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Slik: Slik Forever!

Interview by Caroline Coon, Melody Maker, 13 March 1976

"THE THING IS," confides Billy McIsaac, Slik's 26-year-old keyboards player, "we have a positive attitude to everything." He is speaking with the advantage of hindsight. ...

Sonny & Cher: The Mad Mad World of Sonny And Cher!

Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc Weekly, 4 September 1965

SONNY and Cher had just arrived in their manager's office in Los Angeles. It was 2.30 p.m. and they had bounced happily back from a ...

Gene Pitney, Supremes, The: Gene Pitney's 72 Days With The Supremes

Interview by Ian Dove, NME, 2 October 1964

GENE PITNEY recently took a bus journey with the Supremes. They shared front seat views — FOR 72 DAYS AND OVER 30,000 MILES. Gene, who ...

Bobby Rydell's British Recording Hits The Bull's Eye!

Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 24 May 1963

BOBBY RYDELL came from America in March to appear on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. While here he said: "Just lately I haven't been ...

John Fred and his Playboy Band: John Fred & His Playboy Band: The Controversy Surrounding 'Judy'

Interview by Rochelle Reed, KRLA Beat, 10 February 1968

HE'S 6'5" TALL and would have a difficult time going anywhere in disguise since he can't even find clothes to fit at Hollywood's better mens' ...

Bucks Fizz: Let's Get Fizzical

Interview by Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 13 May 1982

Few groups ever survive thee Eurovision Song Contest. Bucks Fizz haven't justsurvived, they've flourished. Their UK record sales are topped only by The Human League. Ian Birch ...

Shakin' Stevens: The Secret Life Of Shaky

Interview by Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 21 July 1983

He never gives interviews and keeps well out of the public eye. In fact, the 'real' Shakin' Stevens is a bit of a mystery. Ian ...

The Carpenters: It's Plane Sailing!

Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 29 September 1973

HEAD DOWN THE Santa Ana freeway, turn off on San Gabriel, make a couple of rights and you're in Downey, a right-wing, unpretentious suberb of ...

Simon Cowell: "The White Stripes? Heard of them. Wasn't blown away."

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 26 January 2002

He makes kids cry, hates fat people and he gave us Westlife. Now Pop Idol villain Simon Cowell turns his evil gaze on some NME ...

Kylie Minogue: Attack of the 5ft Woman!

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, Q, June 2002

AAARG! In 1998, one time pop robot and po-mo pin-up Kylie Minogue was on a commercial cold slab. Now scarily re-animated, she's an irony-free megastar ...

Bananarama: Mean Streaks and True Confessions

Interview by Susan Williams, NME, 28 April 1984

WHACKING THROUGH the poster-rack at Woolworths. Staring back at the faces of the semi-famous packaged like slabs of bacon. ...

Justin Bieber: Cash For Questions

Interview by Jude Rogers, Q, August 2012

Lock up your nieces, the Canadian teen-pop behemoth is over here and gagging to answer your questions on scary fans, fighting One Direction and whether ...

All Saints: Saint Misbehavin'!

Interview by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 7 February 1998

If you believe the tabloids, ALL SAINTS are a bunch of tune-nicking, three-in-a-bed romping, manager-bashing, Spice Girl wannabes. But is that bollocks? We join the ...