As a teenager Mike Scott fronted his first garage bands, playing original songs and punk covers, and wrote his own rock fanzine before moving to the lights of Edinburgh and London in quest of glory.

The Waterboys were one of the biggest bands of the 80s but almost four decades on from their commercial heyday, leader Mike Scott remains a thrilling creative livewire. Over the past few years, the ...

Singer-guitarist Mike Scott of the Waterboys in Los Angeles, while the band was touring in support of a new album, 'Life, Death and Dennis Hopper.' (Credit: Steve Appleford) Mike Scott of the ...

Following the release of last month's single "Right Side Of Heartbreak (Wrong Side Of Love)," The Waterboys released today the video for "Where The Action Is," the title track and new single from ...

Mike Scott and The Waterboys still seem “new wave,” but they are very much old school — a blast of ‘80s ambition that has lost none of its power since. Rockwood Music Hall was an up close and personal ...

It has been some time since a properly 'essential' Waterboys disc. 1990's Room To Roam rounded off a remarkable run of 7 years and 5 albums form. 1993's Dream Harder had its moments, but the 'comeback ...

Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind World Party and former member of The Waterboys, has died at the age of 66. Wallinger joined The Waterboys in 1983, contributing as a ...

In the long arc of the Waterboys, the only constant in the albums and songs and performances by band founder Mike Scott and his raggle-taggle band of musicians is that there is no constant. In the ...

If a hip-hop-tinged ode to film star Dennis Hopper performed by a Scotsman sounds random to you — well, yes, it is. But it’s also one of the most entertaining, catchy tracks on the Waterboys‘ latest ...

Mention The Waterboys to most people and they’ll immediately think of 1985 smash hit single “The Whole of the Moon” (rereleased in ’91). And fair enough — that’s a great song. But there’s so much more ...

Early into the Waterboys’ strong new album, “Where the Action Is,” the band kicks into the spirited rocker “London Mick,” an affectionate ode to the Clash’s guitarist, Mick Jones, in which ...