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May 1999: Rob Gretton Remembered

New Order’s manager died from a heart attack on 15 May 1999. This tribute to him was for the 26 May edition of Manchester’s City Life…

May 14

May 1999: Rob Gretton Remembered

May 14

Chris Sharratt

Dec 1997: Joy Division — Heart and Soul box set

I don’t have this box set. That is, I don’t have the beautifully-packaged object which, with drama and grace, provides the darkly artful…

Mar 19

Dec 1997: Joy Division — Heart and Soul box set

Mar 19

Chris Sharratt

Dec 1998: New Order’s Peter Hook and Stephen Morris on their ‘gig of the year’

In July 1998 New Order played their first comeback gig at Manchester Apollo. City Life magazine made the band’s return its gig of the year.

Dec 6, 2023

Dec 1998: New Order’s Peter Hook and Stephen Morris on their ‘gig of the year’

Dec 6, 2023

Chris Sharratt

July 1996: Johnny Marr & Bernard Sumner discuss Raise The Pressure

I met up with the pair in the bar of Manchester’s grand Midland Hotel prior to the release of their second album. We talked about…

Sep 19, 2023

July 1996: Johnny Marr & Bernard Sumner discuss Raise The Pressure

Sep 19, 2023

Chris Sharratt

Dec 1997: Oasis and Blur play Manchester. Not together, of course

In a busy fortnight for gigs, the former Britpop rivals showed there’s more than one way to grow up in public.

Feb 24, 2023

Dec 1997: Oasis and Blur play Manchester. Not together, of course

Feb 24, 2023

Chris Sharratt

Dec 1993: Electronic duo Autechre’s debut album

The Rochdale eletronic duo’s first long player for Warp gave us ‘hard-nosed high-tech music which gleefully embraces the future’. I liked…

Feb 23, 2023

Dec 1993: Electronic duo Autechre’s debut album

Feb 23, 2023

Chris Sharratt

Dec 1998: They’d Been Expecting Us: Manchester in Kuala Lumpur

Prior to the 2002 Commonwealth Games, a cultural ‘trade mission’ of Manchester DJs, bands, fashion designers, foodies and a footballer…

Feb 6, 2023

Dec 1998: They’d Been Expecting Us: Manchester in Kuala Lumpur

Feb 6, 2023

Chris Sharratt

May 1991: Slade — Black Country boys with a feel for noize

The rock press was busy marking 20 years since the death of Jim Morrison, Oliver Stone’s flawed biopic was wracking up column inches, and…

Jan 25, 2023

May 1991: Slade — Black Country boys with a feel for noize

Jan 25, 2023

Chris Sharratt

Dec 2002: Q&A with New Order’s Peter Hook

When New Order released their first-ever box set documenting the first 20 years of the band’s output, I spoke to Peter Hook for the UK’s…

Jan 19, 2023

Dec 2002: Q&A with New Order’s Peter Hook

Jan 19, 2023

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May 1995: Massive Attack on Playing Live, Punk, and Working With Madonna

Massive Attack were finally taking their music out on tour, four years after their groundbreaking Blue Lines debut. I spoke to Daddy G and…

Nov 10, 2022

May 1995: Massive Attack on Playing Live, Punk, and Working With Madonna

Nov 10, 2022

Chris Sharratt

Chris Sharratt

Writer, editor, Glasgow via Mcr & Wolves. Usually write about art, here I’ll mostly be revisiting my '90s music journalism. https://chrissharratt.wordpress.com

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