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IN THIS ISSUE...
Oasis
The Ultimate Rock And Roll Band
Clash was invited down to Oasis' privtae West London rehearsal space ahead of their forthcoming World tour and sat with each member to discuss this new era.
The Kaiser Chiefs
"It's hard to persuade people that we're good!"
Behind every bruise is a quip. Rather, there is for the anecdotal tidal wave that is The Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson.
Stephen Stills
Cancer, Obama and the long lost Hendrix duet
Best known as one quarter of the world's most successful supergroup, Stephen Stills is about to leave his friends at home and go it alone.
TV on the Radio
Rewriting the musical handbook
Brooklyn's TV On The Radio are not your average band. For many, TVOTR are one of the most innovative and forward thinking bands in the World today.
Cold War Kids
Probing the minds of the indie outsiders
How apt that a band named after Stalin should return to the musical fray as old rivalries are renewed between East and West...
Led Zeppelin
Meet the real John Bonham
The death of John Bonham in 1980 signalled the irrevocable split of Led Zeppelin - so intrinsic was the drummer tothe band's sound that the three remaining Zeps wouldn't even consider carrying on with a replacement.
Psapp
Clash chats to the German duo
"Galia's have a special resonance". Carim Clasmann - the male, non singing half of Domino recording act Psapp - is talking about the buttocks of his musical partner Galia Durant.
The Who - Quadrophenia
With internal bust-ups and tranquilizer overdoses punctuating a continuous creative power-struggle, The Who’s ‘rock opera’ Quadrophenia pushed the definition of a concept album to its limits.
Los Campesinos! Vs Broken Social Scene
Tom Campesinos!, songwriter and guitarist of Cardiff’s indie-rockers Los Campesinos! has always cited Canadian super group Broken Social Scene as one of his big time influences and heroes. On only their seventh gig, the UK band supported them and they have been friends ever since.
Write On
Jon Savage on 80s Electro
Rock And Rules
Velvet Revolver's Duff McKagan
Royal Academy Reviews
Rock brothers face scholastic ears
Private Passions
A Guy Called Gerald
Stalker
Bob Dylan; the man, the myths
Polls Apart
Fashion deviants in music
Oasis
The Stills
Thievery Corporation
Dark Captain Light Captain
James Yuill
Asian Dub Foundation
The Dears
Bloc Party
The Kaiser Chiefs
The Walkmen
Peter, Bjorn & John
Kano
