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Lloyd Price: Good Lawdy: Rock'N'Roll Pioneer Lloyd Price, At 80, Tells How a Classic R&B Hit Changed America

Profile and Interview by Wayne Robins, Billboard, 14 September 2013

NOTE: This is an unedited version of the Billboard article that appeared on 14 September, 2013. ...

Queen

Profile and Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 18 September 1976

BRIAN MAY remembers Queen's first-ever free gig well. It was in London, five years ago, when the band invited 120 people along to a lecture ...

Clash, The: The Clash: Revolutionary Rock

Profile and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Downbeat, December 1982

IT'S AN ugly voice. Gruff, guttural, uncouth, barbaric at times. Joe Strummer can't sing, not like an Al Jarreau or a Joni Mitchell, anyway. Lyrics ...

Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids

Profile and Interview by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 20 December 1973

YOU MIGHT FIND this hard to believe, but if it wasn't for a fifth of whiskey Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids probably wouldn't be ...

Duane Eddy and A Band He Couldn't Refuse

Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 1983

DUANE EDDY's "twangy" guitar sound on hits like 'Rebel-Rouser' established him as a major star during the golden era of rock instrumentals, so his return ...

Patti Smith: Ivan Kral

Profile and Interview by Cynthia Rose, Viz, 1980

GENERALLY there exists a dichotomy between pioneering artists and their audiences – the potetial appreciator is apt to be surprised, disturbed, or simply unaccustomed to ...

ABC... or First Steps in Funk.

Profile and Interview by Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, 12 November 1981

Dave Rimmer meets Sheffield's finest ...

Glenn Branca's Guitar Symphonies

Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, Guitar Player, February 1992

"THERE'S not one hardcore band in this country — I don't care how good it is — that can touch Mozart for hardcore," growls Glenn ...

Gil Scott-Heron

Profile and Interview by John Lewis, Hotline, April 2010

GIL SCOTT-HERON has long been a regular and popular visitor to the UK's jazz and soul venues. However, by the late 1990s, he'd become an ...

Linx: The Missing Linx

Profile and Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 15 November 1980

THE DARK and mysterious Notting Hill Gate tube station, one cold and rainy night. Outside it stands an equally dark and mysterious stranger, armed with ...

Delta 5: Delta Force

Profile and Interview by Fred Mills, Harp, March 2006

WHILE THREE-gal/two-guy outfit Delta 5 didn't exactly fly under the radar, its relatively brief tenure (1979-'81) meant the Leeds, England, band never got its proper ...

Beach Boys, The: Mr. Wilson hated rock — but he loved the Beach Boys

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 22 August 1964

THE NOISE the Beach Boys make is a wail with a touch of adenoid; the songs, they sing are about surfing and cars. What with ...

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. ...

Angry Samoans, The: The Angry Samoans: Samoa, Ho!

Profile and Interview by Chuck Eddy, Creem, December 1987

"THE PURPOSE of music as a reflection of the ever-changing nature of the world is to make everything you like seem silly five years later, ...

The Smiths: We'll Meat Again

Profile and Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, February 1986

"I MUST BE QUITE HONEST," announces Morrissey of the Smiths. "I can understand that people can find me very irritating. And I accept that to ...

Gary Numan: Numan Finds His Way

Profile and Interview by j. poet, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 August 2006

"IN AMERICA I'm still the classic one hit wonder," Gary Numan says philosophically, via phone from his home outside of London. ...

The Good Rats: American Band Via Long Island

Profile and Interview by Wayne Robins, Creem, April 1974

YOU COULDN'T find a more classic showcase for the Good Rats than Ubie's O.T.J. in West Islip. ...

Marillion: How To Thrive On A Fish-Free Diet

Profile and Interview by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 21 April 2007

THERE ARE no goblins guarding the gates to Marillion's secret lair in the rolling depths of Middle England. No cackling old crones casting spells on ...

Kate Bush: Return of the Recluse

Profile and Interview by Adam Sweeting, Independent on Sunday, 2 October 2005

PLENTY HAS HAPPENED in the twelve years since Kate Bush last released an album. Tory sleaze has morphed into New Labour; mobile phones and iPods ...

Bongos, The: Banging The Bongos

Profile and Interview by Iman Lababedi, Creem, August 1982

NEW YORK — "Baby psychedelia," claims Billy Altman three songs into the Bongos' first set at the Bottom Line. "Like an early Nervus Rex if ...