interview Archive
16 Sep 2015
Pugwash: “Don’t Expect One Direction. Expect no direction.”
Pugwash haven’t become a household word in the United States, but it’s not for lack of effort. With their winning melodies, sharp hooks and winsome lyrics, the Dublin, Ireland-based group […]
15 Sep 2015
Backstage with Led Zeppelin 2: The Songs Remain Quite Similar
Recently, I traveled to Charlotte NC to take in a concert that I considered a double bill: tribute bands Led Zeppelin 2 and The Australian Pink Floyd Show. Both put […]
14 Sep 2015
Kim Campbell on Husband Glen Campbell’s Film “I’ll Be Me”
Glen Campbell has enjoyed a long and distinguished career. He providing hired-gun guitar services on countless pop records of the 1960s (as a member of that loose aggregation known as […]
11 Sep 2015
The Knack: Zooming Back from Oblivion, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Once the backlash set in, though, The Knack‘s record sales figures took a sharp nosedive. …But the Little Girls Understand reached #15 in 1980, but that […]
10 Sep 2015
The Knack: Zooming Back from Oblivion, Part 1
If you’re a rock music fan of a certain age, you know – or knew – The Knack. Their debut album, 1979’s Get the Knack – came out of nowhere […]
27 Aug 2015
The Chocolate Watchband: Give the People What They Want (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Chocolate Watchband guitarist Tim Abbott believes that these new versions of the band’s old songs are an “opportunity for us to rewrite history, to make it […]
26 Aug 2015
The Chocolate Watchband: Give the People What They Want (Part 1)
Among aficionados of 1960s garage and psychedelic music, The Chocolate Watchband is dearly loved. Though the band’s history is – even by the standards of that era – a mightily […]
13 Aug 2015
Shuggie Otis: The Music Keeps Calling Him Back (Part 4)
Continued from Part Three… Bill Kopp: A lot of highly-regarded musicians have named you as an inspiration. David Byrne was instrumental in the first [2001] CD reissue of Inspiration Information. […]
12 Aug 2015
Shuggie Otis: The Music Keeps Calling Him Back (Part 3)
Continued from Part Two… Shuggie Otis: But the songs kept calling me back. A song would be really good, and I’d think about it, and realize that I have to […]
11 Aug 2015
Shuggie Otis: The Music Keeps Calling him Back (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: You sent demo tapes to many labels, but nothing happened for years, until the reissue of Inspiration Information with the added Wings of Love […]