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Kris NeedsIt'll corral my 50 years of music journalism and authoring books in one spot, often in original uncut form, with pics and memorabilia, plus current activities with Nina Walsh in the Cosmic Hutch.
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KATE BUSH: Fire In The Bush
Lobbing a controversial grenade in Zigzag in 1980, I stuck Kate on the cover after she was assured I wasn't going to stitch her up (happened a lot in the music press then). 2 more epics would follow
What’s Kate Bush doing in ZigZag? It’s a...
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES: 20 Minutes to 20 Years
50 years ago, bands formed who transcended punk to change music their own way, the Banshees a good example. I wrote this history in 2007 for Record Collector when punk had just marked its 30th.
Pic by me; Cardiff, 1981
Interview Archive: Brian Eno opens up
In late 1977, Sniffin' Glue/NME scribe Danny Baker and I interviewed Eno for his 'Before and After Science' LP. Despite that and his involvement with Bowie he was not a happy bunny (Zigzag Jan '78).
You could say Brian Eno was pissed off o...
ARTHUR RUSSELL: 'Don't forget about me'; NYC's great overlooked genius
Prompted by the best archival album I've heard all year from Arthur's old sidekick Steven Hall, the original draft of my Russell epic that appeared in MOJO in 2010
Living in New York in the late 80s, I stayed for at 437 East 12th Street, t...
Happy Birthday, George Clinton, 85 today!
To mark the occasion, here's the story of the Mothership and rise of P-Funk. A lifelong fan, in 2014 I wrote the Godfather of P-Funk's book, George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire.
NYC 1993. Pic Grant Fleming
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