We lift the lid on an alternate pop universe to tell the story of how these top twenty hits could have turned out very differently if fate hadn’t intervened… Creating great…
Classic Album: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) – Eurythmics
Stifled and frustrated by their time in The Tourists, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox packed their bags to form Eurythmics. With a new sound and a new image, their second…
Interview: Men At Work
Fronted by a Scottish native who relocated Down Under in his teens, Men At Work glimpsed greatness before it all became a bit Spinal Tap. Frontman Colin Hay trawls through…
Classic Album: Songs From The Big Chair – Tears For Fears
After inviting us into the Mad World of their debut The Hurting in 1983, Tears For Fears returned with a new sound and outlook two years later, brimming with the…
Andy Wright Interview: Orchestral Manoeuvres
Andy Wright started his career as a synth and drum machine programmer in the 80s, and is now both Simply Red and Simple Minds’ regular producer. There was simply only…
Steve Barron Interview: Sound & Vision
Steve Barron was one of the titans of the 80s music video scene, a visionary director who came to define the decade with a series of scorchingly iconic promos. Classic…
Classic Pop Presents Prince – A Celebration has now been updated!
Our Classic Pop Presents special edition devoted to Prince has now been updated to include the latest archive releases Piano & A Microphone 1983 and Originals. We also have a…
Godfathers of Pop: Marian Gold
Alphaville remain best known in the UK for their debut single Big In Japan, in 1984. But although it was their only real success in Britain, the German synth-pop trio…
Godfathers of Pop: Paul Webb AKA Rustin Man
The founding bassist of Talk Talk, Paul Webb formed experimental duo .O.rang with Talk Talk’s drummer Lee Harris after the band broke up in 1991, later making cult classic Out…
Issue 56 of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop magazine we have a world exclusive with Duran Duran who tell us about their new studio album and recent historic show for NASA…