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Al Stewart: A British Eccentric Finds A House In Bel Air — And A Home

Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 10 March 1989

SINGER-SONGWRITER Al Stewart has a theory about why he'll never sell as many records as Lionel Richie or Billy Joel. ...

Morrissey, The Smiths: Morrissey: The Deep End

Interview by Nick Kent, The Face, March 1990

Walking backwards into the Nineties, has Morrissey finally lost all sane 'focus' on his career? ...

EMF: The Marquee, London

Live Review by Ian Watson, Melody Maker, 5 January 1991

TRUE BELIEVERS ...

Cinderella: Heartbreak Station  

Review by Chuck Eddy, Rolling Stone, 10 January 1991

LIKE TOO MANY hard-rock albums in the last year or so, the latest by the mall-metal stalwarts in Cinderella is a blatant bid for the ...

EMF: An Unbelievable Rise To Fame

Profile and Interview by Betty Page, Vox, February 1991

EMF ARE YOUNG, GOOD-LOOKING, LOUD AND HAVE BAD ATTITUDES. THEY ARE ALSO AMAZINGLY SUCCESSFUL. IS IT DOWN TO HYPE OR TALENT? BETTY PAGE INVESTIGATES. ...

The Crash of '91

Report by Fred Goodman, Musician, February 1991

Did all that wheeling and dealing in the '80s doom the music industry? ...

Deee-Lite: Trio De Janeiro

Interview by James Brown, NME, 9 February 1991

Pop music isn't all lying around the pool with GUNS N'ROSES, frugging with PRINCE and getting pissed (on) with the MONDAYS. Except, that is, in ...

Tanita Tikaram: All Grown Up with Nowhere to Go?

Interview by Max Bell, Vox, March 1991

TANITA TIKARAM DOESN'T think she is famous and can't bear to call herself a celebrity. ...

The KLF: KLF: Hang On! I've Got An Idea!

Interview by Andy Gill, Q, March 1991

They're big on ideas, are KLF. Like having hits without musicians, making a load of cash, losing a load of cash… and every so often, ...

MC Hammer: Here Comes The Hammer!!!

Report by Siân Pattenden, Smash Hits, 6 March 1991

It's the all-rappin' all-dancing "revue" sensation that is MC HAMMER's American live show! It's coming to this country on May 2! And SIAN PATTENDEN has ...

Pet Shop Boys: Oh Mister Songwriters!

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, January 1992

What is it like, that magical moment when the creative juices start to flow? Is it one glorious spurt? Or merely a dutiful grind? The ...

Right Said Fred: Testicle Dept

Interview by Keith Cameron, NME, 14 March 1992

DATELINE, NEW YORK. Right Said Fred have just topped the US charts with 'I'm Too Sexy' and their witty, zippy video squeezes itself gingerly into ...

Pop Rules!

Comment by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 6 February 1993

So we all know the Brits Awards are a farce. So damn well nearly all of our favourites have been overlooked in favour of a ...

Pulp, Saint Etienne: St Etienne, Pulp: Mayfair, Glasgow

Live Review by Terry Staunton, NME, 6 March 1993

A MIRRORBALL of confusion spins and sparkles over the hall. Blank faces stare at the stage where Pulp are playing. Is this pop? ...

Suede: Dream On

Interview by Jon Savage, MOJO, January 1994

They were suburban loners who saw the potential for beauty inside the tawdry and extravagant. Together they won attention and success. As Suede step into ...

Sister George: Queercore: Come Out Feel The Noise!

Report and Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 5 February 1994

Alienated by the white, middle-class, mostly male gay scene and spurred on by riot grrrl, the exponents of QUEERCORE are young, working class, politically motivated ...

Chumbawamba - an interview

Interview by Stuart Maconie, Select, March 1994

….AND DID THOSE FEET IN ANCIENT TIME stomp some cops... during the Miners' Strike, lay into a Nazi or two and then head south in ...

Blur: We Can Be Eros… Just For One Day

Interview by Paul Moody, NME, 5 March 1994

Breaking out of the Camden bootboy mould that brought more bovver than they’d bargained for, BLUR are back with more songs about penile dementia, lager ...

M People: People Get Ready!

Report and Interview by Ian Gittins, Melody Maker, 5 March 1994

M PEOPLE are the darlings of hip clubbers and pop kids alike, recent Brits winners, and THE crossover band from club culture who can simply ...

The A-Z of Electro

Guide by David Toop, The Wire, March 1996

In its original incarnation, Electro was black science fiction teleported to the dancefloors of New York, Miami and LA; a super-stoopid fusion of video games, ...