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J. Geils Band: Return Of The Hard-Drivin' Man

Interview by Max Bell, NME, 19 May 1979

"I'm a creature of the night. I don't wake up till it gets dark. D'ja wanna drink?" PETER WOLF of the J. GEILS BAND is ...

Skid Row: The Wild One

Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 6 January 1990

Five skinny, lippy punks outta New Jersey are about to become the biggest noise in American rock since Guns N' Roses. Arrogant, controversial, yobbish — ...

Metallica: The Rise of an Egotist

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 8 August 1992

METALLICA started out as renegade Thrash bandits, but they've sold almost 10 million copies of their self-titled fifth album. They are now touring American stadiums ...

Mötley Crüe: Decade of Dickheadedness

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 26 October 1991

Grand old dames of Heavy Metal MÖTLEY CRÜE have just signed a record deal worth a cool £35 million. Not bad for a band that ...

Run DMC

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 9 March 1985

Run DMC are two New Yorkers who set their raps to a raw rock backdrop and talked their way up the charts. Paolo Hewitt meets the ...

Sheryl Crow: The Education of Sheryl Crow

Interview by Dave DiMartino, Musician, September 1994

The long strange trip of an overnight success ...

TLC: Phoenix from the Flames

Interview by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 11 November 1995

Controversial New Jill megastars TLC are one of the biggest bands on the planet right now... and they're bankrupt. It's a long story, but SIMON ...

Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones: Quincy Jones: The Mighty Quince

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 17 February 1990

QUINCY JONES, producer of everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, is now mixing jazz and hip-hop and working with Jesse Jackson and New Order. ...

Morrissey

Interview by James Medd, Esquire, June 2004

From his unlikely hideout on the West Coast of America, pop's Greatest Living Englishman has emerged triumphant with his first album in seven years. "Pop ...

Paul Johnson: Revelation from Paradise

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 17 January 1987

No one illustrates the depth and talent of UK soul more than PAUL JOHNSON, who's arrived at the doorstep to fame via gospel singing. Will ...

Mötley Crüe, Vince Neil: Crüe Love Don't Last

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 9 May 1992

When the news broke in February that VINCE NEIL had 'parted ways' with seminal LA rockers MÖTLEY CRÜE, many thought it was a publicity stunt. ...

INXS: In Extremis

Interview by Steven Daly, Spin, December 1990

After a three-year recording hiatus, INXS are back with X. STEVEN DALY corners the Australian band in a London hotel. ...

Ted Nugent: The Mouthtrap

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 ...

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." ...