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Interview by Scott Cohen, Circus, September 1975

"ZZ TOP'S music comes from the seedy, raw underbelly of Texas," the group's manager, Bill Ham, once drawled. "It's driving down dusty roads at 100 ...

AC/DC: And Nothing Can Harm Them!

Interview by J. Kordosh, Creem, April 1984

ARE THEY SUPER? My God, they're immense. They're gigantic. They're Jabba the Hutt on the Elvis Diet. They're so big that they're invulnerable to criticism ...

Beyoncé: Shy Big Sister by Day, Wild Girl by Night

Interview by Pete Paphides, The Times, 14 November 2008

Her partner wowed Glastonbury, her music sells millions and her private life keeps everyone guessing. We talk to an unusually demure superstar. ...

Ian Dury, Chaz Jankel: Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel: Teeth and Smiles

Interview by Mike Stand, The Face, September 1981

IAN DURY is in prime form. He is just back from a short holiday in Greece and is, if not exactly bronzed, then distinctly off-white, ...

Brian Eno: Everything You'd Rather Not Know About Eno

Interview by Chrissie Hynde, New Musical Express, 2 February 1974

IT WAS WITH a certain apprehensive curiosity that I first noticed the brown lace-up shoes. He displayed a normalcy that I just couldn't trust. After ...

Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Boz Scaggs: Bill Graham: Mister Fillmore

Interview by Loraine Alterman, Melody Maker, 27 May 1972

Loraine Alterman in New York previews Fillmore, the film about America's legendary rock centre... and talks to its star, super-impresario Bill Graham ...

Lucinda Williams: Lost in America

Interview by RJ Smith, Spin, July 1998

HOW DID A 45-YEAR-OLD "NEUROTIC DIVA" WITH ONE FOOT IN FAULKNER'S SOUTH AND ONE FOOT IN GARTH'S MANAGE TO MAKE THE YEAR'S BEST ALBUM? SIMPLE, SAYS ...

Dream Theater: John Petrucci: The Greatest Showman

Interview by Henry Yates, Guitarist, March 2019

Author's note: This is the original unsubbed version, as submitted to the magazine. ...

P. Diddy

Interview by Alan Light, Elle, October 2006

"THERE HE IS! There he is!" ...

Ice-T: "I don't hate cops – I hate racists"

Interview by Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, 13 March 2020

ON SEPTEMBER 30th, 1992, Ice-T performed a concert with his metal band Body Count at the Jack Adams Stadium in San Diego. On a bill ...

Roy Brown: Still Rockin' Good

Interview by Bill Bentley, LA Weekly, 25 July 1980

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE, and it is beginning to feel a little bit like old home week as they get together to show they're still around. Ruth ...

Henry Rollins: The Bright Stuff

Interview by Mark Mordue, Juice, April 1993

As American as Apple Pie, saluting the flag, street violence, psychopaths, racism, guns, incest, overdoses, police brutality, urban decay and spiritual horror. Mark Mordue goes ...

Samson: The Sound of Silent Thunder

Interview by Geoff Barton, Sounds, 16 August 1980

Why did Samson's drummer decline to speak to Sounds? Was it because Deaf Barton had mislaid his hearing aid and he was afraid of being ...

Suzi Quatro, Sweet: Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman: The Dynamic Duo Of Plastic Pop

Interview by Jonh Ingham, New Musical Express, 2 June 1973

Nicky Chinn is an ex-public schoolboy, Mike Chapman a one-time waiter. Together they're... The Dynamic Duo Of Plastic Pop ...

Mick Jagger, Redskins, The: The Tube: Thank God It's Friday

Interview by Lynden Barber, Melody Maker, 23 February 1985

MALCOLM GERRIE is the man behind Tyne Tees' groundbreaking pop TV show The Tube. Lynden Barber went to Newcastle to investigate the programme and its ...

Kate Bush: "I'm not sure you're ever really happy with what you create"

Interview by Andy Gill, The Independent, 24 November 2016

In a rare interview, the reclusive 'Wuthering Heights' singer opens up about her nerves performing live and working with her son on the spectacular visuals for her 2014 shows, ...

Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson, in it for the Birds

Interview by Andrew Bailey, Rolling Stone, 2 December 1970

LONDON — "The name? Well, we hadn't got one and we were asking around and this university-educated agent suggested Jethro Tull. I'd never heard it ...

Holger Czukay, David Sylvian: David Sylvian: Words of the Shaman

Interview by Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 16 September 1989

THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN A PERIOD OF TRANSITION FOR DAVID SYLVIAN, BUT HE'S NOW IN A NEW COLLABORATION WITH HOLGER CZUKAY AND A ...

Vixen: Girls Just Wanna Help Bon

Interview by Howard Johnson, Kerrang!, 19 August 1989

"Bon Jovi would just be the best band in the world to play with," says VIXEN bassist SHARE PEDERSEN. Assuming she's talking about gigging and ...

Ry Cooder: Long Road Home

Interview by Alan Light, Mother Jones, July 2005

Ry Cooder's new album tunes into L.A.'s Chavez Ravine and the dawn of Chicano consciousness. ...