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Madness interview: “We’ve collided together in a sandpit of joy on this new album”
No longer a nostalgia band, Madness have spent the past two decades assembling “new universes” of music to showcase their impeccable knack of knowing what makes people tick. In 2016,…
Tiffany interview: “I’m singing the best I’ve ever sung”
Ex-teen icon Tiffany tells all about her divorce-inspired new studio album Shadows and her love of trashy sci-fi flicks… By Will Simpson “Children be-haaave”. That’s what often first comes to…
Marilyn interview: “People want me back. That’s amazing”
For a singer who only released one album, Marilyn has made an indelible mark on pop culture. In 2016 he returned a new single, Love Or Money, produced with his…
Wendy James interview: “I put my gold records out with the trash”
Wendy James was the iconic frontwoman of 80s indie-popsters Transvision Vamp, and in 2016 released her third solo album, The Price Of The Ticket. That year, she spoke to Jenny…
Martika interview
She started out on US TV show Kids Inc. and found worldwide stardom while still a teenager, but when the pressures of fame took hold in the early 90s, Martika…
Steps interview: “In a way, we were kind of punk rock”
Dismissed as disposable pop trash in the 90s, shiny happy five-piece Steps returned in 2017 terrorise the dancefloor. That year, they talked to Christian Guitenane… Once upon a time, the mere…
Gaz Coombes interview: “The 90s were a free-for-all”
Gaz Coombes has matured from the scamp with the sideburns in Supergrass to thoughtful solo artist. For his new solo album, he tells us why he’s looking forwards, not backwards.…
Barry Gibb interview: “I have no self-image. The only way I can shout is to sing”
In 2016, Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees released his first solo album in 30 years. That year, at his favourite curry house, he sat down with Rudy Bolly… One…
Yello interview: “It’s legitimate to shake our asses”
After more than four decades together, “funny little Swiss boys” Yello are still innovating. In this interview from 2016, they talked to Classic Pop about stagefright, the dangers of success…
Saint Etienne interview: “I certainly wouldn’t be embarrassed if someone called us a 90s band”
With their melancholic disco singles and album statements, Saint Etienne were one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. We spoke to them in 2017 as they released their…