Michael has a past like no-one else. He grew up in the golden age of movies as son of Geraldine Fitzgerald, and allegedly Orson Wells. He moved to the UK and became the director of the pop show, Ready, Steady, Go, where he met every Brit rock star from Jagger to Lennon and all in between....

I love this book and have read it several times. It’s got a lovely, early 70’s British and laddish naivety to it. In 2001 I went with my girlfriend to The Troubadour in LA to see Nico Case. The show was quiet and we were standing by the bar, when in walked Ian Hunter, looking...

Eric’s still got an amazing voice. He hails from Newcastle near where I’m from back in Blighty. Thanks to Andy Moreno for getting this signed for me at Virgin, Times...

The pinnacle of space rock, Hawkwind’s Space Ritual is not only a classic record, but is also one of the greatest sleeves of all time. Designed by Barney Bubbles, it really demonstrates how many drugs were associated with Hawkwind culture. I asked Lemmy to sign it and he wrote...

    Not long after moving to LA in 1998, a friend offered to take me to the Orange Bowl flea market in Pasadena to look for records. On the way he asked me what I fancied looking for, to which I replied, the Runaways albums. Not only did I find “Queens of Noise”, but I also ran...

In 1983, Kiss held a signing session at the Virgin Megastore in London for the recently released Creatures of the Night record. About 6 of us hopped on the bus from Sheffield and traveled down there for a shake of the hand and an autograph. You were only allowed one signature per band member,...