Wesley Strick
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Television: Symbolist Coffee Break: A Dream Date With T.V.
Interview by Wesley Strick, Gig, September 1976
IF IT CAN boast nothing more, Television bears the distinction of being Manhattan's most written-up, unrecorded band. Given the availability of press hype, you don't ...
Leon Russell: Leon and Mary Russell: Nassau Coliseum
Live Review by Wesley Strick, Blast, October 1976
ISAAC HAYES may be Black Moses, but Leon Russell is goddamm Charlton Heston himself! Remember the way Heston looked, coming down off Sinai? The cat ...
The Ramones: Short Hairs: Ramones
Profile and Interview by Wesley Strick, Blast, October 1976
IF THE BAY City Rollers were weaned on Manhattan Clam Chowder instead of Scotch Broth, they'd be the Ramones. Oh, yeah? ...
Roy Harper: Short Hairs: Roy Harper
Review and Interview by Wesley Strick, Blast, October 1976
ROY HARPER is a difficult artist. Roy Harper is a British-born singer, musician and poet. He's not a Rock Star and he doesn't want to ...
Thin Lizzy: Tonight There's Gonna Be Trouble!
Profile and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 30 December 1976
Thin Lizzy Stalks the Fury of Fandom. By Wesley Strick ...
Bernie Taupin, Elton John: Elton John: Elton's Blue Moves
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 17 January 1977
In One Era and Out Another ...
Queen: A Day at the Races Is A Self-Made Masterpiece
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 31 January 1977
IT WAS SOME WEEKS BACK, and Europe's biggest rock band had four months' studio time behind them, and two weeks ahead. "It feels like we've ...
Nazareth's Game Plan: Fight It Out Until It's Right
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 14 February 1977
IN GERMANY, their rock-hard rendition of Joni Mitchell's 'This Flight Tonight' won an award for chart longevity. On their recent 13-date cross-Canadian tour, they played ...
Brian Eno, David Bowie, Iggy Pop: Bowie Now: New Songs for Day and Night
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 28 February 1977
THESE ARE the facts:David Bowie's latest album, Low, is two-sided. Side One contains seven crypto-disco tracks, no track shorter than 1:42 or longer than 3:26. ...
Queen: A Day At The Races (Elektra)
Review by Wesley Strick, Circus, 28 February 1977
OKAY, SO they're effete, flaky, fey. And proud. So what? This (sort-of) sequel (self-produced) to A Night at the Opera reeks of arch naivete. Freddie Mercury warbles ...
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 17 March 1977
Rodgers and Ralphs Mix Celestial Magic At Chopin's Chateau ...
Bad Company: "We're the Best Group in the World"
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 31 March 1977
Mick Ralphs Rolls Out the Bad Company Red Carpet ...
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 28 April 1977
The Sweetly Shocking Rockers Who Brought You 'Pull the Plug' Are Back With Their Second LP Violation. ...
Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Cream: Will Cream Stand the Test of Time?
Retrospective and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 28 April 1977
MAYBE YOU'VE seen the recent full-page spreads, and maybe you've wondered. In January, RSO Records reissued nine landmark rock 'n roll albums. "Collector's Editions," the ...
The Hollywood Stars: Hollywood Stars: Hollywood Stars (Arista)
Review by Wesley Strick, Circus, 9 May 1977
THEY KIND of sound like a network game show, don't they? Frisky with the promise of big bucks for the right formula. Eager but not ...
Iggy Pop: The Idiot (RCA Victor)
Review by Wesley Strick, Circus, 12 May 1977
IN 1974, RAY Manzarek invited Iggy Pop to front for the Doors. It's said that Iggy dyed his hair jet black to suit the part. ...
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 26 May 1977
The Return, In Relative Good Health, Of Rock's Ragged Edge ...
Nils Lofgren: I Came to Dance (A&M)
Review by Wesley Strick, Circus, 9 June 1977
NILS GOT A haircut. Check the sleek black cover of Lofgren's latest — he looks like a troublemaker. A certified Travis Bickle time-bomb, Nils is ...
Led Zeppelin: The Tour In Progress: Jimmy Plage Files His Report
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 9 June 1977
ROBERT PLANT comes bouncing into the hotel room in satin blouse, second-skin denims and high-heeled sneakers. "We've got a new Jimmy Page," he crows. "He's ...
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 23 June 1977
Jimmy Page Pauses for a Few Words about Roots, Keith Richards and Zep's Musical Karma ...
Kiss: Love Gun Is a Real Bazooka
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 4 August 1977
Behind the Scenes of the First Kiss Simulated Concept LP ...
Peter Frampton: Philadelphia Screams for More
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 18 August 1977
Frampton Previews I'm In You Before 90,000 Expectant Fans ...
Daryl Hall & John Oates: Hall & Oates: Back Together Again
Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 13 October 1977
Hall & Oates Abandon Philly Soul ID, Adopt Heavy Metal Stance ...
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue (Caribou)
Review by Wesley Strick, Creem, November 1977
THIS BIG, BRAVE album — the only Beach Boys solo spin-off ever — is a small revelation. No one who has heard Dennis croak 'You ...
The Beatles: Repackaging Pleasant Memories: The Beatles' Love Songs
Comment by Wesley Strick, Circus, 5 January 1978
Beatles' Love Songs Presents Twenty-Five Romantic Gems ...
Report by Wesley Strick, Circus, 5 January 1978
Will Their Punk Madness Spread to the States? ...
KISS: The Well-Kept Kiss Secret
Report and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 5 January 1978
Photographing Gene Simmons Reveals the Minds Behind the Masquerade ...
Boz Scaggs Treads the MOR Tightrope
Profile and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 16 February 1978
Down Two Then Left Plays Funk Against Fancy ...
Jackson Browne Thrives on the Endless Road
Profile and Interview by Wesley Strick, Circus, 2 March 1978
LATE LAST summer, Jackson Browne sipped a glass of Burgundy backstage and said, "I'm touring with the Section, who are the best studio players in ...
Joni Mitchell Meets Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Report by Wesley Strick, Circus, 2 March 1978
NINETEEN SEVENTY EIGHT is a watershed year for Joni Mitchell; Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (Asylum) is the superlative singer-songwriter's tenth album; its release marks the ...
The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Warner Bros.)
Review by Wesley Strick, Circus, 2 March 1978
Johnny Rotten Assaults Rock & Roll ...
Blondie: Plastic Letters (Chrysalis)
Review by Wesley Strick, Circus, 11 May 1978
ABOVE ALL, Blondie is supposed to be about Fun — the group even printed a defensive Fun Manifesto on the liner of its debut Private ...
Todd Rundgren: Hermit Of Mink Hollow (Bearsville)
Review by Wesley Strick, Creem, August 1978
TODD RUNDGREN OPENS HIS EYES ...
Radio Birdman: Radios Appear (Sire SRK 6050)
Review by Wesley Strick, Rolling Stone, 24 August 1978
THE SAINTS' recent emigration to England reopens the question: is there punk after Perth? In Sydney, which some describe as Canoga Park on the far ...
The Flamin' Groovies: Flamin' Groovies: Now (Sire SRK6059)
Review by Wesley Strick, Rolling Stone, 7 September 1978
IT SEEMS PERVERSE, even mordant, to call the new Flamin' Groovies album Now. But since Low and Wow have been taken, Now must serve as ...
Heart Gets Back on the Right Beat
Interview by Wesley Strick, Rolling Stone, 30 November 1978
Legal battles behind them ...
Eric Carmen: Change Of Heart (Arista)
Review by Wesley Strick, Creem, February 1979
FIRST THE FACTS: A record that leads off with something called the 'Desperate Fools Overture', which sounds like Chicken George's love theme, is not a ...
Olivia Newton-John: Totally Hot (MCA)
Review by Wesley Strick, Creem, March 1979
OLIVIA NEWTON-John lost her virginity on the cover of her Greatest Hits album, released last year. Inside the grooves, though, she was caught begging sadistic ...
Review by Wesley Strick, Creem, January 1981
EVER WANT to meet the geniuses who made Gary Numan viable? Well, here they are. Most of them, I mean. John Foxx is gone, with ...
Adam & The Ants: Kings Of The Wild Frontier (Epic)
Review by Wesley Strick, Creem, April 1981
THIS IS ridiculous. ...
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