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Paula Abdul: At Home in L.A. with Paula Abdul!!

Report and Interview by Siân Pattenden, Smash Hits, 26 June 1991

* She's got seven toilets (but no loo roll)! * She's got some margarine stuff in her fridge called I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! ...

Blur, Oasis: Blur vs. Oasis: What's the story?

Report by Siân Pattenden, Select, October 1995

We know who won the Blur-versus-Oasis singles showdown. But who trounced who in the media-othon? Sian Pattenden adds 'em up. ...

MC Hammer: Here Comes The Hammer!!!

Report by Siân Pattenden, Smash Hits, 6 March 1991

It's the all-rappin' all-dancing "revue" sensation that is MC HAMMER's American live show! It's coming to this country on May 2! And SIAN PATTENDEN has ...

The Moody Blues

Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, New Musical Express, 17 April 1976

IT ALL SEEMED as though it should have had some connection with what I was there for. ...

The Moody Blues: Gentle, Smooth and Nice

Interview by Bud Scoppa, Circus, August 1970

THE FIVE RATHER dapper-looking musicians on the Fillmore East stage began a song, and some members of the audience craned their heads to look for ...

Pearl Jam: Eddie Vedder

Interview by Will Hermes, Spin, October 2005

Reflecting on Seattle's dangerous heyday and Pearl Jam's legacy, the grunge icon comes clean ...

Pearl Jam: Art and Economy

Interview by Dave Marsh, Musician, April 1998

ROCK BANDS ARE like families on the Tolstoyan model. The happy ones are exactly the same (perhaps because they're nonexistent?) while the unhappy ones are ...

Pearl Jam: Sticky Fingers

Interview by Cathi Unsworth, Melody Maker, 25 January 1992

Inspired by the boundless, new American rock of Nirvana and Soundgarden, PEARL JAM explain to CATHI UNSWORTH why their primitive approach is the way to ...

Pet Shop Boys: Steve Pafford does lunch with the Pet Shop Boys

Interview by Steve Pafford, GAY TIMES, June 2002

"IS THE OTHER half of the group coming?" queries a Cappuccino-consuming Neil Tennant. ...

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