Susan Corrigan
Susan has written extensively for, among others, i-D, Request, The Face, NME, Guardian, Observer, Volume, the Times and Frank. Photo by Terry Jones.
28 articles
List of articles in the library
Live Review by Susan Corrigan, New Musical Express, 12 January 1991
HEAVENLY RECORDS gave 1990 some of its finest moments. A winning combination of happy housers, hippy haircuts, and hopped-up hyacinth heroes, their vibe generated fleeting, ...
Live Review by Susan Corrigan, New Musical Express, 26 January 1991
GIVE PEACE A DANCE ...
Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Chia Pet, Tsunami: Who are the Riot Grrrls?
Report by Susan Corrigan, i-D, April 1993
Riot Grrrl is an American network of feminist punk bands, angry, personal fanzines and women's discussion groups dedicated to 'girl-positive' action. We visited Riot Grrrls ...
Blur: Have a Go if You're Hard Enough
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, December 1994
London lads on the pull or just taking the piss? Blur are this year's Brit pop sensations, defining a bold New Englishness out of smart ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, March 1995
Sexy, sassy and certainly not afraid of shocking, Sleeper's Louise Wener is a guitar goddess with no need to compromise on her way to the ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, September 1995
POLLY JEAN HARVEY IS AN ICONOCLAST WHOSE MUSIC INSPIRES ADULATION WHILE HER IMAGE INSPIRES SPECULATION. LESSER SINGERS HAVE CRUMBLED UNDER SUCH SCRUTINY. BUT IS PJ ...
Happy Mondays, Oasis, The Smiths, The Stone Roses: Madchester: My Baggy Hell!
Memoir by Susan Corrigan, i-D, October 1995
Five years ago an explosion of music, drugs and flares hit a certain Northern city. Now with Oasis, the Stone Roses and Black Grape in ...
Report by Susan Corrigan, i-D, November 1995
JUNK CULTURE IS NOT MERELY FASHIONABLE ANYMORE, IT'S GONE MAINSTREAM Heroin kills two people every week in Glasgow. It's the most common street drug in Manchester. ...
East 17, The Human League: Mistletoe and Whine
Report by Susan Corrigan, The Observer, 17 December 1995
Schmaltz, schlock: and Slade. It's Christmas at Top Of The Pops and there's no need to be afraid ...
Green Day, Operation Ivy, Rancid: Green Day and Rancid: Maximum Rock'n'Roll!
Report by Susan Corrigan, i-D, January 1996
With their technicolour mohicans and tattoos, Green Day and Rancid are bringing teen spirit to a generation of Americans who weren't even born when the ...
Live Review by Susan Corrigan, The Guardian, 29 January 1996
Snarling back on to the scene ...
The Bluetones: Story of the Blues
Obituary by Susan Corrigan, i-D, March 1996
BRITPOP? NOT THIS YEAR, THANKS. THE NEXT BIG NOISE COMES FROM FOUR UNASSUMING HOUNSLOW LADS WITH NO BANDWAGON TO CATCH. THEY ARE THE BLUETONES AND ...
Report and Interview by Susan Corrigan, The Guardian, 14 March 1996
Why would Top Of The Pops give space to a band without a record deal? And why is the band adamant it doesn't want one? ...
Album covers: New tricks up their sleeve
Interview by Susan Corrigan, The Guardian, 18 March 1996
The LP cover is once again regarded as an art form. Susan Corrigan meets the designer largely responsible ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, April 1996
ASH MADE THEIR NAME PLAYING THE SPACEPOP GAME, ROCKETING UP THE CHARTS WITH 'GIRL FROM MARS'. NOW THESE BOYS JUST WANNA MAKE NOISE. MEET THE ...
Everything But the Girl: The Rebirth of Cool
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, May 1996
Dismissed, despondent, near death... last year Everything But The Girl were missing in action. Then along came 'Missing'. Now they're back with a brilliant album ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, June 1996
Sleeper's leading lady has more to offer than big boots and a big mouth. Susan Corrigan examines the true colours of a lass with sass ...
Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols: Last of the Mohicans
Report by Susan Corrigan, The Guardian, 26 June 1996
On Sunday, the punks were rocking again. But what on earth were they wearing? ...
Bis, Sarah Cracknell, Elastica, Garbage, Shampoo, Sleeper: The Young Pretenders
Report by Susan Corrigan, The Guardian, 17 July 1996
Susan Corrigan talks to the teenagers with stars in their eyes. ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, September 1996
You've heard the rumours. Now it's time to face the facts. After an absence of two years, Suede are rising from the ashes to return ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, September 1996
You know Therapy? Northern Irish moshers with a headline spot at Castle Donnington one minute, Mercury Music Prize nomination the next. Rock from a hard ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, October 1996
A case of right band, wrong planet? ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, March 1997
"GETTING POPULAR IS STRANGE. THERE'S NO WAY OF EXPLAINING HOW IT FEELS... UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO YOU!" ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, May 1997
TWO YEARS AFTER RIDING THEIR CHOPPERS TO NUMBER ONE, BRITPOP'S BOY WONDERS ARE BACK WITH A 'DIFFICULT' SECOND ALBUM ABOUT POWER, CORRUPTION AND POST-ADOLESCENT ANXIETY. ...
Acid Brass, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, The KLF, Manic Street Preachers, Georgina Starr: Pop Art
Report and Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, August 1997
Blur and Damien Hirst? Pet Shop Boys and Sam Taylor-Wood? No doubt about it, pop stars dabbling in art is a bad idea. But what ...
Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, September 1997
Burn the negatives, bury the tapes, banish the rumours. After ten years in the spotlight, Miss Minogue seeks a fresh start ...
Bush, Madonna, Gwen Stefani: For the Love of Blighty
Report by Susan Corrigan, The Guardian, 1 December 1997
Coming soon to a suburb near you: Madonna. Susan Corrigan reports on a transatlantic affair ...
Report and Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, August 1998
Glitz and glamour, sex and celebs, drugs and death: Studio 54 was the ultimate New York nightlife hit. So is it any wonder they're trying ...
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