I went to Miami to meet Iggy, and he was everything you could hope for: quick witted, acerbic, bare chested. Only too happy to talk at length about the Stooges, Bowie, and what a terrible guy his old manager Tony de Fries was.
What do Hawkwind, British reggae, Caetano Veloso, Pink Floyd, Damon Albarn and Adele all have in common? They owe their careers to Portobello Road. A little part of them, at least.
Jackson Browne talks about Nico, saving the world, and who really inspired Fountain Of Sorrow.
At last Dylan considers his fans, says Will Hodgkinson – and it pays off.
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It’s self-absorbed, overlong and essential reading. Will Hodgkinson dives into the weird world of Mozza.
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Ray Davies tells Will Hodgkinson about being shot, depression and a love-hate affair with the US.
Published in The Times Saturday Review
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Only one man could have written the true story of perhaps the greatest, loudest band in rock — and now he has. As The Times prepares to print a series of excerpts from his extraordinary memoirs Who I Am, Pete Townshend tells Will Hodgkinson about his life in The Who.
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Rude, paranoid, obtuse — Lou Reed is not a dream interviewee. But gradually the king of New York cool opens to Will Hodgkinson about his ‘kindred spirit’ Andy Warhol, the power of rock and the beauty of the Kindle.
Published in The Times Sunday Review
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