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An Afternoon with Throbbing Gristle
At the height of punk, I visited the UK's most terrifying band at their east London HQ. Zigzag, March 1978
Francoise Hardy: Deep Cuts
As a fan of 60 years, I was gutted when the untouchable French chanteuse passed away in June 2024. This piece I wrote for Shindig! around ten years ago…
Remembering Fast Eddie
Eight years since we lost Fast Eddie Clarke, last man standing from Motorhead's classic lineup. In tribute, an extract from Make My Day, the biography I…
The Damned's Psychedelic Connection
Forgotten features: The Damned's controversial second album that blew open the psych connection, forged ties with Motorhead after it split them up and…
Alice Cooper: Revenge is sweet
Along with L:ove It To Death, I asked Alice and the original band about their first album together in 52 years for my Record Collector review of The…
ALICE COOPER: Love It To Death
I was 16 and I loved it. 54 years later I got to tell Alice and his reunited band all about it for Shindig! magazine. Definitely one of the major…
Happy New Year! Go ask Alice
2025 in a few pictures
Kris’s Substack
Kris’s Substack
It'll corral my 50 years of music journalism and authoring books in one spot, often in original uncut form, with pics and memorabilia, plus current activities with Nina Walsh in the Cosmic Hutch.
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