Nearly 50 years ago, a bunch of art-school misfits named Talking Heads were adopted by the New York City punk scene. They went on to become the new faces of…
Roland Orzabal on Tears For Fears’ Songs From The Big Chair
In 2020, Roland Orzabal talked to Classic Pop about Tears For Fears’ timeless Songs From The Big Chair album Does it feel like 35 years since Songs From The Big…
Blondie & Debbie Harry: the complete guide
With Debbie Harry at the helm, Blondie had a grit, glamour and sophisticated pop sensibility that was lacking in most of their contemporaries. For a few years, as the 70s…
Making KLF: The White Room
Subsidised with the proceeds of an 80s novelty hit, the eccentricities, the vision and ambition of KLF, combined with their taste for acid house and anarchy, resulted in The White…
The story of MTV – The music revolution WILL be televised
Classic Pop celebrates the glory days of MTV – when music videos ruled the world… By Paul Lester MTV may not have given birth to the pop video – everyone…
Making Prince: 1999
Prince: 1999 was a landmark album for the Purple One and his first truly classic release… By Felix Rowe As far as we’re aware, Prince is the only pop star…
Nick Heyward interview: “I’ve put the feelers out within the band”
In this exclusive Nick Heyward interview, the former Haircut 100 frontman remembers that giddy period at the beginning of the 1980s when they were one of the biggest bands in…
Inside The Jam: The Gift
They’d been a fixture on the musical landscape for half a decade, but with the help of one of the singles of the year, the sixth album by The Jam,…
Remembering The Tube
They said The Tube would never work… a live music show broadcast from Newcastle at 5pm on a Friday. Yet the fresh format, off-the-wall presenters and anything-goes attitude made for…
The complete guide to Morrissey
In our complete guide to the solo career of Morrissey we look at one of the true godfathers of Britpop… Written by David Burke. Whatever the reasons for the Smiths’…