Steve Thompson I started out in the real home of heavy metal, the Steel Works! Like all the kids in my town, I went straight from school into Consett Steel Works. I had other plans, and with another steelworker from my school formed a band and together with two other guys, we served two apprenticeships. One of … Read more
People say of most decades, ìif you remember it, you weren’t thereî. I remember it all right but much of it is blurred by the passage of time, the speed at which things were happening, and of course the other ìstuffî that renders your brain cells a little less active. I’m afraid I have forgotten … Read more
The webmaster of Metal Gods Website asked me to write this article eons ago. My memory must be faulty because I seem incapable of finishing it. I’ve just come across my notes so I thought I would serialise it here. Click here to read the story
In 2003 I decided to keep a picture diary and chart a whole year by taking one picture per day. I’m going to republish them here but hopefully it will not take a full year to upload. The pictures tell a story within a story but only those who were there will know this. Howard … Read more
I am working with this Russian Vocalist and her Record Company. I’m redeveloping some existing material as well as writing news songs. This material represents some of my best work in years. You can chart the progress in the Project Blog
A friend recently extolled the virtues of MySpace a social networking kind of thingy so I set one up. Well I set up two actually, the first one was a mistake and I seemed to be in a space looking to “date” other MySpacers or at best engage in spotty teenager stuff. I realised my … Read more