From the groundbreaking Go-Go’s to a globally successful solo career, Belinda Carlisle has lived life in the fast lane and overcome substance abuse with meditation, mantras and yoga. In 2017,…
Making Michael Jackson’s Bad
Five years after Thriller took the world by storm, Michael Jackson was back from breaking records to making them. However, following up his best-selling album came with an enormous amount…
9 of the best vinyl and CD boxsets for Christmas 2022
2022 has seen some fantastic boxset releases and remasters from an array of Classic Pop regulars, including The Cure, Blondie, Depeche Mode, and The Human League. We’ve put together some…
Pop Art – John Warwicker
John Warwicker grew up steeped in music history, so it’s no surprise that his designs would eventually grace the sleeves of artists as diverse as Lloyd Cole, Janet Jackson, The…
The Lowdown – Whitney Houston
She was the original 80s pop diva, with some of the biggest singles of the decade, but Whitney Houston died alone at the age of 48. Classic Pop charts a…
Reintroducing the hardline according to Sananda Maitreya
In 2017, we caught up with Sananda Maitreya – otherwise known as The Artist Formerly Known As Terence Trent D’Arby – to talk culture wars, name changes, Greek myths and…
Top 20 heroes of synth-pop
Classic Pop shines a light on those shadowy pioneers who paved the way for the electro revolution… You may know your ABC from your OMD, but what about those pivotal…
Synth-pop: The rise of the machines
Introducing the pioneering devices that shaped the pop music of the 80s. Members of The Human League and Landscape reveal the true story behind the electronic revolution, from blowing up…
The story of Kraftwerk
In music, the terms ‘legendary’ and ‘influential’ are so commonplace as to lose almost all meaning. But it might be argued that More than any other band in history, Kraftwerk…
China Crisis interview: It’s fun to entertain
If you’re in a band with a back catalogue littered with classic albums, it’s understandable why there may be little enthusiasm to produce new music. But after a huge Pledge…