As rave culture landed in 1989, this pivotal year in pop’s evolution was dominated by Italian house trio Black Box’s huge No.1 hit Ride On Time. However, alongside the success…
New Releases and Reissues: 28 February
This week we’re taking a look at Marc Almond’s latest symbolic offering as well as the recent batch of Kim Wilde reissues and a rerelease of Erasure’s third album… Marc…
Classic Pop Issue 62 is on sale now
In Classic Pop Issue 62, we speak to Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill about the madness of Street Fighting Years and how they’re planning to return to their…
Q+A: TLC
Forget The Pointer Sisters, Destiny’s Child, or even The Supremes – the best-selling US girl group of all time is TLC. Formed in Atlanta in 1990, Tionne ’T-Boz’ Watkins, Rozonda…
Then Jerico Interview: ‘I know I’m very lucky to be a functioning human being’
Then Jerico aren’t the most obvious name for an explosive tale of self-destructive anger, winding up Iggy Pop, rehab, shocking disability and heartwarming redemption. But singer Mark Shaw has lived…
Tim Pope Interview: ‘I used to nick the camera in the evening and go and film bands’
With a landmark live show by The Cure about to hit DVD, we talk to its director, Tim Pope, about his work with the band and a whole host of…
Q+A: Cerrone
Marc Cerrone won worldwide acclaim with the single Love In C Minor in 1976, and its follow-up, Supernature, which became his biggest British hit, reaching No.8 on the UK charts…
New Releases: 21 February
Looking for some new pop tomes to leaf through at your leisure? Here’s some from the last couple of months that you may have missed… Randee St. Nicholas – My Name…
Whitney Houston’s self-titled debut album reissued for 35th anniversary
Originally released on Arista Records, Whitney Houston features her hit singles How Will I Know, Greatest Love of All and Saving All My Love For You… The eponymous debut album from Whitney…
A-ha reaches one billion YouTube views of Take On Me
Rhino is marking this achievement with new collectables available in their store The iconic video for A-ha’s No.1 hit Take On Me reached one billion views on YouTube on 18…