Aerosmith launched the Just Push Play album at Virgin Times Square. The NY team asked them to sign these boxers for me. I framed them with a signed CD booklet and they’ve hung on my laundry room walls from LA to Austin. Definitely a one of a kind...

Another rare Firehouse poster created as an exclusive giveaway for Virgin Megastores in the US. Extremely original and quite daring for the U2...

This is a lovely promo card for their newly released Kaleidoscope, featuring the airship icon. I saw this show in London. Portnoy’s performance was the greatest drumming I’ve ever seen – even better than Peart, Bruford, Bozzio, Palmer and any other drummer I’ve ever...

This is an original Who t-shirt from ’76. They were touring Who By Numbers. This is also when the whole George Davis issue was going on. What a line-up. Amazing. Thanks to Dee McLaughlin for giving me this for my birthday many moons...

I’ve still got it but can’t remember where I parked the groovy...

It was Halloween and we went to see Ian McLagan first and then Rocky Erikson at the Continental. Mac was brilliant. Rocky shouldn’t have bothered. Sorry...

A fabulous little promotional badge set put out by Universal as part of the Ultimate Collection record...

The Crazy World leader himself on stage with the Pretty Things. I have no doubt he lives up to his moniker. He came out, sang Fire and did a knee-led hippie dance, legs spread and eyeballs revolving. Too much of, ahem anything, can be a bad thing. Too late for...

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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...

  When Aggy and I got to the show, we weren’t allowed in and our legit tickets were taken away from us. My displeasure showed, and then great apologies ensued when the ticket person came back with 2 front row tickets. Aggy had his cool LA hip hop gear on and I was wearing a nice paisley...

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...

My friend Duncan’s Dad knew Harold Pendleton who ran the festival as well as the Marquee Club. He fitted us up with passes and I hovered around the trailers to talk to artists and get some autographs. I met two Squires in 10 minutes – Billy Squier and Chris Squire (who was just...

  I love going through my music weeklies and seeing ads for classic albums like this. At one time the weeklies – NME, Sounds, Melody Maker were literally the most important thing in my life – especially Sounds….more thoughts in a future...

I went to this while I was at college in Sheffield. It was a million miles away from the music I liked at the time, but I was a drummer and they had Billy Cobham on the tubs. He was amazing, as was the bass player, Alphonso Johnson. Unfortunately the vocals were awful – Bob Weir of the...

Rob (down on your knees and repent if you please) Halford with my great friend Vince. Both...

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...

I know I was there, but I remember absolutely nothing about the Aftershow party. Seems extremely...

A&M took the usual bunch of us retail and radio folks half way up a mountain on a snowy Winter’s night for mulled wines, beers and a very intimate performance by Del Amitri. It was quite an emotional evening on many fronts. Del Amitri had a lot to offer. I found a lot of the...

I took this shot from a taxi window. They’re so iconic, and I love the simple finish of this pair. Call them “hairdryers” at your own...