London’s Time Out that came out the week after John’s...

This is from an instore at Virgin Megastore Oxford Street. Simple Minds were massive at the time. It was them, U2, Big Country and the Cult that were the big sellers then. People arrived the day before and slept in sleeping bags overnight. They weren’t even playing – they were...

Great band – very poor album. Nuff...

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...

This was the first time I saw and met Aerosmith. I was living in Phoenix and The Scorpions announced they’d be playing Compton Terrace with Aerosmith, Autograph and Victory in support. I managed to bluff myself backstage claiming to be from the Melody Maker and the first thing I saw was...