Tribute bands
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Jimmy "Orion" Ellis, Orion: Hail, Hail O Mighty Orion!
Report by Robot A. Hull, Creem, June 1981
NASHVILLE,TN — Who is this masked man? Does he, in some way, bear a relationship to the original myth of the hunter Orion? Let us ...
Bjorn Again: Tribute Bands: Send In The Clones
Report by Sally Margaret Joy, Melody Maker, 29 August 1992
What the hell's going on? BJORN AGAIN are on at Reading, ABBA are more popular than they have been for years and tribute bands devoted ...
ABBA, Bjorn Again: ABBA: The High Priests of Euro-naff
Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 21 September 1992
The sateen-flared Swedes are back again. Caroline Sullivan on Abba — The Revival ...
Björn Again: Academy, Manchester
Live Review by John Harris, New Musical Express, 7 November 1992
THE '70s WERE fantastic, weren't they? Everyone was sort of daft, really. They ate all this weird food like Salt 'N' Shake crisps. They wore ...
ABBA, Bjorn Again: Bjorn Again: You Saab Bastards!
Report and Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 19 December 1992
Are BJORN AGAIN the camp, knowing, so-bad-it's-good good-time covers band it's OK to like? Or the malignant cancer eating away at real rebellious new rock ...
Soft Machine: Who Was That Masked Voice?
Report and Interview by Chas de Whalley, Vox, April 1993
So what if Elvis Presley isn't available for commercial breaks these days? Just get someone in who can impersonate him — the Hofmeister bear, for ...
Report and Interview by Andy Gill, The Independent, 25 August 1994
The Carpenters are hip — and that's official. Andy Gill on the indie world's unexpectedly heartfelt tribute to Karen and Richard Carpenter ...
Bjorn Again, The Bootleg Beatles, Gary Glitter: Hark! The Faded Popsters Sing
Report and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 6 December 1994
As Christmas approaches, turkeys aren't the only ones preparing to hop into the silverfoil. Ageing pop stars too come out but once a year ...
The Bootleg Beatles, Oasis: Where Were You... When We Were Getting High? Oasis: Earl's Court, London
Live Review by Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 11 November 1995
Last weekend at London's Earl's Court, OASIS played the biggest indoor concerts ever held in this country. In this four-page special, PAUL LESTER reports on ...
The Bootleg Beatles, Oasis: Oasis, Bootleg Beatles: Earls Court, London
Live Review by Paul Moody, New Musical Express, 18 November 1995
THE STARDUST BROTHERS ...
No Way Sis, Oasis: No Way Sis: Faker Makers!
Report and Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 7 December 1996
• Tipped for the Christmas Number One spot, besieged by groupies, plagued by demented fans — yup, Oasis copyists NO WAY SIS have made it ...
Live Review by Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 17 May 1997
96 REASONS WHY ...
Interview by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 18 August 1999
Madonna loves their parodies; so do Elton, Mick and Boy George. Dave Simpson meets Aussie sensation Supergirl ...
Wishbone Ash: A Tribute to Heroes! Ashbone U Wish do Wishbone Ash
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Rock's Backpages, 10 May 2002
I WILL NOT feign objectivity. When Wishbone Ash dissolved in 1977 because of the usual "creative differences" (Nigel and Steve wanted to be creative, while ...
Hal Willner and the Creation of the Modern Tribute Album
Profile and Interview by Steven R Rosen, LA CityBeat, January 2004
"SORRY," Hal Willner says, sheepishly. He has just been complimented — or so this writer intended — for being the father of pop culture's rampant ...
Report by Erik Himmelsbach, LA CityBeat, 24 February 2005
Putting on the hits at Paladino's in the Valley ...
Lez Zeppelin: How Many More Times? Many More, Please: Lez Zeppelin: The Garage, London
Live Review by Mat Snow, Rock's Backpages, June 2013
SIX DECADES into the rock era, we are in the epoch of the tribute act. Which is to say, every act still going is a ...
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