In the summer of 2006 I was head chef at a conference centre in Lancaster. I was seeing a…
My Lloyd Cole and The Commotions Story.
Today I read that it is 35 years since ‘Rattlesnakes’ was released. As soon as I heard ‘Perfect Skin’ I…
New Music: Girl Ray ‘Girl’
Lovely stuff. The title track from their second album, out in November – this time on the wonderful Moshi Moshi…
Buzz Club x 3: 1,000 Violins / Metro Trinity / The Rain plus The Gargoyls and a local band night Autumn 1987
I’m going to sweep through a few Buzz Clubs here. These few gigs feature bands who never quite made it…
The Clash: Through Malcolm Wyatt
Malcolm Wyatt and I met a while ago, when he interviewed my band Bluetrain for his ‘Captain’s Log’ fanzine in…
Go! Service unearthed live footage Germany 1984
The wonderful thing about social media is that you can get a message on a Saturday morning from someone you’ve…
Green Man 2006: Through Rog Hildreth
I have written in some detail about how Danny Hagan and myself started the Green Man Festival in 2003. I…
Buzz Club: Assorted signed fliers and set lists – just found!
Philip ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson has once again turned up an absolute treasure trove of Buzz Club memorabilia for me! The man…
1,000 Violins – previously unseen photos and recordings.
More from the wonderful photo collection of Guy Van Steene. This time of a band who were actually label mates…
Positively Church Street, North London 1998.
I had a three piece band called Plaza. Drums, Danny on bass and me on electric guitar and vocals. We…
