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Interview by Keith Cameron, NME, 28 March 1992

Don't be fooled by the lighter side of award-winning (and not-the-female-Nirvana) LA grunge gals L7 – they may delight in the trash aesthetic of Hollywood, ...

Soundgarden: Gardeners' World

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 4 April 1992

Life for Seattle grungemeisters SOUNDGARDEN has changed dramatically in the last 12 months. Going from self-confessed underdogs to playing arenas to crowd hysteria while supporting Guns N' ...

Nirvana: Inside the Heart and Mind of Kurt Cobain

Interview by Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 16 April 1992

FOR NOW, Kurt Cobain and his new wife Courtney Love, live in an apartment in Los Angeles's modest Fairfax district. The living room holds little ...

Chic: The Return of Chic

Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 24 April 1992

THE COMMERCIAL savvy which made Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards hit pop producers for 15 years nearly derailed their Chic reunion. ...

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The: The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: The Riot Stuff

Interview by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 23 May 1992

An uneasy truce hangs over America in the aftermath of the LA riots. Is there worse to come or has the anger, for the moment, ...

Guns N' Roses: Guns N'Roses: Knockin' On Britain's Door

Interview by Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 30 May 1992

As GUNS N'ROSES' gigantic European tour kicks in and their single, 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' storms the Number One slot, the most talked-about band in ...

The Beatles, Ringo Starr: Who The Hell Does RINGO STARR Think He Is?

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Q, June 1992

He was The Lovable One who cracked his daft mop-top jokes for The Queen. The Fab With The Big Nose who you could take home ...

Faith No More: God, The Devil And All The Rest

Interview by Simon Reynolds, The Observer, 7 June 1992

Despite starting out as an anti-people band, Faith No More's last album, 1989's The Real Thing, has sold millions, even though its baroque, doom-laden fusion ...

Soundgarden: "I Get It A Lot, That Paranoid Feeling"

Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 20 June 1992

And SOUNDGARDEN'S charismatic singer CHRIS CORNELL ain't talking about those ever-present Black Sabbath comparisons either. He might not be the new Ozzy Osbourne, argues PAUL ...

The Nymphs: Here’s To… Me!

Interview by Mat Snow, Q, July 1992

Self-promotion can be such a draining business: what with weeing on record company executives' desks, administering on-stage blow jobs and showing up hours late for ...

Nirvana: Crucified by Success?

Interview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 25 July 1992

In the second part of his exclusive NIRVANA interview, Everett True meets the band in Stockholm and finds Kurt Cobain, Chris Novoselic and Dave Grohl ...

Urge Overkill: Life Is A Dry Martini

Interview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 25 July 1992

Chicago's URGE OVERKILL are so cool, they don't even sweat. Some dunderheads think they they're a retro joke, but Dean Martin's a fan of their ...

Nirvana: Nirva Mind The Bollocks

Interview by John Robb, Siren, August 1992

JESUS H. CHRIST! This is turning into some sort of modern-day fable. Out there, an uncompromised riffola outfit from an arse end of the US, ...

Metallica: "Metallica Is Our Life..."

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 1 August 1992

Admits its reluctant frontman JAMES HETFIELD, "but it's not the only thing we enjoy doing." While drummer LARS ULRICH enjoys playing the party animal till ...

Metallica: The Rise of an Egotist

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 8 August 1992

METALLICA started out as renegade Thrash bandits, but they've sold almost 10 million copies of their self-titled fifth album. They are now touring American stadiums ...

Lenny Kravitz finds his groove

Interview by Chris Heath, Details, March 1993

The child of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown and Bob Marley, Lenny Kravitz is creating the rock/soul groove of the '90s. Before releasing his new record, ...

Dr. Dre: Ain't nothing but a gender thang?

Interview by Amy Linden, Request, May 1993

Dr. Dre and writer Amy Linden go one-on-one on sexism and The Chronic. Nobody wins. ...

Rod Stewart

Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 23 May 1993

THE PENINSULA Hotel's presidential suite is not your standard overnight business accommodation, even for Fifth Avenue. There are three bedrooms, a library, two living rooms, ...

Ice-T and Andrew Dice Clay: Ice and Dice

Interview by Mark Petracca, Creem, June 1993

No, not just another Friday the 13th film. Just a state of mind. ...

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 ...