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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 ...

Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 13 October 1977

Hall & Oates Abandon Philly Soul ID, Adopt Heavy Metal Stance ...

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 ...

Penelope Spheeris: Last of the Mohawkans

Interview by Michele Kirsch, New Musical Express, 7 May 1988

PENELOPE SPHEERIS is the West Coast punk auteur whose movies have traced the decline and fall of hard core culture. Dudes completes her trilogy of ...

Bon Jovi: No Slip Till Hammersmith

Interview by Howard Johnson, Kerrang!, 30 October 1986

HOWARD JOHNSON talks to JON BON JOVI on the eve of the band's UK tour ...

Rick Derringer, Cynthia Weil: The New Derringer: Rick Derringer & Cynthia Weil

Interview by Mitchell Cohen, Phonograph Record, June 1976

DERRINGER: ANOTHER PUNK INCORPORATES ...

Robert Palmer on Rock

Interview by Marc Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 5 October 1995

THE HISTORY of rock & roll has been told many times. Why is your version of the story any different? ...

Real Kids, The: Real Kids Don't Get Old: John Felice returns with a new Real Kids album

Interview by Dave Laing (Australia), The I-94 Bar, 19 August 2014

JOHN FELICE IS one of rock'n'roll's unsung heroes. A founding member of the Modern Lovers at the age of 15, he quit the band before ...

John Lennon: Bob Gruen: Just Like Starting Over

Interview by Graham Reid, New Zealand Herald, 26 August 1995

New Yorker Bob Gruen is famous in the field of rock'n'roll photography but his association with John Lennon overshadows everything. GRAHAM REID hears the stories. ...

Guns N' Roses: Slash and The Cash

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 ...

Slade: A Natter with Noddy Holder

Interview by John Robb, City Life, June 2002

I'M STILL FEELING the noise. Slade are so much part of British culture. They were the quintessential hard rocking band with a neat line in ...

Beck, Guero and Scientology

Interview by Stephen Dalton, Scotland on Sunday, 26 March 2005

ON THE SURFACE, nothing is wrong with Beck Hansen. No wires protrude from his dirty-blond moptop. No glazed expressions, no shifty answers, no sense of ...

Toto: A Growth Industry For Modern People

Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 10 March 1979

A TOTO/SANDY ROBERTSON MULTI PLATINUM FINANCIAL READOUT ...

Chic: Le Freak Scenes

Interview by Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 14 March 1992

As massive an influence on modern dance as Kraftwerk and James Brown, CHIC have finally come back after years producing records for likes of Madonna ...

Russell Simmons: The Hustler

Interview by Angus Batey, The Guardian, 18 September 2008

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons helped Run DMC, Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys make it big. But is his greatest talent self-promotion? Angus Batey meets ...

Nirvana: Bleached Wails

Interview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 21 October 1989

Everett True Thrashes It Out With The Latest Wizards From Seattle's Sub Pop Label Who Arrive In Britain Next Week ...

Ted Nugent: Going Beyond the Threshold of Pain

Interview by Geoff Barton, Sounds, 3 March 1979

"A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS TOO LOUD," ADMITS TED NUGENT. GEOFF BARTON LISTENS AGHAST ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd still rocks the classics

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Cape Cod Times, 8 August 2013

IT COULD HAPPEN at any rock show, any time, any place, anywhere. The band is revving up for its encore, and you hear a cry ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Interview with Rickey Medlocke

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Cape Cod Times, July 2014

IT COULD HAPPEN at any rock show, any time, any place, anywhere. The band is revving up for its encore, and you hear a cry ...