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Brides of Funkenstein, The, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Funkadelic, Parliament: George Clinton & The Funk Mob

Report and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Unicorn Times, May 1979

GARY SHIDER and Mike Hampton held the stage at the Capital Centre in the fiercest rock'n'roll guitar duet in any local hall recently. Shider's fingers ...

Patti Smith: Further Adventures of Wonder Woman

Report and Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 5 May 1979

SANDY ROBERTSON PLAYS BULLETS AND BRACELETS WITH PATTI SMITH ...

The Undertones: The Reluctant Debutantes

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 26 May 1979

"When the group first started I suppose it's like a phase, y'know, ye want to be a fireman or ye want to be a policeman. ...

The Clash: The Fastest Gang In The West

Report and Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 20 October 1979

DETAILS: THE FIFTH MEMBER Micky Gallagher turned up in Boston. Four or five dates into the Clash itinerary and The Blockheads' jumpy Irish keyboardist slips ...

The Clash: Rash Clash Mash In Motor City Bash

Report and Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, December 1979

JOE STRUMMER and I are sitting in a bar, talking about his band. I ask him about ‘I Fought the Law’ and its relatively unexpected ...

The Romantics: Detroit's Answer To The Ramones

Report and Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 28 June 1980

SANDY ROBERTSON distills the essence of THE ROMANTICS and avoids dodgy boilers ...

The Clash: How The Clash Fed The Wonderbread Generation, Made The Mountain Come to Mohammed - And Other Miracles

Report and Interview by Mick Farren, NME, 20 June 1981

The winner of NME's Flatter The Clash competition checks out the ramifications when an English band's world is at Bonds. ...

Motörhead: Loving Them Like Reptiles

Report and Interview by Richard Riegel, Creem, June 1985

MOTÖRHEAD ARE so fucking LOUD my ears are already bolting for the door so they can hop a bus and flee home to the security ...

Gaye Bykers on Acid: Hail Mary and Three How's Your Fathers!

Report and Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, 14 May 1988

GAYE BYKERS ON ACID might hove dug a hole for themselves with their debut LP, but their new material, showcased on tour in the USA, unearths bykerdelia ...

Gary Glitter, Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, The: The JAMS: Wizards of Scam

Report and Interview by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 25 June 1988

While hundreds of hippies besieged Stonehenge, three mysterious cloaked figures slipped through the security net to pay their own strange homage to the Summer Solstice. ...

Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, Spacemen 3, Stone Roses, The, Andrew Weatherall, Tony Wilson: Summer 1990: The Madness

Report and Interview by John Robb, Sounds, 14 April 1990

With The Stone Roses at Spike Island, the Mondays at Glastonbury and numerous other raves, the summer of 1990 should be one to remember. John ...

Metallica: Elektra: a Label Celebrates its Heritage

Report and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 1 November 1990

Forty years of Elektra music, from Josh White and Tom Paxton to Metallica and the Cure ...

Silverfish, Therapy?, Rockingbirds, The, Th' Faith Healers, Sun Carriage, God Machine, The: They Came, They Saw, They Camdened!

Report and Interview by Ngaire Ruth, Melody Maker, 6 April 1991

While all the major record company A&R men are scouring the country oop North for the next Happy Mondays, a revolution was spawned in Camden, ...

Primal Scream, Andrew Weatherall: Primal Scream: Exiles on mainstreet

Report and Interview by Helen Mead, i-D, July 1991

Primal Scream — the redemption of rock'n'roll? ...

Chapterhouse, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, Swervedriver: "Dream-Pop" Bands Define the Times in Britain

Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 1 December 1991

THIS YEAR, THE most popular phenomenon in British alternative rock is a wave of hazy neo-psychedelic guitar groups. ...

MC5 Alive

Report and Interview by Max Bell, Vox, February 1992

THE recent reissue of MC5's incendiary live album Kick Out The Jams, with the contentious "motherfuckers" rap reinstated in place of the toned down "brothers ...

The Cult: Bill and Ian's Excellent Adventure

Report and Interview by Steven Wells, NME, 15 February 1992

Free-wheelin' through the Deep South, peddling their Bible Of Dangerous Rawk to innocent kids and getting chased by magnum-toting sheriffs...Yeah, THE CULT are still up ...

Green River, The Melvins, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Supersuckers: Seattle: Grunge City

Report and Interview by Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 16 April 1992

For real rockers Seattle is the ultimate wet dream. By Michael Azerrad ...

The Pogues, Shane MacGowan: Shane MacGowan: Crash Course To Oblivion

Report and Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, February 1993

Cancel the hearses! Desist with the obituaries! For Shane MacGowan lives, in spite of a heroic chemical intake and his ownership of the Western world's ...

Primal Scream: Totally Stoned

Report and Interview by Steven Daly, Rolling Stone, 16 June 1994

PRIMAL SCREAM return to rock roots with Give Out but Don't Give Up. ...