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Interview by Howard Johnson, Kerrang!, April 1986

HOWARD JOHNSON was once a fan of TED NUGENT, but no longer. In a hard-hitting, no-nonsense feature, our stone-hearted scribe claims that the Motor City ...

Band, The, Beatles, The, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Dylan, Diana Krall, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones, The, Paul Simon, Spinal Tap, Talking Heads, Who, The, Dexter Gordon: 25 Essential Music DVDs

Guide by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, September 2004

1. The Last Waltz THE BAND'S elegant swansong is the ultimate rock concert movie. Director Martin Scorsese's discreet camerawork and superb sound captures inspired performances from ...

Rick Rubin: Metal Guru

Interview by Chris Campion, Dazed & Confused, April 2003

The influence of the crush grooves produced by Def Jam and American Recordings founder, Rick Rubin, are stronger than ever. ...

Beastie Boys, The, Johnny Cash, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The, Slayer, Rick Rubin: Rick Rubin: The Buddha of Suburbia

Interview by RJ Smith, Details, July 1993

Rick Rubin built a recording empire from a dorm room at NYU. With Def American Recordings, he's taken the sound of the streets to the ...

Cutmaster DC, King Sun: Hip Hop Wig Out '87 #3: The Harlem Shuffle — King Sun and Cutmaster DC

Interview by Frank Owen, Melody Maker, 4 April 1987

IN THE THIRD OF OUR REPORTS on rap's now explosion of new talents, Frank Owen journeys to Harlem to bring you the news on happening ...

Mötley Crüe: Crüesin' and Blüesin'

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 20 February 1982

"FIRST YOU got to cut it real jaggedy. And you need this stuff." ...

Status Quo: Whatever You Want (To Eat): Having Lunch With Status Quo

Interview by Rob Fitzpatrick, The Word, December 2006

Note: This is the original "director's cut" version of the piece that ran in The Word. ...

Foo Fighters: Record reviews: Who needs them?

Comment by Ira Robbins, salon.com, 1 January 2013

Music criticism is in a horrible state. It wouldn't have to be if we talked about albums like they really mattered. ...

Cheap Trick

Sleevenotes by Ira Robbins, Sex, America, Cheap Trick (Sony Legacy), May 1996

AT A TIME WHEN AMERICAN ROCK'N'ROLL was sinking under the commercial weight of glitter-ball beats, arena bombast and California no-cal, Cheap Trick blew out of ...

AC/DC Celebrate Their Quarter Century

Retrospective and Interview by Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, December 2000

They've got all the essential ingredients: sweat, noise, booze – and choking on vomit. As AC/DC celebrate their quarter century, Sylvie Simmons toasts a band ...

Public Enemy: Confrontation

Report and Interview by Mark Dery, Keyboard, September 1990

"Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me you seeStraight up racist that sucker wasSimple and plain ...

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 ...

Elton John: He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

Report and Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 14 August 1976

THE WHOLE FAMILY was there. Mum, dad and three children all waited patiently by the elevators in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency hotel on ...

The Runaways: And I Wonder…I Wah Wah Wah Wah Wonder…

Interview by Chris Salewicz, NME, 24 July 1976

THE CORRAL lies maybe midway down Topanga Canyon, between Ventura Freeway and Malibu Beach. Maybe it's just the Romantic in me but visually – and ...