Ted Mico
Ted Mico is a freelance writer who was features editor at Melody Maker and has written about music and culture for The Guardian, Spin, Raygun, Forbes, Huffington Post and others. He’s interviewed U2, The Cure, New Order, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Nine Inch Nails, Beastie Boys, Soundgarden, the Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Nico, Jane’s Addiction, the Breeders, Ice-T and over one hundred other artists. He was later head of programming at Launch Media (which was acquired by Yahoo and became Yahoo Music) and now lives in Venice, California, where he publishes poetry and takes his dog Larkin for long walks on the beach.
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Kate Bush: Fairytales and Nursery Rhymes
Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 24 August 1985
After three years in the shadows, the ethereal KATE BUSH is back with a hit single and a — wait for it — concept album. ...
The Jesus & Mary Chain: The Jesus And Mary Chain: Electric Ballroom, London
Live Review by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 21 September 1985
HOLY WARS ...
Live Review by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 26 October 1985
WAITS FOR THE MAN ...
Eighth Wonder: Patsy Through The Looking Glass
Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 30 November 1985
Ted Mico had been waiting for this all year... the PATSY KENSIT interview. So we sent him along with a box of Kleenex, a bunch ...
Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious: Sid & Nancy: Love Kills
Interview by Brian Case, Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 19 July 1986
'Waddya wanna make a film about two dead junkies for?' said Malcolm McLaren when he heard of ALEX COX's plans to make a movie of ...
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Rage of Chance
Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 9 August 1986
Those tax-exile terrorists FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD return home to Liverpool with a new single, 'Rage Hard' and a ruthless new attitude. Ted Mico investigates ...
Cameo: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 4 October 1986
WORDY RAPPING FUNK ...
The Beastie Boys: Excess All Areas
Report and Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 21 March 1987
With the Licensed To Ill album a Number 1 in America and the 'Fight For Your Right' single commandeering the airwaves on both sides of ...
Public Enemy: Yo! Bum Rush The Show (Def Jam)
Review by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 4 April 1987
BEFORE THE blast the last thing I remember was staring down the finely-ground barrel of a Smith & Wesson .38 and thinking about James Cagney ...
Tom Waits: Hollywood Babble-On
Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 22 August 1987
BOHO, BARFLY AND BEAT BRAMAH, TOM WAITS HAS NOW TURNED HIS SLEAZY TALENTS TO THEATRE AND FILM. TED MICO TOOK A DRINK WITH THE SCOURGE ...
Sisters of Mercy: The Sisters Of Mercy: After The Flood
Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 14 November 1987
Having amazed the populace with the overwhelming choral glory of 'This Corrosion,' the Sisters Of Mercy are back with a vengeance with a new album, ...
Sinéad O'Connor: Close Shaves With Insanity
Report and Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 4 June 1988
AFTER THE PHENOMENAL SUCCESS OF HER DEBUT ALBUM, THE LION AND THE COBRA, SINÉAD O'CONNOR IS NOW TAKING THE STATES BY STORM. TED MICO JOINS ...
The Pixies: The Citi, Boston MA
Live Review by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 9 December 1989
THIS WAS billed as some kind of homecoming. And believe me, this was some kind of homecoming. Recent US reviews of the band had complained ...
Report and Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 28 April 1990
TWO YEARS AGO, THE POP WORLD TURNED OUT IN FORCE TO CELEBRATE HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY AND DEMAND HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON. ON EASTER MONDAY, NELSON ...
Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 26 May 1990
PART PIXIE, PART MUSES, PART (EX) PERFECT DISASTER, THE BREEDERS ARE AN INDIE SUPERGROUP WITH AN EYE FOR THE SMUT. TED MICO SUNS HIMSELF IN ...
Jane's Addiction: Nightmare On Hell Street
Interview by Ted Mico, Melody Maker, 25 August 1990
Jane's Addiction have had a troubled year. Their mammoth Nothing's Shocking tour nearly killed them and left them strung-out and wasted. Then their manager sued ...
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