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Interview by Sean O'Hagan, NME, 30 September 1989

• Current king of British clubs JAZZIE B is preparing to launch SOUL II SOUL even further ahead of the opposition-the summer soundtrack on both ...

Radiohead: The Golden Age of Radiohead

Profile and Interview by Mac Randall, Guitar World, 1 April 1998

ON A FRIDAY RELAUNCHED itself in the summer and autumn of 1991, playing a series of gigs at Oxford's Jericho Tavern and circulating its first ...

a-ha: Even Better than Spinal Tap

Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Music Week, September 2009

FOR 25 YEARS, Norway's pop gods have harboured a deep, dark secret that even the most dedicated News Of The World smut-sleuth would never have ...

Offspring: Revenge Of The Nerds

Interview by Chuck Eddy, Spin, March 1995

The Offspring put the pop back in punk and fashioned the indie success story of the decade. Chuck Eddy testifies. ...

Duane Allman, Southern Bitch: Apocalypse in the American Bush: R.I.P. Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama

Essay by Kandia Crazy Horse, Perfect Sound Forever, April 2005

Feels so good inside myself Don't wanna move Feels so good inside myself Don't need to move –'Luv 'N Haight', Sly & the Family Stone ...

EMF: Sombrero Guys Have All the Luck

Report and Interview by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 7 September 1991

Call the copse! America's favourite "alternative" group EMF are Number One and on one, naughty rock 'n' roll Bash Street Kids taking full advantage of, ...

Manic Street Preachers: Cool LA Shakers!

Interview by Keith Cameron, New Musical Express, 12 October 1996

It should have been great Supporting Oasis in the US. But the Gallaghers' squabbles also meant that the MANIC STREET PREACHERS had to fly home ...

Sheryl Crow: The Education of Sheryl Crow

Interview by Dave DiMartino, Musician, September 1994

The long strange trip of an overnight success ...

Metallica: The Lords of Loud

Report and Interview by Cathi Unsworth, Melody Maker, 2 May 1992

Ever since 'Enter Sandman' crashed into Top 10s around the world, Metallica have been reaping the dividends of a decade of scorched earth-style metal. CATHI ...

Joe Bonamassa

Interview by Ted Drozdowski, Guitar World, July 2012

IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT in Cleveland… April 14, specifically, and blues guitar legend Freddie King has just been inducted by Z.Z. Top into the Rock 'n' ...

Manic Street Preachers: Rock'n'Roll Suicide

Interview by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 20 July 1991

CAN YOU FEEL IT? A creeping paralysis accompanying every advance in the obese accumulation of "good music", a seeping slide into the mire of eclecticism. ...

Ice-T: The Code of Many Colors

Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, August 1991

ON THE cover of Ice-T's new record, O.G. Original Gangster are two photos. In the first he's wearing a tuxedo, standing against a backdrop of ...

Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, The, Beck, Bogert and Appice, Les Paul: Jeff Beck talks about Rod Stewart and answers some questions for Classic Rock

Interview by Max Bell, Classic Rock, January 2011

JEFF BECK confirmed to Classic Rock that the two old buddies would renew a partnership that first saw light in the late 1960s when the two rock ...

Faces, The: The Faces

Interview by Alan Light, Relix, July 2012

"WITH THE FACES, you never know what's going to happen." It's a theme that comes up again and again in conversation with Ronnie Wood and ...

Beat Happening, Green River, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Tad, Walkabouts, The, Thrown Ups, The, Blood Circus, Girl Trouble, Fluid, The, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Terry Lee Hale, Fastbacks, Chemistry Set, Nights And Days, The, Cat Butt, Steve Fisk, Swallow: Sub Pop — Seattle: Rock City

Overview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 18 March 1989

RIGHT NOW, MUDHONEY ARE THE STANDARD BEARERS FOR SEATTLE'S NEW GENERATION OF THRASH METAL MERCHANTS, BUT THERE IS A LEGION OF OTHER BANDS READY AND ...

John Lydon, The Sex Pistols: John Lydon

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, March 1992

THE MAN IN THE ETHNIC-TEA-COSY-STYLED headwear and the unsightly puce satin ski pants lies back on my sofa, swigs lustily from a bottle of strong ...

Nirvana: The Boys Are Back In Town

Interview by Dave Thompson, Alternative Press, October 1993

Go ahead. Hate this band, it's the cool thing to do. The punk rockers hate them because they've "sold out"; the mainstream hates them because ...

10 LPs You Probably Don't Have (But Should)

Comment by Tom Graves, Rock's Backpages, August 2009

WE ALL HAVE seen the lists of the absolutely greatest LPs, singles, movies, TV shows, books, etc. OF ALL TIME. I've done them myself and ...

Suede: The Best New Band In America?

Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 19 June 1993

SUEDE have already proved themselves in the UK, both critically and commercially. The next step is for the fab four to cross the Atlantic and ...