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Interview by Johnny Black, MOJO, August 1994

I'M MARTIN," SAYS THE ONE WITH THE CURLY HAIR. "D'you know Ken Dodd's dad's dog died?" ...

The Lemonheads: I Get The Feeling I'm Being Bullshitted

Interview by Max Bell, Vox, August 1994

IT'S A SHAME about Evan. Maybe we have a case of wrong time, wrong place, but dark moods are written all over his scowling, handsome, ...

Robin Trower's Unbroken Barricade: 'I'm Still in the Shadow of Jimi Hendrix'

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Rolling Stone, 24 April 1975

PORTLAND – Robin Trower finally emerges from the dressing room, which has remained locked for an ominously long time, and forces a smile. ...

Joe Walsh: Ex-James Gangster Tends His Garden

Interview by Cameron Crowe, Rolling Stone, 27 February 1975

LOS ANGELES – The gold records for Rides Again, Thirds, James Gang Live and The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get are stashed in ...

Sinead O'Connor

Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, September 1994

SINEAD O'CONNOR is back in Dublin, her home town, and she's in a milk stout frame of mind, blacks and whites all mixed up. Indeed, ...

Squeeze: Not Another Squeeze Story!

Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, October 1982

DIFFORD AND TILBROOK. Lennon and McCartney. Difford and Tilbrook. Lennon and McCartney. Difford and Tilbrook. Lennon and McCartney. Blah, blah, blah. ...

Doll By Doll: Entropy Is Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose

Interview by Ian Birch, Melody Maker, 16 September 1978

"If you go walking in the street today/be sure and listen what the young boys say/they know the colour of speed is red/you don't become ...

Shed Seven: The Italian Mob!

Interview by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 28 February 1998

All we wanted was to have a few laughs, japes and capers in Venice. But oh no, SHED SEVEN say they're now serious musicians. Aha, ...

Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant: Robert Plant, Technobilly

Interview by Chuck Eddy, Creem, June 1988

A FEW MONTHS back, Robert Plant walked into Atlantic Records' London offices and played 'Scream', by Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors. Now, I dunno if ...

King Crimson King Crimson King Crimson King Crimson

Interview by Mark Williams, International Times, 13 June 1969

[NOTE: The first two paragraphs of this piece – along with one or two others – appear to bear no relation whatsoever to Mark's piece... ...

Fun Lovin' Criminals: Fun Lovin’ Criminals: The Illegals Have Landed

Interview by Ian Fortnam, Vox, September 1996

Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak somewhere in, er, Denmark, as those Fun Lovin' Criminals unload their arsenal of jazz, blues and hip-hop on 90,000 ...

Bobby Womack: BLAM! Bobby Womack Calls The Shots

Interview by Cliff White, NME, 27 March 1976

CLIFF WHITE hits the floor and runs the tape as the soul veteran pulls the trigger. ...

Courtney Love: Damage Limitation

Interview by Sheryl Garratt, Daily Telegraph, 1 April 2010

Courtney Love has declared her image ripe for rebranding, and with her drug addiction under control and her band reinvigorated, she is heading in the ...

Professor Griff: 100 Per Cent Prof.

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 31 March 1990

Accused of anti-Semitism, dissing the President, condoning Idi Amin and generally being a bit of a foam-flecked Rottweiler, Public Enemy's Minister Of Information PROFESSOR GRIFF ...

Wendy James: This Year's Model: The Second Coming of Wendy James

Interview by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 6 February 1993

The last time we spoke to WENDY JAMES, she made a lot of typically outrageous claims for herself. She would be the biggest name in ...

Pantera: In a Darkened Room...

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 28 May 1994

...is where PANTERA frontman PHIL ANSELMO gets his head together — away from the pressures that come with a US Number One album. What is ...

Pretenders, The: The Pretenders: Let's Pretend

Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, August 1981

Kris Needs talks to Chrissie Hynde about stardom and the new album Pretenders II ...

John Peel: Unpeeled

Interview by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 24 April 1971

In the three years since he first won the Top DJ title in the MM Poll, John Peel has been mocked and worshipped. Today he wipes the ...

Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan: Bob Johnston on Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Nashville Skyline

Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Rock's Backpages, May 2009

JUNE 17th MARKS the 40th anniversary of the original Columbia Records release of Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline album, produced by Bob Johnston. ...

Chemical Brothers, The: The Chemical Brothers: The Big Boom Theory

Interview by Andy Gill, Q, September 1997

Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons — aka The Chemical Brothers — are rewriting the rock'n'roll rule book with their earth-moving amalgam of big beats, old ...