Julian Marszalek
Julian Marszalek has written about music for Music365, Yahoo! Music, The Quietus, The Guardian, NME and Shindig! among many others. During his two-decade career, he's interviewed the likes of Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Ozzy Osbourne, and has been ranted at by John Lydon. He's also in the select group of music journalists to have actually got on with Lou Reed.
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Add N To (X): The Mean Fiddler, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, music365.com, 14 March 2001
THE COMBINATION OF analogue terrorism, screaming Theramins, machines that serve no discernable purpose other than howling and live drums should — on paper at least ...
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 28 February 2011
Julian Marszalek meets the first of the Gallagher brothers (and his trusty second in command) out of the post Oasis starting gates and finds him ...
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 26 January 2012
In one of our best Baker's Dozens yet, Mark Lanegan talks Julian Marszalek through the most-played discs in his collection. ...
Belly On Recording Dove, Their First Album In 23 Years
Interview by Julian Marszalek, Gigwise, 1 May 2018
Tanya Donelly tells how self-releasing a crowd-funded album has liberated Belly ...
The Birthday Party: 30 Years On: We Return to the Birthday Party's Junkyard
Retrospective and Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 30 April 2012
Julian Marszalek talks to Mick Harvey about Australian post-punks' high watermark statement. ...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, xfm.co.uk, 18 November 2003
HOW DID IT come to this? A little under two years ago, BRMC were making all the right noises in all the right places — ...
Black Sabbath: Never Say Die: Bill Ward Interviewed
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 7 July 2015
Julian Marszalek talks to Bill Ward about his achievements in and out of Black Sabbath. ...
David Bowie: 25 Years On: Revisiting David Bowie's Buddha Of Suburbia
Retrospective by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 29 October 2018
What actually was David Bowie's best album since Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)? The answer, says Julian Marszalek, is the soundtrack to The Buddha Of ...
David Bowie: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, loudersound.com, 2 December 2003
TYPICAL, EH? You wait years for a decent Bowie album and two arrive in quick succession. Any thoughts that Heathen should be wrung for every ...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized: Will Carruthers: Spaced
Interview by Julian Marszalek, Bass Guitar, January 2017
After playing bass with Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Dead Skeletons, what's a man to do? Write a memoir of course. Julian ...
Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Stranglers: Mr Dojo Rising: JJ Burnel of The Stranglers interviewed
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 4 March 2014
Julian Marszalek looks beyond the ugliness, violence and "intellectual thuggery" to find punk's genuine outsiders. ...
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 17 December 2009
KID CONGO Powers is a talkative man. Almost every song that he plays tonight at the rammed 100 Club with his new band, the Pink ...
Bootsy Collins: Staying on The One: Bootsy Collins' Favourite LPs
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 2 November 2017
Bootsy Collins helped define the sound of funk, working with Parliament and James Brown, who taught him the mysterious concept of The One. In this ...
Phil Collins: Going Back (Atlantic)
Review by Julian Marszalek, Yahoo! Music, 13 September 2010
GIVEN THE re-appraisal of Phil Collins by numerous hip-hop producers, rappers and er… that arbiter of all things rock'n'roll, Alan McGee, it's more than baffling ...
Billy Corgan: "I Like To Fuck With People": Billy Corgan interviewed
Interview by Julian Marszalek, Gigwise, 12 October 2017
Julian Marszalek talks to Billy Corgan about his new solo album, Ogilala, how Rogers Waters has inspired a potential Smashing Pumpkins reunion, the death of ...
The Cramps: The Astoria, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, xfm.co.uk, 26 September 2003
WHAT THE HELL is this? ...
Earl Brutus: Suburban Guerrillas: Earl Brutus In Their Own Words
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 28 January 2016
Jim Fry and Gordon King meet up to discuss the history of Earl Brutus and the reissue of Your Majesty... We Are Here and Tonight ...
The Fall: The 100 Club, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, Gigwise, 27 July 2017
Less wonderful and more frightening than ever before ...
Richard Hawley: Poems In People: An Interview with Richard Hawley
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 20 October 2014
With his first three solo albums due for reissue, Richard Hawley talks them over with Julian Marszalek in an in-depth interview taking in pop music, ...
Retrospective and Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 8 November 2011
Jim Reid and Douglas Hart give Julian Marszalek the low down on the making of one of the best rock albums of the 1980s, Psychocandy. ...
Tom Jones: Why Applause Is The Greatest Drug Of All
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 13 May 2010
Living legend and Wales' finest son talks exclusively to Julian Marszalek about his life, work and loves... and why a round of applause and a ...
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 4 August 2014
We catch up with the singer-songwriter to talk about his upcoming EP and album with his band, No Bells On Sunday and Phantom Radio. ...
Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page: Glitter And Hypnosis: a Jimmy Page Interview
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 6 November 2014
Julian Marszalek speaks to the Led Zeppelin and Yardbirds guitarist about the monolithic heavy rock albums IV and Houses Of The Holy ...
John Lydon: Mr Rotten and the Weaponry of Words
Interview by Julian Marszalek, Gigwise, 6 March 2017
John Lydon opens up about 40 years of lyric writing ...
Metallica, Lou Reed: Lou Reed & Metallica: Lulu
Review by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 20 October 2011
LET'S BE HONEST: ever since Lou Reed brought out his Tai Chi master for some muscle flexing as part of his live act, alarm bells ...
Monster Magnet: God Says No (A&M)
Review by Julian Marszalek, music365.com, 8 November 2000
Nasty boy rock returns to whup some nu metal ass. ...
Review by Julian Marszalek, Classic Rock, 19 May 2017
It's like the past 17 years never happened ...
Pet Shop Boys: Our Back Catalogue Is 25 Years Of Social Commentary
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 19 March 2009
Julian Marszalek meets pop renaissance man Neil Tennant to talk Potemkin, production and pop ...
Robert Plant: "Embrace It Or Fuck Off": Robert Plant interviewed
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 20 November 2014
Julian Marszalek talks to Percy about the influence of North and West African music, not succumbing to the cabaret disease and why he'll never cut ...
The Pop Group, Mark Stewart: Bristol Fashion: Mark Stewart of the Pop Group's 13 Favourite Albums
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 22 March 2012
Julian Marszalek talks to post-punk agitator Mark Stewart about his 13 favourite albums. ...
Iggy Pop: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 16 May 2016
Iggy Pop is bloodied but unbowed when he leaves the stage of the RAH says Julian Marszalek. ...
Primal Scream: Vitamin Gee: Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie Sees The Light
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 30 April 2013
Julian Marszalek talks to the Primal Scream frontman about their new album More Light, the state of rock music in 2013 and living in post-Thatcher ...
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets: Shyga! The Sunlight Mound
Review by Julian Marszalek, Classic Rock, 5 February 2021
Worlds collide on Psychedelic Porn Crumpets' fourth album Shyga! The Sunlight Mound, in a cornucopia of multi-coloured, high-speed sound ...
The Psychedelic Furs: Royal Festival Hall, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, Gigwise, 17 June 2018
The veteran band kicks off Meltdown with a 'Best Of…' setlist ...
Queens Of The Stone Age: The Astoria, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, music365.com, 22 November 2000
The grandest of desert rock overlords bestow a metallic epiphany. ...
Lou Reed: A Walk On The Mild Side: Lou Reed and Mick Rock Interviewed
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 28 October 2013
Julian Marszalek is pleasantly surprised to find that Lou Reed and Mick Rock are a great double act… He talks to them about their enduring ...
Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones: Black and Blue: Keith Richards interviewed
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 16 September 2015
Julian Marszalek meets the Rolling Stones guitarist and living legend to talk race, drugs and persistence. ...
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, music365.com, 20 March 2001
WITH THE WHOLESOME and distinctly unthreatening construct that is Hear'Say about to engulf Planet Pop, one pines for a time when dads across the land ...
Spacemen 3: How Did It Feel? Spacemen 3's Playing With Fire Revisited
Retrospective and Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 19 February 2019
Julian Marszalek speaks to Jason Pierce, Pete Kember and Will Carruthers about the making of Spacemen 3's 1989 classic, Playing With Fire ...
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Dirty Shirt Rock'n'Roll
Review by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 19 May 2010
THE JON SPENCER Blues Explosion? Well, it's all kinda … ...
The Strokes: The Monarch, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, music365.com, 9 February 2001
London's second-most-hyped gig of the evening showcases NY legends in waiting ...
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 3 June 2009
Julian Marszalek speaks to the Tom Tom Club and Talking Heads mainstay Chris Frantz ...
Thee Hypnotics' Come down heavy: a dispatch from the rock'n'roll frontline
Sleeve notes by Julian Marszalek, Beggars Banquet, April 2018
EVEN BY THEIR own admission, the coruscating rock'n'roll explosion that was Thee Hypnotics was never built to last. ...
Trupa Trupa: the Polish post-punk band confronting the Holocaust
Profile and Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Guardian, 29 November 2019
The Gdańsk quartet rail against rightwing hate speech — and have uncovered a dark secret about their country in the Nazi era ...
Joe Walsh: Taking It Easy: Joe Walsh Of The Eagles Interviewed
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 21 June 2012
Julian Marszalek speaks to Joe Walsh about life with the world's biggest rock group, going solo and, er, boshing pills and going out raving to ...
Roger Waters: British Summer Time, Hyde Park
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, Gigwise, 7 July 2018
A patronising two-and-a-half hours delivered in splendid sound and vision ...
Paul Weller: The Roundhouse, London
Live Review by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 19 March 2012
Julian Marszalek greatly enjoys witnessing Weller wind up the Mod hardcore as he brings new LP Sonik Kicks to London ...
Paul Weller: Sins Of The Modfather: Paul Weller Speaks About Leaving His Comfort Zone
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 19 April 2010
After running into Paul Weller at a Sunn O))) gig last year, The Quietus have been obsessed with finding out exactly how deep Paul Weller's ...
World Of Twist: A Law Unto Themselves: World Of Twist In Their Own Words
Retrospective and Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 11 December 2013
Following the release of a re-mastered version of their first and only album, Quality Street, Jim Fry and Gordon King tell Julian Marszalek about a ...
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