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Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:38 AM PST


The Rock's Backpages Flashback: John Lydon and PiL, at large in NYC
With the Public Image Ltd. catalog newly reissued, what better time to revisit this telling New York Rocker portrait of the former Pistol and his postpunk comrades, at large and loose-mouthed in Gotham. As originally published in May 1980——Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, Rock's Backpages It is two o'clock in the afternoon, and John Lydon has [...]

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:38 AM PST


The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Early Glimpses of Nirvana
Edwin Pouncey was one of the first UK journalists to tip Nirvana for the top. In these two 1989 pieces for NME — an interview published on September 2, a live review published on December 16 — Pouncey talks to and witnesses "Kurdt Cobain" and cohorts——Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, Rock's Backpages Nirvana: Kills All Known [...]