Luke Haines


Interviews


Interview (2013)

Luke Haines - Interview

Ex-front man with the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder Luke Haines speaks to Denzil Watson about his fifth solo album ' Rock and Roll Animals', a concept record for adults and children


Live

Boardwalk, Sheffield, 7/11/2006

Luke Haines - Boardwalk, Sheffield, 7/11/2006

Luke Haines has never chosen easy targets on which to base his song writing. Denzil Watson finds that the former Auteurs and Black Box Recorder star on typically abrasive form in an empassioned performance at the Boardwalk in Sheffield


Features

Freaks Out!: Weirdos, Misfits and Deviants – The Rise and Fall of Righteous Rock ’n’ Roll (2024)

Luke Haines - Freaks Out!: Weirdos, Misfits and Deviants – The Rise and Fall of Righteous Rock ’n’ Roll

In ‘Raging Pages’ guest reviewer Eoghan Lyng enjoys The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder Luke Haines’ satirical overview of pop in his first book in a decade, ‘Freaks Out!: Weirdos, Misfits and Deviants – The Rise and Fall of Righteous Rock ’n’ Roll'.


Reviews


Adventures in Dementia (2015)
Luke Haines - Adventures in Dementia

Incomprehensible new mini-album from the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder’s Luke Haines


Rock and Roll Animals (2013)
Luke Haines - Rock and Roll Animals

Potentially terrible but dryly witty and enjoyable concept record from ex-Auteurs and Black Box Recorder front man Luke Haines, which tells of three animals named after Sham 69's Jimmy Pursey, Nick Lowe and Gene Vincent


Related


Interviews

Luke Haines and Peter Buck
Interview Luke Haines and Peter Buck - Interview

British singer-songwriter and author Luke Haines and ex-REM guitarist Peter Buck speak to Denzil Watson about their new collaborative album, 'Beat Poetry for Survivalists'.


Servants
Interview Servants - Interview

Anthony Strutt chats to David Westlake from 80's guitar pop band and C86 act the Servants about his band's turbulent career and working in it with the young Luke Haines


Live

Brudenell, Leeds, 21/2/2023 Luke Haines and Peter Buck - Brudenell, Leeds, 21/2/2023

Denzil Watson at The Brudenell in Leeds enjoys a self-deprecating and black-humoured set of eccentric rock from Luke Haines and Peter Buck.