Latest articles by Paul Elliott
A sophisticated sound that eight million Americans fell for
“I could not seem to put more than 30 days of abstinence together”
“You can be in love on stage and that’s fine – but when the affair comes off the stage, that screws up the band more than anything”
“The way we approached this album was, ‘We’ve done that before. Let’s do it different’”
“In the end, my wife said, ‘Why don’t you do it, Phil?’”
Opening for Megadeth was a challenge
“He was always pushing the edge – going into jazz”
“I was never a big Pearl Jam fan, but Soundgarden was great”
“It was dismissed by so many people because it was so doggone catchy and clever,” the singer claimed
“It’s how we started out in the ‘80s – a return to synth-based thinking”
“That summer seemed to last forever…”
“It was exciting, and I was so confident in my powers then”
“I had a huge respect for him as a musician”
“If you're going to learn something, you may as well try and put yourself around the best”
Her journey from Bella Donna to Trouble In Shangri-La
“You don’t walk away going, ‘He’s a normal guy’”
“Up till that point I’d never smoked pot”
“Sam & Dave had great chemistry together – there was no denying that”
Carlile and Mitchell have formed a strong bond in recent years
“We never had the urge to be credible – it’s just not us!”
“Breakfast In America took eight months to finish – some people would call us anal!”
How the leader of KC And The Sunshine Band created a perfect floor-filler
“The melody line must have been lying in Bono’s subconsciousness”
