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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…
Classic Pop Presents 1983
Our brand new issue, Classic Pop Presents 1983, is here! Our 1980s series continues with 1983, the year when pop hit the stratosphere, ruling the world’s Walkmans with some of…
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…
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…
The wizards of Oz – How Australian music conquered the world
In the wake of punk, bands from a Land Down Under took on the charts… In this article from 2017, Jonathan Wright spoke to Mental As Anything’s late vocalist Greedy…
Kevin Godley interview
In 2017, Kevin Godley, ex of 10cc and Godley & Creme, and a director behind some of the finest videos ever made, was planning a new album, Muscle Memory. That…
Debbie Gibson interview: “People get so into nostalgia!”
In 2017 Debbie Gibson released a lavish retrospective boxset titled We Could Be Together. That year, she spoke to David Burke about her three decades in the music business… In…
Interview: Peter Hook remembers Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures
In 2019, to mark the 40th anniversary of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, Peter Hook talked to Jonathan Wright about the “wonderful out-of-control excitement” of making one of the best debut…
Jonathan Harvey interview: “A lot of the critics were taken aback when Louie Spence was gyrating in a G-string”
In 2019, 20 years after their first venture into musical theatre with Closer To Heaven, the Pet Shop Boys reunited with playwright Jonathan Harvey and actor Frances Barber for a…