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Interview by Dorian Lynskey, Q, June 2002

AAARG! In 1998, one time pop robot and po-mo pin-up Kylie Minogue was on a commercial cold slab. Now scarily re-animated, she's an irony-free megastar ...

Rolling Stone's Nathan Brackett Snubs Breakfast Reviews, Predicts Klezmer Kraze

Interview by Jason Gross, rockcritics.com, June 2002

Perfect Sound Forever founder/editor Jason Gross interviews Rolling Stone's reviews editor. ...

Shine On, The Lights Of The Bowery: The Blank Generation Revisited

Retrospective and Interview by Peter Murphy, Hot Press, 12 July 2002

ONE MORE MAN gone. A year after the passing of his brother in arms Joey, Dee Dee Ramone died from a narcotics overdose. ...

Wayne Kramer: The Real Motor City Madman

Profile and Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 18 July 2002

BY ITS VERY nature, rock and roll is all about youth. Writing, performing and producing mostly for those to whom the terms "mortgage" and "cholesterol ...

Birthday Party, The, Boys Next Door, The, Nick Cave: Nick Cave: A Boy Next Door

Retrospective and Interview by Michel Faber, Rock's Backpages, August 2002

Novelist Michel Faber remembers the Young Nick Cave. ...

Grand Funk Railroad: Still In A Grand Funk: How The Boys From Flint Exploded, Imploded & Still Haven't Patched Things Up

Retrospective and Interview by Fred Mills, Detroit Metro Times, 14 August 2002

IT'S A SUNNY spring morning in the Motor City but the wind whipping across the Detroit River makes it feel a lot more like winter. ...

Mudhoney NSFAQ*

Retrospective and Interview by Everett True, The Stranger, 15 August 2002

*Not-So-Frequently-Asked Questions About One of Seattle's Best and Most Enduring Rock Bands. A Primer ...

MC5: The MC5: The Battle Of New York

Retrospective by Ben Edmonds, MOJO, September 2002

AS THEIR FLIGHT FROM DETROIT TOUCHED DOWN AT NEW York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, December 26, 1968, the MC5 figured they had the future by ...

The Datsuns: The Big Noise from Down Under: The Datsuns

Interview by Joss Hutton, Rock's Backpages, October 2002

THE UK SEEMS to be going underground rock ‘n’ roll ker-razy at the moment, what with the success of The White Stripes and The Hives, ...

MC5: MC5 - A True Testimonal (Future/Now Films)

Review by Lindsay Hutton, Rock's Backpages, November 2002

SEVEN YEARS in the making, this is a multi-dimensional boot up the jacksy to the increasing legion of lazy tosspots that compares anything with a ...

The Liberation of Detroit: The Motor City after Motown

Retrospective by Phil Mershon, Perfect Sound Forever, November 2002

WHEN BERRY GORDY JR. moved the Motown empire to Los Angeles in 1971, his plan was for the world’s premier record company to go into ...

John Lennon: We All Shine On

Retrospective by David Stubbs, Uncut, November 2002

Of all of rock's great legends, JOHN LENNON is the most widely-loved and sorely-missed. In this Uncut special, we look back on what he made ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: Play With Fire

Essay by Ian MacDonald, Uncut, November 2002

Forty years ago, THE ROLLING STONES were the defining voice of teenage rebellion, rock 'n' roll outlaws, the anti-Beatles. With their digitally re-mastered 1960s albums ...

Eminem: Crossover Dream

Comment by RJ Smith, The Village Voice, 5 November 2002

IN THE money scene of 8 Mile, the young white Detroit rapper Rabbit Smith (played by young white Detroit rapper Eminem) battles a series of ...

DIG THIS! Fave Raves and Rabid Enthusiasms for December, and the best of 2002!

Review by Various Writers, Rock's Backpages, December 2002

ROCK DOC OF THE MONTH! ...

Phil Spector, The Ramones: End of the ‘70s: the Ramones Get Spectorized

Book Excerpt by Everett True, Omnibus Books, Fall 2002

An extract from Hey Ho Let’s Go – The Story of The Ramones by Everett True, published by Omnibus Press in 2002. (344pp, currently available ...

The Hives: Stronger Than Dirt: The Secret History Of Garage Punk

Overview by Joss Hutton, Sonic Reducer, 2003

Joss Hutton recalls nearly 40-years of ramalama greatness, from 'Louie Louie' to 'Main Offender' ...

Primal Scream: An Interview with Andrew Innes

Interview by Joe Matera, Total Guitar, 2003

JM: Over the years Primal Scream have continued to re-invent themselves musically with each subsequent release. In it's early incarnation it was a jangly Byrds ...

John Sinclair: Invisible Jukebox: John Sinclair

Interview by Edwin Pouncey, The Wire, January 2003

John Sinclair — poet, journalist and former manager of 60s revolutionary rockers The MC5 — was born in Flint, Michigan in 1941. His father worked ...

Eminem: Taking Over Tinseltown

Report and Interview by Nick Hasted, Uncut, February 2003

Is EMINEM the hip hop James Dean? ...