JOHNNY THUNDERSI knew Johnny well. He was friends with Wayne County and I had met him in 1977 at Dingwalls with Debbie Harry – a sort of New York old...
REMAn anecdote comes back to mind. As REM were participating at the Torhout Wechter Belgium festival, I went to see them with the Daimler....
ZUCCHEROJe pourrais écrire trois tonnes d’histoires vécues avec Zucchero. Nous en avons même vécu plus. Nous avons sillonné la planète, notre...
J ATTENDS LES MARINESWhat to say about The Stranglers? I saw them everywhere. Even at Reading. We loved that band. The intro to Peaches still rings in my...
TINYPeople like Tiny, The Electric Chairs’ roadie. We called him Tiny because he was enormous. He was a fan of rockabilly, with huge...
THE SUBTERRANEANS- MY FLAMINGOOf course, there had been also the Subterraneans adventure, with Nick Kent, Glen Matlock and Chris Musto. We had had a good start though....
VAS PLUS HAUTThe third bandit was Paul Slack. Before joining us, he had been the bassist with the UK Subs. I’d already met him when the Subs had...
ROXANNEIt was in this context that Miles arrived in the studio. He listened to everything and his verdict was terrible, end of story. - ...
MONT DE MARSANWe are backstage in the south west of France, at the Mont de Marsan punk festival. It’s a bullfighting arena, not that big and it looks...
THE PRETENDERS & THE PADOVANISLe deuxième soir de la tournée, on a vu sur le côté de la scène tous les Pretenders venus nous écouter, Pete en tête. Ils avaient l’air...