A Quietus Interview

Manic Street Preachers Interview: A Heavenly Body Of Work – Part One

You lucky, lucky people. In, what is certainly the most in depth interview the band have given in recent years, Manic Street Preachers discuss with their biographer Simon Price the brief but explosive period that they were signed to the Heavenly label.

Brett Anderson Explains How He Escaped The Rat Race To Find His Wilderness

In a wide-ranging interview, Brett Anderson talks to Luke Turner about new album _Wilderness_, and why it's a close relation to Suede's classic _Dog Man Star_

Foo For Thought: Dave Grohl On The Song He Wrote For Kurt Cobain

This week sees the release of a Foo Fighters DVD _Live At Wembley Stadium_. John Doran takes the opportunity to talk to Dave Grohl about music and his life.

Glasvegas, An Oral History – Empathy For The Devil. James Allan Speaks

Glasvegas singer, guitarist and lyricist James Allan is an erudite soul. So what better than to let him explain what drives his band in his own words, says Luke Turner.

Metal Gaze – From My Bloody Valentine To Nadja via SunnO)))

Drawing on influences as wide as doom, ambient, electronica, shoegaze and black metal, Joe Stannard flings the curtains back and lets the SunnO))) pour in on this peculiar genre. SunnO))) portrait by Koen Jacobs

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich On Cocaine, Oasis, Megadeth And That Quietus Incident

In the first of an occasional Quietus series, Lars Ulrich puts himself through the Rumour Mill and answers Joel McIver's questions on cocaine, whether 'St. Anger' was bobbins, and that little reviews hoo ha a few months back.

Bill Drummond Interviewed: Recorded Music Has Run Its Course

He is an Artist, Writer, Musician and, today, Cultural Theorist as well. Bill Drummond reveals that he is still a pertinent thorn in the side of the art and music establishment, when he chats to John Doran.

The Prodigy Talk To The Quietus About Experience And Jilted Generation

Liam Howlett, Maxim Reality and Keith Flint talk to John Doran about the birth of rave, their first two albums and singles from 'Charly' to 'Poison'.

Rapper Immortal Technique Swaps The Mean Streats Of Harlem For Afghanistan

Sepultura in Cuba. Our Man In Havana Ernesto Juan Meets The Metal Titans

Brazillian thrash metal overlords Sepultura brought the ruckus to the Communist state of Cuba recently. Our man Ernesto was there to have a real baptism of fire.

Back To The Future – Talking With Bobby Gillespie and Mani of Primal Scream

Now in their third decade Primal Scream are still one of the country's most credible rock bands. Bobby G and Mani discuss their enduring appeal.

Edwyn Collins and Friends. Steve Jelbert talks to the Orange Juice front man

Still recovering from a massive brain injury, it's amazing that the former Orange Juice front man is still alive, let alone performing. But he's getting by with a little help from his friends.

David Byrne and Brian Eno Talk About New Album

It is 27 years since the ambient pioneer and former Talking Heads frontman released their groundbreaking and staggering album _My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts_ but now they are back with a new album. The Quietus investigates.

In Extremis – Jon Fletcher Gets To Grips With The Caretaker

Masterful hauntology, says Jon Fletcher, our writer. He's always been our writer.

We meet Bjork in Iceland to talk nature and hear her Johnny Cash impersonation

Portishead on: collaborating with Public Enemy

Public Enemy – Chuck D Interview

Friday sees one of the most revolutionary groups ever, Public Enemy, playing their sophomore album _It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back_ in full. Ringo P. Stacey met with Chuck D to talk nostalgia and radicalism