THE MUSICIANS SAY...

"Congratulations on your 10th birthday and here's to many more to follow."
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

"Congrats."
Robert Smith, The Cure

"Happy 10th — keep boring the arse of us non-musos for another 10."
Bob Geldof

"All the best — 10-year-olds are my favourites."
Alison Moyet

"Thanks for the Doktor Avalanche interview — how about a whole feature next time?"
Sisters of Mercy (Doktor Avalanche is their drum machine)

"Keep going great guns"
ZZ Top

"If I want to know more about my craft, I always read International Musician. Many happy returns, I look forward to the next 10 years."
Big Sound Authority

"That's very nice for you."
Shane of the Pogues

"Congratulations — keep it up!"
David Lee Roth of Van Halen

"Happy Birthday IM. Keep rocking for another 10 years."
Imagination

"Many happy returns. Go further international."
Steve Strange

"Happy birthday ha ha ha."
Adam Ant

"Keep up the good work."
Paul Humphreys, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

"Everything I know about playing the guitar I learnt from your magazine. All the best for the next 10 years."
Feargal Sharkey

"A very happy birthday International Musician — a great mag. I can only wish to see it in another 10 years."
Jim Diamond

"Well, International Musician, happy birthday. Almost as old as me now! Keep it going."
Captain Sensible.

"A source of information and sometimes inspiration. I wish you a prosperous next 10 years. Happy birthday with love and pride"
King

"Och, my boyfriend gets that — happy birthday."
Rose (Strawberry Switchblade)

"My boyfriend's a photographer so he doesn't. Happy birthday though."
Jill (Strawberry Switchblade)

"Happy birthday IM. I actually buy my own copy — I couldn't offer a higher recommendation than that."
Tony Visconti

"Wriggly greetings from another bunch of spermatozoa"
Nyam Nyam

"Congratulations on featuring such non-musical acts as The Fall. We now read your every Beatroute."
The Fall.

"Happy 10th birthday from everybody here at Blue Wave Studios in Barbados."
Eddy Grant

"Happy birthday International Musician. I hope you have many more years in publication and many more front covers of bass players."
John Entwistle

"Many happy returns from Slade — have a drink on us."
Noddy Holder

"Happy birthday International Musician from all the Moody Blues — keep up the good work."
John Lodge

"Thanks for the Memory."
Neil Arthur, Blancmange

"Indispensable for the working musician for its in-depth articles which go beyond other stuff rattled out by the consumer press. I bought my last bass after reading it. Keep the good work up, lads, and keep those fingers tapping. Felicitations."
Dave Allen, Shriekback

"Congratulations on an excellent 10 years."
Sal Solo

"Congratulations. You're the only paper that covers technical information in depth. It's the musician's bible."
Thomas Leer

"Thanks for being a treasure of information for musicians. A mine of facts."
The Lotus Eaters

"Keep up the good work!"
Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe of The Assembly

"International Musician
Oh, you are still young
10 years old is not that bad,
Your praise it must be sung"

"A decade past so quickly
And the bands they'd come and go
You've seen all, the Clash 'n' Crass
For 10 good years or so"

"So now the future's rosy
For at least another 10.
So keep it up, the best of luck,
and don't slag us off again"
Joe Elliott, Def Leppard (written in the bath in six minutes)

"What about the money you owe me?"
Paul Fishman, Re-Flex

"What I want to know is — will you make it to the 20th? I love it."
Meat Loaf

"Congratulations to International Musician for keeping us and other musicians up to date with the tricks and gadgets of the world around the world. Qwaan for another thousand years! PS: It's our 10th anniversary too, so what about writing us a few lines?"
Aswad

"Happy birthday on 10 — here's to the next 50."
Uli Jon Roth

"Happy tenth, IM — good luck for the future"
UB40

"Many congratulations on 10 years of International Musician. My best wishes for many more years of spreading good music throughout the world."
George Martin

"Jolly good luck to yez all, and let's see some more articles on Motorhead from a Jazz-Raga-Fusion viewpoint. Never thought of that did you?"
Lemmy, Motorhead

"Congratulations and best wishes to the only magazine who has the good sense and foresight to interview my manager. Happy anniversary"
Tom Bailey, Thomson Twins

"Congratulations on your first 10 years. You have been going nearly as long as I have. Keep up the good work."
Ray Davies, The Kinks

"Congratulations on keeping musos talking to each other — giving Jazz-Funk bores' comments to each other — keeping the session rates up — keeping me in touch with the prices of new guitars — and making alternative down-to-earth comments on being in the business. International Musician is the only one I buy (the rest I nick from Arista). Cheers."
Nick Heyward

"International Musician — without whom I would have never learnt the benefits of the Stylophone!"
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Eurythmics

"10 years in the business? Glad I'm not the only one."
Gary Glitter

"Look, I'm really not feeling too profound at the moment. I won't say another word until I go back to sleep."
Jimmy Page, 10.30am

"Happy birthday to everyone at International Musician. Good luck and best wishes for the future."
Tom Robinson

"I've been reading the... what's it called again?... for a month now and it's a load of crap."
Russell Webb, The Armoury Show (who?)

"ZTT and all its entertainers say: Well played."
Zang Tuum Tumb records (home of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Art of Noise, etc.)