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When you’ve made your living from music for almost four decades, you can feel reasonably confident your audience will follow you wherever you roam. So it is with Mike Scott,…
Review: Lamb – The Secret Of Letting Go
Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes have made little secret of how completing their seventh album nearly roasted Lamb alive. Quite apart from the regular stresses of their complex working relationship,…
Review: The Cranberries – In The End
It’s impossible to listen to The Cranberries’ final album and not feel a little uncomfortable. Dolores O’Riordan was never famed for her lyrics, but when she begins with the…
Godfathers of Pop: Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon rose to fame as the frontman of post-punk rockers Theatre Of Hate, who enjoyed their biggest hit with Do You Believe In The Westworld in 1982. He went…
Godmothers of Pop: Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee – born Pauline Matthews, in Bradford – began her recording career on Fontana as a 16-year-old in 1963. She went on to become the first female British artist…
Godfathers of Pop: Dr Robert
Bruce Robert Howard was nicknamed Dr Robert, after the Beatles song of that title, while he was still at school in King‘s Lynn. After emigrating to Australia with his family…
Godfathers of Pop: Junior Giscombe
Junior Giscombe cut his teeth as a backing vocalist with Linx before enjoying success as a solo artist with Mama Used To Say, a 1982 hit on both sides of…
Classic Pop Presents Depeche Mode is Now On Sale!
Classic Pop Presents Depeche Mode – Synth-pop Pioneers Buy cover one online here Buy cover two online here Buy your complete fan pack here Download your digital edition here Also…
Hall & Oates: The self-proclaimed jackasses tell all…
Back to make your dreams come true with an arena tour, Daryl Hall & John Oates made selling 40 million albums look and sound effortless. So why are they refusing…
Review: Suzi Quatro – No Control
Since quoting people out of context is all the rage, let’s take a line from Suzi Quatro’s 17th album and wilfully misinterpret it. “I’m a rolling stone,” she claims on…