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David Ackles: The Golden Horse Is In Hell: David Ackles' Theatre of Melancholy

Retrospective by Michael Baker, Perfect Sound Forever, May 2006

To be born is to be wrecked on an island. J.M.Barrie, in a review of Coral Island ...

The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson: The Last Beach Movie part 1

Retrospective and Interview by Nick Kent, NME, 21 June 1975

THE INCIDENT MUST HAVE occured a little over a year ago. Paul McCartney, complete with the inevitable Linda, had just flown into Los Angeles – ...

The Police

Retrospective and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, August 2008

SOUNDCHECK. Not long now; the comeback gig's only three hours away. But they don't look nervous. Even when their faces appear in enormous close-up on ...

Pink Floyd

Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, July 1995

At first it was barely a string of fairy lights. Then it was something called an Azimuth Converter. And then a giant screen, a Spitfire, ...

The Doors Of Perception

Interview by Alan Paul, Revolver, April 2000

It's the rock legend that everyone can recite by heart, but that no one can agree on. The surviving members of the Doors and their ...

The Adverts: Bored Teenagers

Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, Goldmine, September 1997

ANYONE PAYING attention to the British music scene in recent years cannot help but have noticed T.V. Smith. Across three superlative albums, 1991's RIP: Everything ...

Dr. Feelgood: Dr Feelgood

Interview by Andy Childs, ZigZag, August 1975

THIS INTERVIEW TOOK place in Wilko's front room. Obviously tired and weary from the extensive Naughty Rhythms Tour, which still had three gigs to run, ...

Television

Retrospective and Interview by Ira Robbins, MOJO, February 2001

TELEVISION ENDED PRETTY much as they'd begun, with a show at a small Manhattan club. It was July 29, 1978, on a night Television myth ...

Joni Mitchell

Retrospective by Jim Irvin, The Word, March 2005

NINE WAS A memorable age for Roberta Joan Anderson. Three things occurred that year, more than 50 years ago, which affect her to this day: ...

Cake, The: The Cake: More of Cake Please

Sleevenotes by Chris Campion, Rev-Ola Records, August 2007

THREE TEENAGE girls are discovered singing along to records in a New York night club by two hotshot managers. They are rushed into a recording ...

Adam & The Ants: Adam Ant: True Confessions: Brando, De Niro and Bruce Lee. Lennon-McCartney And Yours Truly

Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 16 January 1982

DO YOU believe in Adam Ant? ...

Velvet Underground, The: Pop Art/Art Pop: The Warhol Connection

Report and Interview by Mary Harron, Melody Maker, 16 February 1980

Like to be a galleryPut you all inside my show— David Bowie, 'Andy Warhol' Some people claim that only James Brown can match Andy Warhol's ...

Robert Johnson: The Devil's Work: The plundering of Robert Johnson

Special Feature by Robert Gordon, L.A. Weekly, 4 July 1991

THE SUN did not shine but it was hot as hell the day a memorial stone was unveiled for bluesman Robert Johnson near a country ...

Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, Skip Spence: Skip Spence: The Next Big That Never Was

Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Angel, L.A. Weekly, 25 March 1994

IT'S EARLY December, 1966, at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom. The Summer of Love is a good seven months off, the Avalon scene still small and ...

Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (1969) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Michael Lydon, Rock's Backpages transcripts, May 1969

This is a transcript of Michael's interview with the Grateful Dead mainman. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry (1993) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Adam Sweeting, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 4 March 1993

This is a transcript of Adam's interview with the Roxy Music man. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Lou Reed: On The Wild Side

Retrospective by Jim Sullivan, Rock's Backpages, October 2013

I WAS TALKING with Lou Reed in his New York office, Sister Ray Enterprises, in 1996 and Reed was dressed, as usual, in a plain ...

Alice Cooper: No more Mr. Horrorshow Droog

Special Feature by Ed McCormack, Rolling Stone, 31 July 1975

School's Out for Alice Cooper... but Has He Reformed? ...

ABBA: All Tomorrow's Parties

Retrospective and Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, May 1999

THEY HAD a dream. ...

Donna Summer: The Great Rocking Orgasmic Renaissance of AM Radio

Special Feature by Jim Esposito, Oui, September 1976

(Which Considers The Question: Is Donna Summer Coming Or Going?) ...