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Blast Furnace & The Heatwaves, Christopher Milk, Mick Farren, Nick Kent, Patti Smith, The Pretenders: The Pen Is Mightier As A Chord

Report by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 17 March 1979

...sometimes. The rock critic as musician. By Sandy Robertson ...

The Rezillos: Mission Accomplished…But The Beat Goes On (Sire)***

Review by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 21 April 1979

HEY, EVER known what it's like feeling like you're E.J. Thribb? Try reveiwing this album. Phil Sutcliffe got it just right in his 3 plus ...

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 Ramones: Rock'n'Roll High School (Sire Import) ****

Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 7 July 1979

THE ERA of the compilation is upon us, and this soundtrack album of smarties and arties is another rapid fire job, featuring the next best ...

Destroy All Monsters: Monster Mash

Profile and Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 14 July 1979

Giovanni Dadomo talks to Destroy All Monsters. Sounds editor falls for Niagara (geddit) and says, "I think we have a Debbie Harry situation with regards ...

Bruce Springsteen: The Last American Hero

Essay by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 5 January 1980

MUST BE some new kind of drug or somethin', 'cos even a 16-year-old don't do a graveyard shift of four hours and then dance on ...

Iron Maiden

Profile and Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 23 February 1980

HEAVY METAL has been around for as long as I can remember. It grew from the blues and just never died despite years of cold ...

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 ...

Black Flag: Me No Popeye

Interview by Mick Sinclair, Sounds, 19 December 1981

Hot on the heels of the Dead Kennedys come L.A. punx Black Flag. ...

Wipers: Youth Of America (Park Avenue)***½

Review by Ralph Traitor, Sounds, 12 January 1982

THE WIPERS come from Seattle Washington, deep in the great American Northwest, home previously to the likes of The Sonics and Paul Revere and the ...

The Ramones

Interview by Bill Black, Sounds, 12 January 1985

ONE TWO THREE FOUR! Six, eight, ten? Is it really ten years since the Ramones turned a slum bar on the Bowery into the birthplace ...

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 ...

Shamen, The, Spacemen 3: The Shamen, Spacemen 3: Dingwalls, London

Live Review by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 11 July 1987

"ECSTASY IS good for you" asserts the slogan on The Shamen's bass guitar. But in the murk of Dingwalls, ecstasy is harder to catch than ...

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 ...

Dinosaur Jr.: Dinosaur Jr: Clarendon, Hammersmith, London

Live Review by Mat Snow, Sounds, 12 December 1987

THE BAND THAT TIME FORGOT ...

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 ...

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 ...

That Petrol Emotion: Inflammable Material: That Petrol Emotion

Interview by John Robb, Sounds, 15 October 1988

SHAGGED OUT after a frenzied bout of road fever, That Petrol Emotion have collapsed into the back of their minibus. ...

Mudhoney: Angels With Muddy Faces

Interview by Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 13 May 1989

MUDHONEY's music is a wild thing — garage grunge and Iggy-style abandon. In person they're mild-mannered, middle class Americans with a hopeless addiction to Sham 69 ...

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 ...

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