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Johnny Cigarettes

Johnny Cigarettes (who now writes under his real name, Johnny Sharp) made his name writing under a childhood nickname (he was the tallest in class and got sent to the local shop on illicit tobacco runs because he passed for 16) for NME from 1992 to 2000, before moving on to contribute to Vox, Loaded, Q, Mojo and The Guardian among others, as he still does today, while also editing and writing for various sports magazines and programmes. He is the author of the cryptically-titled highbrow 2009 tome Crap Lyrics and his works can be gazed upon at www.johnnysharp.net

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Black Grape: Spills 'n' Thrills and Jelly Aches

Report and Interview by Johnny Cigarettes, Vox, November 1995

After breaking and entering the album charts at Number One, BLACK GRAPE decided to drag their scuzzy, 24-hour party on the road. VOX gets over-friendly ...

Boo Radleys, The: The Boo Radleys: Zeleste 2, Barcelona

Live Review by Johnny Cigarettes, NME, May 1995

IT IS 4.42 AM. Martin Carr and Bob Cieka of the Boo Radleys are, um, "relaxing" at the Hotel Sol in Barcelona after a suitably ...

Breeders, The: The Breeders

Report and Interview by Johnny Cigarettes, NME, July 1994

"AAAARGH! F*** YOU ASSHOLE! GET OUT MY FACE!" ...errrrrrk!..."YEAH I'M DOIN' A F***IN' U-TURN – WHAT'S THE GODDAMN PROBLEM?!" errrrrrrk! "Oh jeeezuuus! We've been past ...

Charlatans, The (UK): The Charlatans: Melkweg, Amsterdam

Live Review by Johnny Cigarettes, NME, March 1994

IT'S VALENTINE'S weekend in Amsterdam, love is in the air (and indeed, in the area), made all the more blissful by the dizzying aroma of ...

Evan Dando, Lemonheads, The: Evan Dando

Interview by Johnny Cigarettes, Vox, November 1996

I HAVE REASON to believe that Evan Dando has been drinking. It's not so much his appearance – grimy T-shirt, flared polyester trousers crudely cut ...

Oasis, Saint Etienne: Saint Etienne/Oasis: Birmingham Institute

Live Review by Johnny Cigarettes, NME, December 1993

IF OASIS DIDN'T exist, no one would want to invent them. For a start, they look and sound like they're long overdue product from a ...

Radiohead, Strangelove: Leicester University

Live Review by Johnny Cigarettes, NME, May 1993

GUITAR VERY MUCH! ...

S*M*A*S*H: Family Club, Welwyn Garden City

Live Review by Johnny Cigarettes, NME, February 1994

WELWYN GARDEN CITY. Always sounded horrible. Not as horrible sounding as Bletchley, Goole or Grimethorpe, admittedly, but more representative of the respectable blandist terrorism that ...

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