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Interviews
Founding member of Level 42 Mark King started out as a drummer until he convinced a music shop to hire him as a bass expert. His band evolved from jazz…
Godfathers of Pop – Andy Bell Interview
The Erasure frontman has been busy of late, releasing a solo album, Torsten The Bareback Saint – which he performed at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2014 – and a…
Godfathers of Pop: Peter Hook Interview
It seems inconceivable that Peter Hook is edging towards 37 years in the music business. Perhaps even more remarkable is the fact that he’s well into the third full phase…
Godfathers of Pop – Nile Rodgers Interview
Nile Rodgers ruled the dancefloor in the late Seventies with Chic, before going on to produce even bigger hits for Sister Sledge, Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran…the list goes on.…
Godfathers of Pop – Ron Mael Interview
Pioneers ever since Sparks began in the late 1960s, Russell and Ron Mael were among the first duos to make synthpop after teaming up with producer Giorgio Moroder on 1979’s…
Godfathers of Pop – Trevor Horn Interview
From the pomp of Propaganda to the ceremony of Act; from the should-have-been-massive Nasty Rox Inc. to the couldn’t-have-been-bigger Frankie, Zang Tuum Tumb has steered electronic futurist pop for three…
Godfathers of Pop – Wally Badarou Interview
Synonymous with just about every key album at the funk end of the Eighties pop spectrum from Level 42 to Grace Jones to Talking Heads, Wally Badarou has since diversifi…
Clare Grogan – The Classic Pop Interview
Three albums with pop-punk playthings Altered Images, the de rigeur-but-doomed solo career, and a life on screen, from Red Dwarf to Skins… oh, and a children’s book about a little…
Lisa Stansfield – The Classic Pop Interview
Lancashire soul diva Lisa Stansfield began her career by winning Search For A Star in 1980, but had to wait another nine years before she topped charts around the globe…
Godfathers of Pop – Dieter Meier Interview
Dapper, debonair and the son of a millionaire, Dieter Meier is the voice of Yello, the Swiss electronic-music pioneers who could be described as the missing link between Kraftwerk and…