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Neil Perry

Neil Perry wrote for Sounds from 1985 until 1989 before moving on to write for Melody Maker, Select and Kerrang. Following a short-lived foray into PR at Southern Studios, where he looked after press for the Jesus Lizard, Babes In Toyland and Big Black among many others, he worked for NME and Vox. In 1995 he joined Volume, which he maintains was the most fun anyone could ever have in an office situation, and remained there until its sad demise in 1997. In 1998 he joined the staff of the fledgling Guardian website, eventually becoming Night Editor on the news desk. He spent almost a decade there before moving to Oslo, Norway, in 2007. He is now making a return to freelance journalism.

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AC/DC: Who Dares Wins

Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, July 1986

Meet AC/DC, terror monarch Stephen King's favourite band and the bane of America's moral majority. NEIL PERRY takes his hat off to them ...

Killing Joke: The Fatal Curse of Killing Joke

Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, November 1986

With the release of KILLING JOKE'S new LP, NEIL PERRY finally gets the chance to do what no sane person would volunteer for — that ...

Metallica: At The Mercy Of The Master

Report and Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, October 1986

Something sad and inexplicable has happened to METALLICA, a band who were in full flight until bassist Cliff Burton was tragically killed in a road ...

Metallica: Battle Hymns Of The Metal Warriors

Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, September 1987

They've stomped on the rotting corpse of heavy metal and moved from cult status to world acclaim, and now METALLICA have crashed into the singles ...

Mission, Sisters of Mercy: Sisters Of Mercy: The Man Who Told The World

Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, September 1987

Two years in the twilight world, ANDREW ELDRITCH hits back with the 1987 SISTERS OF MERCY. In this interview with NEIL PERRY he discusses his acrimonious split ...

Sinead O'Connor: Skinhead And Scum-Stampers; A Short Sharp Shock

Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, January 1988

That's how emancipated Irish singer SINEAD O'CONNOR dealt with a record company suggestion that she should 'tart herself up'. NEIL PERRY comes to terms with ...

Psychic TV: A Star Reborn

Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, September 1986

From his bizarre explanation of tattoos to his obsessive faith in causes, PSYCHIC TV's Genesis P-Orridge is the very definition of complexity. As willing disciple ...

Slayer: Always Crashing In The Same Carnage

Interview by Neil Perry, Melody Maker, November 1991

Are SLAYER Satanic High Priests who revel in gore or misunderstood philanthropists to a nihilistic generation? NEIL PERRY joins them in the London Dungeon and ...

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