ZZ Top have been compared to all sorts of unexpected bands, but I know the one I’d most like to be compared with: Depeche Mode. I’m really fanatical about those cats. I had the pleasure of making their acquaintance in ’85 and we’ve stayed pals ever since. I worked with them on Delta Machine (2013), …
Martin Gore on John Lee Hooker – Burning Hell (1964)
There is a rule of thumb for music that I like: the simpler it is, the better I like it. John Lee Hooker is the measure of all things in this regard. I admire him for everything he has achieved within blues- a pioneer and visionary of the kind who is born maybe once every …