The perfect way to honour the great women that have mad a difference to the music scene. I take no credit for the article below - it seemed

We all have friends and acquaintances that we define by their musical tastes. Think of someone you know right now and I bet...

Marc Bolan and T.Rex make it in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well, it finally happened. Some 42+ years after his untimely death...

I’m sure I’m not alone in posting a retrospective of the year as it comes to a close. It’s become a ‘thing’ for many; a chance to look...

And kill off music venues in the process…

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible… Regular readers of this blog may have noticed an absence of posts over the last few...

The joys of a (not so) perfect performance. I do love a good live album on vinyl, especially from around that 70’s era; they seem to...

A venue like no other. I’ve been a member of T.Rextasy since October 2015. We do around 100 gigs a year and get to play some pretty...

When the Manchester lad became a California Son… As Steven Patrick Morrissey turns 60 he celebrates not only a sell-out US tour but the...

And necking Jager! Most of you will know Kerry King as the heavily tattooed and mean-looking guitarist from the legendary metal band...

A lifetime obsession with the low-end instrument of joy! I make no apologies for the length of this article. It’ll no doubt extend far...

This one goes up to eleven Just a short blog today to pay my respects to Dr Jim Marshall OBE who passed away on 5th April 2012. The man...

For a week anyway… Unlike my April 1st post about being in Coldplay this is actually a very real claim to fame. In 1999 I really was...

For a couple of weeks anyway… I’ve been keeping this story under my hat for 10 years now. The legally binding confidentiality contract...

The tale behind a recent self-indulgent video project. For those of you that have read the original ‘UPSTARTS AND OLIGARCHS’ blog post...

From an era when 7” and 45rpm were part of the modern language. Following on from my earlier blog featuring my top 10 albums I thought...

For the moment anyway… I’ve never really been one for lists or polls. But a friend’s Facebook request back in April 2018 to ‘post, in no...

When James Brown meets Humble Pie. Think the Sweeney, sheepskin coats, shirts with collars way too large and a little bit of ‘alright...

42 years old and as fresh as a cosmic daisy… 11th March 1977 saw the release of Dandy in the Underworld by T.Rex. I can remember shooting...

The album that sparked an obsession with the mod culture. As mentioned in my ‘vinyl junkie’ blog (25th Feb 2019) I recall pretty much...