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Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 13 April 1968

'Captain' hit big surprise for Reparata ...

Soft Machine: Robert Wyatt — an out of work singer currently on drums with Soft Machine

Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 16 January 1971

WHEN SOFT Machine aren't packing concert halls across America and Europe, their extremely good humoured drummer Robert Wyatt, and part-time Centipede luminary, can often be ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers, The: The Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (EMI America Import LP only)

Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 16 January 1988

EXPLODING PARTY PEPPERS ...

Beach Boys, The: Beach Boys still meditate despite losing fortune touring with Maharishi!

Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 7 September 1968

...reports BRUCE JOHNSTON to NME'S KEITH ALTHAM ...

Brian Eno, Roxy Music: Under the Influence: Eno of Roxy

Interview by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 10 March 1973

Velvets & Beethoven ...

Rufus Thomas: Rufus and The Funky Penguin

Report and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 1 January 1972

RUFUS THOMAS was half-way through a busy tour the last time we met. This time round I caught up with him just two days before ...

Woodstock (Dir. Michael Wadleigh, Warner Bros.)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 23 May 1970

WOODSTOCK — BEST FILM EVER MADE ABOUT POP ...

Various Artists: Woodstock (Atlantic, stereo 2663001; 150s)

Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 30 May 1970

Monster albums from Woodstock ...

Jimi Hendrix, Fat Mattress: In the name of pop music NME's RICHARD GREEN suffers a... NOEL REDDING EXPERIENCE

Report and Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 5 October 1968

IT IS VERY unlikely that the Editor will send me to Biafra to cover the war for the NME or that I shall be asked ...

Nice, The: Richard Green goes afloat with Nice

Report and Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 21 September 1968

And nearly goes down with them! ...

Procol Harum: I Knew Procol Would Be A Success

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 1 July 1967

says KEITH REID the man who created the group – to ALAN SMITH ...

Deep Purple: A compromise in five parts

Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 24 April 1971

RICHIE BLACKMORE talks to RICHARD GREEN ...

Love, Arthur Lee: Arthur Lee: The Daily Planet Revisited

Interview by Max Bell, New Musical Express, 8 August 1981

ARTHUR LEE, THE PSYCHO OF '60s PSYCHEDELIA AND FORMER LEADER OF LOVE, BREAKS HIS SILENCE TO KEEP A RARE APPOINTMENT ON PLANET EARTH ...

Mahavishnu Orchestra, John McLaughlin: The Captain Kirk in John McLaughlin

Overview by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 7 July 1973

PART 1: IAN MacDONALD CHARTS THE RISE AND RISE OF THE COLOSSUS OF ELECTRIC GUITAR ...

Joy Division: Closer (Factory)

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 19 July 1980

Closer to the edge ...

Little Richard: What Richard Said

Report by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 12 August 1972

"UH, HOWdo you do. Mr. Penniman, it's a great..." "HALLELUJAH BROTHER it's great to be here in your wunnerful country. I want y'all to know ...

Billy Childish, Milkshakes, The: Shake Some Action! The Milkshakes

Interview by Cynthia Rose, New Musical Express, 2 October 1982

Cynthia Rose gets all shook up with the Milkshakes, as Wild Billy Childish puts the froth on the garageland daydream. ...

Power Station, The: Power Station: British* Nuclear Fools (*er, well one of them's American, actually)

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 12 October 1996

One of THE POWER STATION used to be in Duran Duran and one of them is Robert Palmer. It's not a promising start, is it? ...

Primal Scream, ZZ Top: ZZ Top: Can't Get Out Of Beard

Interview by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 19 March 1994

They were poor, humble boogie-woogie Texan boys. And then ZZ TOP discovered beards!, buffalo!, babes! and car seat covers! so they could take over the ...

He Bans The Drums — This Man Thinks You Are A Moron!

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 13 January 1990

Rock is bad for you — OFFICIAL! According, that is, to DENIS VAUGHAN, top classical conductor and author of a virulently anti-pop blast in this ...