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The electro super-producer on Bob, Bruce, Beastie Boys’ food fights and upsetting Fleetwood Mac

When the Irish band were a folksy blues three-piece, it was Eric Bell who defined Thin Lizzy on their 1971 self-titled debut and early 70s follow-ups, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds Of The Western World

Having formed in 1975, Talking Heads surfaced from the ashes of New York band The Artistics, with frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz eventually recruiting (after three auditions) fledgling

This trio of Los Angeles musicians fuse the rhythms of Havana, Medellín and Lima with the sounds of 60s surf music – though their sound has more in common with Latin folk music than Dick Dale. We join them to talk about their debut album, fibreglass guitars and tropical psychedelia

For a brief moment in 1989, the Fine Young Cannibals were the biggest band on the planet. The Birmingham trio scored a global No.1 album, with two consecutive singles that topped the Billboard Hot 100