Interviews
Interview (2011)
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 in a second interview with Pennyblackmusic speaks to Anthony Strutt about 'Upside Down', a new film about his former label Creation Records
Interview (2010)
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 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)
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
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Interviews
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 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
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
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
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
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