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The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson: Brain Wilson: Endless Bummer

Profile and Interview by Paul Lester, Uncut, June 1998

"HI, I'M BRIAN WILSON." You do not expect this. You do not expect the head of America's most important ever rock band to have to ...

Psychedelia: The 100 Greatest Classics

Guide by Jon Savage, MOJO, June 1997

Back by public demand, and even more mind-expanding, Jon Savage takes a trip through psychedelia’s golden years to compile the ultimate six-hour flashback. ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Blue Smoke: The Life and Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan

Retrospective and Interview by Alan Paul, Guitar World, April 1999

NINE YEARS AFTER his death, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s influence only continues to grow. It can be heard in barrooms and arenas around the globe, in ...

Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Fotheringay: Angel Of Avalon: Sandy Denny

Retrospective by Jim Irvin, MOJO, June 1998

Revered by everyone from Frank Zappa to The Spice Girls. Led Zeppelin's one and only guest star. One of Britain's greatest singers. Yet her true ...

Bo Diddley: The Second Coming Of Bo Diddley

Special Feature by Michael Lydon, Ramparts, May 1971

"A person is an individual, and being an individual person is a gas. I have my own way of expressing my soulful feelings. I never ...

Groupies: Stars In Their Thighs

Report and Interview by Steven Wells, David Quantick, NME, 28 March 1992

NME'S LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT GO HUMP IN THE NIGHT ...

Morrissey, The Smiths: Morrissey and The Smiths: There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends

Retrospective by Dave Thompson, Goldmine, 4 March 1994

IN JUNE 1984, Rolling Stone journalist James Henke asked Britain's latest rising superstar, Smiths vocalist Morrissey, for his opinions on the British Prime Minister, Margaret ...

Beatles, The: Interview: Cousin Brucie Morrow

Interview by Larry LeBlanc, Celebrity Access, 6 February 2020

IT'S THE PERFECT American fantasy of the '60s. Riding in a Mustang down a rural stretch of highway to the strains of the car radio ...

Todd Rundgren: "Go Ahead, Ignore Me!"

Profile and Interview by Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, February 1998

HELLO, it’s him. ...

Michael Hurley: On the Trail of the Lonesome Snock

Profile and Interview by Byron Coley, Arthur, 27 April 2013

Wily folkplayer Michael Hurley (aka Elwood Snock) has charmed hip audiences for over fifty years now with his timeless surrealist tunes and sweetly weird comics, ...

Malcolm McLaren, New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Ronnie Biggs: The Rise And Fall Of Malcolm McLaren Part One: Tin Pan Alley Meets An Idea Whose Time Has Come...

Retrospective and Interview by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 16 June 1979

The Man Who Sold The World ...

Anita Ward (2016) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Tom Graves, Rock's Backpages transcripts, May 2016

This is a transcript of Tom's audio interview with Anita. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver: Velvet Revolver's Slash (2004) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Adam Sweeting, Rock's Backpages transcripts, June 2004

This is a transcript of Adam's audio interview with Slash. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Tom Jones (1989) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Adam Sweeting, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 25 January 1989

This is a transcript of Adam's audio interview with Tom. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B (2005) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 2 February 2005

This is a transcript of Bill and Frank's audio interview with Jazzie B. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Foo Fighters, Nirvana: Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana

Special Feature by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 14 February 1997

NEARLY THREE years after Kurt Cobain's death in April 1994, interest in his group, Nirvana, remains strong. ...

Janis Joplin: Janis!

Interview by David Dalton, Rolling Stone, 17 February 1972

"I’M GOING to write a book about you," David Dalton told Janis Joplin when she was beginning her first tour with her Full Tilt Boogie ...

Nick Drake: Exiled From Heaven

Retrospective by Ian MacDonald, MOJO, January 2000

DURING THE ACADEMIC year of 1968-9, Cambridge University felt an alien influence from beyond its ancient facade of curtain walls and quiet quadrangles. Sober flag-stones ...

Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away

Retrospective and Interview by Bill DeYoung, Goldmine, 6 January 1995

WITH HIS beatific smile and twinkling bright eyes, Willie Nelson looks like the most serene and centered man on the planet. When he's wearing a ...

Al Kooper, Blood Sweat & Tears: Al Kooper: The Adventures Of Kooperman

Retrospective and Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Goldmine, 18 February 1994

THE COVER of Rekooperation, Al Kooper's new album, his first in 12 years, is divided into 16 postage stamp-sized photographic portraits of the artist as ...