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Interview by Push, Melody Maker, 10 March 1990

Push reports on The KLF, Bill Drummond's new band who're at the forefront of the ambient house movement. After The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu ...

Scott Walker, Walker Brothers, The: Scott Walker: No Regrets

Interview by Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 14 February 1976

IT'S ONLY mid-afternoon, but the curtains are drawn and the lights are out. The room is in darkness and at first it looks empty. "Hi, ...

Brian Eno Before And After Pop

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Globe, 13 July 1997

BRIAN ENO has a theory. Actually, Eno has lots of theories — the 48-year-old, English-born musician probably leads the rock 'n' roll league in this ...

Shakespears Sister: Idol Fantasies

Interview by Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 20 February 1992

With their single, 'Stay', high in the charts and their astonishing video fuelling pub conversation throughout the land, PAUL LESTER meets SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER, learns about ...

Iron Maiden: What's It All About Eddie?

Interview by Karen Schlosberg, Creem, July 1985

HEAVY METAL. Now – wait. Before you all go screaming off into the night, crossing yourselves and mouthing prayers to the soul of Michael Jackson, ...

Jimi Hendrix, Who, The, Bob Dylan, Charlotte Church, Paul Simon, Donovan, Kim Fowley, Dubliners, The, Fleetwood Mac, Stooges, The, Lena Zavaroni, David Essex, ABBA, Robbie Williams, Lalo Schifrin: Mike Ross-Trevor: "Are We Rolling?"

Interview by Paul Gorman, The Word, May 2004

In forty years of recording everyone from Dylan and Hendrix to Abba and Lena Zavaroni, a studio engineer sees a lot of strange things. ...

Redskins, The: The Redskins: The Insanity Clause

Interview by Helen Fitzgerald, Melody Maker, 29 June 1985

Back on the road and with their new single 'Bring It Down' receiving accolades from all directions, THE REDSKINS are demonstrating that there's still life ...

B-52s, The: The B-52's: Beehives Not Bombers

Interview by Glenn O'Brien, Interview, February 1979

THE B-52'S is a rock and roll band from Athens, Georgia, that often plays in New York City. They recently wowed large audiences at the ...

Power Station, The: Power Station Soars!

Interview by Laura Fissinger, Creem, May 1985

Is There Life Beyond Duran Duran? ...

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, 12 March 1986

"A lot of people are going to hate Sigue Sigue Sputnik," says their bass player and boss Tony James. "Because we're not into being miserable ...

Steve Forbert: So You Thought You'd Seen The Last...

Interview by Hugh Fielder, Sounds, 21 April 1979

...of introspective singer/songwriters in blue jeans with acoustic guitars and pained expressions... Well think again as globe-trotting talent scout Hugh Fielder proclaims: "I have seen ...

Roy Harper

Interview by Rob Hughes, The Word, September 2011

"Unwanted Alien" — the stamp on Roy Harper's passport in 1962. It's been the story of his life: troubled outsider tries to break in. ...

Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips: Vote Labia!

Interview by Keith Cameron, New Musical Express, 17 February 1996

Twelve years and seven albums down the line and only now are Oklahomans THE FLAMING LIPS making their presence felt. At last we can let ...

Duran Duran: The Man From D.U.R.A.N. D.U.R.A.N.

Interview by Annene Kaye, Creem, July 1983

WOOF WOOF ...

Crazy Horse, Neil Young: Neil Young: Rockin' in the Neil world

Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 9 September 1990

"HOW MANY guitar solos can you play? I've had it!" declared Neil Young. ...

Luther Vandross: Labours Of Love Made Easy

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 6 April 1985

LUTHER VANDROSS used to sing jingles for Kentucky Fried Chicken. Now he licks his voice round painful love lyrics. PAOLO HEWITT hears his confessions about ...

INXS: The Lizard of Oz

Interview by Max Bell, Vox, January 1992

Blending cosmopolitan pretension, uptempo dance rock and smart media moves, Michael Hutchence has managed the impossible — to make INXS a world famous, high grossing ...

The Teardrop Explodes: We Can Be Heroes Just For One Day

Interview by Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 12 September 1981

Christ, Warhol, Arthur Lee (who?), Scott Walker, JULIAN COPE. Are these the immortals of the next century and beyond? Julian Cope hopes so, after all ...

Joy Division: Closer Still: An Interview with Control director Anton Corbijn

Interview by Ken Scrudato, Filter, September 2007

THE ESSENCE OF DEATH, much like that of war, rests in how it has irreparably changed those left to grapple with its aftermath. Its effects ...

X Spots the Mark: Raw Chemicals With a Spoon

Interview by Richard Riegel, Creem, February 1984

AS I ENTER Billy Zoom's Cincinnati motel room, I glance at the usual rockband-on-tour pile of black leather jackets, but I also take note of ...