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Mumps, New York Dolls, Ramones, The, Talking Heads: The Ramones: Punk City Night

Interview by Gary Kenton, Circus, 17 March 1977

The Ramones Leave Home While Talking Heads and Mumps Play the Bowery ...

Blondie: High School Never Ends

Interview by Toby Goldstein, Creem, May 1977

ABOUT A year ago my husband returned from CBGB's, where he'd had one of those "nights out with the boys" of song and legend. The ...

Bob Seger: Rock 'n' Roll's Mr Nice Guy

Interview by Susin Shapiro, Sounds, 14 May 1977

He's modest, he's humorous, he cares for his fans and he says he's very dull... yes, he's BOB SEGER ...

Saints, The: The Saints: Would You Let These Men Tie Your Kangaroo Down?

Interview by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 14 May 1977

Watch out, sport, the Saints are coming. PETE SILVERTON gets a buzz from 'em. ...

Bob Seger Conquers The World (And About Time!)

Interview by John Morthland, Creem, July 1977

BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Bob Seger is your archetypal Nice Guy – polite, friendly, low key, easy-going, self-effacing, able to laugh at himself with ease. Despite ...

Doors, The, MC5, Ramones, The, Jonathan Richman, Stooges, The: Danny Fields: The Fields Connection

Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 9 July 1977

The Doors, MC5, Iggy & The Stooges, John Cale, Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers and The Ramones — without them the last ten years of ...

Kim Fowley, The Runaways: Kim Fowley: The Dorian Gray of Rock'n'Roll

Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 6 August 1977

TAKE A JOURNEY INTO ROCK N ROLL WITH KIM FOWLEY AND MEET...Venus & The Razorbiades, The Runaways, Juice, Teenage Prostitutes, Steven T., Zippers, Weirdos, Germs, ...

MC5, Wayne Kramer: Wayne Kramer: Broke, Busted, Disgusted, Agents Can't Be Trusted

Interview by Max Bell, NME, 20 August 1977

Former MC5 guitarist WAYNE KRAMER live from Lexington Penitentiary, talks to MAX BELL about times past and time passing ...

Dead Boys, The: Are You Ready for The Dead Boys?

Interview by Toby Goldstein, Circus, 13 October 1977

"THIS IS an anniversary present I got from a fan," Stiv Bators is saying, his face a mask of resigned weariness. He pulls up his ...

MC5: Rob Tyner: The Secret Life Of The MC5

Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, November 1977

ROB TYNER, NOW fronting a new MC5 after about four years away from the stage, was recently in this country to check out what's going ...

Ted Nugent: Good Clean Fun: An Interview with Ted Nugent

Interview by Glenn O'Brien, High Times, Summer 1977

A Ted Nugent concert is an incredible musical experience, but that's just the beginning. While Ted and the boys are churning out some of the ...

DMZ: Boston's Best Eschew Message

Interview by Howie Klein, Waxpaper, 1978

I SPENT FEBRUARY in London working on stories about the Clash and Tom Robinson, probably the most politically relevant things to hit rock & roll ...

Eddie & The Hot Rods

Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 11 February 1978

What do all these bands have in common? ANSWER: They're all EDDIE AND THE HOTRODS, slidin' on the moment and trying not to fall off. ...

Bob Seger: Not a Stranger Anymore

Interview by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 15 June 1978

BOB SEGER lives in the woods near a highway that once flooded with traffic from Michigan straight through to Florida. The Interstate changed that, leaving ...

Blue Öyster Cult's Bivalve Personality

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 6 August 1978

BLUE OYSTER Cult's lead singer Eric Bloom was never comfortable with the band's original image — a tongue-in-cheek, leather-bound melange of macabre, tough guy and, ...

Blast Furnace & The Heatwaves: The Chord Is Mightier Than The Pen

Interview by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 9 September 1978

HEAR THE CLASH OF LEWIS LEATHERS AS PETE SILVERTON MEETS BLAST FURNACE ...

Ramones, The: Ramones Go Depresso

Interview by Lester Bangs, New Musical Express, 23 September 1978

Hanging out on Second Avenue Eating chicken vindaloo Hanging out all by myself Cause I don't want to be with anybody else I just want ...

Mick Farren: Is There Life After Dingwalls?

Interview by Chris Salewicz, NME, 30 September 1978

DESPITE THE SILK shawl wrapped about its neck to prevent its head falling off, there is a dignity, a pride, even a sense of all ...

Patti Smith: 15 Minutes with Patti Smith

Interview by John Tobler, ZigZag, October 1978

DOUBTLESS, many of you will have noted a small item in NME's scandal section recently, which referred to the fact that Patti Smith had broken ...

Angry Samoans, Vom: The Metal Mike Saunders Interview

Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, Big Star, Spring 1978

In the early '70s, Mike Saunders was one of the leading and best writers around, especially when he was writing about the topics most near ...