NEW ON ROCK’S BACKPAGES THIS WEEK ON RBP this week we’re marking the release of DURAN DURAN ’s first new album in six years with three great pieces by the gal who discovered the “Beau B...
BIDDING FAREWELL ON RBP THE CHAMP — REMEMBERING REVERED BRITISH COMPOSER/SESSIONMAN ALAN HAWKSHAW, 1937-2021 , INTERVIEWED ABOUT SERGE GAINSBOURG IN 2001… AND BIDDING FAREWELL TO DRUMMERS RO...
NEW AUDIO FOR RBP SUBSCRIBERS PIE CHARTS — DON MCLEAN TALKS TO JOHN TOBLER ABOUT THE AMERICAN PIE ALBUM (50 YEARS OLD THIS WEEK), HIS EARLY FOLK YEARS… AND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING YOUR C...
FREE FOR A WEEK ON RBP OK COMPUTERISED — How RADIOHEAD reinvented themselves with the radical electronica of 2000’s Kid A and 2001’s Amnesiac: Devon Powers reviews Kid A for Pop Matters...
FREE FOR A WEEK ON RBP BEAU BRUMMIES — BEVERLEY “BETTY PAGE” GLICK RECALLS HER 1980 ENCOUNTER WITH BIRMINGHAM’S NEW ROMANTIC DANDIES DURAN DURAN AND RECALLS “THE DAY I DISCUSSED THE ...
NEW FOR RBP SUBSCRIBERS THIS WEEK “I TOLD SOCIAL SECURITY TO GIVE THE JOBS TO THOSE THAT WANT THEM. I’D RATHER STAY AT HOME LISTENING TO MUSIC…” — THE CURE’S ROBERT SMITH (NME, 198...
THE RBP PODCAST IN THE NEW EPISODE OF OUR PODCAST, THE LEGENDARY PAUL MORLEY JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HIS NATIVE MANCHESTER, JOY DIVISION AND HIS EPIC NEW BIOGRAPHY OF FACTORY RECORDS FOUNDER TON...
NEW ON RBP It’s a MANCHESTER SPECIAL this week – with a bit of Krautrock and Celtic tradition added for good measure. To celebrate the imminent publication of his epic Tony Wilson biograph...
DON’T FEAR THE REAPER CHRIS SMITH MEETS CHIEF CHIEFTAIN PADDY MOLONEY, 1936-2021 (PERFORMING SONGWRITER, 1998) AND DAVID BURKE LOOKS BACK WITH PADDY IN 2010. PLUS WE BID FAREWELL TO THREE VE...
NEW AUDIO FOR RBP SUBSCRIBERS MANCHESTER SPECIAL, PT. 2: MARTIN ASTON DISCUSSES NEW ALBUM BROTHERHOOD AND THE LATE IAN CURTIS WITH NEW ORDER’S BERNARD SUMNER (LEFT) AND STEPHEN MORRIS (1986...
FREE FOR A WEEK ON RBP MANCHESTER SPECIAL, PT 1: PAUL MORLEY (PICTURED IN 1977) REPORTS ON THE RISE OF MANCHESTER’S MUSIC SCENE FOR NME IN EARLY 1979. PLUS PAUL SEES JOY DIVISION LIVE AT...
NEW FOR RBP SUBSCRIBERS THIS WEEK “GROUPS LIKE THE WHO AND THE STONES ARE REVOLTING. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER THE KIDS ANYMORE…” — JOHNNY ROTTEN (1976) PLUS pieces on… • Eliza...
NEW ON RBP THIS WEEK’s Rock’s Backpages home page is a SAN FRANCISCO SPECIAL , with free pieces about so-called “Latin-rock” pioneers SANTANA (plus an audio snippet of Carlos in conver...
BIDDING FAREWELL TO RBP RYAN’S BROTHER — NME’S KEITH ALTHAM MEETS SIBLING DUO PAUL AND BARRY RYAN, 1948-2021 IN SUMMER OF ‘66, TWO YEARS BEFORE BARRY’S MELODRAMATIC SMASH HIT 'ELOISE�...
FREE FOR A WEEK ON RBP ROCK OF THE BAY — THE GREAT GENE SCULATTI REPORTS ON THE SAN FRANCISCO UNDERGROUND FOR MOJO-NAVIGATOR R+R NEWS IN 1966 AND LOOKS BACK ON GREG SHAW’S TRAILBLAZING FAN...
NEW AUDIO FOR RBP SUBSCRIBERS HAPPY TALES — QUICKSILVER’S BRILLIANT JOHN CIPOLLINA REMINISCES WONDERFULLY ABOUT THE BAY AREA, DINO VALENTI, THE CHARLATANS… AND, NATURALLY, THE MIGHTY QMS�...
FREE FOR A WEEK ON RBP LATIN PRIMERS — PHILIP ELWOOD SEES PIONEERING “LATIN ROCKERS” SANTANA AT SAN FRANCISCO’S LIVE CRUCIBLE THE MATRIX IN NOVEMBER 1968 AND CRAWDADDY!’S VERNON GIBBS...
NEW FOR RBP SUBSCRIBERS THIS WEEK “MY REAL WORLD WASN’T SO HOT AS A KID. I WAS UNATTRACTIVE AND SELF-CONSCIOUS AND SORT OF A WEIRDO. ART GAVE ME A WHOLE OTHER REALITY…” — PATTI SMITH ...
NEW PODCAST EPISODE IN THE NEW EPISODE OF THE ROCK’S BACKPAGES PODCAST , WE INVITE THE EXCELLENT MILES MARSHALL LEWIS TO ZOOM IN FROM HIS NATIVE NEW YORK CITY. CO-HOSTS BARNEY, MARK & JASPER ...
NEW ON ROCK’S BACKPAGES THIS WEEK WE’RE FEATURING – FOR ONE WEEK ONLY – EXCLUSIVE AUDIO OF BOB MARLEY TALKING TO KARL DALLAS THE DAY AFTER THE WAILERS PLAYED A LEGENDARY SHOW AT LONDON�...