New Album – Man And Machine #1

This first collection draws on 50+ years of songwriting, rediscovered tapes, and new material from the Man and Machine studio project — an eclectic mix of rock, ballads, and left-field ideas forming the opening chapter.

The album will SOON be appearing on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube Music and other platforms — a few distribution steps still underway. For now you can find it on Soundcloud  or Bandcamp  Note: Until the album goes live on all platforms, the icons below link to other releases from my catalogue.

Below, and on various places in this website, you can see where and where I’ve been. Here’s a brief overview to tell you where I’m going. My first album is down to just a few hardcopies, but it is out now digitally on Cherry Red records as well as a whole host of other Back product. My new album: Distant Destination” is  still available as CD and online. I’ve been working on a book called “Stories From A Songwriter’s Life”. I have so far released two sets of chapters from this book, both on Kindle at a very low price or completely free on Medium. I did some acoustic shows in small intimate venues. The show features stripped back versions of songs I wrote for the likes of  Elkie, Celine and Sheena etc. I’m joined by Barry Race on percussion, Richard Naisbett.  Jen Normandale & Kirsty Forster on backing and featured vocals. This link will take you to pics, videos and stuff on the acoustic show. It seems unlikely there will be more live shows in the foreseeable future. I’m currently working on a new album “The Cry Of The Autumn Crow” and a couple of studio projects “Man And Machine“ (single out 24/10/2025) and “Bullfrog 2025″

Steve Thompson has written songs for Celine Dion, Sheena Easton, Elkie Brooks, The Hollies, The Searchers, Tygers of Pan Tang, Baby Ford, Colin Blunstone, Bruce Ruffin, Wavelength, Elaine Page, Middle of The Road and Chris Farlowe. ‘Steve Thompson Songwriter’ features Steve’s own band playing new versions of the songs that he’s written for many of these and other artists. In the show he also tells the stories behind these songs as well as anecdotes from his time in the music industry, working closely with an equally impressive list of Producers such as Gus Dudgeon ( Elton John, Chris Rea); Rodger Bain (Black Sabbath); Christopher Neil (Mike & The Mechanics, Marillion, Gerry Rafferty) and Peter Collins (Rush, Gary Moore, Bon Jovi) See also Wikipedia.

I started a show around in 2016 with a six-piece band playing the songs I'd written for the artists mentioned above and telling stories from the music industry. Covid lockdown killed that off. Then I started doing solo acoustic shows playing cut-down versions of the songs,. This rapidly grew into a five-piece (see below).  At present no shows are planned for either line-up and I'm once again a backroom studio dude

 

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This is a fascinating and unique project, reflecting the creativity and variety of the North East music scene, with some of the region’s best singers and musicians building a new platform for Steve Thompson's best songs.  This is a highly accomplished team of musicians.

STEVE THOMPSON: THE GODFATHER OF THE NORTH EAST NWOBHM

In a long and varied career, Steve Thompson also wrote and produced some key recordings during the ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ (NWOBHM) including Raven, Venom (both huge influences on rock giants, Metallica) and Tygers of Pan Tang, who at one time featured another collaborator of Steve’s - guitarist John Sykes, who went on to join David Coverdale in Whitesnake.

Read the story here: https://garyalikivi.com/2017/06/27/the-godfather-of-the-north-east-new-wave-of-british-heavy-metal/

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