Steve Thompson 
My formative years were spent at Consett Iron Company. I was assigned to the Blast Furnace as a Fitter. In the picture below are the three blast furnaces of Consett. In the forefront is the Goliath gantry crane. That was some piece of engineering. The gantry trundled left or right in the picture. The cabin … Read more
I’m just contemplating how many prescient moments my life has thrown up. When I was house producer at Neat records how could I know that 40 years later Neat 02, Neat 03 and Neat 06 would merge under one recording session? This will happen this coming Tuesday when Jayne Mackenzie (Neat 03) is part of the backup … Read more
Our new single will be released on 12th April. It will be downloadable £1 and on CD £3. But you can get if FREE. Everyone who buys a ticket to our show at The Steel Club Consett on April 11th will get a free CD the day before the official release. You can purchase tickets … Read more
The new album to be entitled “The Long Fade” will be ready mid Spring. There are many collaborators contributing to this album and we’re all very chuffed with it. We’ll be going into our first rehearsal on Monday for our show at The Steel Club Consett on April 11th. Tickets are available from the venue … Read more
It was 1980 and I’d just spent the day in the studio making demo recordings of some new songs. I session guys had done a fine job. One of ’em said “why are you still writing pop songs when all this heavy metal is happening”. (NWOBJHM). They all got onto this and pressed me to … Read more
I am in a philosophical mood today. Just ignore me if you wish. When I quit my band Bullfrog it was to concentrate on becoming a songwriter. I made some demos assisted by Bullfrog drummer Jim Harle in a studio called Mortonsound in Carliol Square. I recently chanced upon the tape from that day and … Read more