The Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle plus manager Richard Boon speak to Patrick Clarke about the unintentional genius of their landmark debut (this feature was republished on 7th December 2018 to mark the sad passing of Pete Shelley)
Proposing to Beefheart, auditioning for Zappa, impersonating Costello and ripped-off by New Order. Finders Keepers boss Andy Votel invites us to enter into the world of CP Lee and Gerry & the Holograms with some help from Daniel Dylan Wray
Soldiers, tequila and asti-spumanti slammers, ecstasy, guns, LSD, brandy and waitresses. The good, good, good, good, good, good, double-good recording of Bummed by the Happy Mondays as dimly remembered by Shaun Ryder, Bez and others and told to Daniel Dylan Wray
The Third Coming, a retrospective of photos of the newly reformed Stone Roses by Ian Tilton, Kevin Cummins and Paul Slattery, runs until the 12th August at Whiteley's Bayswater. Helen Donlon caught up with Cummins and Slattery at the exhibition's opening to discuss their history with the band