Big thanks to all readers of the North East culture blog as we reach the quarter million milestone these are the 30 most read interviews to date:
1.TALKING PICTURES Lesley Saint-John, Auf Wiedersehen,Pet
2.DEATH OR GLORY Danny McCormack, The Wildhearts
3.MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Dave Ditchburn, Brass Alley/Talisman
4.ANGELS OF THE NORTH Mond Cowie, Angelic Upstarts
5.MUSIC MATTERS Les Tones & Arthur Ramm, Beckett
6.MUSIC STILL MATTERS Dave Taggart, Danceclass/Belinda Carlisle
7.RUN FOR HOME Michael McNally, actor/musician
8.JARROVIANS Vince Rea, photographer
9.ROKSNAPS Motorhead, Newcastle City Hall
10.LITTLE IRELAND Jarrow documentary
11.KEEP ON ROCKIN’ Tom Hill, Geordie
12.BACKLINE Par Can stagehand/lighting
13.LETTERS FROM JARROW I.R.A on Tyneside
14.HOWARDS WAY Howard Baker, musician
15.WESTOE ROSE Amy Flagg, photographer/historian
16.1980 The Year Metal Forged on Tyneside
17.ENTER STAGE RIGHT Jon Deverill, Tygers of Pan Tang
18.THE BOY FROM BENWELL Bob Smeaton, White Heat
19.ALL RIGHT NOW Michael Kelly, Southbound
20.RUNNING MAN Ray Laidlaw, Lindisfarne
21.FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Micky Crystal, Tygers of Pan Tang
22.GROUND ZERO The Fauves
23.BOLD AS BRASS Marty Craggs, Lindisfarne
24.THE ENTERTAINER Kev Charlton, Hellanbach/Bessie & the Zinc Buckets
25.THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT Ray Spencer, The Customs House
26.STORMY DAZE Jim Clare, Venom
27.THE FIXER David Wood, Neat records
28.THE HOUSE THAT OLGA BUILT Olga, Toy Dolls
29.TYGER BAY Richard ‘Rocky’ Laws, Tygers of Pan Tang
30. LAST GANGS IN TOWN, Tyneside band photographs
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