Phil is 57. Unbelievable. He left the bad stuff behind many years ago and is a total fitness dude. Like me:) I loved the band he was in before Leppard – Girl. They put out two good records – Sheer Greed and Wasted Youth in 1980 and 81. Good stuff. Nice bloke. Killer...

I was waiting to meet him at the office door. He suddenly appeared carrying two enormous brown paper bags. One had a giant bottle of JD in it, and the other contained several bottles of Coke and a pile of plastic glasses. He started pouring and handing out drinks to whoever passed by. It was...

What an amazing guy. I met Eddie at a launch event for his merch line at the Sundance Film Festival. I’m not sure that an awful lot of people knew about him. Anyway, we got chatting about a lot of the amazing work he’s done, especially Jimi Hendrix. Wow. I haven’t washed my...

If you’re not a Brit, you probably don’t know this guy. I met him at a glam rock fundraiser bash when I was with Virgin Cinemas. Basically he was an institution in the UK through the 70’s and 80’s. He followed the Noel Edmunds breakfast show on BBC Radio 1, had a dog...

Talking about Mott the Hoople (and wearing the shirt) with Alejandro Escovedo at Lagunitas brewery in Sonoma Co. I’ve always liked his work as it mixes so many genres – rock, punk, cow-punk, Texican, Americana – you name...

Poor bloke. This is Pete Best, the man who nearly was. Can’t remember where this was taken. Possibly a record or video company conference about 2002...