Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott writes for Classic Rock and MOJO. He started writing about rock in 1985 as a contributor to Sounds, and has since worked for Kerrang!, Q, Vox, Heat, Total Sport, Blender (US), Metal Hammer and various other titles. His books include the first biography of Guns N’ Roses (published by Hamlyn), and Star Man, the autobiography of rock bodyguard Danny Francis (published by Simon & Schuster). He currently lives in Bath with his wife, two children and a framed copy of AC/DC’s Back In Black – the greatest album of all time – signed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson.
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Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 8 August 1987
Who would have believed six months ago that New York speed metal bruisers ANTHRAX would have had not one but two UK chart to their ...
The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Rick Rubin, Slayer: Rick Rubin: Mental Metal Master
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 11 March 1989
From rap to metal, LL Cool J to Slayer, producer Rick Rubin has shaped the definitive street beats of the decade. Paul Elliott hears the ...
Megadeth: The Last Word: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 5 July 1997
The ultimate questions on life, sex and making a prick of yourself. This week, MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine compares notes with Paul Elliott... ...
Faster Pussycat, Guns N' Roses: Guns N' Roses, Faster Pussycat: Apollo Theatre, Manchester
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 17 October 1987
FUN IN THE DANGER ZONE ...
Marilyn Manson: The Man Who Fell To Earth
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, September 1998
THE ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR is no more. ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Select, June 1996
Soundgarden's Chris Cornell muses on alcohol, nuns and The Presidents of The United States of America. ...
Steve Earle: And Justice For All
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 23 June 1990
Having had a severe brush with the law himself, Steve Earle is well placed to judge the American law. On his new LP, The Hard Way, he ...
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 30 June 1990
His Royal Altogetherness: America's most famous surrogate Royal arrived in Britain last week to take up a 20-night residency in the country's arenas. His luggage contained ...
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 28 January 1989
FOR MAYBE two minutes, 'Summertime Rolls' crawls like spilt oil, shimmering and blissed-out. The rhythm is soft, coaxed. ...
Soul Asylum: The Man Who Souled The World
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 25 November 1995
Soul Asylum singer Dave Pirner has made a packet out of one big hit. And if he ever gets short, he can borrow a few ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 21 November 1987
RUSH certainly don't live up to their name because it's taken the group 13 years to make their best album to date. Guitarist ALEX LIFESON counts the ...
Megadeth, Ronnie James Dio: Megadeth/Dio: Market Square Arena, Indianapolis
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 5 March 1988
MARKET SQUARE HEROES ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, June 1999
Dr Dre-sponsored whiteboy rapper behaves like a git and sells millions of US albums ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, December 1999
Life is sweet for multi-platinum rap star Eminem, the doting dad who plays a murderous rapist from the white-trash dung hill. The world is his ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, August 2002
How did this garish gang of Madness-loving Californians end up selling 10 million albums? Welcome to No Doubt's turbulent tale of teenage suicide, broken love ...
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction: Zodiac Mindwarp: Taming of the T
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 5 March 1988
Sex machine or happily married man? Prime mover ZODIAC MINDWARP confesses all. PAUL ELLIOTT meets the bridegroom in biker rags and gets a backseat education in dirty ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 6 January 1990
Five skinny, lippy punks outta New Jersey are about to become the biggest noise in American rock since Guns N' Roses. Arrogant, controversial, yobbish — ...
Profile and Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, August 2002
Patriotic punk whelps. They're having a "giraffe". ...
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. ...
Poison: Hollywood Teasers: Poison: St Louis Arena, Missouri
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 14 May 1988
WITHIN two numbers, Bret Michaels is prostrate and pushing his amply-stuffed, cellophane-tight crotch at the stage, ass pumping in the air, breath heavy, grin spreading. ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, December 2001
Britney Spears ponders hot chocolate and drugged reptiles from Australia. ...
Kylie Minogue: Dancing Queen: Kylie Minogue: Wembley Arena, London ****
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, March 2007
The Showgirl returns. Praise be. ...
Gorillaz: Hey Hey We're The Monkeys!
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, August 2001
Four years ago Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett shared a flat and partied with Spice Girls. Then they invented GORILLAZ. The weed-soaked cartoon collective has ...
Stevie Nicks: Queen Of The Stoned Age
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, May 2001
Fleetwood Mac's full-pelt excess and partner-swapping made for rock's most incredible soap opera. But there's one question everyone wants to ask Stevie Nicks. It concerns ...
The Go-Go's: The Fab Femme Five
Retrospective and Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, May 2002
Long before girl-band conveyor-belt pop and mainstream stardom for their mucky singer Belinda Carlisle, there was "the world's best female band" The Go-Go's. Meet the ...
Mariah Carey: Girl Aloud: Mariah Carey: Madison Square Garden, New York ****
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, November 2006
Behold the homecoming queen. And her local vicar. ...
Report and Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, November 2004
The natty uniforms and arch humour are still a novelty in Japan. But have The Hives anything more to offer? ...
Marilyn Manson: Spooky Pop Star
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, Winter 1998
On plotting to kill a girlfriend, joining the Church Of Satan and exactly why he's like Monica Lewinsky ...
Amy Winehouse: Concorde 2, Brighton ****
Review and Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, July 2004
Meet the hotshot jazz chanteuse you couldn't take home to mum. ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, January 2002
You probed him about his ex-Radio 1 DJ namesake, dissing Radiohead and whether his mucky mouth ever upset his old mum. He responded with the ...
Beyoncé: Booty Calls: Beyoncé: Dangerously In Love (Columbia) ***
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, August 2003
Destiny's Child diva unveils world domination bid. ...
The Strokes: "I Want A Fight!"
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, January 2002
Stalked by supermodels, lauded by Joe Strummer and ready to ruck, The Strokes wear the mantle of "cool" like a bespoke suit. But why is ...
Jay Z: Jay-Z: Something For The Weekend, Sir?
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, April 2000
"How about freedom?" wonders rap nabob Jay-Z, on bail pending trial for a near-fatal stabbing and facing a possible 22-year jail term. Some distraction from ...
Napalm Death: A Rage Of Reason
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 8 September 1990
Napalm Death are back, and as terrifying as ever but 1990 sees the band advancing musically as Paul Elliott discovers. ...
Queens Of The Stone Age: Primeval Scream: Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R (Interscope) ***
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2000
Like evolution never happened. ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 19 March 1988
Never mind the boredom — pass the roadsick pills! MEGADETH take the highway to apathy in the USA and discover the drawbacks of touring. PAUL ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, May 2001
One speed demon rapper. One half-deaf DJ queen. And one studio Svengali who just happens to be Dido's brother. This is Faithless, dance music's holy ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Daily Mirror, 12 June 2009
THEY ARE CURRENTLY the hottest band on the planet after their fourth album Only By The Night took up residency at the top of the ...
D'Angelo: Rhythm King: D'Angelo: Voodoo (Cheeba Sound/EMI) ****
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, March 2000
Album Number Two from "the new Marvin Gaye". ...
Guns N' Roses: Raising Hell in the City of Angels
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 4 April 1987
Over on L.A.'s Santa Monica Boulevard, rock renegades GUNS N' ROSES are having a ball. PAUL ELLIOTT parrys shots with L.A.'s scuzziest scumbags. ...
Korn: Meet The Sickest Band In The World
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, July 2002
Why is this man laughing? Because he's sold 15 million albums, dissected 5000 corpses and forged an army of metal zombies in his own image. ...
TLC: Bling Leaders: TLC: Now & Forever: TLC The Hits (LaFace/Arista) ****
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, November 2003
The sex, sauce and tunes that jump-started R&B ...
N.E.R.D.: Mixed Messages: N*E*R*D: Le Trabendo, Paris
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2002
Saying no to drugs and yes to gonzoid sex-funk. ...
Aerosmith: Tigers of Wang Twang: Aerosmith: Pandora's Box (Columbia)
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, February 1992
"THERE ARE JUST a very few bands that wang my twang like Aerosmith," conceded the deer-stalkin' wild man of rock, Ted Nugent, in one of ...
My Chemical Romance: The Italian Job: My Chemical Romance: Alcatraz, Milan ****
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, February 2007
Calling all hormonally charged misfits. ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2003
No topic is off-limits for Angus Young and crew — not Satanism, School Disco, meddling pigeons or elephantine groupies called Rosie. But what about their ...
Muse: Royal Albert Hall, London ****
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, June 2008
Euphoric fundraiser. Big organ included. ...
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 ...
The Black Crowes: Money For Old Strings
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 26 January 1991
When THE BLACK CROWES went into the studio to record their debut LP their only ambition was to make "a f**king record". Shake Your Money ...
Metallica: Creeping To The Cross: Metallica: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 2 June 1990
'CREEPING DEATH'. Thrash 'n' roll. A Biblical tale of infanticide, spat like blood. In anyone else's language, this is apocalypse. For Metallica it is only ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 9 June 1990
Electric Boys have been hyped as Zep, Aerosmith, The Beatles and The Stones in one. Paul Elliott shakes up the mixed bag and pulls out ...
Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse: Q Awards: Mark Ronson
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, December 2007
Amy Winehouse didn't show. Her producer did. ...
Justin Timberlake: The O2, London ****
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2007
The current King Of Pop, still bringing sexy back ...
Neil Diamond: Olympiahalle, Munich ****
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, August 2008
Enter the last great American showman ...
Lenny Kravitz: Giving Peace A Chance
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 19 May 1990
Lenny Kravitz might not be the new Hendrix, but he'd play the shit out of Jimi's guitar given the chance. Paul Elliott hears the feedback. ...
Twisted Sister: Love Is For Suckers (Atlantic WX 120/CD)**
Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 18 July 1987
THEY'VE HAD the best part of two years to think out a new game plan, yet Twisted Sister are still stuck in the Muppet metal ...
Retrospective by Paul Elliott, MOJO, February 2007
Threatened by punk, Led Zep, Sabbath and Purple came under fire in 1977. A year later Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon led a New ...
Guns N' Roses: Dancing with Mr Brownstone
Profile by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 4 November 1989
GUNS N' ROSES are the archetypal rock'n'roll renegades — loud-mouthed American punks fuelled on liquor and drugs as they rampage on a crazed course towards self-destruction. Paul ...
Report and Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, August 2003
It isn't easy being in the Stereophonics, not when old mates andtabloid stalkers are messing with your mind. Perhaps that's why Kelly Jones has been ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 19 January 1991
NELSON might have busked their way to a recording deal with Geffen and topped the American charts with their first single, but they are still ...
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 15 September 1990
"BAND!""Yeah!""Is anybody hot?""No!""Ya know why?""Why?""Cos we're cool." ...
Billy Idol: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 5 January 1991
Billy the Kid ...
Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses: Gun Law: War of the Roses
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 20 August 1988
Blasting rumours of a split, the uncompromising GUNS N' ROSES have shot to the top with their hardbitten sound. PAUL ELLIOTT gets a taste of the band's addiction to ...
Steve Earle & The Dukes: Town And Country Club, London
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 22 September 1990
Nice n' easy rider ...
Janet Jackson: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 27 October 1990
HER ENTRANCE is right out of a Boxing Day magic show. A pedestal rises 20 feet from the lip of the stage and Janet appears ...
Profile and Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 14 October 1989
From South America come Sepultura, monstrous speed metal gods for the future. Paul Elliott finds out about their ride from Rio. ...
Spinal Tap: It's an Ill Wind...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 25 April 1992
...that brings East End boys made good SPINAL TAP back to the place of their roots. With the release of their first album in 10 years, Break ...
Screaming Blue Messiahs: Marquee, London
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 9 January 1988
RED HOT RHYTHM AND BRUISES ...
Guns N' Roses: Use Your Illusion 1; Use Your Illusion 2 (Geffen)
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, November 1991
THE BAND'S ex-manager Alan Niven described Use Your Illusion I and II as "Pink Floyd's The Wall meets Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti." Niven was on ...
The Prodigy: The Fat Of The Land (XL Recordings XLMC 121) KKKKK
Review by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 28 June 1997
LAND OF HOPE & GLORY ...
The Replacements: Let's Get Serious
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 4 February 1989
Strange to tell, The Replacements don't want to play with their trousers round their ankles any more. The former garage scruffs tell Paul Elliott why ...
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 2 May 1987
'WARP FACTOR BORE ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 18 April 1987
Nazi apologists or naive dickheads? Either way, SLAYER are the foulest, most provocative and probably the best speed metal band yet. But have they gone ...
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, March 2007
THE BUZZ about Mika is already at fever pitch. Beirut-born, London-based, 23 and boyishly pretty, he's tipped to be the face of 2007. ...
Nik Kershaw, T'Pau: De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 14 February 1987
I CAN'T help feeling sorry for Nik Kershaw. He's like a forgotten toy gathering dust on a shelf, loved for two albums and snubbed for ...
W.A.S.P.: First Blood... Last Cuts (Capitol advance tape) KK
Review by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 23 October 1993
'I'LL DO whatever I want to you/I'll nail your ass to the sheets'. Blackie Lawless slobbers on W.A.S.P.'s controversial first single. 'Animal (F**k Like A ...
Report and Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 8 November 1997
Gavin Rossdale has spent a mere 11 days at home in the last two years. No wonder BUSH have driven back to London after every ...
Review by Paul Elliott, MOJO, November 2006
Once a teen prodigy, now a major contender. Amy Winehouse comes of age on her second album, says Paul Elliott. ...
Burzum, Mayhem: Euronymous Murdered!
Report by Paul Elliott, Tore Øien, Kerrang!, 21 August 1993
Black Metal 'Godfather' stabbed to death; rival Swedish Satanists suspected! ...
The Black Crowes: Roxy, Los Angeles
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 26 May 1990
PITY ALCOHOLICS anonymous Dogs D'Amour. The Black Crowes are booked as support act to the Dogs for a string of shows next month, shows which ...
Live Review by Paul Elliott, MOJO, February 2001
HOWARD STERN spoke for millions of AC/DC fans when quoting from the band's current album Stiff Upper Lip: "I was born with a stiff! These ...
Staind: 013, Tilburg, Netherlands
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, April 2002
"I SMOKE MORE weed than ever," sings Aaron Lewis, adding a few improvised lines to Staind's nu-grunge anthem 'Outside'. Whoops of stoned solidarity fill the ...
Faster Pussycat: Faster Pussycat (Elektra K96 07301) ****
Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 11 July 1987
FELINE GROOVY ...
Hole, Mother Love Bone, Nirvana: Rock 'N' Roll Suicide?
Report by Paul Elliott, Pete Makowski, Kerrang!, 9 July 1994
Seattle's heroin nightmare continues. First ANDY WOOD of the seminal MOTHER LOVE BONE overdosed and died. Then KURT COBAIN ended his desperate addiction by committing ...
Björk: Who the Hell Does Björk Think She Is?
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, November 1997
She does weird, waily pop diva. Her producers do the rest. Often they do even more than that. Which leaves her free to turn on ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 28 February 1998
Five years ago, Antony Langdon couldn't play an instrument or write any songs. This didn't stop him moving from Yorkshire to New York, forming a ...
The Black Crowes: The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (Def American 512 263-2)
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, June 1992
ONE DAY, maybe soon, The Black Crowes will be the biggest rock'n'roll band in Atlanta, Georgia — and following that, the world. Their debut LP ...
3 Colours Red: Kerrang! Confidential: Pete Vuckovic, 3 Colours Red
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 7 February 1998
WHAT IS your nickname and why? ...
Jane's Addiction: The Shocking Truth
Interview by Paul Elliott, Vox, June 1991
"Okay, so we do music from time to time. But we can control it..." Jane's Addiction have cleaned up their habits of late, but just ...
Dwight Yoakam: Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (Reprise 925 749-1/CD) ****½
Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 6 August 1988
IT'S ALL DWIGHT ON THE NIGHT ...
Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme on Guns, God, and America
Interview by Paul Elliott, Classic Rock, June 2011
Heavy questions for Josh Homme, multi-tasking rocker, Eagle Of Death Metal, Crooked Vulture, and fallen libertarian. ...
Metallica: From Jetsam To Jetset: The Reforging Of Metallica
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 7 February 1987
1986 saw the rise and rise of METALLICA but then came the death of bassist Cliff Burton last autumn. Since then they've recruited Jason Newsted ...
Mötley Crüe: Masters of Disaster
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 1 March 1986
PAUL ELLIOTT confronts MÖTLEY CRÜE, men with a taste for reckless living, sexual weirdness and putting bounties on making it with gummy old grannies. ...
Fugazi: End Hits (Dischord SIS 110V)
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, July 1998
Fifth album of uneasy listening from right-on hardcore men. Not a compilation. ...
Michael Bolton: Soul Provider (CBS 465343 1/CD) ****
Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 16 September 1989
GORRELL AND Carmichael's 'Georgia On My Mind' is the kind of song that can swallow up lesser singers. Michael Bolton sings it as good as, ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 2 August 1997
Punks in the '90s are supposed to be straight-edge, ultra-PC and humour-free. Evidently, no one told THE OFFSPRING'S meat-eating, beer-drinking, scary chick-loving top geezer, Dexter ...
George Michael: Twentyfive (Sony/BMG)
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, December 2006
THIS WAS SUPPOSED to be part of George Michael's big comeback: a greatest hits album to follow a sell-out European tour. And, fleetingly, it was ...
Faith No More: Angel Dust (Slash 828 321-2)
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, July 1992
IN THE '90s, rock Is changing — or at least, public tastes are changing. Nirvana's Nevermind has topped the US album chart and is now ...
Deep Purple: Around The World Live (Eagle Vision)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Paul Elliott, Classic Rock, July 2008
Four-disc set documenting the Steve Morse era and Jon Lord's farewell. ...
The Melvins: Melvins: Ozma (Tupelo TUPLP 7)****
Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 20 January 1990
The perfect kiss-off ...
AC/DC: Donington Ain't No Bad Place To Be
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 17 August 1991
AC/DC headline Donington for a record-breaking third time this weekend. When they do, the song you most want to hear, predicts PAUL ELLIOTT, is the ...
Cradle of Filth: The Lust Highway
Interview by Paul Elliott, Neil Perry, Kerrang!, 2 May 1998
Experimental sex, necrophilia, decadence, fetishism, three-day clubbing binges, pornography, occultism, misanthropy and vampirism. Welcome to the world of CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth… ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 1 September 1990
Robert Cray has gotten himself hitched to a girl from Leicester and gone back to the Stax and Volt labels for inspiration on his new ...
W.A.S.P.: A Day in the Life of Blackie Lawless
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 4 July 1992
He's spent the last two years closeted away, writing and recording his just released 'rock opera', The Crimson Idol. Now, with a slot on the ...
Diamond Head: Buried Treasure: Diamond Head's Canterbury
Retrospective by Paul Elliott, MOJO, October 2009
This month's exhumation from the vaults of indifference: Midlands metal tryers laid low by pressing plant cack-handedness and cardboard scythes. ...
Amy Winehouse: Killing Me Softly
Report by Paul Elliott, MOJO, January 2008
She is the finest female vocalist of her generation, but in 2007 Amy Winehouse became an easy mark for the tabloids, with tales of drugs, ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 18 April 1992
Oh, won't you please welcome Canadian legends RUSH — back in the UK for the sold-out Roll The Bones tour. After nearly 20 years together, ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 13 July 1996
The hottest superbabe in rock is here! She's Gwen Stefani, she fronts million-selling US sensations No Doubt, and once she's had her eyebrows plucked, she'll ...
Reef: A Night Out with Reef: Emphatically Pissed
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 28 October 1995
REEF are the coolest, fastest-rising rock band in Britain. They're on Kerrang!'s free Rare tape. And they like a drink or two, as PAUL ELLIOTT ...
ZZ Top: Heaven, Hell... or Vegas!
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 25 April 1992
With their new single 'Viva Las Vegas' — a cover of an old Elvis Presley number — crashing into the UK Top 10 and a ...
Queensrÿche: Crime and Punishment
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 28 May 1988
The music of QUEENSRŸCHE infuses classic metal power with unorthodox arrangements and ambitious technical dazzle. PAUL ELLIOTT comes to terms with their new concept album ...
Unruly Child: Reigning Frogs – The Box Set Collection
Review by Paul Elliott, loudersound.com, 29 March 2017
It's now 25 years since Unruly Child's self-titled debut album, a melodic rock masterpiece, was lost in the shuffle when grunge hit big. Since then, ...
King Kobra: Ready To Strike and Thrill Of A Lifetime
Review by Paul Elliott, Classic Rock, 31 March 2017
When the impressively moustachioed Carmine Appice formed LA rock act King Kobra in 1984, he was an established big hitter — in terms of his ...
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, December 1992
A SINGLE TITLED 'Sexy Motherfucker', and now a self-parodying rock soap opera with an androgynous sex symbol for a name? Clearly the new Vice President ...
Coal Chamber, Human Waste Project: Human Waste Project, Coal Chambers: Sister Act
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 14 February 1998
"God, you guys just want dirt!" exclaimed HUMAN WASTE PROJECT'S Aimee Echo when she and COAL CHAMBER'S Rayna saw our frankly filthy Valentine's Day questionnaire. ...
Be gentle with me! Reading & Donington — The Kerrang! Survival Guide
Guide by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 26 August 1995
Are you a festival virgin? Is it your first time? Don't end up face down in a muddy puddle — read the Big K! survival ...
Feeder: The Empire Strikes Back
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 7 February 1998
Ever since Bush sold their first few million records, we've been waiting for the next globe-conquering Britrock band. Enter FEEDER, three men who've come through ...
Smashing Pumpkins: Mellow, Jolly and the Infinite Madness
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 4 May 1996
It's all gone weird in Amsterdam — the Smashing Pumpkins are eating hash cakes, visiting gay bars, getting chatted up by lesbians and generally having ...
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, July 1991
INEVITABLY, THE title song is a cover of the Everly Brothers standard, as covered previously by journeyman Brit rockers Nazareth. A pub singer staple, 'Love ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Vox, July 1991
So Elvis is the King of rock'n'roll, huh? Well he don't mean shit to Living Colour as they rap with Paul Elliot about the roots ...
Report by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 26 October 1996
Used tampons, crap beer and blokes' naked arses. That'll be FLUFFY on the road, then. A debauched and filthy tale of backstage scuzz and stinking ...
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, September 1991
FIFTY-NINE MOTORTUNES in one three-CD package? Now that's overkill. Meltdown is near perfect both as an introduction to Motörhead and as a means of replacing ...
Van Halen: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Review by Paul Elliott, Vox, August 1991
IN DAVID LEE ROTH, Van Halen had — and lost — more than a singer. The all-Amerlcan rock hero and then some, Roth was the ...
Therapy? Smooth, Smart, Selfish
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 18 November 1995
How has Therapy? bassist Michael McKeegan kept his head as the band have gone from smalltown heroes to international stars? Paul Elliott hears his story... ...
The Black Crowes: The Return of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Interview by Paul Elliott, MOJO, April 2008
After seven years in the wilderness, the Black Crowes, America's freewheelin', dope-smokin', warring Blues Brotherhood are back. And this time their singer Chris Robinson is ...
Edie Brickell: Nice 'N' Edie Does It
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 12 January 1991
EDIE BRICKELL doesn't look like a tough Texan, but don't be fooled by her sweet smile and soft drawl, she's one mean rockin' mama. PAUL ...
Manowar: Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 13 May 1989
A DOZEN reasons why none but Manowar are true heirs to the mantle Kings Of Metal. ...
Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam: Pump up the 'Jam
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 27 June 1992
12 months ago PEARL JAM were just another Seattle band. Singer EDDIE VEDDER had arrived from San Diego, guitarist STONE GOSSARD and bassist JEFF AMENT ...
The Black Crowes: Rock 'N' Roll Dilemmas, the Acid Test of Heavy Metal Morals: The Black Crowes
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 10 October 1991
The Rock 'N' Roll Dilemmas are cunningly contrived queries designed to probe the immoral depths to which rock stars will stoop. Or not, as the ...
Soundgarden: "I Get It A Lot, That Paranoid Feeling"
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 20 June 1992
And SOUNDGARDEN'S charismatic singer CHRIS CORNELL ain't talking about those ever-present Black Sabbath comparisons either. He might not be the new Ozzy Osbourne, argues PAUL ...
Pearl Jam: No Code (Epic ET067500) kkkk
Review by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 17 August 1996
WHAT BAND would not want to be in Pearl Jam's position right now? Still one of the biggest rock acts in the world, grunge's leading ...
Def Leppard: Royal Centre, Nottingham
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 12 September 1987
SUGAR ON THE ROCKS ...
Tesla: Hammersmith Odeon, London (supporting Def Leppard)
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 19 September 1987
CHASING THE BIG CATS ...
Christina Aguilera: Christina Aguilera (RCA)
Review by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2003
Her eight-million-selling, Britney-bothering debut, with six new tracks. ...
David Lee Roth: A Little Ain't Enough (Warner Bros)
Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 12 January 1991
THANK HEAVEN... FOR LITTLE BOYS ...
Alexander O'Neal: All True Man (Tabu)
Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 26 January 1991
SWINGER WITH ATTITUDE ...
Manic Street Preachers: Gold Against The Soul (Columbia 4740622)
Review by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 19 June 1993
ROCK 'N' SOUL AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION... ...
The Black Crowes: G Rose Lord Park, Toronto, Canada; Shea's, Buffalo, USA
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 12 September 1992
THE FIRST of these dates was a free open air concert; a gift to Toronto rock radio station Q-107, who've supported the Black Crowes since ...
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 29 March 1997
HEDONISTIC! BIRMINGHAM GETS A SKINFUL OF SKUNK ...
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