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The Pretenders: Pretending To Be Different

Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 21 March 1981

I'VE LONGED to say it in print: The Pretenders are, for me, the virtual embodiment of the ideal popular music group. ...

Was (Not Was): Was Not Was: All Over The Road With Two Motor City Outcasts In A Studio Tornado

Interview by David Gans, Musician, February 1984

"WHEN BLACK people hear our music," proclaims Don Fagenson, "they know we're white. Even our funkiest stuff. I think it happens to be a plus. ...

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 ...

Richard Hell: The Return Of The Bug-Eyed Monster

Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 13 January 1979

RICHARD HELL AND GIOVANNI DADOMO VISIT THE BOAT SHOW ...

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 ...

B-52s, The: Do You Dig The B-52s?

Interview by Toby Goldstein, Creem, July 1982

MESOPOTAMIAN ARTIFACTS FOUND ON PARTY BEACH ...

Prince: "I'm a musician. And I am music"

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 23 June 2011

RINGTONES ARE EVIL. Islamic countries are fun. The internet is like "a carjacking", where there are no boundaries. Prince on being pop's "loving tyrant" ...

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...