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Interview by Lisa Verrico, Vox, September 1993

From the tranquillity of their rural recording location, "Nirvana's favourite band" Eugenius bemoan the very events which triggered their meteoric rise to stardom. ...

Teenage Fanclub: Sells like Spirit

Interview by Lisa Verrico, Vox, July 1993

From the budget-priced Bandwagonesque to best mates with Nirvana and Saturday Night Live — it was but a short Sunday drive for Teenage Fanclub in ...

Ween: The Ween Machine Wants It All

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 1993

They look like a classic case of basement-genius novelty, but the real joke is they may turn out to be the second coming of Billy ...

Television: A Bite At The Big Apple

Interview by Barry Cain, Record Mirror, 28 May 1977

FIVE FLOORS above the deranged contours of Glasgow a dismembered light in the three am thickness. ...

British Electric Foundation, Heaven 17, Human League, The: The Human League: In the Battle for Gallactic Supremacy — Humans Beleaguered

Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 2 May 1981

Life in the League with only one haircut between them ...

Boy George, Culture Club: Boy George: Flying nun back on the runway

Interview by Jon Savage, The Observer, 22 February 1987

Boy George talks exclusively to JON SAVAGE about heroin, cold turkey and death ...

King Crimson: Fripp Finds the Answer

Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc, 27 May 1972

...in White magic, coloured candles and a witch called Walli Emlark ...

T. Rex, Ringo Starr: T. Rex: Marc

Interview by Rosalind Russell, Disc, 5 August 1972

MARC BOLAN'S first film, titled Born To Boogie, is due for release on the cinema circuit in September. It would appear that it's a logical ...

Twisted Sister: Knights in White Satin

Interview by Mick Sinclair, ZigZag, September 1984

Crazed rocker Mick Sinclair arm-wrestles and jives with mean Mutha Dee Snider of Twisted Sister who isn't as dumb as he looks. ...

Cheap Trick's conquest of Japan

Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 20 May 1979

THE TRADITION of American musicians and artists going to Britain or the European continent in search of more responsive audiences is a venerable one. Spirits ...

Altered Images: "We Were Running When We Could Only Walk"

Interview by Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 31 March 1983

One moment Altered Images were everyone's heroes; the next they hadn't got a friend in the world. What happened? Ian Birch finds out. ...

Suede: All That Glitters

Interview by Steven Daly, Rolling Stone, 27 May 1993

England's new Band of the Century hits a glam slam ...

Mock Turtles, The: The Mock Turtles: Heroes On A Hard Sell

Interview by Stephen Dalton, Vox, August 1991

MUTANT NINJA? NO WAY, DUDE. These turtles dig artistic respect more than pizza. And though main-man Coogan was once a computer boffin. there's no scope ...

Primal Scream: "We're heavier than Guns n' Roses... We're loose and loaded delinquent rockers."

Interview by Siân Pattenden, Smash Hits, 21 March 1990

Yikes! They're so tough! Practically all of Primal Scream have been in prison! They think they're dead sexy! They don't wash their hair! And they ...

Bananarama: Banana'd

Interview by Lloyd Bradley, New Musical Express, 7 May 1983

LIFE IS A BANANADRAMA FOR THIS BUNCH OF GIRLS. LLOYD BRADLEY UNZIPS A SOB STORY. ...

Ramones, The: DUH!.... Ramones

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, April 1977

At the conclusion of a wildly successful Western tour which took them from L.A. to Seattle, San Jose to Aberdine, The Ramones descended upon Denver ...

Ramones, The: Duh!.... Ramones

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, April 1977

AT THE conclusion of a wildly successful Western tour which took them from L.A. to Seattle, San Jose to Aberdine, the Ramones descended upon Denver ...

The Human League: Are Friends Electro?

Interview by David Stubbs, Uncut, September 2001

JOANNE CATHERALL (the brunette one) has been relatively quiet throughout the interview, content to pick through her lunch while Susanne Sulley (the blonde one) and ...

Simple Minds: The Laird

Interview by Adam Sweeting, Q, August 1987

HE HAS HEARD the big music, and he'll never be the same. "At the end of the day we are a hell of a noise," ...

David Gilmour

Interview by Jim Irvin, The Word, September 2007

AS THE 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's debut album, Piper At the Gates Of Dawn rolls around, it's interesting to ruminate on what became of ...