Having a CV such as the one of Billy Bremner, might as well become a pretty heavy load to carry around, with it eventually outgrowing the man himself, and becoming a possible listener’s main focus, […]
Describing the DT’s vocalist Diana Young-Blanchard in the promo sheet as “Tina Turner and Bon Scott’s most pissed off bastard love child in heat” is pretty much as close as it gets, though it might’ve […]
– A Pop Tribute To Anthony Meynell And Squire – Not exactly a young one, but an idea of recapturing the vibe of mid ’60s swinging London was considered to be quite a MODern one […]
Not really up there with their 2003 collaborative effort Strawberries On Sunday (reviewed elsewhere on these pages), I suppose the initial idea for this one came after unearthing another bunch of Big Boy Pete recordings, […]
Cutting a long and quite confusing story short(er), Bobby started out as himself on the mid’60s folk-rock scene in L.A., winding up under the supervision of no less than Andrew Loog Oldham, and releasing an […]
Being remembered mostly for a couple of trivia details such as ND Smart’s previous involvement with The Remains, as well as the later one with Mountain and Gram Parsons, or the pre-fame presence of Barbara […]
For those used to wearing power-pop “shoes” over the years, the name of Jeff Murphy shouldn’t be an unknown one, because it’s those very same Shoes, that he started to wear way back in the […]
There are several reasons why the name of Mars Bonfire should be regarded as quite an important entry in every rock’n’roll related encyclopedia, and while being as good as any itself, none of these reasons […]
Fronted by the Top 4 Finalist in Folk Category of the 2006 John Lennon Songwriting Competition, and the band’s primary author, Ed Woltil, along with an ex-Barely Pink leader Brian Merrill, this one fits pretty […]
Not so much because of the songs themselves (8 out of 10 being covers), nor an originality of the sound neither, but The Fire Escape’s only release on GNP-Crescendo (1967) is still being regarded as […]
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