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From the mega club anthem that was Killer, to the fall of the Berlin Wall being soundtracked by his Nina Hagen collaboration, Adamski is an acid-house pioneer. From classic cuts…
Godfathers of Pop – Mark White interview
Mark White has recently stepped back into the limelight in his guise as part of Vice Versa, the band he co-founded in 1977 and who are today, alongside Clock DVA,…
Godmothers of Pop – Annabella Lwin interview
To many, Annabella Lwin – the face and voice behind Bow Wow Wow hits like I Want Candy and Go Wild In The Country – was the first wild child…
Godfathers of Pop – Bruce Foxton interview
How did From The Jam’s Smash The Clock become such a celebratory-sounding album? It’s just what we do, really. It took a bit of time to get going, because From…
The Lowdown – Echo & The Bunnymen
Featuring a gobby frontman with the theatrical nous of Jim Morrison, a Frank Sinatra croon and Leonard Cohen’s melancholic sensibility, Echo & the Bunnymen forged grandiose soundscapes out of punk…
Viva La Vega – Suzanne Vega Interview
Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega meets Classic Pop in the Big Apple to look back on her acclaimed career and explain how she’s regained some control over her back catalogue… Considering that…
The Myth Factory: The Stories Behind Stock Aitken Waterman
Welcome to The Myth Factory, where we’ll be digging deeper into the stories behind the trio’s production history and debunking some very popular myths. Let’s begin… 1. Pete Waterman was…
The Music Revolution Will Be Televised – The Story Of MTV
Paul Lester celebrates the 24/7 pop escapism of MTV’s glory days – when music videos ruled the world… MTV may not have given birth to the pop video – everyone…
One Hit Wonders: Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
There are one-hit wonders, and then there are No. 1-hit wonders – and Althea & Donna are in that very rarefied latter category. Jamaican singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid…
One Hit Wonders: The Normal – Warm Leatherette (1978)
The Normal was, of course, the alias of Mute Records founder Daniel Miller. Their sole single nominally featured TVOD as its A-side, but it was the blank robotic chill of…