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Profile and Interview by Stephen Dalton, The National, 1 November 2012

FOUR DECADES AGO, no sane person would have put money on Aerosmith still being alive in 2012, never mind still touring the globe and filling ...

Aerosmith

Profile and Interview by Chuck Eddy, Creem, October 1987

"WHAT IF BEINGS from another dimension telepathically force us to change our moral overview? What then??" ...

Howlin Rain — Did the earth move for you?

Profile and Interview by Stevie Chick, The Guardian, 2 May 2008

THE PATRONAGE OF RICK RUBIN is considered a Very Big Deal within the US music industry. Aged 21, in 1984, this white heavy rock fan ...

Tasha Thomas: Title Doubt

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 10 April 1979

ALTHOUGH 'Shoot Me' has been the vehicle for the world to become acquainted with Ms. Tasha Thomas, it is a somewhat unlikely source. 'Shoot Me ...

Nashville Pussy: Nashville Breaks Out: Sex, Jokes and Rock 'N' Roll Help An Indie Band On The Rise

Profile and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 30 July 1999

"WE ARE,'' says guitarist Ruyter Suys (pronounced "Rider Sighs''), of the band Nashville Pussy, "aiming for the more basic enthusiasms of life, just having a ...

Ted Nugent: Raw Power

Profile and Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 28 August 1976

FEW ARTISTS have quite as much faith in themselves as Ted Nugent, the Midwestern rocker and former leader of the Amboy Dukes. He is getting ...

The Black Crowes: Guilty!

Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, August 1991

Guilty of making music that was going out of style in 1973. Guilty of flying the tattered flag of rock'n'roll idealism. Guilty, indeed, "of never ...

Diane Warren, Desmond Child: Tracks Of Their Tears

Profile and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 18 May 1992

Caroline Sullivan hunts down the US songwriters responsible for the junk ballad ...

Proclaimers, The: The Proclaimers: Right-on in Auchtermuchty

Profile and Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 13 November 1987

Adam Sweeting finds two reasons for feeling cheerful about alternatives to pop blandness — Scotland's The Proclaimers ...

Soul Asylum: Plaider Than You’ll Ever Be

Profile and Interview by Ira Robbins, Creem, May 1988

It might be said that Soul Asylum is just a wonderful rock 'n' roll band from Minneapolis, a rough and ready quartet embodying explosive energy, ...

Patti Smith: Return of the Thin White Duchess

Profile and Interview by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, November 1997

PATTI SMITH needs some new socks. I'm standing next to her in an elevator in midtown Manhattan, when she glances down at her feet, which ...

Kim Fowley, Runaways, The: The Runaways: Runaway Girls

Profile and Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 17 July 1976

RUNAWAYS: the Natalie Woods, Brigitte Bardots and Ann-Margrets of rock. ...

Rolling Stones, The: Everybody's talking to Lisa Robinson

Profile and Interview by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 4 May 1978

NEW YORK — IT IS conceivable that America's most influential rock byline has never appeared in Rolling Stone. Lisa Robinson's natural turf is self-created and ...

Muddy Waters: The Tide's Turning for Muddy Waters

Profile and Interview by Michael Goldberg, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 January 1980

ON THEIR first visit to America, back in 1964, the Beatles were asked by reporters what they wanted to see most. "Muddy Waters," they replied ...

Cheap Trick: Sight Gags For Simps

Profile and Interview by Ira Robbins, Creem, August 1977

IT ALL STARTED innocently enough. There I was, sitting in the office of an ordinarily credible marketing honcho at Epic Records discussing Marc Bolan and ...

Van Halen: Remnants Of The Flesh Hangover

Profile and Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, July 1980

ONE THING that's always bothered me about myself: I enjoy offending people. I've done it for years and see no need to stop. I have ...

Guns N' Roses: Tears Before Bedtime?

Profile and Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Q, July 1991

Axl fired the band. The band fired Axl. Then they made up – and fired the drummer instead. Slash checked into rehab — than checked ...

Bachman Turner Overdrive: Bachman-Turner Overdrive - And this isn't all they do

Profile and Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 17 May 1975

"WHEN I'M TRYING to do a solo, I'll try and play what Jeff Beck would play, or I'll try and play what Eric Clapton would ...

The Barracudas: Hanging Ten in West London

Profile and Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 1 September 1979

SERIOUSLY, WOULD you expect even one of the skinheads who inhabit the feral slums of Ladbroke Grove to have the slightest notion of the origins ...