Interviews
Our discussions with many significant classic rock artists and others.
Tom Werman on Producing Mötley Crüe, Poison and Twisted Sister
We asked the label exec about his post- Epic Records career, producing some of the biggest albums of the ’80s
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John Mayall Interview: A Chat With the British Blues Legend
For 50+ years he’s been the king of British blues. “[Blues and jazz] have always been part of the same thing. It’s all black American music, basically”
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Berry Gordy Interview: The Man Who Made Motown
The entrepreneur who gave us Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and so many others looks back.
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John Lennon: A Lost Interview From 1973
In this Q-and-A that hasn’t appeared for decades, the musician talks about his upcoming recording plans, Apple business, the reunion question, and getting old
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Danny Fields: Behind-the-Scenes Player in Rock
Our conversation with the insider who played a role in the careers of such influential acts as the Doors, Velvet Underground, MC5, Stooges and Ramones
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Booker T. Jones: A Chat with the Memphis Soul Legend
“Black people thought it was a black band and white people thought it was a white band,” says the keyboardist behind the soul classic “Green Onions.”
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Tom Werman Talks About His ’70s Rock Signings: Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon
Part 1 of our interview with the author of Turn It Up!: My Time Making Hit Records In the Glory Days of Rock Music (Featuring Mötley Crüe, Poison, Twisted Sister, Jeff Beck, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, And More) focuses on the first part of his career, at Epic Records
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Joe Walsh Interview: Paying It Back for Veterans
Walsh: “I had played a lot of functions for other people, friends and stuff for various charities they were involved with. But I never had my own.”
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Peter Noone is Still Into Something Good—A Chat With ‘Herman’
“We never thought about selling millions of records; we just wanted to get on the radio. We didn’t know about America.”–Peter Noone on the early days
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Bruce Springsteen 2022 ‘Howard Stern Show’ Career-Spanning Interview
“You go through your career and you pick people up and people go by the wayside. But that’s the nature of creativity”
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