Anna Domino ‘Lake’

Along with co-conspirator Fruitbat, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s Jim Bob tells how they penned ‘Sheriff Fatman’, their ode to slum landlords, granny farming and “awfulness everywhere”.

A huge hit on New York’s 80s club scene, Dominatrix’s ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’ was an irresistible combination of new wave and electro. Mastermind Stuart Argabright tells us how it all came about

With punk riding high, who knew a mix of Victorian sci-fi, disco and prog would have such an impact? Jeff Wayne on ‘The War Of The Worlds’ and the making of opening track ‘The Eve of the War’

Bauhaus guitarist Daniel Ash takes us back to the dying days of 1978 and the genesis of ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, a cornerstone track that launched an entire genre and subculture

Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato tells us about their 1982 ’Optimo’ EP, which features the no wave classic ‘Cavern’, a track that caught Grandmaster Flash’s magpie ears

Way Out West’s Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren talk through the making of their 1996 attention-grabbing single, ‘The Gift’