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The Rolling Stones: Stones-On-The Road Special

Report and Interview by Nick Kent, NME, 22 September 1973

THE LADY behind the amps, staring hazily at Billy Preston and his band performing on stage, looked elegantly damaged. Half of her face was covered ...

Spirit: America: The Titanic Might Be Sinking, But There Are Plenty Of Lifeboats Left

Essay by Max Bell, NME, 3 July 1976

BACK IN this very spot, Mick Farren pulled out his critical cudgels and delivered a sorely needed attack on the current state of rock'n'roll. ...

The Who: Quadrophenia

Retrospective by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 21 January 1978

The Department of Cryptic Headlines presents a retrospective view of THE WHO's Quadrophenia, noting that Mr Pete Townshend's Mod vision is as valid now as ...

Ian Hunter: What A Hunter He Turned Out To Be

Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 14 May 1977

ONE THING YOU GOTTA HAND to Ian Hunter: the old bastard knows how to make an entrance. ...

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 ...

Captain Beefheart: The Beef Of The Matter

Interview by Ian MacDonald, NME, 14 April 1973

DON VAN VLIET and his orchestra are here for their third British tour. The current line-up of The Magic Band features Zoot Horn Rollo (first ...

Dead Or Alive: Pete Burns: Confessions Of A Former Dickhead

Interview by Biba Kopf, NME, 26 May 1984

PETE BURNS bares flesh like he's got plenty to spare. Some claim he has, but far be it from me to say it. ...

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Alex Harvey: Delivered From The Jaws Of Death

Report by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 20 September 1975

...We proudly present the intrepid ALEX HARVEY, fresh from being restrained from swimming in the shark tank and currently engaged in entertaining the young people ...

Eddie & The Hot Rods: Tasty, Urban Tension Classics…

Interview by Max Bell, NME, 3 April 1976

MAX BELL says, "Kids, you gonna drive me to drinkin'. If you can't get next to HOT ROD thinkin'" ...

The Human League: Flesh And Blood

Interview by John McCready, NME, 20 September 1986

Born to make mistakes? THE HUMAN LEAGUE, CLASS of '81 veterans, saved Phil Oakey from a life on the bins. Jon McCready talks to the ...

Mute Speak

Interview by Vivien Goldman, NME, 2 May 1981

Vivien Goldman meets Daniel Miller, the man who brought you The Silicon Teens, The Normal and Depeche Mode. Though only one of these exists – ...

Bryan Ferry: The Prisoner

Interview by Paul Rambali, NME, 4 March 1978

The 1978 edition BRYAN FERRY ‘These Four Wall of my Prison I Have Come to Love.'Byron said that. ...

The Kids Are Not Necessarily Alright

Essay by Mick Farren, NME, 1 March 1975

Or how the '70s has seen a limp-wristed sell-out of the ideals of the 60s. MICK FARREN discusses the way the Uncle Toms of Teendom ...

Peter Gabriel: An Alien In The Real World

Interview by Len Brown, NME, 10 June 1989

Although he's never appeared in the Sunday Sport, PETER GABRIEL has achieved enough for anyone else's lifetime. In part two of this interview, he talks ...

Sonic Youth: They Tried With Their Boots On: Sonic Youth

Report and Interview by Gavin Martin, NME, 11 May 1991

TEN-YEAR VETERANS of American clubland, Sonic Youth were on the brink of going overground. We were meeting them at a crosspoint in their career. They ...

Haircut 100: Sunshine Superboy

Interview by Paul Morley, NME, 13 March 1982

I ASK NICHOLAS Heyward, the singer with Haircut 100, if he thinks that he is a lucky boy. He allows me a look so cheeky, ...

Iron Maiden: Welcome To The Machine: Iron Maiden

Interview by Simon Witter, NME, 12 March 1988

MUCH AS WE may laugh at the blustering antics of its ambassadors, HM is no joke. As a kind of musical Rollerball, exorcising taboos and ...

Beastie Boys, The: The Beastie Boys: We Clamorous Beasties

Interview by Ted Kessler, NME, 21 May 1994

The Beastie Boys, icons to the sunstruck, tattooed youth of California have set up every American boy's dream empire — clothes, fanzine, record label and ...

Nick Cave, Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Screamin' Jay Hawkins: The Man Who Ate Nick Cave

Interview by Lynden Barber, NME, 19 July 1986

The bats screech, and inside a rockin' coffin, something stirs...up fly the nails and out pops SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS, longtime voodoo swamp beast back to ...

The Rolling Stones: The Rock 'N' Roll Circus Hits Town

Live Review by Nick Kent, NME, 29 May 1976

THE ROLLING STONES first night at Earl's Court, back in the ol' U.K. NICK KENT was there. Need we say more? ...