“We recorded a couple of demos, but most of the time we got wasted, you know…” Primal Scream lead singer Bobby Gillespie on the initial recording sessions of “Give Out But Don’t Give Up” To understand just how hard drinking… Read More ›
Alan McGee
Jesus And Mary Chain: We Weren’t Goths: We Just Wanted To Be On Top of the Pops!
A couple of weeks ago I talked to author Zoe Howe about her new Jesus and Mary Chain Official Biography “Barbed Wire Kisses” which is being released this month, and is the first ever account of the band, some thirty… Read More ›
A Loft Discovery of 45s. Goths. Jesus And Mary Chain.
Morgan Howell’s exhibition of super-sized 7″ singles in Snap Galleries captures the magic of old 45s in a unique way. He cleverly recognises there is something quite perfect about having one song on one side of a record. It becomes… Read More ›
Tim Burgess of The Charlatans Telling Stories: “I Wanted My Book To Be Like Pulp Fiction…”
Charlatans lead singer Tim Burgess launched his autobiography Telling Stories this week at a special event at St James’ Church in Piccadilly. Reading extracts from his book, Burgess revealed snippets of life on the road with a rock band, which as most of… Read More ›
