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Andy Taylor interview: “I’ve got more music to make – and I’m going nowhere until I get it done”
Refusing to be dragged under by his terminal cancer diagnosis, Andy Taylor has not only been playing guitar on a new Duran Duran album but also making his first solo…
Pet Shop Boys interview – SMASH the system
In June 2023, Pet Shop Boys released what’s possibly their ultimate statement – SMASH, a boxset of all their singles. But, in the 2020s, what is a single? What’s the…
Lloyd Cole interview: King of pain
More closely involved with his fans than ever before after nearly losing his house in lockdown, Lloyd Cole has emerged with On Pain – a stunning album nearer to Talk…
Dr Robert interview: A kind of magic
As the Blow Monkeys’ Animal Magic returns as a new deluxe reissue, frontman ‘Dr Robert’ Howard tells Classic Pop how his plan to rope in a certain children’s TV legend…
Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz interview: “CBGBs was a wonderful incubator for baby bands”
One of the great love stories in music, as well as one of its finest rhythm sections, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz are preparing to share their memories of life…
Haircut 100 interview: “We always had the confidence that we were something special”
Shiny enough to have their own comic strip and potential TV sitcom, Haircut 100 were also an odd mix of six diverse personalities, incorporating post-punk, jazz, Brazilian rhythms and martial…
Sparks interview: Too latte for goodbyes
Classic Pop talks to Sparks about their latest album, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte Sparks adore their coffee, so it was perhaps inevitable that one day they’d write…
Interview: Harry Wayne Casey of KC And The Sunshine Band
Dave Freak talks to Harry Wayne Casey, longtime frontman of KC And The Sunshine Band Formed by Harry Wayne Casey in the early 70s in Florida, with KC And The…
Leilani interview: pre-millennium precious treasure
As her debut album Precious Treasure is released, we catch up with 90s pop star, Leilani In the timeline of classic pop, Leilani comes after the anything-is-possible spirit of 80s…
Alannah Currie interview: “For a couple of years the three of us had a real laugh”
In this archive interview from 2017, Thompson Twins’ Alannah Currie remembers the band’s early days… By Jenny Valentish Behind the imposing doorway of the Sisters HQ in Borough, south London,…