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The Stock Aitken Waterman Story
In this history of the hitmaking trio behind Kylie, Jason and Mel And Kim, we tell the Stock Aitken Waterman story… By 1984, Pete Waterman was already something of a…
The Bristol Sound – How The West Was Won
The Bristol Sound is a melting pot of genres that reflects the city’s varied cultural cornerstones – and in the 90s, it became a world-beating brand… Music journalists and cultural…
Dead Or Alive: Pete Burns – his final interview
As the lead singer of Dead Or Alive, Pete Burns was one of pop’s most arresting figures. In 2016, on the eve of the release of a Dead Or Alive…
S’Express: Mark Moore interview
As the leader of S’Express, Mark Moore was one of the biggest names in dance music in the late 80s and early 90s. In this exclusive interview, he explains the…
Pet Shop Boys singles – The Top 40
Classic Pop picks out the best Pet Shop Boys singles, from 1984 to 2016… Pet Shop Boys are one of pop’s most successful duos of all time – national treasures,…
Forget Me Nots: Transvision Vamp – Little Magnets Versus The Bubble Of Babble
Transvision Vamp had the world at their feet after reaching No.1 with second LP, Velveteen. But thanks to the vicious music press and an interfering record company, its follow-up, Little…
Top 20 greatest foreign-language singles of the 80s
Our run-down of the best foreign-language singles of the 1980s… By Jon O’Brien As a whole, the UK’s record buyers have been stubbornly resistant to anything outside their native tongue.…
Girls Just Want To Have Fun: Cyndi Lauper interview
With Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper became one of the biggest acts of the 1980s. Now, with a storming new single and a reissue of her groundbreaking debut…
Duran Duran: The Side Projects
If there’s a schism that exists within the ranks of Duran Duran, it was most obviously visible in their wildly differing splinter groups, The Power Station and Arcadia. Classic Pop…
Forget Me Nots: Susanna Hoffs’ When You’re A Boy
Jon O’Brien remembers Susanna Hoffs’ When You’re A Boy from 1991 Having topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with 1989’s Eternal Flame, The Bangles looked set to…