Over the years we’ve interviewed many bands and musicians who emerged or rose to fame in the 1980s. Below are some of the highlights. Keep checking back for new interviews and more archival material. To stay up to date, join our email list or follow on facebook or twitter!
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Andy Rourke (The Smiths) talks about teaming up with KAV (ex Happy Mondays) as Blitz Vega
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Martin Fry talks about the long career of ABC and 40th anniversary of “The Lexicon of Love”
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Midge Ure returns with ‘Un-Zoomed And Face To Face’ tour
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Paul Robb of Information Society talks about “ODDfellows”
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Gary Numan talks about the making of “Intruder”
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Midge Ure talks about his “Backstage Lockdown Club” and the 40th-anniversary of “Vienna”
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Keren Woodward of Bananarama talks about “In Stereo” and the history of the band
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Howard Jones talks about TRANSFORM, his first new studio album in nearly a decade
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Ian Haug of The Church talks about the “Starfish” 30th anniversary tour
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Ian Page talks about 40 years of Secret Affair
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Steve Kilbey of The Church discusses touring for the 30th anniversary of “Starfish”
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Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey returns to pop music with “Science Fiction”
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Anni Hogan and Derek Forbes interviewed about ZANTi
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Midge Ure brings orchestral re-workings to solo and Ultravox hits
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Dave Wakeling talks about “Here We Go Love,” his first new album with The English Beat in over 30 years
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Gary Numan talks about “Savage (Songs from a Broken World)”
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Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel return with “Dance Underwater”
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Howard Jones talks about his roots as a ‘one man band’ and evolving with the musical technology
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Alison Moyet interviewed about “Other”
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Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins and Diva talk about POPTONE
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Peter Hook talks about celebrating his musical past with The Light
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Interview with Martyn Ware of Heaven 17
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Bill Wadhams interviewed about the return of Animotion
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Interview with David Ball (Soft Cell, The Grid) about PHOTOSYNTHESIS, his album with Jon Savage
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Martin Bramah interviewed about the return of The Blue Orchids
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Interview with Ted Ottaviano of Book of Love
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Information Society – Paul Robb talks about the “Orders Of Magnitude” covers album
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Andy Gill interviewed about the Gang of Four album, “What Happens Next,” and looks back on the group’s long career.
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Jim Kerr interviewed about the Simple Minds album BIG MUSIC
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Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
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Interview with Thomas Dolby focusing on his transmedia event “The Invisible Lighthouse”
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Neil Arthur talks about the return of Blancmange
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Real Life’s David Sterry discusses “Send Me an Angel: ’80s Synth Essentials”
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Interview with Justin Sullivan of New Model Army
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Mark Mothersbaugh talks about Devo and the Wipeouters side project
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Interview with Jimmy Somerville
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Steven Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees) talks about starting his own online label
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Anne Dudley and Paul Morley discuss The Art Of Noise
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Marc Almond interviewed about his solo career and time with Soft Cell
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Interview with Jazzie B of Soul II Soul
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The Wolfgang Press talk about “Funky Little Demons”
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Billy Idol interviewed about his 1993 “Cyberpunk” album