RUSH Guitarist locked in room with Max Kay — Shock Horror!

Working again after two years of legal trench-warfare, The Spands talk about their comeback album, the defiantly-titled Through The Barricades. Observation post: Chris Maillard

From penthouse to pavement and back again, Heaven 17 have seen pop finance from both sides. Will their latest album, Pleasure 1, put them back in the black? Tony Reed opens the account...

Mahogany Rush — talks amps with Tony Bacon

drum parts and recording arts

Janet Angus talks to Jo about his enthralling past and his new studio where surfing is the most serious distraction.

Denizens of space rock, 15 years of hard work, and the band around whom legends spring almost daily, Hawkwind are planning a new strategy for 1984 with a new stage show Earth Ritual, Dave Brock and Huw Lloyd Langton explain the Hawkwind rejuvenation to Tim Oakes.

While many producers are content to work within one or two musical styles, Peter Collins casts a much wider net - using high technology to increase the number of possibilities open to him.

Jim Gilmour, principal keyboard player in the band, talks to Paul Wiffen about the host of keyboards the band use onstage and in the studio. Their recent European tour increased their reputation as one of Canada's premier music-makers. Photography by Sally Newman.

Paul Ireson converses with 50% of Switzerland’s most exciting export since milk chocolate - Dieter Meier of Yello.

Ben Duncan brings us up to date with Adam's career.

The prettiest people in Pop meet the ugliest person in journalism

Peter Hook gives a breakdown on broken down gear and the lowdown on Lowlife.

Tracing past to future ventures with one of the world's keyboard greats, including: The first publication of his title music for ‘Inferno’, video and LP reviews and keyboard music to play

The radical Godfather of Rap explains his theories on Bluesology to Richard Walmsley

One of the most successful, certainly the most consistent, of Britain's electronic musicians, Gary Numan has succeeded in taking his eclectic and compelling music into the mass market. Gary talks of his songwriting and recording techniques, his past career, and what he plans for the future

Pete Harris, engineer, producer and programmer talks to Paul White about working in the Zomba empire.

The conclusion of our in-depth look at Bill's home 16 track studio in Yorkshire.

Frank Zappa is never short of a word or a thousand. In this case, there were so many, we had to make it a two-parter. In this first, Ralph Denyer finds out why Frank doesn't hate people (quite) and why London's one of the worst places on earth.

Climbing Frame, in particular Roddy Frame, songwriter, guitarist and dead cert for '84.