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Interview by Sylvie Simmons, The Guardian, 23 January 2004

WHEN BRIAN WILSON had his nervous breakdown in the 1960s, he was working on a concept album called Smile. His fellow Beach Boys dismissed it ...

Slade: Melody Maker Band Breakdown: Slade

Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 4 March 1972

UNLIKE MANY of the groups currently enjoying chart success with hit singles, Slade have been in the game a long time. ...

Janelle Monáe: "I'm a time traveller. I have been to lots of different places"

Interview by Kate Mossman, The Guardian, 30 June 2013

She's an android-dating style queen who's been compared to Bowie. Is the R&B singer the saviour of pop? ...

Dionne Warwick: The real Dionne Warwick

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 3 July 1979

David Nathan provides a penetrating and objective insight into the evergreen Dionne Warwick – an artiste of undisputed pedigree and longevity... ...

Nice, The, Davy O'List: Davy O'List

Interview by David Cavanagh, Uncut, February 2014

Davy O'List was in with the in-crowd — a prog prodigy in The Nice, a founder of Roxy Music, the proud owner of Judy Garland’s ...

John Fogerty, Randy Newman, Prince: Lenny Waronker: All In The Family

Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, July 1994

Warner Brothers President Lenny Waronker is not your Average Corporate Cheese ...

Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Velvet Underground, The, Frank Zappa: Tom Wilson: The Man Who Put Electricity Into Dylan

Interview by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 31 January 1976

TOM WILSON is an elegant, very tall (6ft 4in) black American, a former Harvard man who talks a little like Bill Cosby but whose pencil-thin ...

Manic Street Preachers, Credit to the Nation, Blaggers ITA: Manic Street Preachers, Blaggers ITA, Credit to the Nation: Eclectic Riot Orchestra

Interview by John Harris, New Musical Express, 10 July 1993

It's the most exciting and important tour to take place this year. In the last six months, politics has roared back onto the musical agenda ...

Rolling Stones, The, Bill Wyman: 20 Years On Bill Wyman Prepares To Tell It Like It Was...

Interview by Maureen O'Grady, 19, January 1985

ROLLING STONES CONCERTS PROVOKE VIOLENCE AND RIOTS... STONES RECORD BANNED BY RADIO STATIONS... STONES ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT AND DESTRUCTION... STONES ARRESTED FOR OBSCENE ...

Mötley Crüe: Crüesin' and Blüesin'

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 20 February 1982

"FIRST YOU got to cut it real jaggedy. And you need this stuff." ...

Lush: From Despair to Mayfair

Interview by John Harris, New Musical Express, 4 June 1994

Beneath the all-quaffing, lager-frenzied, dreamy-weamy indie muso LUSH there's a band bristling with resentment, heartbreak and anger. Visiting MIKI BERENYI's nightmare childhood and EMMA ANDERSON'S ...

David Crosby: Scared Straight

Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 16 January 1987

THE FIRST thing you notice is the twinkle in his eyes. That is the clearest signal that David Crosby is, indeed, back among the living. ...

Dells, The, Dramatics, The: The Dells vs The Dramatics

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 10 June 1975

TWO OF America's top vocal groups were in New York recently for a concert at The Felt Forum and we got the chance to talk ...

Daft Punk: Frog Rock

Interview by Calvin Bush, Muzik, February 1997

DAFT PUNK. They're not daft They're not punks. Just two young French funkateers putting France on the house map with one of the most hyped ...

Joe Walsh: Taking It Easy: Joe Walsh Of The Eagles Interviewed

Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 21 June 2012

Julian Marszalek speaks to Joe Walsh about life with the world's biggest rock group, going solo and, er, boshing pills and going out raving to ...

Los Lobos: Hour Of The Wolves

Interview by Gene Santoro, Downbeat, April 1985

FROM THE beginning, the real "news" about rock & roll has been the way it's ransacked, revitalized, and rearranged the musical styles that gave birth ...

Leftfield: Kings of '95: Leftfield

Interview by Calvin Bush, Muzik, January 1996

A nomination for the Mercury Prize. An appearance on Top Of The Pops. Music for the soundtrack to Shallow Grave. Oh, and a gold album. ...

Lowell George, Little Feat: Lowell George: Time Loves A Hero

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Sweet Potato, July 1979

IT'S EERIE and disturbing news to learn about the death of someone with whom you had enjoyed a long and enjoyable conversation just a few ...

Big Star, John Coltrane, Funkadelic, Spiritualized, Suicide, Johnny Copeland, Balanescu Quartet, The, Charlemagne Palestine, Bedouin Ascent: Invisible Jukebox: Spiritualized

Interview by Mike Barnes, The Wire, July 1998

Every month we play a musician a series of records which they're asked to identify and comment on — with no prior knowledge of what ...

Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age make an offer you can't refuse

Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 29 July 2000

"SOME OF YOU DRUGGERS, SOME OF YOU SOBER PEOPLE, SOME OF YOU SEX FIENDS, SOME OF YOU VIRGINS. COME TO OUR CLIQUE. YOU JOIN THE ...