boys into beer-swilling, lecherous nerds. It makes girls dress with scant regard for common ...