Interviews


  Between 1994 and June 2000, Michael Goldberg conducted in-depth interviews with important contemporary writers and performers, including Sleater-Kinney, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, R.E.M., Neil Young, Pavement, Tom Waits, William Gibson, Ani DiFranco, Counting Crows, Neal Stephenson, Prodigy, Portishead, Frank Kozik, Smashing Pumpkins, Courtney Love, Mark Eitzel, Prince and Sonic Youth.

The resulting interviews and features ran as Addicted To Noise cover stories, and are available using the links below.

June 2000

Sleater-Kinney Q&A - Return Of Riot Grrrl Rock

November 1999

William Gibson Q&A - William Gibson, Wired

June 1999

Pavement Q&A - Pavement '99: Twilight Gleaming

May 1999

Tom Waits Q&A - Tom Waits '99: The ATN Interview, Part 1
Tom Waits Q&A - Tom Waits '99: The ATN Interview, Part 2

February 1999

Ani DiFranco Q&A - The 'Little Folk Singer' Grows Up, Part 1
Ani DiFranco Q&A - The 'Little Folk Singer' Grows Up, Part 2

November 1998

R.E.M./Michael Stipe Q&A - Reinventing R.E.M.
R.E.M./ Buck/Mills Q&A - Reinventing R.E.M.

October/ November 1998

Cracker/Counting Crows Q&A - Greetings From L.A

September 1998

Hole Q&A - Checking Into Hotel California, Part 1
Hole Q&A - Checking Into Hotel California, Part 2

August 1998

Prince/The Artist feature - An Audience With The Artist

June 1998

Smashing Pumpkins Q&A - Smashing Pumpkins Grow Up, Part 1
Smashing Pumpkins Q&A - Smashing Pumpkins Grow Up, Part 2

March 1998

Sleater-Kinney Q&A - The Band From The End Of The World, Part 1
Sleater-Kinney Q&A - The Band From The End Of The World, Part 2

January 1998

Metallica Q&A - Matallica '98, Part 1
Metallica Q&A - Metallica '98, Part 2

November/ December 1997

Portishead Q&A - For Portishead, It's Always Sour Times, Part 1
Portishead Q&A - For Portishead, It's Always Sour Times, Part 2

October 1997

Everclear Q&A - Everclear's View From The Top, Part 1
Everclear Q&A - Everclear's View From The Top, Part 2

September 1997

Negativland Q&A - The Negativland Tapes, Part 1
Negativland Q&A -The Negativland Tapes, Part 2

August 1997

Prodigy Q&A - Prodigy Conquer America, Part 1
Prodigy Q&A - Prodigy Conquer America, Part 2
Greil Marcus Q&A - World's Greatest Rock Critic, Part 1
Greil Marcus Q&A - World's Greatest Rock Critic, Part 2
Greil Marcus Q&A - World's Greatest Rock Critic, Part 3

May 1997

Q&A - The Triumphant Return Of John Fogerty

January 1997

Phish /Trey Anastasio Q&A - The Evolution Of Phish
Phish/ Page McConnell Q&A - A Page For All Seasons

December 1996

Weezer Q&A - Weezer Revealed: The Rivers Cuomo Interview

November/ December 1996

Counting Crows Q&A - Counting Crows Shoot For The Stars, Part 1
Counting Crows Q&A - Counting Crows Shoot For The Stars, Part 2

October 1996

William Gibson Q&A - Junk Collage, Nodal Points & Cognitive Dissonance, Part 1
William Gibson Q&A - Junk Collage, Nodal Points & Cognitive Dissonance, Part 2

September 1996

R.E.M./ Peter Buck Q&A - R.E.M.'s Peter Buck Can't Get No Satisfaction, Part 1
R.E.M./ Peter Buck Q&A - R.E.M.'s Peter Buck Can't Get No Satisfaction, Part 2

July 1996

Metallica's Rebel Yell
Metallica Q&A - Part 1
Metallica Q&A - Part 2

June 1996

Patti Smith - Return Of The "Bad Girl"
Patti Smith Q&A ­ Part 1
Patti Smith Q&A - Part 2

April/May 1996

Cracker - Kings of the World
Cracker Q&A - Why Cracker Hates Their Generation, Part 1
Cracker Q&A - Why Cracker Hates Their Generation, Part 2

March 1996

Lou Reed Q&A - Lou Reed's Rock and Roll Heart

February 1996

Winston Smith gallery - The Punky Collage Art of Winston Smith

November 1995

Smashing Pumpkins Q&A - The End Of The Smashing Pumpkins As We Know Them

September 1995

Sonic Youth/ Thurston Moore Q&A - Sonic Hearts, Sonic Minds
Sonic Youth/ Lee Ranaldo Q&A - Three Men, One Woman & 35-Plus Guitars
Jerry Garcia - Goodbye Captain Trips

August 1995

Chris Isaak Q&A - Chris Isaak Walks A Lonely Road
Chris Isaak: The Making Of A New Elvis
Everclear: Loser Makes Good

July 1995

Neil Young Q&A - A Conversation With Neil Young
Neal Stephenson Q&A - Breaking The Code With Neal Stephenson

June 1995

The (Punk) Revolution Is Over

May 1995

Primus - No Respect, Goddamnit!
Primus Q&A/ Les Claypool, Part 1
Primus Q&A/ Les Claypool, Part 2
Primus Q&A/ Tim Alexander

April 1995

Veruca Salt - Veruca Salt Want To Tear Your Playhouse Down
Veruca Salt/ Nina Gordon Q&A - Nina Gordon "Seethes" With Anger, Part 1
Veruca Salt/ Nina Gordon Q&A - Nina Gordon "Seethes" With Anger, Part 2
Veruca Salt/ Louise Post Q&A - Louise Post Discovers Her Calling, Part 1
Veruca Salt/ Louise Post Q&A - Louise Post Discovers Her Calling, Part 2
American Music Club/ Mark Eitzel Q&A

February 1995

R.E.M. /Michael Stipe Q&A - Cyberspace, Sex, the Mysterious Stipe-Man
The Making of R.E.M.'s Monster
New Sights, New Noise: R.E.M. Re-invent Themselves

December 1994

Frank Kozik Q&A - The Twisted Genius of Rock & Roll Poster Boy Frank Kozik
Frank Kozik Q&A - Talking the Talk with Frank Kozik
American Music Club - Wishing The World Away with the American Music Club
American Music Club/ Mark Eitzel Q&A




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