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J. J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan reflect on the formation of Art Of Noise In 1984, Art Of Noise unwittingly created some of the most memorable tunes by maxing out…
Tom Bailey reflects on the Thompson Twins’ Into The Gap
The Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey looks back at the band’s fourth studio album Into The Gap The Thompson Twins released their fourth long-player, Into The Gap, in February 1984. Here,…
Jim Kerr interview: 40 years of Simple Minds’ Sparkle In The Rain
Simple Minds’ frontman Jim Kerr looks back on their bombastic Sparkle In The Rain album To many Simple Minds fans, 1984’s Sparkle In The Rain album was a marker in the…
Nik Kershaw interview – The Riddle
Nik Kershaw – The Riddle Nik Kershaw started 1984 with one album – Human Racing – and finished it with another – The Riddle. Here, he talks about the pressures…
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…
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…
Sam Brown interview: “I don’t want to criticise anyone who wants to look like a doll”
How Sam Brown came back from the silence (with a little help from ukuleles)… Back in 1989, Sam Brown whisked her way to the top with the anthemic single Stop!…
Tom Bailey interview: “It can be harder to write pop when you’re older”
Previously a cult proposition across the albums A Product Of… and Set, US hit In The Name Of Love inspired Tom Bailey to transform Thompson Twins from a seven-piece cult…
Cerrone interview: “I go clubbing in my own way”
In this exclusive interview, gallic disco legend Cerrone talks remixes, inspiring Daft Punk and how he never got a “good vibration” from French pop… By Will Simpson Marc Cerrone has…
Howard Jones talks Dialogue
The electro-pop pioneer is back on the road playing sold-out live shows and with a razor-sharp new studio album to boot – and his latest offering Dialogue says we need…