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Peter Frampton, Herd, The, Humble Pie: Frampton: the Musician Who Beat a Pretty Face

Interview by Tony Norman, New Musical Express, 3 June 1972

PETE FRAMPTON has seen a lot of changes in his 22 years. There was a time when the pretty Face of '68 was showered with ...

Teddy Riley, Guy: Teddy Riley: The Life of Riley

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 10 June 1989

At 22 TEDDY RILEY is the most sought-after producer in America. His mixture of R&B and rap has created a new sound, dubbed New Jack ...

Bobby Rydell's British Recording Hits The Bull's Eye!

Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 24 May 1963

BOBBY RYDELL came from America in March to appear on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. While here he said: "Just lately I haven't been ...

Billy Bragg: Bill of Rights

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 18 January 1986

Can RED WEDGE kick new life into old Labour? Will our lovable lefty pop heroes transform Kinnock's party into a stylish outfit prepared for government? ...

Chubby Checker, Joey Dee & the Starliters: As Twist Hits the Chart Top Chubby Checker and Joey Dee Reveal How They Started To Do It — And Why!

Interview by uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 23 February 1962

C'MON EVERYBODY, let's do the twist! Did I hear someone say they don't know how to do it? That's ridiculous. Anyone can do it, I ...

N-Joi: I'm To Essexy for the Charts

Interview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 29 February 1992

Burn all your bootlegs, your boxed sets and Live At The Budokan deletions, and embrace Live In Manchester — a Techno record by N-JOI with ...

Fatboy Slim, Housemartins, The: Fatboy Slim: The Norman Conquest

Interview by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 19 April 1997

In the beginning, he was a Housemartin. In between, he's been Pizzaman and a Mighty Kat. Now he's FATBOY SLIM. But no matter what NORMAN ...

Oasis: The Bruise Brothers

Interview by John Harris, New Musical Express, 23 April 1994

The Kinks did it. The Who did it. But no-one does it like OASIS, five lads who won't waste words when a punch will do, ...

Simon Cowell: "The White Stripes? Heard of them. Wasn't blown away."

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 26 January 2002

He makes kids cry, hates fat people and he gave us Westlife. Now Pop Idol villain Simon Cowell turns his evil gaze on some NME ...

Naughty By Nature: Hooray Homies

Interview by Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 20 March 1993

They're huge! They're massive! NAUGHTY BY NATURE are the rap equivalent of Nirvana, catapulted to success by the unstoppable 'OPP'. But as they hold promotional ...

Chimes, The: Sign of the Chimes

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 6 January 1990

Did you hear the one about the two Scotsmen and the London singer who may well be Britain's top soul band? Well PAOLO HEWITT has ...

Darling Buds, The: The Darling Buds: Older Bud Wiser

Interview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 2 June 1990

Gone are the days when peroxides-in-Pampers Ramones soundalikes cut the Coleman's in Groovyland, so THE DARLING BUDS have come back from a long manager-dumping lay ...

Julie Burchill: Woolly Bully

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 3 May 1986

It's point and counterpoint in this bout of champions; in the camel pen, bile scribbler JULIE BURCHILL, defending her high-profile prose against the red trunks ...

Smiley Culture: 1st Offender

Interview by Sean O'Hagan, New Musical Express, 2 February 1985

NAME: Smiley Culture CHARGE: Dread Bodily Harm SENTENCE: A Spell in the Charts REPORT: Sean O'Hagan ...

Dexter Gordon: The Exile's Return

Interview by Brian Case, New Musical Express, 27 May 1978

Fashion and fate have dealt a few blows — but now DEXTER GORDON is cutting in, recapturing America and standing CBS on its head. The ...

Nelson George: Soul Destroyer

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 14 January 1989

As a columnist for Billboard and The Village Voice, Nelson George has been America's most incisive commentator on the changing face of black music culture. ...

Beloved, The: The Beloved: They Wanna Be Loved

Interview by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 27 January 1990

THE BELOVED may have started life as dodgy New Order copyists with that ubiquitous Peel session under their studded leather belts, but now they're Dance ...

Lush: From Despair to Mayfair

Interview by John Harris, New Musical Express, 4 June 1994

Beneath the all-quaffing, lager-frenzied, dreamy-weamy indie muso LUSH there's a band bristling with resentment, heartbreak and anger. Visiting MIKI BERENYI's nightmare childhood and EMMA ANDERSON'S ...

Kraftwerk: Robopop

Interview by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 6 June 1991

In Düsseldorf back in ’68, a clean-cut combo of besuited squares were unaware that they were destined to change the face of dance music forever ...

Yello: A Genuine Swiss Cuckoo

Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 15 January 1983

THE PAUL MORLEY PROFILES — NUMBER FOUR IN A SERIES OF FOUR... Dieter Meier is an international traveller and eccentric, a performance artist and ...