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Blondie: All Aboard For Funtime!

Profile and Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, August 1977

FUN! IT'S A word which keeps coming back when you try and describe Blondie – live or on record. ...

Residents, The: Meet the Legendary Residents, Alias the Cryptic Corporation

Profile and Interview by Andy Gill, New Musical Express, 18 February 1978

...alias Pore-No-Graphics, alias Pale Pachyderm Publishing, alias Ralph Records. Maybe. Or maybe not. Some people think they're The Beatles. Hell, anybody who makes Ku Klux ...

Howard Devoto, Magazine: Magazine: Howard Devoto's Enigma Variations

Profile and Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 25 February 1978

HOWARD DEVOTO gives good face. Unlined and triangular, topped with a vast expanse of forehead; the kind that popular folklore maintains is the unmistakeable dead-giveaway ...

The Flamin' Groovies: Flaming Groovies: A Thirteen Year Overnight Success Story

Profile and Interview by John Tobler, ZigZag, April 1978

"Right Cyril...left foot forward, two steps back, and then turn around...and when we've finished this old Ike and Tina Turner Review bit we'll go into ...

Chalkie Davies: "This Job Isn't A Job As Much As It's A Job, A Hobby And A Social Life Rolled Into One"

Profile and Interview by Robin Katz, Girl About Town, 17 April 1978

THE PROBLEM with rock and roll music, and the culture that surrounds it, is that few people take it very seriously. Maybe that's because rock ...

Tubes, The: What Do You Want from the Tubes?

Profile and Interview by Fred Schruers, Circus, 11 May 1978

Double "Live" Package Delivers Best of Bay Area Bonzos ...

Siouxsie & The Banshees: Bansheed! What's In An Image?

Profile and Interview by Nick Kent, NME, 26 August 1978

JOHN MCKAY, the Banshees' guitarist, has a pale, ashen look constantly playing about his features and talks in measured, serious tones. ...

Dave Edmunds: Never Say Dai

Profile and Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 23 September 1978

Mister DAVE 'Are You Sure Chuck Played It Thaat Way?' EDMUNDS, the celebrated Welsh lickologist, persevered and learned those classic solos note for note. So ...

The Human League: The Cyclic And Random Lyric Organisation System

Profile and Interview by Ian Birch, Melody Maker, 24 February 1979

CARLOS for short. IAN BIRCH talks to the Human League, Sheffield Novorockers with a weakness for torch ballads. ...

Iggy Pop: Dr Iggy and Mr Pop

Profile and Interview by Nick Kent, NME, 24 March 1979

"I am totally into corruption." ...

Cure, The: The Cure: Practical Poprock

Profile and Interview by Ian Birch, Melody Maker, 24 March 1979

That's the Cure, the no-image band who do more with less to charismatic effect. IAN BIRCH probed the mystery. ...

The Motels: Booked Solid

Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 29 April 1979

MOST LOCAL BANDS have drawn inspiration from the classic rock bands of the '60s – notably the Rolling Stones and the Who. The chief exception ...

Only Ones, The: The Only Ones: Only the Lonely

Profile and Interview by Jim Green, Trouser Press, May 1979

ONCE UPON a time, there were four individuals who felt out of synch with the Great Rock'n'Roll Circus. Amid varying degrees of alienation from it, ...

Nina Hagen: The Euro Woman Cometh

Profile and Interview by Max Bell, New Musical Express, 9 June 1979

THE LOBBY OF Blake's Hotel in Kensington is a hive of useless activity. As I walk through the open glass doors with the just-so scrolling ...

The Psychedelic Furs: Psychedelic Furs: The Flowers Of Evil Are In Full Bloom...

Profile and Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, July 1979

"We're in love with beautiful chaos, we're love with flowers..." ...

Brian Eno: Mind Over Music

Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Chic, July 1979

DURING THE YEAR prior to his first solo concert tour in 1975, Brian Eno's image alone sustained public interest in his career. ...

Joan Jett: Return Of The Jett Girl

Profile and Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, February 1980

HELLO, hello, she's back again! Joan Jett, the Runaway with the solid gold rock 'n' roll heart has returned, bouncing to a Gary Glitter soundtrack ...

Cure, The: The Cure: Art For Pop's Sake

Profile and Interview by Jon Young, Trouser Press, July 1980

ROBERT SMITH of the Cure is not your ordinary front man. ...

Human League, The: The Human League: Very Ordinary People With Very Odd Tastes

Profile and Interview by David Hepworth, Smash Hits, 10 July 1980

THE HUMAN League are different. Yes, I know that's the fanfare that's trotted out to greet the arrival of every other new act these days ...

Detective, Michael Des Barres, Silverhead: Michael Des Barres

Profile and Interview by Todd Everett, Trouser Press, January 1981

THOUGH THE degree of his sales success thus far has been, to put it kindly, limited, Michael Des Barres has lived one of rock's more ...