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Report by Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 10 February 1994

CBGB celebrates its 20 years of rock & roll ...

INXS, Michael Hutchence: Michael Hutchence: The Q 100 Interview

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, January 1995

HOW THE devil are you? ...

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 1 April 1994

Matty Hanson — aka Credit To The Nation's MC Fusion — has come under fire for his views on the values of gangsta rappers. Is ...

Auteurs, The, Morrissey, Suede: British Rockers Trot Out the Flag

Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 5 September 1993

LONDON — In rock-and-roll just as in politics, the United States and England have a special relationship. Together, they have dominated global pop. Over the decades, ...

Sepultura: The Lost Boys

Interview by Neil Perry, Select, March 1991

With their new LP, Arise, Sepultura are poised to gatecrash the major metal league. And with their raucous mix of rage and rock the boys ...

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The: The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: The Riot Stuff

Interview by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 23 May 1992

An uneasy truce hangs over America in the aftermath of the LA riots. Is there worse to come or has the anger, for the moment, ...

Judds, The: The Judds: Kentucky dreamers

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 10 February 1989

The Judds' story is worthy of a country song. Adam Sweeting on the long road from Morrill, Kentucky, to the Dominion, London. ...

EMF: The Unbelievable Truth

Interview by David Quantick, Spin, September 1991

The real story behind EMF — what the name really stands for, what's up with sampling, and more. DAVID QUANTICK takes a dip into the ...

S'Express: S'exual Intercourse

Interview by Jack Barron, Record Mirror, 30 March 1991

Having learnt to expect the unexpected from S'EXPRESS it comes as no surprise to hear that Mark Moore and his Amazonian partner Sonique have covered ...

Anthrax, Garth Brooks, Kiss, Lemonheads, The, Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket: Kiss Off

Report and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, GQ, January 1994

As the nation turns its lonely eyes to the Seventies for inspiration, they alight fondly on Kiss, who were stupider and crasser than anyone — ...

John Lydon, Public Image Ltd: John Lydon: …Heeere's Johnny!

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, July 1989

IN THE BAR OF the North London rehearsal studio complex, John Lydon, wearing a typically loud shirt, a pair of unorthodox dark spectacles and the ...

Replacements, The: The Replacements: The World's Most Unsatisfied Band

Retrospective and Interview by Bob Mehr, Spin, May 2008

Nearly two decades after the Replacements' strangely quiet demise, the gloriously ramshackle catalogue of one of American underground rock's defining bands gets a proper makeover. ...

The Raconteurs

Interview by Jenny Valentish, Inpress, May 2006

WE'RE AT ONE of those post-modern hotels you could only find in the most pretentious corner of London, with perplexing paintings and an oval lounge ...

How To Beat The Difficult Second Album Syndrome

Comment by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 26 January 2007

SOPHOMORE SLUMP Or Comeback Of The Year? asked Fall Out Boy in a brilliantly prescient track on their 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree, ...

Kurt Cobain, Nirvana: Kurt Cobain

Retrospective by David Stubbs, Uncut, August 2000

WHEN ROCK stars die, it's usually as a result of living too well, taking too much, going too fast, getting too high. ...

New Model Army: Start The War

Profile and Interview by Steven P. Wheeler, Happening, January 1990

FORMED IN 1980, New Model Army, an English rock trio, has marched throughout Europe and America over the past nine years leaving legions of fans ...

Nirvana: Smells Like a Sellout: Nirvana and the Death of Alternative Rock

Essay by Toby Creswell, Rock's Backpages, September 2011

NOWADAYS EVERYBODY ascribes the collapse of the recording industry to illegal downloading. But as Bob Dylan recently observed, "Remember when that Napster guy came up ...

Belinda Carlisle: Christmas Crackers

Interview by David Quantick, Vox, January 1992

It may be Christmas but it's the season of no fun for Belinda Carlisle. VOX found her heavy with child, enslaved by her hormones and ...

Jane's Addiction: Jane’s Addiction and Lollapalooza: A Woodstock For The Lost Generation

Interview by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, 4 August 1991

There’s no contest: this summer's biggest tour is the aptly titled Lollapalooza, a mobile rock festival featuring a bill of premier alternative bands – Siouxsie ...

The Nymphs: Here’s To… Me!

Interview by Mat Snow, Q, July 1992

Self-promotion can be such a draining business: what with weeing on record company executives' desks, administering on-stage blow jobs and showing up hours late for ...