Alan McGee


Interviews


Interview (2011)

Alan McGee - Interview

In his third interview with Pennyblackmusic, former Creation Records' boss Alan McGee speaks to Anthony Strutt about his label's legacy and having finished with the music business


Interview (2010)

Alan McGee - Interview

Alan McGee in a second interview with Pennyblackmusic speaks to Anthony Strutt about 'Upside Down', a new film about his former label Creation Records


Interview (2010)

Alan McGee - Interview

FireHouse guitarist Bill Leverty speaks to Lisa Torem about his recent third album, 'Deep South', which is a covers collection of southern-based roots music primarily of the late 1800s and early 1900s


Interview (2009)

Alan McGee - Interview

Alan McGee was the Glasgow-born owner and founder of Creation Records, Britain’s most important music label of the 1980s and 1990s. Anthony Strutt talks to him about his label, his musical career and life in the record industry.


Profiles

Interview (2013)

Alan McGee - Interview

Former Creation Records boss Alan McGee talks to Anthony Strutt about his new record company 359 Music, and why he has decided to start another label


Related


Interviews

Mineral
Interview Mineral - Interview

Mineral are an electronic quartet with members in both Dublin and Paris. Anthony Strutt chats to front man Craig Walker about his group's debut album 'Plastic Ekohastric', which is being released on former Creation Records owner Alan McGee's new label 359 Music


John Lennon McCullagh
Interview

Anthony Strutt speaks to 15-year old singer-songwriter John Lennon McCullaugh, who is the first signing to ex-Creation Records boss Alan McGee's new label 359 Music, about his debut album, 'North South Divide'


Le Volume Courbe
Interview Le Volume Courbe - Interview

Le Volume Courbe is the project of Charlotte Marionneau, a French-born singer-song writer who is based in London. She talks to John Clarkson about working with Alan McGee and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields and her band's recording career to date


Soho Dolls
Interview Soho Dolls - Interview

London-based electro glamrock group the Soho Dolls have just released their second single, 'Stripper.' Anthony Strutt talks to vocalist Maya and keyboardist Ana about working with Alan McGee and their unique live show


Profiles

Profile
Laughing Apple/Biff Bang Pow Laughing Apple - Laughing Apple/Biff Bang Pow

Anthony Strutt profiles the career of Alan McGee's 80's bands the Laughing Apple and Biff Bang Pow !, who have had singles recently re-released on Edition 59, the offshoot of German label Vollwert Records


Albums

A Better Life – Complete Creations 1984-1991 Biff Bang Pow! - A Better Life – Complete Creations 1984-1991

Tommy Gunnarsson reflects upon a new six-disc box set on Cherry Red which compiles together Creation Records boss Alan McGee’s recordings with his 80’s and 90’s band Biff Bang Pow!


Photography

John Lennon McCullagh
Photoscapes John Lennon McCullagh - Photoscapes

Bill Gray photographs sixteen year old singer-songwriter John Lennon McCullagh, who was the first signing to ex-Creation Records boss Alan McGee's new label 359 Music