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Queens Of The Stone Age: Step Inside The Best Little Whorehouse In Rock

Profile and Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, MOJO, July 2007

For the past decade, Queens Of The Stone Age have been the premier destination for wild, sexually charged rock, frequented by everyone from Dave Grohl ...

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 ...

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 ...

Queens Of The Stone Age: Step Inside The Best Little Whorehouse In Rock

Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Uncut, July 2007

FOR THE PAST DECADE, Queens Of The Stone Age have been the premier destination for wild, sexually charged rock, frequented by everyone from Dave Grohl ...

Chic: Est-ce que c'est Chic

Interview by Davitt Sigerson, Melody Maker, 3 February 1979

Yes, it is. For behind Chic's rags-to-Regine's success lies an understanding of style as cool as their musical intelligence. ...

Ronnie Wood: New Stone Tries a Solo

Report and Interview by Dave Schulps, Trouser Press, July 1979

WHEN TP FIRST interviewed Ron Wood, back in the fall of 1974, the Faces' guitarist and exBeckite was more than happy to answer questions about ...

The Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood: Ronnie Wood: New Stone Tries a Solo

Report and Interview by Dave Schulps, Trouser Press, July 1979

WHEN TP FIRST interviewed Ron Wood, back in the fall of 1974, the Faces' guitarist and ex-Beckite was more than happy to answer questions about ...

Rolling Stones, The: Rolling Stones — An Exclusive

Report and Interview by Chris Welch, Record Mirror, 19 September 1981

Invited as a special guest to the farm in Massachusetts where legendary rock 'n' rollers the ROLLING STONES are rehearsing for their first US tour ...

Keith Richards, Rolling Stones, The: An Outlaw At The Ritz: Keith Richards

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 13 January 1979

In which Keef holds up the price of Smirnoff shares, little Marlon holds up his Dad, Anita Pallenberg holds up the interview, and CHRIS WELCH ...

Althia & Donna: Nah Pop No Style, A Strictly Roots…

Report and Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 28 January 1978

IF YOU don't like talking to strangers, don't walk through Kingston with Donna or Althia. ...

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 ...

Exene Cervenka

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 ...

Throbbing Gristle

Profile and Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, March 1978

THROBBING GRISTLE: Drop that name in any conversation and watch the reaction. Giggling or nervous laughter, disgust or horror, blankness or a polite "Who?" Yeah, ...

Jilted John

Profile and Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 22 July 1978

MANCHESTER, 1977: the picture of a period stutters erratically to a docile completion. The picture is inconclusive, blotchy, but considering circumstances the best possible. ...

The Rolling Stones Shine A Light Concert Film Opens April 4th

Report by Harvey Kubernik, Rock's Backpages, April 2008

ON APRIL 4th director Martin Scorsese's concert documentary on the Rolling Stones, Shine A Light, was released and distributed in the U.S. by Paramount Classics ...

Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones: Charlie Watts: The Esquire Interview

Interview by Robin Eggar, Esquire, June 1998

Emotional rescueI'VE MADE more of a mess of my Toronto hotel room in 30 minutes than Charlie Watts has after three weeks in his suite. ...

The Ramones: You're Not The Same. Are They?

Report and Interview by Van Gosse, Melody Maker, 25 August 1979

Will the Spector of big things gone by give the Ramones the platinum sound that has so far eluded them? ...

Simply Red: Have You Got A Bit Of Manchester In You?

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, June 1998

And if not, would you like some? Beware, ladies, for it is Mick Hucknall, humbled by heartbreak but still hopping on like a russet-headed horny ...

Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard: Robert Pollard: Last Call

Interview by Andria Lisle, Harp, March 2005

BY THE time you read this, Robert Pollard will have pulled the plug on Guided By Voices: The band's final concert occurred on New Year's ...