In the third of a four-part interview with ROAR, STU ALLAN looks back at his period of pop success with Clock, and discusses for the first time about the strange and upsetting time one of his early tunes became the soundtrack to the horrific torture and murder of a young woman. Plus he talks about remixing his music icons including Nile Rogers…and Peter Andre! Don’t miss the fourth and final part 3 on Wednesday where Stu gives his take on the birth and death and rebirth of happy hardcore, reveals his pride at having got so many people into rave...

In part 2 of a four-part interview, STU ALLAN tells ROAR about his experiences of playing the legendary Manchester rave venue The Hacienda and those exciting years in the early ‘90s where he was able to play a range of dance music and refused to be pigeonholed. The Rave King of Radio and the Northwest also talks about his superstar pal Carl Cox’s departure from the scene and how they kept in touch over lazy Sunday roasts plus Stu reveals how he once got so annoyed with one irritating MC that he not only unplugged the poor lad’s microphone, but...

ROAR welcomes the evergreen figure of Stu Allan for the first in a four-parter interview spread across a fortnight where he discusses exactly how he became the Rave King of Radio and the Northwest! In part one Stu AKA, well, Stu Allan tells The ’90s Rave Podcast about his musical childhood in a band and how he became almost the only DJ from the small island of Anglesey in northwest Wales actively pushing soul music in the ‘70s and ‘80s, before being forced to move to Manchester due to unemployment in the Thatcher years. Despite admitting he didn’t much enjoy...

MAGIKA finally tackles one of the reasons why so many of you were clamouring for ROAR: The ‘90s Rave Podcast to get the MC on the podcast as he puts *HIS* side of the story to the fall-out with VIBEALITE promoter GARY JACQUES. In third and final part of our in-depth interview, the self-confessed Mister Marmite of rave AKA AIMRAN MAJID, or ‘G’ also lays bare the shocking racism that he says he’s experienced “countless” times in a rave scene which prides itself on peace, love, unity and respect. And he admits falling out of love with happy hardcore, explians...

In this episode MAGIKA explains how he solidified his position as one of the ‘90s rave scene’s leading MCs, and assesses why he thinks he has come to divide opinion, admitting with honesty that he could have acted better at times and that he regrets some of his past actions. In this the second of a three-part in-depth interview with ROAR: The ‘90s Rave Podcast, Magika AKA AIMRAN MAJID, or ‘G’ also discusses how he came to work as host of the CARL COX CONCEPT and managed to MC at both HELTER SKELTER and DREAMSCAPE by getting pally with their...

MAGIKA is the self-confessed Mister Marmite of rave loved and respected by some for his contribution to the ‘90s scene, while others feel less enamoured by his MCing and even some of his behaviour over the years.  But nobody can deny he’s been right at the heart of the UK rave scene from its earliest days through to the present as an artist playing all the biggest parties, a promoter of his own events, and in the media. In this emotionally-charged and engrossing three-part interview, Magika AKA AIMRAN MAJID, or ‘G’ tells the fascinating story about how as a Muslim he defied the...

METALHEADZ official photographer EDDIE OTCHERE was one of only a handful of people lucky enough to document the mid ’90s jungle scene from the inside. Hired by GOLDIE to photograph his label’s now infamous night at the Blue Note in Hoxton in the days before cameraphones, Otchere captured the good, the bad and the ugly of the exploding rave genre as it rapidly evolved into what we now know and love as drum and bass. In this episode, Otchere who has also snapped some of the most celebrated US rappers including BIGGIE SMALLS and the WU-TANG CLAN takes ROAR: The...

Have you ever heard the incredible, heartwarming tale about the ’90s rave DJ who was brought up in foster care, left school without any GCSEs, was often in trouble with the law as a gang member, and then after successfully defending himself in court became a barrister? No? Well check out this episode featuring one of the most amazing stories to come out of the ’90s rave scene! Despite his tough upbringing in East London, FOOTLOOSE defied the odds to become a jet-setting star of the jungle scene and Kool FM resident in the mid-90s DJing at events alongside the...

In the second and final part of ROAR: The ‘90s Rave Podcast’s interview with MARK ARCHER, the ALTERN 8, BIZARRE INC and NEXUS 21 producer talks candidly about the highs and lows of his long career in the music business, including becoming a Top of the Pops star, the painful split from production partner Chris Peat, getting hitched onstage at BangFace, and his financial struggles over the years that have seen him lose his home on more than one occasion. Plus the man behind the famous dust mask also addresses apparent beef with The Prodigy and scratches his head at...

In yet another deep-dive double-header, ROAR: The ‘90s Rave Podcast meets the man behind the mask as we really get to know the real MARK ARCHER in the ALTERN 8 icon’s most in-depth interview yet. In part 1, the surprisingly introverted producer and DJ talks of his ‘accidental’ success with BIZARRE INC, NEXUS 21 and and the famous PPE-masked duo, coming through the house and techno scene that saw him work with Detroit legends before helping to create that famous early hardcore sound, and secretly playing live PAs on ironing boards. Plus Mark compares the political situation from the early ‘90s to now, given his involvement in the #WeAreViable campaign, and...