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Dan Biggane
Dan Biggane is a writer for Classic Pop and Vintage Rock magazines. A former entertainment editor at the Bath Chronicle newspaper, he’s interviewed countless big names from the world of rock and pop including Robert Plant and John Lydon, as well as members of The Specials, The Selecter, The Cure, The Go-Go's and Echo & The Bunnymen.
Echo & The Bunnymen mainstay Will Sergeant has scribed his second memoir, which charts the band’s rapid rise to pop stardom and reveals chance encounters with rock royalty along the…
Terry Hall and the Fun Boy Three
In December 2022, we lost one of British pop’s most significant figures with the sad passing of Terry Hall. Shooting to fame with The Specials, he also broke the mould…
Too Much Pressure – The Selecter Interview
In 2021, as Chrysalis Records continued their celebration of 2 Tone with the remastered release of Too Much Pressure, the seminal debut album by The Selecter, Classic Pop met key…
2 Tone Records Interview: 40 Years of 2 Tone Records
With its message of unity, 2 Tone burned bright as the embers of punk faded and offered hope to a generation lost. Forty years on from its inception, Classic Pop…