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The Smiths: Dreamer In The Real World

Profile and Interview by Nick Kent, The Face, May 1985

To his father, he was a "complete fruitcake," to his contemporaries "the village idiot". Yet in the treacherous image-bloated clone-zone of pop, his is the ...

Residents, The: The Residents: Residents Only

Profile and Interview by Richard Gehr, Spin, April 1986

Take a good hard look at America's preeminent underground avant-pop ensemble – you might like what you see. ...

Suzanne Vega: "I loved the idea of the solitary wanderer with the guitar recreating Woody Guthrie"

Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Q, January 1987

The small, shy voice of Suzanne Vega has finally found its audience. Steve Turner follows her passage from the New York folk clubs that first ...

Cameo's Black-Rock Breakthrough

Profile and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 15 January 1987

Veteran band goes Top Ten with 'Word Up' ...

Wire: State-of-the-Art Return to Action

Profile and Interview by Howard Wuelfing, Musician, July 1987

WIRE IS back. After a "sabbatical" of some seven years, the British group released a four-song EP of new material titled Snakedrill, and The Ideal ...

Meat Puppets: Call of the Wild: Meat Puppets

Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, Option, January 1988

IT AIN'T THE MEAT, as they say, it's the motion, and believe me, nothing beats a handful of animated hamburger racing around on your plate ...

David Byrne, Talking Heads: David Byrne: Heads and Tales

Profile and Interview by Mark Cooper, The Guardian, 18 March 1988

With Naked, Talking Heads' tenth album, David Byrne is still asking "How did I get here?" Mark Cooper examines a stranger in paradise. ...

Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland: Who The Hell Does KEVIN ROWLAND Think He Is?

Profile and Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, April 1988

It's that time again, when the curmudgeonly chairman of Dexys Midnight Runners rejoins the giddy carousel of pop to peddle more intense ideology in a ...

Pet Shop Boys: Outsiderdom: The Pet Shop Boys

Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, August 1988

The Pet Shop Boys have played live once, never toured and only grudgingly socialize with the pop fraternity. They've stoutly refused to take the conventional ...

Iggy Pop: The Madcap Laughs Again

Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, September 1988

Iggy Pop "The Prophet Of Punk" — has ricocheted through some combustible times. There were fleeting stabs at bona fide rock celebrity, then prolonged bouts ...

Luther Vandross: What A World For The Lonely Kind: Luther Vandross

Profile and Interview by Barney Hoskyns, The Times, 28 March 1989

LUTHER VANDROSS is the pre-eminent mainstream soul performer of the 1980s. As a singer, songwriter and producer he is – with the possible exception of ...

Fine Young Cannibals: Hands On! Fine Young Cannibals

Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, March 1990

They turned down top photographers, refused advertising offers, ignored invitations from the Hollywood glitterati (bar a dinner-date with Madonna). They scrutinized every detail of their ...

Sonny Sharrock, Melvin Gibbs, Power Tools: Sonny Sharrock & Melvin Gibbs: New York Is Now

Profile and Interview by Mark Sinker, The Wire, March 1990

Guitar and bass tune up for the next wave of sonic assault, from Blind Willie's blues to M-BASE and beyond. Our man behind the amps ...

The B-52s: When Your World Falls Apart…

Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, July 1990

Fate dealt a sobering blow to the plastic-shoed party terrorists from Athens, Georgia: their principal songwriter died when they were on the verge of worldwide ...

Pixies, The: The Pixies: Democracy Cuban Style

Profile and Interview by Mark Kemp, Option, January 1991

"OH, DON'T print this," Black Francis says, in a gentle voice, catching himself midway through a tell-all about a one-time Spider From Mars. "What if ...

Ocean Colour Scene: New Midland Talent: Ocean Colour Scene

Profile and Interview by Max Bell, Vox, February 1991

THE SAGA SO FAR: Manchester is out, Liverpool is in (again), Bristolians are as sore as ever and good London bands don't exist. Where this ...

Sun Ra

Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, Keyboard, March 1991

AFTER 50 YEARS IN JAZZ THE BANDLEADER FROM SATURN FINALLY LANDS A MAJOR LABEL DEAL. ...

Robert Fripp, Toyah Wilcox: Robert Fripp and Toyah: Mr Chalk Loves Mrs Cheese

Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, June 1991

They seemed to belong to different worlds: the avant-garde guitar boffin and the marmalade-haired Princess of Punk. Listen awhile, as Mat Snow recounts the ...

Guns N' Roses: Tears Before Bedtime?

Profile and Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Q, July 1991

Axl fired the band. The band fired Axl. Then they made up – and fired the drummer instead. Slash checked into rehab — than checked ...

Chic: They're Still Family

Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 5 April 1992

AFTER AN 8-year layoff, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards relaunch their group Chic but worry that their soulful sound may be dated. Can the architects ...