Genesis Bootleg History Overview
This overview brings together all the blogs I have written in my Genesis Bootleg History series. It is the story of Genesis, told via a selection of bootlegs.
London 1992: Genesis Bootlegs
Our bootleg history of Genesis live concludes with the We Can’t Dance tour, specifically Knebworth in August 1992 and Earls Court in October 1992.
Reflections on Led Zeppelin Part 2
In Through the Out Door is Led Zeppelin’s eighth and final studio album, assuming we are not counting Coda, the compilation of previously unreleased tracks that was issued two years after the band had officially disbanded following drummer John Bonham’s death. It came out…
Reflections on Led Zeppelin Part 1
Friday Morning at the Funhouse with Pete Pardo and Martin Popoff on the Sea of Tranquility [sic] YouTube channel is a great watch/listen for any rock music enthusiast. Pete is the channel’s main man, and Martin is a prolific writer, critic and podcaster in…
Best Queen Singles
Another bank holiday, another ‘best Queen song’ poll – well, best Queen song since the last poll of best Queen songs. I am exaggerating, but not gratuitously so. This time it’s BBC Radio 2’s Your Ultimate Queen Song.
Genesis Autobiographies
Thoughts on autobiographies by members of Genesis: Not Dead Yet by Phil Collins; A Genesis in My Bed by Steve Hackett; The Living Years by Mike Rutherford.
Queen – The Miracle: Collector’s Edition
Was it all worth it?
My favourite song from The Miracle and also a question I have been asking myself since The Miracle: Collector’s Edition landed with a veritable thud on the doorstep a couple of months ago.
Morrissey Live in 2002
This is a write-up of a Morrissey gig from twenty years ago. I unearthed it during a tidy-up of old newspaper cuttings and other music-related ephemera. I remember posting it on a fan website, presumably a day or two after the show itself. I…
