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Mark Lindores
Raised on a diet of Smash Hits and Number One mags (literally, he used to save his school lunch money to buy them), Mark Lindores never entertained the idea of doing anything other than writing as a career. After writing for publications including the British and Australian editions of Vogue, Mixmag, Attitude, Total Film, Clash, Notion and Metro, he chanced upon the launch issue of Classic Pop in 2012 and, thrilled with the discovery of a magazine that featured his favourite artists, pitched an idea for issue 2 and has written for the magazine (and Classic Pop Presents) ever since.
Classic Pop presents its essential guide to Prince in the 90s… The dawn of the 90s found Prince in a state of uncertainty. Batman had been a big success, yet…
The Making of Madonna’s Like A Prayer
Madonna’s Like A Prayer is an immaculate collection of songs which saw the superstar looking inwards for divine inspiration, taking in grief, loss, redemption and empowerment. With the celestial like a…
Prince – The making of Purple Rain
The story behind Prince’s masterpiece Purple Rain After years as the critic’s choice, Prince’s evolution to rock’s leading man saw him score a hit album, blockbuster movie and record-breaking tour.…
Album By Album – OMD
The synth-pop icons who mastered the blend of experimentalism and melody… Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, 1980 Thanks to Liverpool’s hosting of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, 2023 has already…
Inside Kylie’s Tension
Fittingly for one of 2023’s hottest releases, the bulk of Kylie Minogue’s Tension was recorded during a thermometer-melting, record-breaking summer. We meet two of the LP’s key collaborators, Richard ‘Biff’…
Madonna: The Blond Ambition Tour – the greatest show on Earth
Hitting the road to promote her confessional opus Like A Prayer, Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour was a non-stop erotic cabaret blending sex, religion and spectacle. Taking elements of Broadway, high…
Gary Numan: Listen To My Voice book review
Author: Richard Cosgrove Publisher: New Haven Publishing For someone whose career was estimated to last just six months by his critics, Gary Numan has done remarkably well to sustain success…
Album By Album – Duran Duran
Quickly transcending their new romantic roots, Duran Duran helped define the 80s sound and across 40 years have evolved into one of the most important pop bands of all time……
Classic Album: Madonna – Erotica
Misunderstood and overshadowed by her own marketing machine, Madonna’s fifth album Erotica stands out as one of her most daring and rewarding endeavours Prior to The Immaculate Collection, Madonna’s decade-defining…
Album By Album – Madonna
We put the immaculate career of Madonna under the Classic Pop microscope… Madonna, 1983 The ‘Disco Sucks’ movement’s culmination with a ceremonial burning of records in 1979 may have been…