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Review by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 15 May 1982

Don't take me to the Mardi Gras ...

Laurie Anderson: Looney Spoons and Merrie Melodies

Interview by Mick Sinclair, Sounds, 26 June 1982

The Super Adventures of Laurie Anderson ...

Report by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 28 August 1982

CORPUS CHRISTI lies humid and unhurried under a scorching Texas sun. The shining orb's efforts to reduce the populus to mobile blobs of molten jelly ...

Michael (Mikey) Smith: Michael Smith: Mi Cyaan Believe It (Island)

Review by Jack Barron, Sounds, 13 November 1982

Keep on believing ...

Eek-A-Mouse: A Mouse's Tale

Interview by Jack Barron, Sounds, 20 November 1982

CONTRAST: "Biddy-biddy bong-bong, biddy bong-bong, biddy bong-bong, biddy men. Bong bong, biddy bong-bong, biddy bong-gong, biddy geng, biddah-men ahwooy biddy-men. Ehyaaah!" (Rough translation of intro ...

The Ramones

Interview by Bill Black, Sounds, 12 January 1985

ONE TWO THREE FOUR! Six, eight, ten? Is it really ten years since the Ramones turned a slum bar on the Bowery into the birthplace ...

Newtown Neurotics

Profile and Interview by Jack Barron, Sounds, 29 January 1985

"LAYDEEZ AND gentlemen, will you please take your seats for Dick Whittington now, the show starts in five minutes," wheezes a voice from the Tannoy ...

The Bangles: Yesterday and Today

Interview by Edwin Pouncey, Sounds, 2 February 1985

THE 'HOUSE full' sign was proudly on display outside Boston's Paradise Theatre, a local haunt that had, so I was informed, fallen from favour by ...

King Kobra: Snakes Alive

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Sounds, 8 June 1985

King Kobra: one big boa, or more bite than venom? Steffan Chirazi bares his fangs and finds these ...

Hüsker Dü: Candy Apple Grey

Review by Ralph Traitor, Sounds, March 1986

CANDY APPLE GREY is Hüsker Dü's fourth consecutive classic and their first album for a major label. Since 1982, this image-free Milwaukee [sic] trio of ...

Sound Of Silence: The Rise Of The Compact Disc

Report by Jack Barron, Sounds, 13 December 1986

You don't have to be a classical fanatic or yuppie stadium rock lover to appreciate compact disc – the quiet revolution has hit the indie ...

Metallica: From Jetsam To Jetset: The Reforging Of Metallica

Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 7 February 1987

1986 saw the rise and rise of METALLICA but then came the death of bassist Cliff Burton last autumn. Since then they've recruited Jason Newsted ...

Replacements, The: The Replacements: Replacing Lost Energy

Interview by Jack Barron, Sounds, 27 June 1987

For a group whose songs are so openly confessional, THE REPLACEMENTS' public image remains a closed book. JACK BARRON attempts to penetrate the facade of the Minneapolis boogie ...

The Stone Roses: Trunk Call — Romancing The Stone

Interview by John Robb, Sounds, 23 January 1988

Are THE STONE ROSES the likeliest lads in Manchester to step into the huge void left by the implosion of The Smiths? JOHN ROBB reports ...

Sugarcubes, The: The Sugarcubes: First Love Last Rites

Interview by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 7 May 1988

The ink fresh on a US record deal, and their debut LP, Life's Too Good, just out, the big money beckons for resolute indie artists ...

Proclaimers, The: The Proclaimers: Devolution Will Not Be Televised

Interview by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 3 September 1988

What are THE PROCLAIMERS — Proddie libs, camp Stalinists or just a pair of swotty geeks? ROBIN GIBSON finds that ugly is only skin deep, and if ...

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 ...