All the photographs are in the Photo Gallery.
media | ctry | date | year | writer | photographer | description |
Melody Maker* | UK | 30 March | 1996 | Paul Mathur | Lili Wilde | interview with Paul & Chad |
NME | UK | 30 March | 1996 | John Perry | Stefan De Batselier | interview with the band |
Music Life | JP | May | 1996 | Mika Akao | Melanie Cox | introducing the band |
In Rock | JP | ?? | 1996 | Shiro Komagata | Yuki Kuroyanagi | interview with the band |
Quip Magazine | JP | June | 1996 | Utayo Furukuni | Yoshiko Ise | interview with Paul |
Melody Maker* | UK | 22 June | 1996 | Ian Watson | Tom Sheehan | interview with Paul |
NME | UK | 29 June | 1996 | Mark Sutherland | Ian Jennings | live review (London Powis Square Tabernacle) |
Rockin' On | JP | July | 1996 | unknown | pinup (ad) | |
Crossbeat | JP | July | 1996 | ? Hirose | Midori Tsukagoshi | interview with Paul |
NME | UK | 14 Sept | 1996 | Mark Beaumont | Hayley Madden | interview with Paul |
Melody Maker* | UK | 28 Sept | 1996 | Ben Stud | Tom Sheehan | interview with Paul |
Vox | UK | Oct | 1996 | MB | Kevin Dutton | short interview with Paul
on Stripper Vicar |
Melody Maker | UK | 23 Nov | 1996 | Paul Lester | Tom Sheehan | cover stroy Japan tour report |
SiFT | JP | Dec | 1996 | Takayuki ? | Unknown | interview with Paul |
Select | UK | Dec | 1996 | Sam Upton | unknown | live review (Cavern Club, Exeter) |
Music Life | JP | 1997 | Pennie Smith | pinup | ||
Vox | UK | Jan | 1997 | Stephen Dalton | Kevin Cummins | interview with Paul & Chad |
In Rock | JP | Jan | 1997 | Yuko Kato | Miho Kato | interview with Paul |
Smashing! | JP | Feb | 1997 | Kiyori Matsumoto | Hiroyuki Iizuka | interview with the band |
Select | UK | Feb | 1997 | Sam Upton | Jake Curtis | Paul and Stove review singles |
NME | UK | 8 Feb | 1997 | Steven Wells | Steve Double | interview with Paul |
NME | UK | 15 Feb | 1997 | Mark Beaumont | Grey Lantern album review 8/10 | |
Melody Maker | UK | 1 March | 1997 | Simon Price | Tom Sheehan | cover interview with the band |
NME* | UK | 15 March | 1997 | Stephen Dalton | unknown | live review (Bath Moles) |
Melody Maker* | UK | 15 March | 1997 | Victoria Segal | Melanie Cox | live review (The Venue, Edinburgh) |
Crossbeat | JP | June | 1997 | Shino Okamura | Tom Sheehan | interview with Paul |
Rockin' On | JP | March | 1997 | ? Uno | Pennie Smith | interview with Paul |
NME | UK | 16 April | 1997 | Ian Jennings | NME Style Guide '97 | |
NME | UK | 10 May | 1997 | Stephen Dalton | Ian Jennings | cover stroy Japan tour report |
In Rock | JP | 1997 | Yuko Kato | Yuko Kato | interview with Paul and Chad | |
Rockin' On | JP | July | 1997 | ? Uno | Naka | interview with Paul |
Snoozer | JP | Aug | 1997 | Soichiro Tanaka | Aya Tokunaga | interview with Paul |
Music Life | JP | 1997 | Tom Sheehan | pinup | ||
Rockin' On | JP | April | 1997 | Tom Sheehan | pinup | |
NME | UK | 27 Sept | 1997 | Mark Beaumont | Steve Double | cover stroy US tour report |
NME | UK | 18 Oct | 1997 | Steve Double | Paul "On The Couch" | |
Melody Maker | UK | 20 Dec | 1997 | Carl Loben | Jamie Reid | Paul and Stove review sleeve arts |
In Rock | JP | 1997 | Yuko Kato | Pennie Smith | interview with Chad | |
Rockin' On | JP | Jan | 1998 | Tom Sheehan | pinup | |
Melody Maker | UK | 28 March | 1998 | Tony Horkins | Frank Noon | "View from the Crew" |
NME | UK | 20 June | 1998 | Gill Whyte | James Stafford | cover interview with Paul and Chad |
Crossbeat | JP | July | 1998 | Sumi Imai | Hugo Dixon | interview with Paul |
Melody Maker | UK | 15 Aug | 1998 | Peter Robinson | Pat Pope | interview with Paul and Chad |
Rockin' On | JP | Aug | 1998 | Kouichi Kamiya | Pennie Smith | interview with Paul |
In Rock | JP | Aug | 1998 | Yuko Kato | Pennie Smith & Tom Sheehan |
interview with Paul |
For Him Magazine | UK | Aug | 1998 | Andrew Woods | Adam Pensotti | interview with Paul |
Guitar Magazine | UK | Sept | 1998 | Michael Leonard | James Cumpsty | interview with Paul & Chad |
Crossbeat | JP | Sept | 1998 | Akiko ? | Yosuke Komatsu | interview with Paul & Chad |
In Rock | JP | Sept | 1998 | Yuko Kato | Kiyonori Okuyama | interview with Chad |
Rockin' On | JP | Sept | 1998 | Erika Yamashita | Martyn Goodacre | Glastonbury 1998 review |
Music Colony | HK | 4 Sept | 1998 | ?? | Yosuke Komatsu | cover story interview with Paul (thanks to Kuo) |
Rockin' On | JP | Oct | 1998 | Kouichi Kamiya | ? Matsuo | interview with Paul |
NME Student Guide | UK | 3 Oct | 1998 | Mark Beaumont | Eva Vermandel | cover interview with Paul and Chad |
NME | UK | 17 Oct | 1998 | Roger Morton | Steve Double | live review (Town & Country, Leeds) |
Melody Maker | UK | 17 Oct | 1998 | Neil Mason | Mark Stringer | live review (Town & Country, Leeds) |
Snoozer | JP | Oct | 1988 | Soichiro Tanaka | Naoki Ishizaka | double-cover issue alt cover interview with Paul |
In Rock | JP | Oct | 1998 | Yuko Kato | Kiyonori Okuyama | interview with Paul, Stove and Andie |
Rhythm & Drums Magazine | JP | Oct | 1998 | Mikki Nakayama | Yosuke Komatsu | interview with Andie |
Uncut | UK | Oct | 1998 | Paul Lester | Tom Sheehan | interview with Paul |
Uncut | UK | Oct | 1998 | Steve Sutherland | Six album review 5/5 | |
What's In ES | JP | Oct | 1998 | Yuko Takano | Tomonori ? | interview with Paul |
Crossbeat | JP | Nov | 1998 | Akiko ? | Tetsuro Sato | interview with Paul |
In Rock | JP | Nov | 1998 | Chiharu Hayashi | Yuki Kuroyanagi | Japan tour report |
Guitar Magazine | JP | Nov | 1998 | Kako Someya | Yosuke Komatsu | interview with Chad |
Cool Guitar | JP | Nov | 1998 | Jun Kawai | Yosuke Komatsu | interview with Chad |
Music Life | JP | Nov | 1998 | Ayumi Shida | Yosuke Komatsu | interview with Paul & Chad |
Snoozer | JP | Dec | 1998 | Soichiro Tanaka | Ayako Kanko | interview with Paul |
NME | UK | 19 Dec | 1998 | Mark Beaumont | Roger Sargent | interview with Paul |
Melody Maker | UK | 19 Dec | 1998 | Ben Knowles | unknown | interview with Paul |
Rockin' On | JP | Dec | 1998 | Kouichi Kamiya | Kenji Kubo | interview with Paul |
Melody Maker | UK | 2 Jan | 1999 | Ben Knowles | unknown | readers' poll results |
Melody Maker | UK | 23 Jan | 1999 | Robin Bresnark | Tom Sheehan | cover interview with Paul |
Rockin' On | JP | Jan | 1999 | Yukiko Kojima | Pat Pope | Brixton Academy (23 Oct) live review |
In Rock | JP | Feb | 1999 | P. G. Brunelli | Tom Sheehan | cover interview with Chad |
NME | UK | 13 Feb | 1999 | David Stubbs | Roger Sargent | Mansun answer fan questions |
Crossbeat | JP | March | 1999 | Kyoko Maruyama | Tetsuro Sato | interview with Paul & Chad |
Rockin' On | JP | March | 1999 | Yosuke Komatsu | pinup | |
In Rock | JP | March | 1999 | Yuko Kato | Yuko Kato | interview with Paul |
Rockin' On | JP | April | 1999 | Kouichi Kamiya | Paul & Chad | interview with Paul |
Snoozer | JP | April | 1999 | Soichiro Tanaka | Jin Ohashi | interview with Paul |
What's In ES | JP | April | 1999 | Nami Imozawa | Yuki Kuroyanagi | interview with Paul |
In Rock | JP | April | 1999 | Sue Moore Yuko Kato Tom Sheehan |
Q&A | |
In Rock | JP | May | 1999 | Tom Sheehan | pinup | |
Melody Maker | UK | 12 June | 1999 | The Coolest People in Rock '99 | ||
Melody Maker | UK | 28 Aug | 1999 | Mark Beaumont | Mark O'Flaherty | cover story Reading/Leeds preview interview with Paul and Chad |
Rockin' On | JP | Sept | 1999 | Tom Sheehan | pinup | |
Melody Maker | UK | 4 Sept | 1999 | Ian Watson | Reading/Leeds review | |
Melody Maker | UK | 2 Nov | 1999 | Mark O'Flaherty | pinup | |
Melody Maker | UK | 10 Nov | 1999 | Ian Watson | Mark O'Flaherty | Paul in Psychobabble |
Melody Maker | UK | 15 Dec | 1999 | Piers Allardyce | Live 2000 Calendar
Paul at Reading on October |
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In Rock | JP | Feb | 2000 | Martin Gardner | callendar
Mansun on November |
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Melody Maker | UK | 9 Feb | 2000 | Piers Allardyce | pinup | |
Rockin' On | JP | June | 2000 | unknown | Anton Corbijn | news |
Melody Maker | UK | 26 April | 2000 | Ian Watson | Mark O'Flaherty | Paul in "Psycho Babble" |
In Rock | JP | June | 2000 | Anton Corbijn | pinup | |
Crossbeat | JP | June | 2000 | Sumi Imai | Anton Corbijn | interview with Paul |
Snoozer | JP | June | 2000 | Misako Karasawa | Anton Corbijn | interview with Paul |
Rockin' On | JP | July | 2000 | Yukiko Kojima | Anton Corbijn | interview with Paul |
Crossbeat | JP | July | 2000 | Sumi Imai | Anton Corbijn | Little Kix preview |
In Rock | JP | July | 2000 | Ai Anazawa | Anton Corbijn | interview with Paul |
Rockin' On | JP | Aug | 2000 | Koichi Kamiya | Kazuaki ? | interview with Paul |
Yoichiro Yamazaki Mariko Sakamoto |
Little Kix album review | |||||
Melody Maker | UK | 5 July | 2000 | unknown | Anton Corbijn | News on I Can Only Disappoint U |
In Rock | JP | Aug | 2000 | Ai Anazawa | Kiyonori Okuyama | interview with Chad |
Melody Maker | UK | 12 July | 2000 | unknown | Edd Westmacott | report of fan convention |
Crossbeat | JP | Aug | 2000 | Sumi Imai | Takashi Imai | interview with Paul |
Bass Magazine* | JP | Aug | 2000 | interview with Stove | ||
Melody Maker | UK | 19 July | 2000 | Anton Corbijn | pinup | |
Snoozer | JP | Aug | 2000 | Takashi Hirano | Ryota Kato Masako Karasawa |
interview with Paul and Chad |
Melody Maker | UK | 26 July | 2000 | Andre Paine | Tom Sheehan | cover story interview with the band |
Melody Maker | UK | 2 Aug | 2000 | unknown | unknown | ICODU on Famous Last Words |
Select | UK | Sep | 2000 | Steve Lowe | Anton Corbijn | review of Little Kix (2/5) |
In Rock | JP | Sep | 2000 | Yuko Kato | Kiyonori Okuyama | interview with Paul |
Guitar Magazine | JP | Sep | 2000 | unknown | unknown | interview with Chad |
Rhythm & Drums Magazine* | JP | Sep | 2000 | interview with Andie | ||
Strange Days* | JP | Sep | 2000 | interview with the band | ||
Melody Maker | UK | 9 Aug | 2000 | Carol Clark Andre Paine |
Andrew Carruth | Colchester live review (1 August) |
Mark Beaumont | John Moore | Little Kix album review (4 out of 5) | ||||
NME | UK | 12 Aug | 2000 | Siobhan Grogan | Andy Willsher | Bury St Edmunds live review |
Steven Wells | Robert Hoare | Little Kix album review (3 out of 10) | ||||
Melody Maker | UK | 16 Aug | 2000 | Carol Clark Andre Paine |
Andrew Carruth | Paul 's track-by-track guide to Little Kix |
Buzz | JP | Sep | 2000 | Sino Kokawa | Hiroyuki Tatebe | interview with Paul & Chad |
Mens' Non-No* | JP | Sep | 2000 | interview with the band | ||
In Rock | JP | Oct | 2000 | Yuko Kato Chiharu Hayashi |
Miho Kato | interview with Paul & Chad |
Melody Maker | UK | 18 Oct | 2000 | Andre Paine | Tom Sheehan | Chad in "Psycho Babble" |
Melody Maker | UK | 1 Nov | 2000 | Mark Beaumont | Tom Sheehan | interview with Paul |
NME | UK | 4 Nov | 2000 | Siobhan Grogan | Derek Ridgers | interview with Paul |
Select | UK | Dec | 2000 | Dorian Lynskey | Matthias Clamer | interview with Paul & Chad |
Melody Maker | UK | 20 Dec | 2000 | Sarah Bee | Tom Sheehan | Paul reflects year 2000 |
Daily Yomiuri | JP | 4 Jan | 2001 | Hiroshi Nishida | unknown | live review (Shibuya AX) the first ever appearance in Japanese national newspaper |
In Rock | JP | Jan | 2001 | Ai Anazawa | Simon Merker | interview with Paul |
Rockin' On | JP | Jan | 2001 | Yukiko Kojima | Anton Corbijn | live review |
In Rock | JP | Feb | 2001 | Yuko Kato | Miho Kato | interview with Chad |
Crossbeat* | JP | Feb | 2001 | |||
Quip | JP | Vol.23 | 2001 | ??? Natori | interview with Chad & Stove | |
Rockin' On | JP | March | 2001 | Kenichiro Yanagi | unknown | interview with Paul |
Q | UK | March | 2001 | Nick Duerden | unknown | concert review (19 Dec Tokyo) and interview with Paul |
NME | UK | 25 Sept | 2004 | Peter Robinson | unknown | Peter Robinson Versus Paul Draper |
Snoozer | JP | Oct | 2004 | Masako Karasawa | various | interview with Paul |
* All of these are full-page or half-page coverages. Smaller articles and reviews are not included.
* Question marks indicate that I couldn't pronounce the Japanese or Chinese names.
* Items with * are the ones that I haven't got yet.
* These are my private collection and not for sale. If you are looking for rare Japanese CDs and vinyls, please visit my shop.