The Afghan Whigs - March 1996 The Sunday Times - By Stewart Lee - March 1st, 1996

For the lazy journalist, the Cincinnati rock band the Afghan Whigs are “the Motown Nirvana”, a combination of soul melodies and post-grunge guitar squall. For the casual observer, their sharp suits, unashamed showmanship and, at times, downright funky sound represent a clean break from the alternative-rock peer group they themselves have described as “slovenly”. Their…

GIANT SAND - February 1996 The Sunday Times - By Stewart Lee - February 4th, 1996

In 1989 some Hollywood producers rang up Howe Gelb, founder and leader of the Arizona band Giant Sand, and told him he had to come to an empty theme park north of LA immediately to teach Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter guitar parts for the movie Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. It was a fantastic…

JOE PASQUALE - December 1995 The Sunday Times - By Stewart Lee - December 1st, 1995

It is 1988 in some underground, underlit London comedy club. A prematurely aged Irishman stands on stage, dressed in a shabby long brown mac, all bloodhound eyes and a droopy Wild West moustache, and utters another in a beautifully understated seam of immaculate one-liners. “A lot of people say to me, ‘Hey you’,” pauses, makes…

Ice T - May 1995 The Sunday Times - By Stewart Lee - May 26th, 1995

For the casual observer, Ice-T is probably best known as a news story, the writer of Cop Killer who took on the American constitution and lost. In person, he is engaging and affable, at ease with himself; quick to laugh, but quick to turn a difficult question into a tense confrontation. The version of himself…

The End Of Innocence - April 1995 Deadpan Magazine - By Stewart Lee - April 1st, 1995

I chose to flee the country for Holland… - March 1995 Deadpan Magazine - By Stewart Lee - March 1st, 1995