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Guns N' Roses: Didn't You Used To Be Axl Rose?

Report and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, July 2001

When the reclusive Guns 'N Roses star re-emerged last year, even old band mates didn't recognise him. After a decade of hiring and firing, an ...

David Allan Coe

Sleevenotes by Colin Escott, Hackmart/Shout Factory! Records, May 2005

"I ALWAYS FIGURED David's stories were about ninety-two percent bullshit, but it made for good promotion," said record producer Shelby Singleton...who knew the value of ...

Strokes, The: The Strokes: "I Want A Fight!"

Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, January 2002

Stalked by supermodels, lauded by Joe Strummer and ready to ruck, The Strokes wear the mantle of "cool" like a bespoke suit. But why is ...

Faithless: House Of The Holy

Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, May 2001

One speed demon rapper. One half-deaf DJ queen. And one studio Svengali who just happens to be Dido's brother. This is Faithless, dance music's holy ...

Beatles, The, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, Fortunes, The, Herman's Hermits, Roy Orbison, Alan Price, Cliff Richard, Rolling Stones, The, Seekers, The, Shadows, The, Small Faces, The, Spencer Davis Group, Dusty Springfield, Walker Brothers, The, Who, The, Yardbirds, The, Sounds Incorporated, Crispian St. Peters: All About The World's Greatest Pop Show: 1966 NME Concert Mightiest Ever!

Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 6 May 1966

THOUSANDS upon thousands of fans converging on the massive Wembley Empire Pool for the biggest pop show in the world on Sunday... the staggering, the ...

Cars, The: A View From The Edge: The Cars Don't Get Easily Amused

Report and Interview by Toby Goldstein, Creem, May 1982

ELLIOT EASTON tells a dinnertime story to entertain his tablemates in Madison, Wisconsin — most of Nick Lowe's band and a reporter. Seems that one ...

Jerry Lee Lewis: Killer Takes All: Jerry Lee Lewis Keeps On

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, Creem, January 1987

"I THOUGHT [tonight's show] was the best damn show you ever seen in your whole life," Jerry Lee Lewis says to me, after a Boston ...

Johnny Thunders: The Heartbreak Kid

Retrospective by Graeme Thomson, Uncut, May 2011

"Everything JOHNNY THUNDERS touched broke," says one of his old bandmates. On the 20th anniversary of Thunders' death, Uncut pieces together the story of a ...

Mods: The Resurrection Of Chad

Report by Lesley White, The Face, June 1984

For two days the town slept uneasily, anticipating events prophesied by dark whispers in the roadside inns. As the pilgrims gathered by their tents, huddled ...

James Last: Last of the MORicans

Report and Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 21 February 1976

Forget that Kaspar Hauser. JAMES LAST – or "Hansi" if you prefer – is the real Enigma of modern Germany. TONY STEWART investigates. ...

Sting: The South Will Rise Again

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, January 1995

It is the biggest dilemma in the caring career of Pop's Very Own Captain Conscience. Sun City: should I stay or should I go? Sting ...

Roger McGuinn, Byrds, The: Roger McGuinn Interview

Interview by Stephen K. Peeples, unpublished, 2 April 1999

AUTHOR'S NOTE, Oct. 11, 2014: The following is an expanded version of my Roger McGuinn interview, a shorter version of which was first published at ...

Pink Floyd, Move, The, Tomorrow, Soft Machine, Mick Farren, Arthur Brown: We Have Lift Off!

Retrospective by Johnny Black, MOJO, February 2004

In less than one year, London's UFO (pronounced "you-foe") club became the nocturnal haunt of the '60s counterculture, gathering place for the Beatles, Stones and ...

New Order

Interview by Paul Rambali, The Face, July 1983

SOMEWHERE ON the southern outskirts of Manchester there is a graveyard. Next to the graveyard is a rehearsal room where the four members of New ...

Del-Vikings, The: The Del-Vikings

Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, Goldmine, 21 February 1992

THE GOLDEN DREAM of rock 'n' roll goes like this: a few guys or girls get together, work out some songs, are discovered and recorded, ...

Lightning Seeds, The: Three Lions '98: They Shoot, They Roar!

Report and Interview by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 16 May 1998

Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land! Oh yes, we're gonna win the World Cup. Why? Because FRANK SKINNER, DAVID BADDIEL & IAN BROUDIE have updated Three Lions' — ...

Kraftwerk, Neu!, Harmonia, Michael Rother, La Düsseldorf: White Line Fever

Essay by Biba Kopf, The Wire, June 1999

Undercurrents #6: uncovering the hidden wiring of 20th century music. Biba Kopf explains how the autobahn, not the freeway has created an enduring road mythology for ...

Flowered Up: Crocus Pocus

Report and Interview by Push, Melody Maker, 18 April 1992

TRUST FLOWERED UP to come up with the name "Debauchery" for the unofficial launch party for their new single, 'Weekender'. And trust them to take ...

All Saints: Saint Misbehavin'!

Interview by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 7 February 1998

If you believe the tabloids, ALL SAINTS are a bunch of tune-nicking, three-in-a-bed romping, manager-bashing, Spice Girl wannabes. But is that bollocks? We join the ...

Suicide: Invisible Jukebox: Suicide

Interview by Edwin Pouncey, The Wire, March 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 ...