Steve Thompson 
Here is the second part of the story I promised. You can read the first part here. Actually, Gus came back to my mind this week with the passing of David Bowie. Gus was one hell of a story teller and story he recounted to me many times was how he produced Bowies’s “Space Oddity”. … Read more
Writing a song in the room next to Motorhead I recently told part of this story as it related to Lemmy of Motorhead. Here is the full story (part one) It would be circa 1983/4. I had just signed an exclusive songwriting deal with MCA Music. Record Producer, Gus Dudgeon wrote to MCA complementing … Read more
The Steve Thompson Band is set to go into rehearsal in January. It’s about 15 years since I gigged regularly (with the Mick Whitaker Band) and I hadn’t really intended to do this now. There have been posts on Facebook, Twitter and this blog but Things have developed rapidly so I thought I’d lay it all … Read more
An earlier iteration of the ST Band expressing workers solidarity at Consett Empire in the musical “Steel Town” circa 2000. There may be some Steel Town songs in the set with the new line up. L to R Gary Cowie – Keyboards, Guitar – Me, Drums – Paul Westgate, Bass – Richard Rutherford, Vocals – … Read more
Earlier this year I was in Finland where I delivered a lecture on Heavy Metal. I was having a beer whilst waiting for my tram when Meatloafs “Anything For Love” came on juke box. Of course I had to wait and wait until I heard my old mate Lorraine Crosby come in with that killer … Read more
I’ve been having an email conversation with a guy who recently bought my old band Bullfrog’s single (on vinyl obviously) He was intrigue that the B side was the stand-out track whilst the A side is crap so I told him the story. I’ll be telling this and other stories when my band hits the … Read more