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The Incredible String Band: Once Again, Is It Folk?

Profile and Interview by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 16 March 1968

WHEN poet Pete Brown, lyric-writer for the Cream, heard the new Incredible String Band LP, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, he said: "That's what the Rolling ...

Janis Joplin: The Wildest Girl-Creature?

Profile and Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 12 April 1969

THEY CALL her: "The new American talent-character; the wildest girl-creature to burst on the in-person and disc scene yet." They call her: "a kind of ...

Frederick Knight: Freak Hit for Knight

Profile and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 17 June 1972

PROVIDED HE isn't burdened down with a surfeit of bills and tax demands, the arrival of the postman is one of the brighter moments in ...

Pink Floyd: Ladies Clothes, Free Form Music, Anarchy and the Pink Floyd

Profile and Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 8 April 1967

WHEN YOU talk about controversy in pop music these day, you obviously have to talk about the Pink Floyd. ...

Dr. Feelgood Is On The Case

Profile and Interview by Barbara Charone, Crawdaddy!, October 1975

LONDON – "Where did they come from?" demanded a rock 'n roll lifer, pointing towards Dr. Feelgood who were entertaining at a star-studded and overstuffed ...

Cowboy Junkies: The Cowboy Junkies: Cowboy country

Profile and Interview by Mark Cooper, The Guardian, 30 June 1989

Mark Cooper hears how the Cowboy Junkies draw on Canada for their inspiration ...

Sweet Thunder: Versatility Is The Name Of The Game

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 20 June 1978

AS THEIR biography says, the name of Sweet Thunder does sound like a paradox but if you listen to their new and charted album – ...

Joe Simon

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 19 March 1971

WITH JOE Simon's signature, Spring Records have gained their first real entry into the super-star league. Joe's first for the label, 'Your Time To Cry', ...

Cynthia Plaster Caster: Come Up And See My, Er...

Profile and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 24 August 1995

Caroline Sullivan meets the woman who persuaded Jimi Hendrix to dip his erect member into a jar of gooey pink dental mould. ...

Little Richard: Well, look who's back — it's Little Richard

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 6 October 1962

BOBOBALOOMBA Abimbamboom all Rootti Tutti Frutti. With this gnomic verse about ice-cream and a shriek of masochistic ecstasy, Little Richard exploded before a wondering world ...

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 25 August 1972

EVERY YEAR, there are only a handful – maybe six – records which go on to become all-time personal favourites, records that get played at ...

Gene Vincent: The original man in the black leather suit

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 13 July 1963

THEY USED to call Gene Vincent The Screaming End. He started the others wearing black leather, he started them hollering and diving about the stage. ...

Rodney Bingenheimer: L.A.'s own Mayor Zelig

Profile and Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 March 2004

A new film follows Rodney Bingenheimer's journey from a torn childhood to hanging with the hip bands of the music scene. ...

Nils Lofgren: A Study in Patience and Power

Profile and Interview by Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 22 October 1977

NILS LOFGREN, the diminutive Washington-bred rock figure, is intrigued by the idea of success by elimination. "It's encouraging that a rock 'n' roll artist with ...

Pink Floyd: His dream girl turned into a hit song!

Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Jackie, 31 October 1967

Instant Guide to The Pink Floyd ...

LTJ Bukem: Looking Good

Profile and Interview by Bethan Cole, i-D, March 1995

HE'S THE INVENTOR OF INTELLIGENT JUNGLE. HE'S HELD IN AWE BY ANDREW WEATHERALL. HE'S A PIONEER AND PRE-EMPTOR, A PRODUCER AND LABEL BOSS. HE'S LTJ ...

Val Doonican: Relaxation: it's a way of life for the housewife's choice...

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 20 March 1965

VAL DOONICAN Is a friendly, easy-going man of 36 who makes his living — it would be but slight exaggeration to say — by looking ...

Peter Frampton, Herd, The, Humble Pie: Frampton's Roots: His Career Spans Two Generations of Rock

Profile and Interview by Kris Nicholson, Circus, 18 August 1977

PETER FRAMPTON'S musical career began at the tender age of eight. "My grandmother had a ukulele up in the attic for ages until one day ...

Slade: Steamroller Rock Knocks 'Em Flat

Profile and Interview by Jonh Ingham, Rolling Stone, 1 February 1973

LONDON – Noddy gets the fans shouting, clapping, stomping, throwing their bras and knickers up on stage. Dave looks inhuman, silver from head to toe, ...

Max: Dirty Max Brigade

Profile and Interview by Richard North, Siren, April 1992

THOUGHTS. Kevin Mooney's flat. Aylesbury Estate, South East London. Twilight. ...