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This article originally appeared in the November 1985 issue of SPIN. Tom Waits has a voice that could guide ships through dense fog.

This article originally appeared in the June 1987 issue of SPIN. June, 1986. The Replacements are roaring through one of their patented skittish…

This is Part Six of SPIN’s November 1985 cover story, "The Meaning of Bruce," wherein we asked seven writers to consider the Springsteen phenomenon. (Check out…

This is Part Seven of SPIN’s November 1985 cover story, "The Meaning of Bruce," wherein we asked seven writers to consider the Springsteen phenomenon. (Check out…

This is Part Five of SPIN’s November 1985 cover story, "The Meaning of Bruce," wherein we asked seven writers to consider the Springsteen phenomenon. (Check out…

This story originally appeared in the July 1989 issue of Spin. We're republishing it in honor of Disintegration's 30-year-anniversary. When the Cure performed in…

This story originally appeared in the July 1985 issue of Spin. In honor of Ranking Roger’s life and death on March 26, we’re republishing it here.

"Perhaps I'm unique because people are so dull. I'm not very good at being dull." —Morrissey "I have nothing to declare but my genius." —Oscar Wilde…

A lot of people think that George Michael is a Wimp! and Wham! was nothing but a wimpy band that sold 36 million records. And…

It's 1971, and sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick's tooth hurts like a bitch. He calls the pharmacy, and when he answers the door to receive…

"Dire Straits did Brothers in Arms here you know," says Sting. We are standing on the terrace outside of George Martin's Air Studios on…

Tom Petty drives a black Corvette Stingray. He could afford a much more expensive car, like a Ferrari, Rolls-Royce or Lamborghini, but as far as…

The room is filled with young, black rappers. I sniff around for the old familiar rock ‘n’ roll smells—beer, sweat, and weed—but all I get…

Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction was released July 21, 1987. In honor of the album turning 30, we've digitized this profile, which originally ran in the January 1988…

This is Mom's Place, a combination Jamaican restaurant/car service/pool hall on Hollis Avenue and 200th Street in Hollis, Queens, the middle-class black neighborhood where the…