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Details

Details is an American monthly men's magazine, founded in 1982.

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Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant: Robert Plant

Retrospective and Interview by Danny Fields, Details, July 1988

"Well, don't forget that the reason people dress up and become rock 'n'roll stars is because I think we have something wrong with us anyway. ...

Morrissey: I'll Astonish You

Interview by Len Brown, Details, March 1991

"IF GEORGE MICHAEL had to live my life for five minutes, he'd strangle himself with the nearest piece of cord," says Morrissey as he walks ...

Manic Street Preachers: Manic Panic

Interview by Chris Heath, Details, December 1991

The Manic Street Preachers — Britain's latest punk exports — have a way with words. And razor blades. ...

Robyn Hitchcock: Start Making Sense: Robyn Hitchcock finds a method to his madness

Interview by Michael Azerrad, Details, December 1991

A SHARP-dressed man, Robyn Hitchcock never leaves home without his American Express card. But, true to his station as a legendary alternative-rock guru, Hitchcock's plastic ...

Urban Dance Squad: Dutch Treat

Profile and Interview by William Shaw, Details, December 1991

URBAN DANCE SQUAD BRINGS A RAP-ROCK-FUNK FUSION OUT OF THE NETHERLANDS ...

Altern-8, Derrick May, Orbital, Spiral Tribe: The Techno Revolution

Report by Simon Reynolds, Details, July 1992

Four years after its invention in a Detroit bedroom, techno is now dominating dance floors from London to L.A. Is it the next musical insurrection ...

U2 Anew

Report and Interview by Sean O'Hagan, Details, 1 September 1992

With Achtung Babyand their Zoo TV tour, U2 have found a way to be the biggest band in the world and still have fun. Sean ...

Brian Eno

Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Details, November 1992

The godfather of art rock and ambience discusses his sex drive, U2's sense of humor, and the future of music as we know it. ...

Tori Amos: From Rock Chick To Twisted Mystic

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Details, November 1992

YOU'VE SAID that you were an awkward, hapless teenager. How bad was it? ...

Ice Cube: Fire and Ice

Profile and Interview by William Shaw, Details, February 1993

A ganqsta's tale: From boy in the hood to prophet of rage, Ice Cube is no sellout. William Shaw meets the most incendiary man in ...

Jesus Jones: The Messiah Complex

Report and Interview by William Shaw, Details, March 1993

Mike Edwards is Jesus Jones. Sort of. William Shaw breaks bread with one musical miracle worker and his four hapless disciples. ...

Julian Cope, The Teardrop Explodes: Julian Cope: Mad Dog and Englishman

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Details, March 1993

There's a fine line between genius and madness. Julian Cope erases it. ...

Lenny Kravitz finds his groove

Interview by Chris Heath, Details, March 1993

The child of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown and Bob Marley, Lenny Kravitz is creating the rock/soul groove of the '90s. Before releasing his new record, ...

Butthole Surfers, Cell, Dinosaur Jr., Th' Faith Healers, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Noise rock forsakes grunge for art and experimentation

Overview by Simon Reynolds, Details, March 1993

IT'S YEAR two of the post-Nirvana era, and the deluge of Seattle soundalike grunge flows on and on. These days, most hapless record buyers find ...

RuPaul: The World According to RuPaul

Interview by David A. Keeps, Details, March 1993

Singer, supermodel, and trans-American success story ...

Depeche Mode: In the Mode

Interview by William Shaw, Details, April 1993

Depeche Mode are (1) techno pioneers, (2) synthpop pervs, (3) the Second Coming. During the making of their new LP, Songs of Faith and ...

Duran Duran: Ordinary People

Interview by David A. Keeps, Details, April 1993

Duran Duran spent one half of the '80s as international pop playboys and the other half surviving the experience. Will success spoil them again? David ...

The Brodsky Quartet, Elvis Costello: Elvis Costello: The Other Side of Elvis

Interview by Chris Heath, Details, April 1993

Two years ago, Elvis Costello was a celebrated songwriter with a bad beard and a sharp tongue. His Latest record is The Juliet Letters. He's ...

Frank Black: The Post-Pixie

Interview by RJ Smith, Details, April 1993

With the demise of the Pixies, Black Francis assumes a new identity: Frank Black ...

Boy George: The Comeback

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Details, July 1993

The comeback queen talks to Tom Hibbert about losing his virginity and finding his religion ...

Donald Byrd, Digable Planets, Guru: Digable Planets: Cool Like Us

Report and Interview by Pat Blashill, Details, July 1993

B-boys in berets and turtlenecks. Rappers with hippie tattoos. Gangstas with saxophones. What is rap coming to? Pat Blashill hangs with the Digable Planets and ...

The Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, LL Cool J, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Rubin, Slayer: Rick Rubin: The Buddha of Suburbia

Interview by RJ Smith, Details, July 1993

Rick Rubin built a recording empire from a dorm room at NYU. With Def American Recordings, he's taken the sound of the streets to the ...

Amorphous Androgynous , Aphex Twin, B12, Black Dog Productions, Brian Eno, Fortran 5, Heavenly Music Corporation, Steve Hillage, The KLF, Moby, The Orb, Polygon Window, Psychick Warriors ov Gaia, Psychic TV, Seefeel: Hey, DJ — The chilled-out charms of ambient techno

Guide by Pat Blashill, Details, November 1993

RICHARD JAMES has seen the future and it's nothing special. In fact, it's nothing at all. Nothingness itself. Vast, blank wildernesses, majesticaly vague cityscapes, machines ...

John Adams, Philip Glass, Henryk Górecki, Meredith Monk, Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, Terry Riley: Minimalism: Hey, DJ

Guide by Tim Page, Details, January 1994

Modern minimalist composers find an audience beyond academia ...

Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Space Cowboy

Profile and Interview by Pat Blashill, Details, February 1994

From Texas to the ashram and back again: the earthbound adventures of country rocker Jimmie Dale Gilmore ...

Shonen Knife: Rock Animals (Virgin)

Review by Pat Blashill, Details, February 1994

SHONEN KNIFE are insanely cute; it's both their blessing and their curse. ...

Morrissey: Homme alone 2 — Lost in Los Angeles

Interview by William Shaw, Details, April 1994

With the release of Vauxhall and I, Morrissey intends to take over America. If only he can get over himself. William Shaw gets down with ...

Pavement: Musique Concrete

Report and Interview by Pat Blashill, Details, April 1994

Pavement practice the art of falling apart with wrecking-ball rock 'n' roll and an apologetic postmodernism ...

Afghan Whigs: Whigging Out

Report and Interview by Jason Cohen, Details, May 1994

The Afghan Whigs have made a career out of confrontation, failed love affairs, and loud guitars. Jason Cohen joins their traveling circus of maladjustment in ...

The Beastie Boys: Triumph of the Ill

Report and Interview by Pat Blashill, Details, June 1994

They make music, movies, magazines, and menswear. And the Beastie Boys still find time to fight for the right to be stoopid. Pat Blashill discovers ...

Liz Phair: Sexual Perversity in Chicago

Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Details, July 1994

Where and when did you write the famous line "I want to be your blowjob queen"? ...

Stone Temple Pilots: Scott Weiland: Fighter Pilot

Interview by William Shaw, Details, July 1994

Let he who is without grunge cast the first Stone Temple Pilot. William Shaw breaks bread and beer bottles with future heavyweight contender Scott Weiland. ...

Totally Wired

Report by Michael Goldberg, Details, July 1994

In the future, when you can dial up any album through your TV set, you won't need record stores — and musicians may not need record ...

Coolio Like That

Profile and Interview by William Shaw, Details, December 1994

Coolio's fantastic voyage, from crackhead to platinum rap star ...

Robert Palmer: Five Girls for Every Boy

Interview by Martin Aston, Details, December 1994

Robert Palmer's 'Addicted to Love' made his all-girl band into icons. Where are they now? ...

Veruca Salt: See Salt

Profile and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Details, December 1994

Meet the Chicago band that's knocking us out with their American Thighs. Veruca Salt have a great debut album and a horde of A&R men ...

Massive Attack, Portishead: Massive Attack: Surprise Attack

Report and Interview by William Shaw, Details, February 1995

Massive Attack invented a loping, trippy dance sound that could have turned them into international stars. When they decided they'd rather stay home in Bristol, ...

Moby: The Divine Mr. M

Interview by Pat Blashill, Details, April 1995

First a DJ saved his life. Then he found Christ. Now, after years of raving, Moby is ready to become techno's first pop star. ...

Bound for Glory, Rahowa, Skrewdriver: Hate, Rattle & Roll

Report by William Shaw, Details, July 1995

For years, skinhead rock has remained safely in the lunatic fringe. But now, white-power outfits like Resistance Records are using the music to rally the ...

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Rattling the Bones

Report and Interview by RJ Smith, Details, August 1995

Cleveland rappers Bone Thugs-N-Harmony always knew they'd be stars — their Ouija board told them so. RJ SMITH conducts a séance with hip-hop's hell-raisers. ...

Audio Adrenaline, DC Talk, Jars of Clay, Newsboys, Rebecca St. James: Jesus Rocks

Report and Interview by William Shaw, Details, October 1996

But does he mosh? William Shaw follows Jars of Clay to Creation '96 — the Godstock of Christian contemporary music — and pitches his tent ...

Smashing Pumpkins: Out on a limb

Interview by Pat Blashill, Details, October 1996

Billy Corgan is the zero who became a hero. But when Jonathan Melvoin died and Jimmy Chamberlin was dismissed from the Smashing Pumpkins, the world ...

Tupac Shakur: His life on Death Row ended in a Deathblow

Obituary by William Shaw, Details, December 1996

William Shaw remembers Tupac Shakur 1971-1996 ...

Juan Atkins, Afrika Bambaataa, The Chemical Brothers, Tricky: Who Put The Bleep In The Boom-Chi Bleep?

Overview by Pat Blashill, Details, December 1996

PAT BLASHILL TRACES THE HISTORY OF ELECTRO, THE UNSUNG SOURCE OF RAP, TECHNO, AND TRIP-HOP ...

Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds Thrives

Profile and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Details, April 1997

BILLY JOEL MEETS HOLE: ARMED WITH PUNK ATTITUDE AND A TASTE FOR SHOW TUNES, BEN FOLDS FIVE IS MAKING THE PIANO HIP AGAIN ...

No Doubt, Gwen Stefani: No Doubt: Gwen in doubt

Interview by David A. Keeps, Details, April 1997

GWEN STEFANI'S SURVIVED A FRIEND'S SUICIDE, A FLOP RECORD, AND A BAND THAT WAS SET ON SELF-DESTRUCT. NOW SHE'S AN INTERNATIONAL SEX SYMBOL WITH A ...

The Chemical Brothers: Chemical Warfare

Interview by Pat Blashill, Details, April 1997

THEY DON'T PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS, BUT THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS HAVE INVENTED DANCE MUSIC'S BRAND-NEW BEAT. PAT BLASHILL MIXES IT UP WITH ELECTRONICA'S PREMIER BOOGIE BAND. ...

The Wallflowers: Jakob Dylan: The Wallflower

Interview by William Shaw, Details, July 1997

WHAT'S JAKOB DYLAN'S SIGN? DO NOT DISTURB. HE WANTS YOUR ATTENTION, BUT HE WON'T SELL HIS SOUL TO GET IT. WILLIAM SHAW INVADES HIS PRIVACY. ...

Jewel's Paradise

Report and Interview by Steven Daly, Details, July 1997

She's the wonder from the tundra, a guitar-strumming siren who spent the past two years on the road, driving herself to the top. Steven Daly ...

KROQ: Breaking the Airwaves

Report and Interview by David A. Keeps, Details, July 1997

MTV listens to them, so does your local DJ. From the Go-Go's to Beck, KROQ has always played tomorrow's hits today. David A. Keeps goes ...

The Beastie Boys, Beck, Hanson, The Rolling Stones: The Dust Brothers: Brothers of Invention

Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Details, August 1997

They pulled poetry out of Beck. They wrung gold out of Hanson. Now they're remaking the Rolling Stones. Rob Tannenbaum meets the Dust Brothers. ...

The Prodigy: Who Will Rave Your Soul?

Interview by William Shaw, Details, August 1997

They started a fire on MTV Now everyone expects them to heat up Lollapalooza. William Shaw butts heads with the Prodigy, rock's most reluctant heroes. ...

Scott Weiland: Lone Temple Pilot

Interview by James Hunter, Details, January 1998

"TODAY, I am not suffering," Scott Weiland says. "I am not dope sick." The frontman for Stone Temple Pilots claims his fuckup days are behind ...

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