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THE HAMMER INTERVIEW

“Words don’t make sense/Words won’t make it right” ...

PETER GILES

Whipping boys of the UK music press in the 90s, Bush know what an uphill battle feels like. Today they’re still fighting, but instead of battling the detractors, they’re prioritising improvement.

Forty years ago this September, Kate Bush released Hounds Of Love . Her fifth studio record reinstated her position as one of the most innovative and creative artists of all time and yielded the (future) chart-topper Running Up That Hill . But its creation wasn’t always smooth. Here’s the story behind one of Bush’s best-loved albums.

The Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman’s saga is one of American rock’s most complex: a story of working-class poetry, bitter betrayal, legal warfare, and long-delayed redemption. Now at peace with his past and driven by a renewed purpose, John Fogerty’s story is not over yet…