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John Earls
Writing for Classic Pop since our first issue, John has been to Adam Ant’s house, sworn at by Bob Geldof, touched Johnny Marr’s favourite guitar, interviewed Richard Coles on his vicarage bed and serenaded with Last Christmas by Shirlie Kemp. John first specialised in writing about music as editor of Teletext’s Planet Sound music column from 2000-09 and now writes about pop for a range of magazines and national newspapers. A Luton Town fan, John also writes about football. His bucket list interviews for the magazine are Grace Jones, Kylie, Siouxsie Sioux and Andrew Ridgeley.
Review: The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Polydor/Fiction) ★★★★★ Some albums need more time to surface. Now, after 16 years, The Cure are back to break your heart…
A Lexicon Of Life – Martin Fry Interview
More than 40 years since becoming a star, Martin Fry tells his life story in A Lexicon Of Life. Alongside his battles with cancer and alcoholism, Martin reveals to Classic…
Album Insight: Pet Shop Boys – Elysium
One of the most controversial albums in the Pet Shop Boys catalogue, Elysium was the peak of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe trying an LP that wasn’t solely about the…
Interview: Richard Coles remembers the Communards
After more than a decade as TV’s go-to vicar, it’s easy to forget how influential Rev Richard Coles was alongside Jimmy Somerville in political pop mavericks Communards. It seems a…
The Other Two – Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert interview
Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert’s accidental pop career away from New Order as The Other Two has been an adventure they have never quite controlled… Here the husband-and-wife duo reflect…
Alison Moyet – Key Interview
To mark Alison Moyet’s 40th anniversary as a solo artist, she’s revisiting old songs for her new album, Key. The record is also an excuse to tour – and to…
Review: Alison Moyet – Key
Review: Alison Moyet – Key (Cooking Vinyl) ★★★★☆ After seven years, and despite minimal activity since, Alison Moyet loses none of her powers as she delves into her solo past…
Marc Almond – I’m Not Anyone interview
Marc Almond tells Classic Pop how his move from London to Portugal has reignited his passion for music and led to the new covers album, I’m Not Anyone… Although Marc…
Top 40 80s pop artists
It’s the ultimate face-off as we count down our favourite 80s pop artists… It is, of course, the impossible task: distil music’s most creative and varied decade down to a…
Review: Erasure – Cowboy (Reissue)
Review: Erasure – Cowboy (Reissue) ★★★★☆ Known to most devotees as ‘The album where Vince Clarke dressed as a cactus on tour’, 1997’s Cowboy is Erasure reminding fans and themselves…