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Neil Diamond: Writer First, Singer Second

Profile and Interview by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 25 August 1967

HE'S RATHER quiet. ...

Janis Joplin — A Legend in Her Time

Interview by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 18 April 1969

A Girl of Down-to-Earth Conviction ...

Cream: A Split in the Offing

Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 16 August 1968

THINGS JUST WONT BE THE SAME ...

Otis Redding: The Memphis Sound: Otis Leads the Way

Profile by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 5 May 1967

FOR A LONG time now, the public has been thrilled by the essence of Otis Redding. His original contribution has conquered the world of music ...

Maher Shalal Hash Baz: 93 Feet East, London

Live Review by Tim Footman, Careless Talk Costs Lives, August 2002

PROFANE: Someone has lipsticked "cunt slut" on the wall of the disabled toilet. ...

Grand Funk Railroad: The Bigtime Rock Band That's Ignored Back Home in Detroit

Report and Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 1970

THERE'S NOTHING small-time about Detroit in the music business. More and more, record company executives come here first to tap talent. They know it's here. ...

Chairmen Of The Board, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Yoko Ono: John and Yoko Envisage Super Jam

Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 2 January 1970

IT'S A WELL known fact that John and Yoko Lennon were in Toronto and Ottawa recently to talk about their Peace Festival to be held ...

The Bangles: Bangles For Sale

Interview by Iman Lababedi, Creem, June 1985

AT THE CBS building in Manhattan guitarist Susanna Hoffs (all black tights and mini-skirt) explains the Bangles' modus operandi:"It's hard to work keeping your sense of ...

Band, The, Ronnie Hawkins: Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins Is Suddenly a Star

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 23 January 1970

SUDDENLY THE world is hearing about Ronnie Hawkins. And all because John Lennon made him an international figure by staying at Ronnie's Canadian home for ...

Johnny Winter: He Waited, Worked and Worried; Then Overnight, Winter Was Here

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 1969

HE'S A TALL, white Texan who not only plays the blues, he lives them. ...

Jethro Tull: He's Embarrassed and Great

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 1970

ALL THE hoopla about Jethro Tull, including stories in Life, Time, Jazz & Pop and other influential magazines, is justified. Jethro Tull is the best ...

Blind Faith: Rick Grech on Blind Faith: "We aren't Cream..."

Interview by Mike Gormley, Creem, August 1969

BLIND FAITH, already the talk of the music industry, can demand $20,000 plus a percentage of the gate for one performance, and they haven't even ...

Hank Marvin

Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970

ON THE POPULARITY polls, instrumentalists come and go. Jet Harris, one-time bass player with the Shadows, used to win – especially when he broke away ...

Chairmen Of The Board, Freda Payne: Eddie Holland: A Musical Magician, Once of Motown, Bidding for His Own 'Detroit Sound'

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 8 February 1970

Yes, Holland-Dozier-Holland DID Split with the Giant; Yes, Eddie Holland DID form Invictus Records; Yes, Invictus IS Climbing the Charts ...

Olivia Newton John, Suzi Quatro: Suzi Quatro & Olivia Newton-John: Dolly Mixture

Interview by Caroline Coon, Melody Maker, 20 July 1974

'What's ladylike?' asks Suzi Quatro. Olivia Newton-John should know – she was amazed in America when the audience ignored that she was wearing jeans on ...

New York Dolls: First Annual N.Y. Dolls Trivia Quiz

Special Feature by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 3 January 1974

Do you think you can make it with Frankenstein? Or with David Jo Hansen? Or with Jerry Nolan? Or with Billy Murcia? Now that the ...

Hole, Mother Love Bone, Nirvana: Rock 'N' Roll Suicide?

Report by Pete Makowski, Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 9 July 1994

Seattle's heroin nightmare continues. First ANDY WOOD of the seminal MOTHER LOVE BONE overdosed and died. Then KURT COBAIN ended his desperate addiction by committing ...

The Facts of Pop Life

Special Feature by uncredited writer, Rave, August 1966

RAVE takes a long, hard look at the pop world and the people who make it tick. What's it all about, this real yet so close ...

This Heat and Cold Storage: Once upon a time in Brixton

Retrospective by Mike Barnes, The Wire, August 2005

"A former meat storage room that became This Heat's rehearsal room then an 8-track studio then a 16-track studio then a 24-track studio then a ...