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Mötley Crüe: White Noise: How Heavy Metal Rules

Essay by Deborah Frost, The Village Voice, 18 June 1985

IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT at L'Amour, Rock Capital of Brooklyn (well, that's what it says on the awning). The smell is smoke and damp, black lipstick ...

Marvin Gaye: Furor over X-rated Marvin Gaye LP

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 20 June 1985

Co-producer says he changed lyrics to one song; associates blast quality of other tracks ...

Amazulu: The Exciters

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, Melody Maker, 24 August 1985

At last AMAZULU have a hit. But can they hang on to their sanity? Caroline Sullivan talks to Claire and Nardo ...

Mötley Crüe: Sleazy Livin'

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Kerrang!, 6 February 1986

SYLVIE SIMMONS travels to Frankfurt in Germany and gets Sixx of the best from gutter-level gürus MÖTLEY CRÜE. ...

The Rolling Stones: Dirty Work

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 29 March 1986

IN THE 1970s, The Rolling Stones were a distinctly unlovely proposition: fronted by a jet-setter and a junkie and churning out a series of tedious ...

The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead (Rough Trade)

Review by Nick Kent, Melody Maker, 14 June 1986

THIS IS NEITHER the time nor the place to indulge in trivial banter; suffice to say that The Smiths' peculiar career manoeuvres, which have caused ...

Cherrelle, Thelma Houston, Cheryl Lynn, Prince, SOS Band, The, Time, The, Patti Austin, Flyte Tyme, Change, Howard Johnson, Klymaxx, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis: Minneapolis Magic: The Jam and Lewis Story

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 1 July 1986

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are currently the hottest producers in soul and here B&S goes back in time with the two men to discover ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: Back To Zero

Report by Nick Kent, Spin, August 1986

The demise of the Rolling Stones may be attributable to one simple fact: the baddest, oldest rock 'n' roll band in the world has run ...

Run DMC: Hit And Run

Interview by Jack Barron, Sounds, 20 September 1986

As the RUN DMC tidal wave breaks over the British coastline and the country reels to its knees, it's maybe time to ponder the principles ...

Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, The Pogues: A Fistful Of Pesetas

Report and Interview by Lucy O'Brien, NME, 20 September 1986

In the badlands of Spain, a strange scenario... JOE STRUMMER is shooting everyone in sight, SHANE MACGOWAN has been killed, ELVIS COSTELLO is serving coffee... ...

BoDeans, The: The BoDeans: Odd Match, Hot Harmony

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 4 January 1987

THE EVERLY Brothers. Buddy Holly. Ritchie Valens. Chuck Berry. ...

Billy Bragg's record collection

Interview by Len Brown, NME, 14 February 1987

A HARE-BRAINED afternoon in the warmest room and things are not quite what they seem. The bookshelves may be burdened with Mayakovsky and miner's lamps; ...

Beastie Boys, The, Run DMC: Run DMC, The Beastie Boys: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 6 June 1987

FRIGGIN' AND SWIGGIN! ...

U2: The Band of Holy Joy

Profile and Interview by Sean O'Hagan, New Musical Express, 6 June 1987

Riots greet U2 in Italy! Bono is bigger than Il Papa! Rock is not dead! Sean O'Hagan gets an audience with the holy man of ...

The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Motorcycle Boy: The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Motorcycle Boy: Rock City, Nottingham

Live Review by Neil Taylor, NME, 19 September 1987

KICKSTART ME, JESUS ...

Debbie Gibson: Wakey Wakey

Interview by Chris Heath, Smash Hits, 1 June 1988

Come on Debbie, time to rise and "shine"! (snooooze...) Out from under the "duvet" with you, missus! (yawn!)... Debbie Gibson tells Chris Heath about her ...

A Guy Called Gerald: Voodoo Guru

Report and Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 15 April 1989

Despite the praise heaped on A GUY CALLED GERALD'S hypnotic first single, 'Voodoo Ray', nothing much seemed to happen. Then the single hit the clubs ...

Tone Loc: Raising the Tone

Report and Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 24 June 1989

Wild Thing! You make my bank account sing. In the last six months West Coast rapper TONE LOC has sold over six million records. His ...

Keith Richards, Rolling Stones, The: Keith Richards: Sealed with a disc

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 25 August 1989

Keith Richards bridles at the suggestion that rock is a young man's game. Spruced up, rifts with Mick Jagger all forgotten, he and the Stones ...

Singles Incentives, Rank Outsiders

Report by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, April 1990

SO, FAREWELL – to the Fine Young Cannibals single in a tin, to the Eurythmics in a wooden casket, and to Eric Clapton in a ...