In order that they came to mind and if I sit and think again, some will change, some won’t, I know I’ve missed a some that should be on the list. If push come to shove, and there was only one singer, well […]

I found this to have been an underwhelming year and the positions on the list have changed a fair few times since the poll was announced, but as of this moment this is my top 20. Thanks to Salwarpe your doing a […]

As @retropath2 has already mentioned Jackie Leven and @leedsboy has mentioned Mark Linkous, I’ll add Chris Sievey, songwriter, aspiring pop-star, artist, media pioneer and being Frank.

There’s a fair few Alice Cooper tunes that spring to mind, here’s a couple (hopefully not the obvious ones) , one from the group and one from the solo years The Ballad of Dwight Fry The Nightmare Returns

Only came across this today, it’s rather good

Glen Buxton’s riff on Schools Out..

Jackie Leven – Forbidden Songs of the Dying West Eels – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations Alice Cooper – Schools Out

John Cooper Clarke – Innocents Ren – Jenny’s Tale Skids – Working For The Yankee Dollar Peter and The Testube Babies – Banned from The Pubs Sir Vincent Lone – His Arms Are Full of Broken Things

1. First Concert – PFM Manchester Free Trade Hall 26th April 1976 2. Last Concert – The Apple Sellers – Bolton Parish Church 29th July 2025 3. Worst Concert – Sham 69 (the version without Pursey) lucki […]

Worst Concert – Van Der Graaf Generator, possibly the same tour I first saw them on (Nov 76) went with a couple of friends, I thought it wonderful and have seen them whenever I can since. My friends, well not o […]

A couple from recent releases James McMurtry – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy BC Camplight – Two Legged Dog and older ones.. Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranois – Old Trust The Damned – The Dog R […]

A far from vintage year on the new release front, some will be eternal favourites, some will get better with time, some will be placed on the shelf and forgotten 1 EELS – TIME! 2 YARD ACT – WHERE’S MY […]

@retropath2 distinctive, hmmm, grey hair (what’s left) grey beard, tubby, which probably won’t make me stand out from the majority of the audience. Northern accent, which might do, will be with 4 or 5 other folk, […]

Everything appeared to run smoothly, I guess as it was the penultimate performance they’d ironed out any glitches, and when choir came on just before interval they could be heard. My total lack of coordination […]

@hubert-rawlinson Firstly “How did I find it” not being sarky, but with difficulty, I knew FI was on the site of the old Granada studios, but not having been down there since it has been redeveloped, finding the […]

How can you say not much variety when seeing Otway, anybody would think the set remains the same..

Thank goodness for Harp and a Monkey otherwise I’d hardly leave the house. Laurie Anderson – Factory International (last night) Harp and a Monkey – New Mills Folk Club The Burbage Brass Band – Stoller Hall, […]

@retropath2 I was going to write something why the choice of Jackie for me was inevitable, but the words wouldn’t come. So the 3 full stops were added in an attempt to convey that inevitability, the deep well of […]

Jackie Leven…

Somewhat surprised that the hive mind of the AW haven’t posted this Poe related album, or is a deliberate oversight as a conspiracy theorist may allude. Anyways, I offer up Tales of Mystery and Imagination […]