Blitz
Blitz was a monthly media, fashion & pop culture magazine, founded in 1980, and published in the UK. It closed in 1991.
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Scritti Politti: Green: The Word Boy
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, June 1985
The Barest Of OutlinesScritti Politti. The Italian for political writing, you could say, a political music group. Or you could say, cack, my Scritti just ...
Interview by William Shaw, Blitz, July 1985
GIL SCOTT-HERON'S six-year-old daughter has this phrase she likes to use. She stares and points and says; "Look Daddy! How strange." ...
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, July 1985
SHRIEKBACK are one of those groups who inhabit alternative pop's netherworld. Always there, a name in the new releases column, but never the one that ...
The Cure: Curiouser & Curiouser
Interview by William Shaw, Blitz, September 1985
In the six and a half years since the release of their first single, 'Killing An Arab', The Cure have released seven albums, with another, ...
Bronski Beat, The Communards: The Communards: Turning Pink into Red
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, October 1985
A step forward, both emotionally and politically, from Bronski Beat, Jimmy Somerville's new project, the Communards, promises to take an even harder political line. ...
Film/DVD/TV Review by Bruce Dessau, Blitz, September 1986
THE PRINCELY PROCEEDINGS commence with a scene of such steamily symbolic eroticism you almost expect the censor's stamp to come crashing through the screen. ...
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, September 1986
There is more to Dieter Meier, the conceptual half of Yello,than meets the eye. Former professional gambler, member of the Swiss National Golf Team, expert ...
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, 1 January 1987
Paul Mathur talks to LLOYD COLE, who is about to return from his self-imposed exile with a brace of new songs. ...
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, March 1987
Paul Mathur talks to The Bodines about life in Glossop and their new single, 'Therese'. ...
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, May 1987
Paul Mathur talks to Mel & Kim, whose debut album is released this month. ...
Cliff Richard: The World According to Cliff
Interview by Jon Wilde, Blitz, September 1987
EXACTLY THIRTY YEARS AGO, Harry Rodger Webb was stripped of his prefect's badge for playing truant from school and going to a cinema in Edmonton ...
Interview by Paul Morley, Blitz, April 1988
Paul Morley interviews Morrissey, whose first solo album, Viva Hate, is released this month. ...
Big Audio Dynamite, The Clash: Big Audio Dynamite: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll...
Interview by William Shaw, Blitz, July 1988
...but Mick Jones likes it. Jones has an old-fashioned attitude towards music which began long before his days as guitar hero with The Clash. His current band, Big Audio Dynamite, release ...
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Holly Johnson: Holly Johnson: Frankie Say See You In Court!
Report and Interview by William Shaw, Blitz, August 1988
Despite rampant early successes, the Frankie Goes To Hollywood saga ended in a bitter courtroom battle. Now freed from his ZTT contract, frontman Holly Johnson ...
Interview by Jon Wilde, Blitz, September 1988
Al Green believes in the power of love. But most of all, he believes in the power of God. ...
Depeche Mode: California Screaming
Report by Paul Mathur, Blitz, September 1988
In Britain, they're known as just another plinky plonk band. But in the USA, the boys from Basildon are megastars. Paul Mathur visits California during ...
The Associates, Billy Mackenzie: Mackenzie's Return
Interview by Jon Wilde, Blitz, October 1988
Pop erratic, matinee idol, cool-obsessive, ex-insomniac, hopeless romantic, strategist, hedonist. After a series of chart successes with the Associates and a protracted three-year vacation, Billy ...
Report and Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, February 1989
Over the last ten years, New Order have achieved an astonishing commercial success despite maintaining a personal profile so low as to be almost invisible. Anyone familiar ...
Retrospective and Interview by Jon Wilde, Blitz, February 1989
Roy Orbison's death in December 1988 brought an abrupt end to the career of one rock's most enduring and extraordinary performers. Just over eighteen months ...
Guy, Teddy Riley: Teddy Riley: Swingin'
Interview by Steven Daly, Blitz, September 1989
A meteoric rise has seen Teddy Riley, at the age of 22, become one of theworld's most sought-after producers. ...
Interview by Paul Mathur, Blitz, July 1990
Following her second solo album, Rapture, Anita Baker was acknowledged as possibly the best female vocalist in the world. Now she's back with a new album which leaves the opposition standing ...
De La Soul, Prince Paul: De La Soul: Pushing Up Daisies
Interview by Steven Daly, Blitz, June 1991
De La Soul are back, but rap's original hip-hop hippies are no longer wearing flowers in their hair. De La Soul Is Dead, the long-awaited ...
Siouxsie & The Banshees: If You Knew Siouxsie...
Interview by Jon Wilde, Blitz, July 1991
The pvc bra, the swastika armband and the scary hairdo are history. Siouxsie Sioux is back with a new album and a new image for ...
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