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The Stone Roses: The Morning After

Retrospective and Interview by Simon Reynolds, Spin, May 1995

"I guess you had to be there – probably Manchester, definitely England – to understand how the Stone Roses came to matter so much in ...

Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., The, Puff Daddy, Jodeci, Craig Mack: Puff Daddy: Born To Be Bad

Interview by Frank Broughton, i-D, May 1995

A multi-platinum music mogul at just twenty four, Sean "Puffy" Combs is the face of future hip hop. meet a Bad Boy made good. ...

Guns N' Roses, Slash: In Bed With... Slash

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Kerrang!, July 1995

WHEN WERE you first aware of the birds and the bees? ...

Nine Inch Nails: The Story Behind The Song: 'Head Like A Hole'

Retrospective by Cathi Unsworth, RAW, September 1995

"Synth faggot," that was how Nine Inch Nails mainman Trent Reznor attempted to describe himself to a bewildered press when he first appeared supporting Guns ...

Lenny Kravitz: Circus

Review by Mark Kemp, Rolling Stone, 21 September 1995

IN THE TITLE TRACK of Lenny Kravitz's new album, the singer struggles with the dictates of reality that come to bear on fantasy. "Welcome to ...

Take That, Robbie Williams: Robbie Williams: The Wild One

Interview by Sheryl Garratt, The Face, October 1995

Robbie Williams was always the cool one in Take That. His appearance at this year's Glastonbury, dancing onstage with his mates Oasis, only confirmed that. ...

Cypress Hill: Very Sane in the Brain

Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, January 1996

Cypress Hill survives the rap race ...

Manic Street Preachers: Wembley Arena, London

Live Review by Everett True, Melody Maker, 13 January 1996

THE MANICS HAVE made a career out of keeping the most impossible of promises and breaking the simplest of trusts. They said they'd split up ...

Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Fela Kuti, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Keith Richards, Stone Roses, The: That's Another Fine Messiah You've Got Me Into

Comment by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 6 April 1996

John Lennon thought The Beatles were bigger than IT, some people think Elvis is/was IT and Michael Jackson seems to think he is IT. So ...

Black Sabbath: The Enduring Riff Rock Of Black Sabbath

Retrospective and Interview by Paul Gabriel, DISCoveries, June 1996

IT IS 1996, and there is still a Black Sabbath. Will wonders never cease? ...

Thin Lizzy: Wild One -The Very Best Of Thin Lizzy (Polygram)

Review by Ian Fortnam, NME, June 1996

THE LONG hot summer of 1976 was not a great time to be a pop kid. Brotherhood Of Man and Showaddywaddy (ask your dad) dominated ...

Sex Pistols, The: The Sex Pistols: Taking Another Shot

Interview by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 1996

Prototypical punks the Sex Pistols are back together — so take cover ...

Blues Traveler, Jane's Addiction, Metallica, Porno for Pyros: Lollapalooza, H.O.R.D.E. and ENIT: 3 Tribes

Report and Interview by Steven Daly, Rolling Stone, 13 June 1996

LOLLAPALOOZA is the "alternative" tour, and H.O.R.D.E. a neo-hippie haven. Is there room for the ENIT Festival, the weirdest of them all? ...

The Needle And The Damage Done

Report by Jim Sullivan, Boston Globe, 10 August 1996

"I've seen the needle and the damage done / A little part of it in everyone / But every junkie's like a setting sun" — ...

Guns N' Roses: Neurotic Outsiders: Duff and Matt talk records

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Kerrang!, September 1996

The first record you ever bought Matt: 1966, A Hard Day’s Night. I saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show — I was ...

Oasis, Pulp, Blur: The Nineties: Going for Bloke

Comment by Johnny Cigarettes, The Face, September 1996

In the Nineties, we are all everyday people, says Johnny Cigarettes ...

Manic Street Preachers: Cool LA Shakers!

Interview by Keith Cameron, New Musical Express, 12 October 1996

It should have been great Supporting Oasis in the US. But the Gallaghers' squabbles also meant that the MANIC STREET PREACHERS had to fly home ...

Beck, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Beck meets Petty

Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, January 1997

Rockin', Writin', Survivin' in L.A. ...

Suede: London Suede's New Spirit

Interview by Clare Kleinedler, Addicted To Noise, April 1997

IT SEEMS THE London Suede is the band that everybody loves to hate. No matter how many records they sell, or how many venues they ...

The Notorious B.I.G.: Murder Ballads: The Notorious B.I.G.: Life After Death (Bad Boy)

Review by Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone, 1 May 1997

IN A FRIGHTENING WAY, the current hip-hop scene recalls the end of Goodfellas: The major players are turning up dead, heading off to prison or ...