Interviews

Interview with The Offspring: Dexter and Noodles talk punk again

7th November 2021

The Offspring by Daveed Benito © One of the bands that made the history of American punk-rock in the 1990s alongside Green Day and blink-182, performed over one thousand live shows and sold more than 40 milli...

Il Volo sings Ennio Morricone: exclusive interview with the Italian trio

24th October 2021

Il Volo: Gianluca Ginoble, Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone - © to the owners The Britons, who are notoriously proud to be British at any given moment in their days and lives - even when their Royals run aw...

Maggie Bell and Stone the Crows at the Holland Pop Festival in Kralingse Bos, Rotterdam on June 26, 1970 by Rob Mieremet (ANEFO) ©

Maggie Bell of Stone the Crows and the 1970s blues-rock: interview with the UK’s Janis Joplin

6th October 2021

Maggie Bell - © to the owners Maggie Bell fronted the acclaimed Scottish blues-rock group Stone the Crows in the late 1960s, toured with Led Zeppelin in the 1970s, made music with Rod Stewart and Ringo Starr ...

The day the music died: interview with Don McLean about 50 years of American Pie

4th October 2021

Mr 'American Pie': Don McLean © to the owners There are certain men out there who– as soon as you meet them – they instantly make you want to get a flat tyre on the motorway because you know they would get yo...

Steve Hackett in Genesis Revisited – Selling England by the Pound 2019 Tour in Chicago, IL, USA, by Gene Steinman ©

Interview with legendary Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett

30th September 2021

Steve Hackett in Genesis Revisited – Selling England by the Pound 2020 Tour in Englewood, NJ, USA, by Michael Aarons © Steve Hackett is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

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Gerry and the Pacemakers, You’ll Never Walk Alone and Liverpool FC: interview

28th September 2021

Michael Owen - © to the owners The story of how I started supporting Liverpool Football Club in the UK whilst remaining a fervent AS Roma fan in Italy is not very honourable. It was 1998, and Italy had mise...

The Tremeloes - Getty Images Embed: 3rd February 1967: British pop group the Tremeloes comprising of Rick West, Alan Blakely, Dave Munden and Len 'Chip' Hawkes. (Photo by Caroline Gillies/BIPs/Getty Images)

The band chosen over The Beatles in 1962: The Tremeloes’ interview with Len “Chip” Hawkes

28th September 2021

The Tremeloes in (Call Me) Number One, 1969- © to the owners The Tremeloes are primarily remembered for having had an active part in the 1960s British Invasion alongside The Beatles, The Animals, The Zombies,...

The Merseybeats At The Cavern - Getty Images Embed: English group the Merseybeats featuring, from left, Tony Crane, John Gustafson, John Banks and Aaron Williams, pictured together at the Cavern Club in Mathew Street, Liverpool in April 1964. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The Cavern Club, The Beatles and the 1960s British Invasion: interview with The Merseybeats’ Tony Crane

28th September 2021

The Merseybeats in 1964 © to the owners The Merseybeats were a Liverpool band formed in the late 1950s by today's interviewee Tony Crane plus Billy Kinsley, David Elias and Frank Sloane. The quartet's sound ...

From Wrecking Ball and Fifty Shades of Grey to the roots of solo piano music: interview with Stephan Moccio

19th September 2021

Stephan Moccio Winter Poems CD cover This man is a man of many trades and master of all, and the whole of the trades he masters invariably involves music. But not just random music. Academy Award and Grammy...

EXCLUSIVE interview with Back to the Future creator Bob Gale

24th August 2021

Original movie poster of Back to the Future The second-last time I watched Back to the Future at the time of writing was in July 2019 at an outdoor cinema at Hyde Park in London. At the time - a pre-Brexit t...

Interview with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov
20th March 2023
The legendary Nintendo Game Boy Tetris on a Game Boy The story of this world-famous video game is unbelievable in ...
Interview with The Sex Pistols’ bass player Glen Matlock
8th March 2023
Sex Pistols Live 2 CD If you were born in the 1980s and have not bought into the following generation's despicable rap...
EXCLUSIVE interview with Monica Bellucci
15th January 2023
Monica Bellucci by Manfred Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 © She walked the catwalk for Dolce & Gabbana and made Vogue covers...
From the 1997 world hit MMMBop to 30 years in music: interview with Hanson
19th May 2022
MMMBop by Hanson Anyone who's old enough to remember the summer of 1997 will smile at hearing the tune MMMBop by Hanso...
EXCLUSIVE interview with George Orwell’s son
12th May 2022
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Nobody who's ever put their hands on George Orwell’s 1949 novel and cautionary t...
La Rosa di Bagdad vs Cinderella, cartoon mystery & similarities: was Walt Disney inspired by an Italian movie you never heard of?
16th April 2022
The Singing Princess / La Rosa di Bagdad film poster First released in 1949 and distributed in English-speaking territ...
Remember Top Gun’s song “Take My Breath Away” in 1986? Exclusive interview with John Crawford of Berlin
1st April 2022
Top Gun: Maverick, 2022 film poster After the sequel of the 1986 blockbuster film starring Tom Cruise was released in ...
The man who introduced The Beatles to Brian Epstein: EXCLUSIVE interview with legendary 1960s Mersey Beat founder Bill Harry
8th January 2022
Bill Harry presenting the Beatles with their first-ever award, the Mersey Beat Shield, 1963 © Bill Harry Bill Harry is...
From Elvis Presley to Speedy Gonzales, from Ronald Reagan to cancel culture: the world’s longest interview with 1950s superstar Pat Boone
22nd December 2021
I'm in Love with You by Pat Boone This is not for starters, so if you don’t have like three days to finish reading thi...
Exclusive interview with Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh
19th November 2021
Crime TV series by Irvine Welsh by ITV © This may have started with some hardcore punk quotes that only Trainspotting ...
The only interview with Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s that is not just about Hey There Delilah
11th November 2021
Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's Hey there, Delilah What's it like in New York City? I'm a thousand miles away ...
Interview with The Offspring: Dexter and Noodles talk punk again
7th November 2021
The Offspring by Daveed Benito © One of the bands that made the history of American punk-rock in the 1990s alongside G...
The Cavern Club, The Beatles and the 1960s British Invasion: interview with The Merseybeats’ Tony Crane
28th September 2021
The Merseybeats in 1964 © to the owners The Merseybeats were a Liverpool band formed in the late 1950s by today's inte...
Interview with electronic music legend Moby which is way too short but I’m happy anyway
28th May 2021
Moby by Travis Schneider © I'm not a fan of press conferences. It must come down to the fact that I'm not a fan of the...
The House of the Rising Sun & the 1960s British Invasion: interview with The Animals’ John Steel
28th April 2021
The Animals in 1965 © to the owners An interview I recently ran with Imelda May about her duets with Ronnie Wood of Th...
Interview with the queen of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll and Happy Days star Suzi Quatro
8th March 2021
Leather Tuscadero (Suzi Quatro) & Fonzie in Happy Days © to the owners The acclaimed role as a bass player Leather...
Why The NeverEnding Story will never end: interview with Limahl
29th May 2020
The Neverending Story, movie poster Christopher Hamill, aka Limahl, is the voice of the timeless hit The NeverEnding S...
EXCLUSIVE interview: Dame Vivienne Westwood & Joe Corré in defence of Julian Assange
30th April 2020
Dame Vivienne Westwood died in December 2022, aged 81. Shortly before she passed away, she said: "Julian Assange is a h...
Interview with Prince’s musical director Morris Hayes
26th November 2019
Prince by The Prince Estate © Any human with a passion for music will remember with great sadness the bastard leap yea...
The day I didn’t interview Lord Sugar
20th June 2019
We both stand behind his office door in silence, waiting for him to let us in. We don't even bother acknowledging each...

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