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Depeche Mode's David Gahan (2003)

Interview by Chris Roberts, Rock's Backpages Audio, 8 April 2003

David Gahan talks about doing his solo album; songwriting; being Martin Gore's mouthpiece; the Car Crash Years; on the road with Depeche Mode; the desire to be a rock'n'roll star; the influence of Grunge, and Dog Days in Santa Monica.

File format: mp3 File size: 56.1mb, interview length: 56' 27", sound quality: ***

Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page (2003)

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, 17 April 2003

Jimmy Page on going through the archives to assemble the monumental Led Zeppelin DVD, and on the early days of the band, on the road and in the studio, through to Knebworth in 1979

File format: mp3; file size: 47.4meg, interview length: 49' 22", sound quality: ***

Led Zeppelin: All Loud On The Western Front: How Zep Conquered The World

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, May 2003

With the release of the sensational DVD and the fearsome live How The West Was Won, LED ZEPPELIN are back in our midst as purveyors ...

Adam Masterson: Younger and wiser

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 27 May 2003

THE GLUT OF ARTISTS working in the alt-country and folk-rock areas might be a logical reaction against the treacly deluge of pubescent pop, but there ...

Buddy Guy, Blues Singer

Interview by Ted Drozdowski, Guitar World Acoustic, June 2003

"WHEN I FIRST heard of the electric guitar, I thought somebody was bullshittin' me," says George "Buddy" Guy. "We lived so far in the country ...

Kelly Rowland: Beyond The Call of Booty

Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, June 2003

You're one third of chart-blitzing girl trio Destiny's Child, but what comes next? If you're Kelly Rowland, a Number 1 single, Top 10 album and ...

Björk: The Wild One

Interview by Sheryl Garratt, The Word, July 2003

"I LOVE HIM, I love him, I love him, I love him/ This time, I'm gonna keep it to myself." Björk is swaying as she ...

David Bowie: Conversation Piece

Interview by Pat Pierson, Yeah Yeah Yeah, 23 July 2003

I WILL TRY not to bother with self-indulgences, but please allow some room for the usual blah blah blah; that or just skip the intro. ...

Zwan: Who's Laughing Now?

Interview by Keith Cameron, Q, August 2003

Billy Corgan, actually. Kick-starting Zwan has given the former alpha goth misery guts a new zest for life. Or was it New Order's relentless piss-taking? ...

Moby

Interview by Chris Roberts, Bang, September 2003

IN FRONT OF US, a giant woman, a sort of Earth Goddess, made out of grass. We're told it's a woman; looks like King Kong. ...

N*E*R*D, Pharrell Williams: Pharrell Williams: Another Hard Day At The Office…

Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2003

There's no rest for Pharrell Williams, not with deals to cut, girls to chase and a reputation as the world's hottest producer to keep up. ...

Randy Newman: Is Randy Newman the Old Eminem?

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, September 2003

The funniest and least sentimental songwriter in America has revisited his back pages on The Randy Newman Songbook, Volume 1. BARNEY HOSKYNS asks him about ...

Jimmy Cliff: Hail Reggae's Lost King

Interview by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 5 September 2003

MANY PEOPLE THINK Bob Marley stole his crown. But it was Jimmy Cliff who gave reggae to the world, when he starred in and wrote ...

Fannypack: Beastie girls

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 6 October 2003

Fannypack are young, smutty and fresh — and they might just make hip-hop fun again. Caroline Sullivan meets them. ...

Christina Aguilera: Christina stripped bare

Interview by Tim Cooper, The Evening Standard, 30 October 2003

The video for 'Dirrty' transformed Christina Aguilera overnight from girl next door to sex siren. As she plays Wembley, Tim Cooper talks to her about ...

Iron Maiden: Don't Fear The Reaper

Interview by Geoff Barton, Classic Rock, January 2004

THERE ARE dead bodies lying on trestle tables in the midst of the tangled scaffolding and controlled chaos that represents Iron Maiden's rear of stage ...

Brian Wilson — Grin and bear it

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, The Guardian, 23 January 2004

WHEN BRIAN WILSON had his nervous breakdown in the 1960s, he was working on a concept album called Smile. His fellow Beach Boys dismissed it ...

Rodney Crowell: Uncompromised 

Interview by Andria Lisle, Memphis Flyer, 12 February 2004

Rodney Crowell creates art for the soul in the cracks of Nashville's music machine. ...

Mars Volta, The: The Mars Volta: Siamese Dream

Interview by Stevie Chick, MOJO, March 2004

United in a love of Bjork, Syd Barrett and Lenny Bruce, the Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez have survived heroin abuse and self-destruction ...

Damien Dempsey

Interview by Colin Irwin, MOJO, June 2004

The sensitive ex-pugilist from Dublin's Northside has arrived. ...