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Phil Fearon & Galaxy: Everything's Clicked!

Interview by Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, 29 March 1984

PHIL FEARON HAD A HIT IN 79 AND THEN... WHAT? A LONG HARD PENNILESS SLOG TO FIND A SOUND THAT WOULD DRAG PEOPLE BACK ON ...

Fleshtones, The: The Fleshtones: This Year's Authentic Embodiment of Rock 'n' Roll

Interview by Jon Young, Trouser Press, April 1982

A COMMON thread runs through all great rock 'n' roll, from Elvis Presley and Little Richard to Dave Edmunds and the Ramones. It's a sublime ...

Burt Bacharach: We're In Love With This Guy: Hal David

Interview by Terry Staunton, music365.com, 27 May 1999

Lyrical legend HAL DAVID has just become the first non-Briton to be honoured with a prestigious Ivor Novello Award by the British Academy Of Composers ...

Associates, The: The Associates: Wild Man

Interview by Max Bell, No. 1, 11 August 1984

MAX BELL INTERVIEWS BILLY MACKENZIE, GREAT BRITISH VOCALIST, AS THE ASSOCIATES RETURN WITH 'LOVE BOAT' ...

Sonny Sharrock: Like No Other Guitarist Ever Born

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 27 June 1970

WARREN "Sonny" Sharrock created one of 1969's most extraordinary musical moments, during a track called 'Chain Of Fools' on Herbie Mann's big-selling Memphis Underground album. ...

Tricky: Uneasy Listening

Interview by Sean O'Hagan, The Observer, 22 October 1995

Hip, maverick rapper Tricky talks exclusively about the dark reality that inspires his music ...

Laurie Anderson: Epiphanies: Laurie Anderson

Interview by Rob Young, The Wire, May 2000

Laurie Anderson tells Rob Young how a great white whale lured her towards her latest revelations ...

Led Zeppelin: The High-Flying Led Zeppelin Tour

Interview by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 13 May 1973

THE WAY I've been hearing it, it's already the biggest tour in rock and roll history — 33 concerts in 30 cities, a gross that ...

Mark-Almond: No Drums For Almond And Mark

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 22 August 1970

WHEN JOHN Mayall led the revolt against volume by dispensing with a drummer in his line-up, he also paved the way for what promises to ...

Billie Myers: Billie's big adventure

Interview by Paul Sexton, The Times, 3 April 1998

Paul Sexton meets a Coventry lass short on sang-froid but reassuringly long on singer-songwriting talent ...

Roni Size and Reprazent: Roni Size & Reprazent: Against the current and in the mainstream

Interview by David Sinclair, The Times, 5 September 1997

For Roni Size and his drum and bass army, winning the 1997 Mercury Music Prize is a means to an end, writes David Sinclair ...

Luscious Jackson: Girls Just Want to Have Funk

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 August 1994

Luscious Jackson's four females play the game their way, incorporating New York's vibrant soundtrack of punk and hip-hop, jazz and soul. ...

The Moody Blues: When Is A Single Not A Single?

Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 23 May 1970

WHEN IS a single not a single? Apparently when it is the Moody Blues. The Moodies have broken into the Seventies with every indication of ...

Ziggy Marley: Marleys' Melodious Messages

Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 1986

REGGAE FANS may still mourn the death of Bob Marley from cancer five years ago, but the next generation of the Marley clan is already ...

Gomez: Grim North Meets Crazy South

Interview by Tom Cox, Uncut, June 1998

THE INITIAL sensation sits somewhere between inspecting the tonsils of a vast, mythical reptile from The Land That Time Forgot and stepping around the mouth ...

Lucinda Williams: Southern Comfort

Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Harp, May 2005

LUCINDA WILLIAMS is a splendid mess, a charming and bruised beauty. ...

Kid Creole & The Coconuts: Coconut Kid as Cruise Caruso: Kid Creole

Interview by Paul Rambali, NME, 23 May 1981

KID CREOLE And The Coconuts release their second long player, title Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places, in a couple of weeks' time. A 12-song 'concept ...

Mott The Hoople: Ian Hunter

Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, June 1971

MOTT THE HOOPLE are possibly the most exciting live band gigging in Britain today. A lot of that excitement emanates from the gymnastics, guitaristics, vocals, ...

Phil Collins: I Don’t Look Like a Sex God

Interview by Steve Turner, Radio Times, 31 March 1990

By his own admission Phil Collins is an unlikely superstar. He’s the drummer turned singer, the background boy become celebrity, the chap next door gone ...

Harry Crews: Wrecking Crews

Interview by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 1 October 1988

Harry Crews are an all-woman band featuring Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Lydia Lunch. They're destined to "combust after the next three days". But ...