Steve Thompson Recorded by Wavelength Here it is, the demo that launched a top 20 hit, warts an all. the warts include the sound of a passing taxi on the headphones, a track played way too slow by fumbling fingers and some evidence that I had taken a little bit of “medicine”. I did do one other … Read more
In the late 70’s early 80’s I was house producer at Impulse Studios (Neat Records) in Wallsend. Around this time Tony McPhee of the Groundhogs came in to record a couple of tracks. He needed a band so I booked my mate Paul Smith on drums and I played bass. I got to be a … Read more
Recorded by the Tygers Of Pan Tang Top 40 single in the UK and featured on the album “The Cage” which reached 13 in the Album Charts. The demo was sung by Toni Haliday Click here to hear it Click here for the Tygers version.
Some 8 years after the last time I amalgamated my music with Tom Kelly’s poetry I’m working on this new project. This time the “band” has a new member in photographer Peter Dixon and the project will work towards gallery multi media exhibitions. We have some interest for venues. The picture to the right is … Read more
Well, Aksana has joined a Monastery in Russia. That’s the closest translation Graeme could put on it. Where does that leave the project – who knows? This girl lives the life of a Hollywood tragedy as has been commented on before. Apparently she’s trying to find herself. Let’s hope she does as I aint going … Read more
Anyway, the only way we knew how to break out of that Steel Town was with music so, with all the strength we could muster we set to it. We built ourselves a large following, supported many big acts and got a record deal. Our first producer was Roger Bain who had produced Black Sabbath. … Read more