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Cliff 'Em All, the low-key, bootleg-style home video from those METALLICA scumbags, has shifted an astonishing 90,000 copies in the States. Now it's finally made ...

Guns N' Roses: Days Of Guns N' Roses

Interview by Bill Holdship, Spin, May 1988

In which our reporter discovers that L.A.'s reputed bad boys are good-bad, but they're not evil. ...

Van Halen: Tales From The Crypt

Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 1 July 1988

THE ITINERARY for Van Halen's Monsters of Rock Tour reads like a combined schedule for the Washington Redskins and University of Miami football teams. ...

Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses: Gun Law: War of the Roses

Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 20 August 1988

Blasting rumours of a split, the uncompromising GUNS N' ROSES have shot to the top with their hardbitten sound. PAUL ELLIOTT gets a taste of the band's addiction to ...

Metallica

Interview by Richard Gehr, Music & Sound Output, September 1988

LARS ULRICH has recently risen from the sleep, dreamless or otherwise, of the very successful. His band, billed fourth (between Led Zep wannaboys Kingdom Come ...

Guns N' Roses: The Rocky Horror Show

Interview by Push, Melody Maker, 3 September 1988

When Guns N' Roses were interviewed just before they performed at Castle Donington last week, guitarist Slash said, "The kids need to have that one ...

Anthrax: Thrash Landings

Interview by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 17 September 1988

WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE, 'MAKE ME LAUGH', ANTHRAX CONTINUE TO LEAD THE HARDCORE CHARGE AGAINST TRADITIONAL HEAVY METAL. SIMON REYNOLDS HITCHES A RIDE ON THE ...

Ten City: New Soul Children

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 4 February 1989

Spurning the sampler and the radio-friendly fast buck, Chicago's TEN CITY are committed to rekindling the spirit of classic soul. With 'That's The Way Love ...

Judds, The: The Judds: Kentucky dreamers

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 10 February 1989

The Judds' story is worthy of a country song. Adam Sweeting on the long road from Morrill, Kentucky, to the Dominion, London. ...

Metallica Moves to Center Stage

Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 5 March 1989

LAKELAND, Fl. — Just as Metallica helped change the face of the Grammys — it was one of five acts nominated for the first-ever hard-rock/metal ...

Poison: Cat Scratch Fever

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, RAW, 7 March 1989

They say 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'. Or at least POISON do in the title of their current hit single. And certainly the Los Angeles ...

Mudhoney: Sub Pop, Sub Normal, Subversion!

Interview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 11 March 1989

SUDDENLY SEATTLE IS THE CENTRE OF ALL THINGS GRUNGE. EVERETT TRUE TRAVELS TO THE HOME OF THE ANTI-HITS TO MEET MUDHONEY WHO RECENTLY TRADED SONGS ...

Doors, The, Iggy Pop: Danny Sugerman: American Excess

Interview by Jon Wilde, Melody Maker, 18 March 1989

DANNY SUGERMAN is the wastrel previously responsible for the Doors' epic biography, No One Here Gets Out Alive. Now he's back with Wonderland Avenue, his ...

Jane's Addiction: Something's Shocking

Interview by Steve Mascord, Hot Metal, April 1989

"Camera's got them images, Camera's got them all, Showed me everybody, naked and disfigured, Nothing's Shocking." — From 'Ted, Just Admit It', Jane's Addiction ...

Dark Angel: Californian Dreams – Shedding Light On The Angels

Interview by Christine Natanael, Metal Hammer, 1 May 1989

OUT OF THE SEARING underground of Los Angeles, an unlikely place for speed/death metal in the wake of such like bands as Guns N' Roses, ...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys: Tom Petty: Once In A Full Moon

Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 5 May 1989

BY THE time Tom Petty became a Traveling Wilbury last year, he had every reason to stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Roy ...