Rock's Backpages Podcast
1) E219: Thurston Moore on free jazz + Sonic Youth + Derek Bailey
For this episode we're joined by Sonic Youth legend Thurston Moore to discuss his new book Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential Free Jazz and Improvisation Recordings, 1960-80. We start by recapping on the st...Show More
2) E218: James Brown on Sounds + NME + Loaded + the KLF
For this episode we're joined in our Hammersmith HQ by James ("The Hardest Working Man In Show Business") Brown. The former NME star and founder of "lads' mag" progenitor loaded takes us back to his ...Show More
3) E217: Susan Compo & Derek Ridgers on punks, goths and new romantics
In this episode we welcome not one but two wonderful guests to RBP Towers. Susan Compo and Derek Ridgers have been trans-Atlantic pals for decades and first met on a FourFourTwo assignment to intervie...Show More
4) E216: Pete Paphides on ABBA + Stevie Wonder + Broken Greek
In this episode we're joined by Pete Paphides, former rock critic for the London Times and author of 2020's acclaimed memoir Broken Greek. We start with our guest's unique "'Starman' moment" – seeing...Show More
5) E215: Simon Price on Melody Maker + Manics + Radiohead audio
For this episode — the first to feature RBP's editorial co-ordinator William Pike — we're joined by Melody Maker legend Simon Price for a discussion of his career, his championing of Manic Street Prea...Show More
6) E214: Lisa Verrico on Vox + Oasis + Billie Eilish + My Bloody Valentine
In this episode we invite the highly entertaining Lisa Verrico to join us from her native Glasgow and talk us through her career from IPC's Vox magazine to The Times. Commencing with her memory of fi...Show More
7) E213: Michael A. Gonzales on TLC + The Source + DJ Kool Herc
In this episode, the great R&B/hip hop writer Michael A. Gonzales joins us online from Baltimore to look back on his long career. We start with our guest's formative musical memories, from hearing Is...Show More
8) E212: Greil Marcus on Mystery Train + Sex Pistols + Jamie Reid
In this episode, we ask one of the greatest music writers of the rock and roll era to talk about Mystery Train as he celebrates its 50th anniversary with a brand-new edition of his classic book. Talk...Show More
9) This Episode Goes 2 11: A Spinal Tap special with Alexis Petridis
For this special "bonus" episode of the Rock's Backpages podcast — fittingly number 211 (geddit?) — we're joined once again by The Guardian's Alexis Petridis for a discussion of timeless rock mockumen...Show More
10) E210: Alexis Petridis on Acid House + The Guardian + CMAT + KISS
For this episode we're joined by the immensely respected Alexis Petridis, The Guardian's principal pop critic since September 2001. Our guest tells us about his childhood in Yorkshire, his teenage ye...Show More