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Mud, Glorious Mud

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 2 February 1974

"HYPE, BILGE, lies, rubbish!" These are the epithets often hurled when a band appears on Top Of The Pops weekly, and soars chartward with a ...

The Sweet smell of success turns to Mud in the eye

Report and Interview by Ray Fox-Cumming, Disc, 9 February 1974

NOTHING WOULD please Nicky Chinn more this week than to see Sweet topple Mud from the top of the singles chart. One would think that ...

Mud Slinging

Report and Interview by Caroline Coon, Melody Maker, 27 April 1974

Mud. They’re a pure pop band, no pretentions, but a lot of fun. Caroline Coon goes on the road with the boys who bridge the ...

Beethoven Rolls Over Again

Report and Interview by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 23 May 1974

Nouveau Rock Bops British Charts ...

Nicky Chinn: From Riches to Riches

Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Let It Rock, June 1975

LiR EXCLUSIVE: Journey to the centre of pop. Nicky Chinn interviewed ...

Mud: Reading University, Reading

Live Review by Rosalind Russell, Record Mirror, 21 February 1976

MUD'S PERFORMANCE at Reading University on Thursday evening completely demolished all preconceived ideas I had about university audiences. Where was the laid back reaction we'd ...

More Mature Mud has a Flop and Plays Colleges

Interview by David Hancock, National RockStar, 25 December 1976

But Les Gray tells David Hancock confidentially 'We haven't changed anything' ...

Chinn & Chapman: Ballroom Blitz & Hearts of Glass

Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, March 1979

Mike Chapman began with Mud and Sweet, disappeared when glitter-rock went cold, and came back to make the new wave palatable for America with the ...

Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn: Ballroom Blitz & Hearts of Glass

Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 29 December 1979

Mike Chapman began with Mud and Sweet, disappeared when glitter-rock went cold, and came back to make the new wave palatable for America with the ...

Chinn and Chapman

Book Excerpt by John Tobler, Stuart Grundy, 'The Record Producers', 1982

THE YEARS BETWEEN 1971 and 1975 were tucked between psychedelia on the one hand and punk rock on the other, and while they featured country ...

Glam rock shines again

Retrospective by Bob Stanley, The Times, 21 March 2003

Thirty years on, the forgotten stars of glam rock are shining again. ...

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