I interviewed Greg Lake when I was at KRSH. He’s really open about talking about the past, and I learned a lot. I also put him on the spot a bit about why Pictures At An Exhibition was recorded live (at Newcastle City Hall no less!) rather than as a studio record. Dax and I went to see...
Dave Grohl – P...
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This was in the green room at Sundance straight after he’d played for 3 and a half hours. This was the first live show he did to promote the Sound City movie and the show featured Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Rick Nielson, Chris Goss and the Foos. Lots of stories from that...
Nik Turner of Hawkwi...
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The one and only Nik Turner of Hawkwind. He played most of Space Ritual at a bar in Austin. There were about 30 of us die hards there – all blokes with one exception. He was so nice when we chatted sonically….. I’m an Orgone Accumulator...
Scars on 45 – ...
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This is the hardest working British band of the last decade. They’ve toured the US relentlessly on a shoe string for the last couple of years and deserve to be huge. I had the fortune to open for them with Patchwork Orange while I was presenting at KRSH. We got on well and I invited...
Rob Halford, Judas P...
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Rob (down on your knees and repent if you please) Halford with my great friend Vince. Both...
Travis at Live 8 ...
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I’ll talk more about the Live 8 shows in other posts, but this is in the green room at the final one in Edinburgh. An amazing...