The way concert tickets are sold nowadays does little but irritate everyone involved. Twenty five years ago, I was occasionally pretty good at getting good tickets for gigs: front row for Def Leppard, Judas Priest and Anthrax shows at Hammersmith… Read More ›
Genesis were huge in the eighties (and indeed seventies). But with Nursery Cryme I got off to a bad start… In the film “Almost Famous” by Cameron Crowe, a love of rock music is instilled in him when he is… Read More ›
Which is the worst dressed Rock Band? After my post querying whether Rush’s Kimonos were a nadir in the relationship between Rock and Fashion, I thought about a few other bands that I knew who perhaps ran Rush pretty close…. Read More ›
Live Aid was the most exciting televised concert there ever was. The thing I was most excited about before Live Aid began was, of all things, watching my favourite band (Status Quo) open the show on prime time TV. In… Read More ›
The cover of Status Quo’s On The Level album has record-breaking flared trousers. Were Quo the worst dressed rock band? With my first record under my belt – ZZ Top’s “Eliminator” – I bought Status Quo’s “Back to Back” album,… Read More ›
Status Quo were an important band when I was growing up in the eighties. As recent reality TV shows have shown, going to an Essex comprehensive school has never been the easiest start in life. And believe me when I… Read More ›
Like all the hippest music lovers, the first record I owned was by The Beatles. No Reply, I’ll Be Back, Drive My Car, Do You Want to Know a Secret, We Can Work It Out, I Should Have Known Better, Nowhere Man, You’re Going to Lose That… Read More ›
Every record tells a story 