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Blue Öyster Cult, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, KISS, Elliott Murphy, New York Dolls, Teenage Lust & the Lustettes, Harlots of 42nd St., The, Dynomiters, The: All That Glitters Is Not Rock

Report by Dave Marsh, Newsday, 19 August 1973

Being a Partial Compendium of Some of the More (Or Less) Outstanding New York Unknowns ...

Dawn, Glen Campbell: Live in Las Vegas: Dawn and Glen Campbell

Report by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 1 December 1973

"HANG ON tight," said the man in the next seat on the Western Airlines jet. "Landings in Las Vegas are the roughest in the world." ...

Northern Soul: Fact, Fiction, Faction, Friction

Report by Idris Walters, Street Life, 15 November 1975

IS NORTHERN SOUL DYING ON ITS FEET? ...

Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Grace Slick: Grace Slick (1976) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Jim Esposito, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1976

This is a transcript of Jim's audio interview with Grace. Note that almost all his questions are inaudible on his tape. Listen to the audio ...

Kinks, The, Randy Newman, Police, The, Rolling Stones, The, Who, The: Burbank Calling

Comment by J. Kordosh, Creem, July 1980

They were six fine English boys Who knew each other in Birmingham They bought a drum and guitar Started a rock-roll band. ...

Linx: The Missing Linx

Profile and Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 15 November 1980

THE DARK and mysterious Notting Hill Gate tube station, one cold and rainy night. Outside it stands an equally dark and mysterious stranger, armed with ...

20/20, Alley Cats, The, Black Flag, Blasters, The, Christopher Milk, Circle Jerks, Dickies, The, Germs, Go-Go's, The, Knack, The, Motels, The, Nerves, The, Plugz, The, Runaways, The, Screamers, The, Dwight Twilley, Van Halen, Weirdos, The, X, Quick, The (U.S.), Flesh Eaters, The, Oingo Boingo, Zippers, The, Zeros, The, Iggy Pop & James Williamson, Pop, The, Furys, The, Last, The, Gears, The: Up From The Street: The Story Of The L.A. Rock Revival

Overview by Don Waller, L.A. Weekly, 4 June 1981

  Rock & roll, being the proud music of America's young, has always had a happy association with the beginning of summer: no school, warm nights ...

L.A. Punk

Book Excerpt by Danny (Shredder) Weizmann, 'Hardcore California', 1983

IN 1978 THE suburbs of Los Angeles (Anaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Redondo Beach etc.) were still a home for Disneyland, Movieland Wax Museum ...

3 Mustaphas 3, ABC, Captain Sensible, Elvis Costello, Damned, The, Everything But The Girl, Frank Chickens, Haircut 100, Malcolm McLaren, Musical Youth, Shriekback, Wah!, Wham!, Dennis Bovell, JoBoxers: I See London

Report by Betsy Sherman, Boston Rock, 30 March 1983

IF YOU'RE keen to witness a major cultural capital in hibernation, try being in London the week between Christmas and New Years. Just about everything ...

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, Trouble Funk, Experience Unlimited (EU): Go-Go: Drop The Bomb On The Love Boat

Report by Richard Grabel, New Musical Express, 22 September 1984

Go-go's got a godfather and a group in every area!! RICHARD GRABEL goes ga-ga in Washington as he uncovers the biggest show in those suburbs. ...

Alien Sex Fiend, Marc Almond, Bauhaus, Birthday Party, The, Nick Cave, Cult, The, Cure, The, Fields Of The Nephilim, Flesh For Lulu, Mission, The, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction: Exit The '80s — Goth: Bats Out Of Hell

Overview by Cathi Unsworth, Sounds, 23 September 1989

It's been the decade of the goth — but, somewhere along the line, the innovation of the Birthday Party, the Banshees and the Sisters gave ...

N.W.A.: NWA: Welcome to L.A.

Report and Interview by Mark Cooper, Sunday Correspondent Magazine, 1 October 1989

"Takin' a life or two/That's what the hell I do." The rap band NWA – Niggers with Attitude – compares Los Angeles street life to ...

Making It: Heavy Metal in Hollywood

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, November 1989

LOS ANGELES – It's 2:20 a.m., a Sunday, just after the rock clubs on Sunset Boulevard have rousted the last rowdies and kicked out the ...

Where now for Manchester?

Report by John Robb, i-D, April 1993

Three years ago Manchester was famous for flares, clubs and the Happy Mondays. Now it's guns, drugs and violence. How accurate is the city's media ...

CBGB: This Ain't No Mudd Club

Report by Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 10 February 1994

CBGB celebrates its 20 years of rock & roll ...

A Guy Called Gerald, Goldie, Shut Up And Dance, Roni Size and Reprazent, Grooverider, LTJ Bukem: Law of the Jungle

Overview by Chris Campion, URB, 1995

NEW MUSIC is born of the old. Hip-hop and Rock 'n' Roll can be traced back through Delta Blues, field and slave songs back to ...

Frankie Knuckles Interviewed in NYC

Interview by Frank Broughton, djhistory.com, 27 February 1995

Anyone with even a passing knowledge of dancefloor history knows Frankie Knuckles respectfully as the 'Godfather of House'. Together with his childhood friend Larry Levan ...

Portishead, Massive Attack, Tricky: Trip Hop: Another City, Another New Sound

Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 28 May 1995

POP GROUPS hate being identified as part of a scene centred on a city. But if there's one thing bands resent even more, it is ...

Temazepam: Monging Out

Report by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, July 1995

Jellies used to be heavy shit, for addicts and desperados. Then serious clubland hedonists started taking them to come down. Now, in the search for ...

Rancid: What's In A Mohawk?

Report and Interview by RJ Smith, The New York Times, 28 January 1996

EVEN FOR A break-all-the-rules punk rock band, some rules still apply. It's 10 minutes to stage, and the members of Rancid are sitting in their ...