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Ramones, The: The Ramones: Ain’t No Stoppin’ The Cretins From Boppin’!

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Mat Snow, New Musical Express, 16 February 1985

ONE! Joey...TWO! Dee Dee... FREE! Mat... FOUR! Barney... THE RAMONES revisited in a teenage tag-match ‘tween two of the scuzziest pairs of sneakers in the ...

Wayne Kramer (1985)

Interview by Ira Robbins, Rock's Backpages audio, 10 March 1985

The Detroit City axeman on working with Was (Not Was); meeting Red Rodney in prison; hanging with Johnny Thunders and, of course, memories of the MC5.

File format: mp3; file size: 25.7mb, interview length: 28' 03" sound quality: ** (phoner)

Generation X, Billy Idol: Billy Idol: I was the clean punk

Interview by Graham K. Smith, Record Mirror, 6 July 1985

So pleads Billy Idol, latest bad boy of yank rock. Graham K. Smith listens to the curled lip and reckons the man is sincere ...

The Fuzztones: Police To Meet You

Interview by Richard North, ZigZag, August 1985

THE FUZZTONES are the type of band who inspire thoughts like, 'Rootless beat, ruthless rhythms, voxed-up twang at maximum volume, magnified beyond belief. Bourbon, drugs, ...

Blondie: Debbie's Back: Debbie Harry

Interview by Glenn O'Brien, Spin, January 1986

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein talk about Blondie, wrestling, disease, record rating, show biz, fear, and fantasy. ...

Robyn Hitchcock: God Walks Among Us

Interview by Bill Holdship, Creem, March 1986

IN HIS OWN WORDS, some people expect Robyn Hitchcock to be "a kind of exotic species of plant" or a "wigged-out acid casualty" in the ...

Iggy Pop: Decline Of The Dork

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, 25 October 1986

BACK IN the bleak wastes of the early ‘70s – when, of course, things were really no more bleak than they are now – there ...

Hüsker Dü: Dü You Believe In Magic?

Interview by Richard Grabel, NME, 25 April 1987

Hüsker Dü, major-label guys, zoom on with their finest LP yet and an affirmation of their world view. RICHARD GRABEL is still a true believer ...

Julian Copes

Interview by Ira Robbins, Spin, May 1987

But sometimes it has been touch and go.   ...

The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu: Feeling The Pinch

Interview by James Brown, Sounds, 16 May 1987

Who the hell has ever illegally sampled and mixed James Brown with AC/DC, Dave Brubeck with Led Zeppelin, Abba with The Fall, Samantha Fox with ...

Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, The: The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu: Physical Graffiti

Interview by Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 4 July 1987

THEFT, NOISE, FUN, SEX... UH... THEFT... THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU HAVE JUST PUT OUT AN ALBUM WITH A SWEAR WORD IN THE TITLE ...

Spacemen 3: Sonic's Boom Boys

Interview by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 18 July 1987

With the release of a new single(!), 'Transparent Radiation', which leaves the listener scant change from a 45-minute cassette, SPACEMEN 3 are prime purveyors of what ...

Aerosmith, Joe Perry: Aerosmith: Joe Perry

Interview by Steven Rosen, Guitar World, December 1987

Bad Boy Joe Perry has always looked like a guitar hero. Aerosmith's new LP affirms once and for all, that he is the one. ...

Loop: Paradise Postponed

Interview by Jack Barron, NME, 12 December 1987

With A R Kane and Dinosaur Jr, Croydon noiseniks LOOP are busy reviving indie white rock fortunes. JACK BARRON asks how long before these bands ...

Was (Not Was): Disco Infernal

Interview by Mark Sinker, NME, 30 April 1988

WHIPPED CREAM ON A BARBED WIRE PIE ...

Guns N' Roses: Days Of Guns N' Roses

Interview by Bill Holdship, Spin, May 1988

In which our reporter discovers that L.A.'s reputed bad boys are good-bad, but they're not evil. ...

Big Audio Dynamite, Clash, The: Big Audio Dynamite: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll...

Interview by William Shaw, Blitz, July 1988

...but Mick Jones likes it. Jones has an old-fashioned attitude towards music which began long before his days as guitar hero with The Clash. His current band, Big Audio Dynamite, release ...

Was (Not Was): Brothers of Invention

Interview by Mat Snow, Sounds, 16 July 1988

WAS (NOT WAS) still people their songs freaks, but compassion now nestles satire. MAT SNOW helps The Was Brothers find the heartbeat of their absurd ...

Ramones, The: Ramonesland: An Interview with the First Family of Punk

Interview by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 21 September 1988

IT'S NOT uncommon for strangers to come up to the Ramones to thank them for existing and to pay their respects. Sometimes it's just kids ...

Jane's Addiction: Over The Top

Interview by Jon Wilde, Melody Maker, 8 October 1988

ONE QUARTER THE SWEET, ONE QUARTER MC5, ONE QUARTER GANG OF FOUR AND ONE QUARTER THEMSELVES — THAT'S HOW JONH WILDE SEES HIS IDEAL JANE'S ADDICTION. THE ...