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Artist Features & Interviews
They were the idiosyncratic duo that threw glam rock, goth, B-movie kitsch, electro and art-pop into the blender to form an intoxicating stew. Now, as Shakespears Sister get the deluxe…
Sigue Sigue Sputnik Interview
In 1986, few bands were as controversial and confrontational as Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Now as their debut album Flaunt It gets an expansive 4CD reissue, Steve O’Brien speaks to its…
Classic Pop Q&A: Roland Gift
Fine Young Cannibals released just two albums in their short life, both of which have just received a long overdue reissue. Steve O’Brien talks to the band’s frontman. Fine Young…
Classic Pop Q&A: Hazell Dean
The Hi-NRG icon Hazell Dean talks Stock Aitken Waterman, A Song For Europe and being a disco diva… By Douglas McPherson Nicknamed ‘The Queen Of Hi-NRG’ and ‘The Duchess Of…
Interview – Gary Crowley: Lost In Music
One of the most well-connected men in the music industry, Gary Crowley raids his photo archive to look back on some of his personal highlights from the 80s… by Steve…
Top 20: It Didn’t Happen Here
Some songs are American hits, but not British ones. Here then is our Top 20 countdown of the songs that never quite made it over here… Much was interchangeable between…
The Pod Squad #1: The D Side
The first in a new series of Classic Pop-friendly podcast profiles – we meet The D Side What’s your podcast about? We look at how music affects you – it’s…
Michael Bolton interview
In this Michael Bolton interview, the singer reflects on a career that has made him one of the most popular male performers of the past 40 years… Michael Bolton’s just…
Sing when you’re winning: The Fizz interview
Nothing in the tumultuous saga of The Fizz – in any of its various incarnations – has ever been simple. Yet the story behind their latest studio album Smoke & Mirrors could be the…
Lovechild of the Haçienda: M People interview
As M People celebrate their phenomenal 90s run with a career-spanning boxset, Classic Pop sits down with Mike Pickering and Paul Heard – the creative core behind the big voice…