# Kris Needs — RSS Amplifier Everything Kris Needs publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [When Iggy met Ziggy](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/when-iggy-met-ziggy) _2026-08-18 · Kris’s Substack_ Close encounters between Bowie and Iggy Pop; from Vive le Rock 2025 and too big for the memoir. Freebie to celebrate passing 1000 free subscribers. Wahoo! ## [BRIGITTE FONTAINE: Es...Folle](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/brigitte-fontaine-esfolle) _2026-08-14 · Kris’s Substack_ The story of the pioneering French avant-chanteuse and original punk polymath leading up to landmark 1968 album Es...Folle (plus her subsequent seven decade artistic odyssey). The world should know. ## [BILLY IDOL: From Gen X To US MTV superstar](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/billy-idol-from-gen-x-to-us-mtv-superstar) _2026-08-11 · Kris’s Substack_ Writing about punk's 50th a lot inevitably brought up Generation X and my ten years interviewing Billy Idol; always good fun! In May '24, I wrote this somewhat huge account in Vive le Rock ## [KATE BUSH: Fire In The Bush](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/kate-bush-fire-in-the-bush-ed5) _2026-08-06 · Kris’s Substack_ Lobbing a controversial grenade in Zigzag in 1980, I stuck Kate on the cover after she was assured I wasn't going to stitch her up (happened a lot in the music press then). 2 more epics would follow ## [SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES: 20 Minutes to 20 Years](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-20-minutes) _2026-08-01 · Kris’s Substack_ 50 years ago, bands formed who transcended punk to change music their own way, the Banshees a good example. I wrote this history in 2007 for Record Collector when punk had just marked its 30th. ## [Interview Archive: Brian Eno opens up](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/interview-archive-brian-eno-opens) _2026-08-01 · Kris’s Substack_ In late 1977, Sniffin' Glue/NME scribe Danny Baker and I interviewed Eno for his 'Before and After Science' LP. Despite that and his involvement with Bowie he was not a happy bunny (Zigzag Jan '78). ## [ARTHUR RUSSELL: 'Don't forget about me'; NYC's great overlooked genius](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/arthur-russell-dont-forget-about) _2026-07-28 · Kris’s Substack_ Prompted by the best archival album I've heard all year from Arthur's old sidekick Steven Hall, the original draft of my Russell epic that appeared in MOJO in 2010 ## [Happy Birthday, George Clinton, 85 today!](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-george-clinton-85) _2026-07-22 · Kris’s Substack_ To mark the occasion, here's the story of the Mothership and rise of P-Funk. A lifelong fan, in 2014 I wrote the Godfather of P-Funk's book, George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire. ## [Reviews Archive: Unearthed from Shindig! 2011](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/archive-shindig-2011) _2026-07-21 · Kris’s Substack_ Unearthed! Definitive Byrds & Stones tomes, Bowie movie, Michael Chapman, Stone Coal White. Done for the love not the money as there wasn't any! ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YRJqqvELcSoD) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [DAVID BOWIE: Wham Bam Thank You, Ma'am](https://krisoverthetopneeds.substack.com/p/david-bowie-wham-bam-thank-you-maam) _2026-07-15 · Kris’s Substack_ 54 years ago today, Bowie brought Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars back to the Aylesbury hall where he unveiled his breakthrough persona that January. To mark the occasion, here's what happened.