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Interview by Christine Natanael, Rage!, May 1990

Formed in 1976, out of L.A.'s punk explosion, X gave us the voice we had lost. You see, somewhere along the way, music lost its ...

Gang Starr: Gangin' Tough

Interview by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 16 February 1991

Utterly splendid eclectic rap duo GANG STARR have sympathy for Saddam and Farrakhan, dis Vanilla Ice and think Mötley Crüe are dope, but were too ...

Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction: Perry Farrell: Goodbye To Jane?

Interview by Terry Staunton, New Musical Express, 9 March 1991

Basking in the glory of their Ritual de lo habitual album, are JANE'S ADDICTION about to hit the self-destruct button? As their US tour ends ...

Nils Lofgren, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young: Nils Lofgren: Nils' Desperados

Interview by Max Bell, Vox, June 1991

A lovely guy, Nils Lofgren. Ask Bruce, Neil, Bob, Lou or Keef. Rock's shortest top sidekick tells Max Bell about life with the E Street ...

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, ...

Primal Scream: Chicks With Everything

Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 28 September 1991

Bacchanalia in the USA! Well, Kentish Town actually, but then the true spirit of rock 'n' roll has always been in the mind, reckons PRIMAL ...

Beatles, The, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, The, Tina Turner: Once-cool songs now politically incorrect

Comment by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 9 January 1992

IT'S TIME TO re-evaluate that good ol' time rock 'n' roll. Or, as you may discover, not so good ol' time rock 'n' roll. ...

Sisters of Mercy: Some Girls Wander By Mistake

Review by Robert Sandall, Q, June 1992

"I LIKE to think it was the songs that made this band," Andrew Eldritch writes in the sleevenotes, "I know it wasn't." And as this ...

Huggy Bear, Linus, Blood Sausage: Huggy Bear: Will Not Be Televised!

Report by Sally Margaret Joy, Melody Maker, 27 February 1993

friday 9.40pm: one of the herd at The Word ...

Mick Jagger: Wandering Spirit (Atlantic)

Review by Mat Snow, Q, March 1993

A GLAMOROUS grandad of 49, no one in rock'n'roll is more tightly corsetted than Mick Jagger. His iron determination to keep lean and mean, to ...

Mick Jagger: Wandering Spirit

Review by Deborah Frost, Village Voice, 2 March 1993

HE MAY BE a wandering spirit, but Mick Jagger sure doesn't travel light. This simple fact of life informs both the major tragedies and minor ...

Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Tsunami, Chia Pet: Who are the Riot Grrrls?

Report by Susan Corrigan, i-D, April 1993

Riot Grrrl is an American network of feminist punk bands, angry, personal fanzines and women's discussion groups dedicated to 'girl-positive' action. We visited Riot Grrrls ...

Duran Duran: Ordinary People

Interview by David A. Keeps, Details, April 1993

Duran Duran spent one half of the '80s as international pop playboys and the other half surviving the experience. Will success spoil them again? David ...

Skrewdriver, Rahowa, Bound for Glory: Hate, Rattle & Roll

Report by William Shaw, Details, July 1995

For years, skinhead rock has remained safely in the lunatic fringe. But now, white-power outfits like Resistance Records are using the music to rally the ...

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Rattling the Bones

Report and Interview by RJ Smith, Details, August 1995

Cleveland rappers Bone Thugs-N-Harmony always knew they'd be stars — their Ouija board told them so. RJ SMITH conducts a séance with hip-hop's hell-raisers. ...

Buffalo Tom: MOJO Rising: Buffalo Tom

Report and Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, September 1995

FIVE ALBUMS into what they now recognise as "a career", erstwhile garage rapscallions Buffalo Tom suddenly find themselves, well, kinda mature. ...

Elastica, Garbage, Sleeper, Shampoo, Bis, Sarah Cracknell: The Young Pretenders

Report by Susan Corrigan, The Guardian, 17 July 1996

Susan Corrigan talks to the teenagers with stars in their eyes. ...

Sly & The Family Stone: On The Record: Sly & the Family Stone

Book Excerpt by Joel Selvin, Simon & Schuster, July 1997

Chapter 4: Pussycat à Go Go, Electric Circus ...

KROQ: Breaking the Airwaves

Report and Interview by David A. Keeps, Details, July 1997

MTV listens to them, so does your local DJ. From the Go-Go's to Beck, KROQ has always played tomorrow's hits today. David A. Keeps goes ...