After flirtations with the plastic soul-funk of a surprising Young Americans (1975) and a phenomenal Station To Station (1976), David Bowie decided to move from Los Angeles to Europe. He finally settled down in West Berlin, sharing an apartment with his friend Iggy Pop. Both thought that the German city would be a good place …
I was 14 and trying out some guitar riffs with my first band. There was an older guy, and throughout one of our songs he said: “That sounds like Gimme Danger from The Stooges– and you sound like James Williamson.” I didn’t know the Stooges back then and was quite pissed off: when you’re 14 …
My righteous dictatorship in Britain was in full bloom: I was an unrelenting, visionary and hard-working empress, I restored law and order, put the British nation back into line, and started a European war in order to kill Steve Bannon, who was working on a world conspiracy here. My vest as the highest military commander …
I still remember with fervent sadness the day that David Bowie left this world. The man who always created and looked for constant innovation, an artist in all the meaning and extension of the word, the man who expanded his catalogue and his music like no other one has done before. I find it very difficult …
People had suspected it for years. But in 1972, the release of two albums made it official: there were aliens living on Earth. The first of these grand announcements may have been the least shocking of the two. David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. People had long suspected Bowie of being …
Can you hear me wanking on my stereo? On this third Vinyl Wankers installment, we’ll have a look at the species of audiophile snobs. These are people who spend a ridiculous amount on high-end audio equipment and original pressings because they cannot enjoy music otherwise, people who likely clean their records with the four-times-distilled sperm …
