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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 ...

Cilla Black: "I was terrified at first but the fans are just the same"

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 20 March 1965

CILLA BLACK — calling from Australia — tells Chris Welch ...

Kiss: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 22 May 1976

MAN, KISS HAD everything; every single effect in the book. They had a perfect lighting system; dry ice; smoke bombs; a fire-eater; a huge lighted ...

Alabama 3: Olympia, Dublin

Live Review by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 1 November 1997

THESE ARE the sort of men my mother warned me about as a small child, and — metaphorically, at least — they want me to ...

Nas: Written Out — Nas: It Was Written (Columbia 14tks/59mins)

Review by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 13 July 1996

NAS is one of rap's supreme lyricists and vocal stylists. A pity, then, that his new album isn't worthy of his talents ...

Fela Kuti: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Frank Owen, Melody Maker, 29 November 1986

COSTUME DRAMAS ...

Osibisa: Beat The (African) Drums For Osibisa

Profile by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 22 August 1970

IT MAY BE that, having endured the painfully stilted and emotionally lukewarm playing of most rock drummers for the last decade, audiences are waking up ...

Derrick May & Associates: Relics (Transmat/Buzz)

Review by Push, Melody Maker, 16 May 1992

MAY'S DAZE ...

Mike Cooper and the bottleneck revival

Interview by Jerry Gilbert, Melody Maker, 14 February 1970

MIKE COOPER, who has, in recent years, revived interest in the bottleneck and knifestyle of playing, uses two 1930s National steel guitars, as well as ...

Who, The: The Price of Pop Art — The Who Count the Cost

Report by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 28 August 1965

THE WHO stand firmly for pop art. By their terms, pop art means how they behave and dress both on and off stage. On stage, ...

Dawn, Glen Campbell: Live in Las Vegas: Dawn and Glen Campbell

Report by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 1 December 1973

"HANG ON tight," said the man in the next seat on the Western Airlines jet. "Landings in Las Vegas are the roughest in the world." ...

Genesis, Lindisfarne: Lindisfarne, Genesis: Dublin Stadium, Dublin

Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 7 October 1972

TO BE CASUAL is to be Lindisfarne, but even the most relaxed of bands have a hard time putting over a set of new numbers ...

Suicide: Suicide (Red Star RS1, import)

Review by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 21 January 1978

Suicide is a solution ...