Both bought at the Durham Book Center in Sunderland when I was about 14. I just love the big 2-3″ badges. Say it like you mean...

I loved the poster from which the image of this badge is lifted. When I was 15, I asked my mam to make a shirt just like the one Joe Perry is wearing. A wee off the shoulder number. Unlike Joe, it did little to turn any ladies’ heads. It’s amazing I didn’t get beat...

If you’re ever in Austin, Mac plays a free show in town at 6pm every Tuesday evening. Not to be missed. His story telling is as good as his playing. What a...

Joe’s got excellent music taste – Mott, Who, Queen, Bowie et al. Who would have thought I’d end up being Joe Elliott in a Def Leppard tribute band five years...

  One of the two one-off Beatles neons I was given by display company, Art and Sign, as goodbye gifts upon leaving Virgin. I’ve used both as stage props at numerous Pepperland shows over the...

A special day indeed. Richard went down on his knees to present the disc. Virgin actually got it wrong. It was my 21st anniversary rather than my 20th, as engraved on the...