FEELING SUPERSONIC – FROM MADCHESTER TO BRITPOP ‘No one’s been brave enough to write the real story’ Noel Gallagher BY SIMON SPENCE (THE GODFATHER OF ROCK AND ROLL JOURNALISM) THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE STONE ROSES: WAR AND…
Depeche Mode, or as John Peel would announce Depechey Mode, came across as this smooth, clean, dapper pop group churning out hit after after of innocent pop perfection, a staple fixture of the record charts since the early 80’s; New…
Immediate Records had a typeface as iconic as the artists that contributed for this world renowned label. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Chris Farlowe, Small Faces, Amen Corner, PP Arnold, John Mayall, John Paul Jones and many more all recorded for…
Cover photo © Steve Gullick About 15 years after punk had shaken up the music world, in the space before Nirvana and Britpop, the British music scene was infatuated with shy lullaby shoegazers, fake Europeans and ecstasy rave-trash. Five young…
Simon Spence has written books about Andrew Loog Oldham, the Stone Roses, Depeche Mode and the Donnelly Brothers . His new book, Happy Mondays: Excess All Areas presents the band’s story in full for the first time. We caught up with him…