Indholdsfortegnelse for July 2021 i Classic Rock

WELCOME The BBC’s Desert Island Discs is one of my all-time favourite radio shows, and over lockdown I’ve found myself raiding their archive. And I’m always delighted when I find the unexpected castaway who has a secret penchant for rock. It also gets me thinking about what my own desert island choices would be (I imagine everyone does this). Impossible, right? Only eight songs? That’s just cruel. Surely we should be allowed eight albums, and even that would be a ridiculously tough ask… But if the premise was albums over songs, I know for damn sure what one of them would be, and that’s the album we’re celebrating in this month’s issue; an album that’s celebrating its halfcentury in 2021; a little record most commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV.…

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC Colleagues and fans pay tribute. “Stop. Right. There. Three words [on Paradise By The Dashboard Light] that changed my life forever. Three words that gave me a career in music. Three words penned by the most brilliant, hilarious and unique human being I have ever known. Jim, I will love you forever.”Ellen Foley “Jim Steinman carved his own path and created a style that others could only hope to follow. I feel privileged to have known him and to have recorded one of his incredible songs [Making Love Out Of Nothing At All]. Legends are not made on Earth, they are created in Heaven!”Graham Russell, Air Supply “Jim was a legendary songwriter for Meat Loaf and many others. Our hearts and prayers go to his…

Les McKeown November 12, 1955 – April 20, 2021 ALONG WITH HIS fellow members of the Bay City Rollers, Les McKeown was among the most popular figures in the music of the 1970s. And yet when called upon to replace founding lead singer Gordon ‘Nobby’ Clark in 1973, McKeown later admitted that the Rollers had not been “high on my list of bands I’d have wanted to join”. What a life he’d have missed. Sporting obligatory tartan trousers, the Edinburgh quintet notched a string of bubblegum-lite hits including Shang-A-Lang, Summerlove Sensation and the UK chart toppers Bye, Bye Baby and Give A Little Love. The band sold more than 120 million records worldwide. After quitting in 1978, McKeown re-joined for a number of comebacks, although the band would never match…

Book Bonanza! Peter Green, Black Sabbath, AC/DC and Genesis goodies among those on the way PETER GREEN THE COMING MONTHS will see the publication of a wide selection of rockrelated books, and also, inspired by the success of Bohemian Rhapsody, The Dirt and Elton John’s Rocketman, a couple of potentially fascinating biopics. Rufus Publications, who specialise in high-end, luxury books, are set to focus on Peter Green and the Ronnie James Diofronted Black Sabbath. Produced in conjunction with the Fleetwood Mac founder, Peter Green – The Albatross Man is published in October. Three editions will be available, two offering unreleased early recordings from Fleetwood Mac, priced from £95 to £2,000. Due later in the year (no date yet available) is Sabbath: The Dio Years, A Photographic History, with new interviews…

DUST Dust, Karma Sutra, 1971. UK pressing £150. The members of this New York power trio are more famous for their post-Dust activities. Drummer Marc Bell went on to play in Richard Hell And The Voidoids, before hitting the world stage as Marky Ramone in 1978; vocalist/guitarist Richie Wise went on to produce the first two Kiss albums, among many others; bassist Kenny Aaronson enjoyed a career as an in-demand session player. When you hear the musicianship on display on this album it’s easy to see how they would become so acclaimed as individuals. The UK pressing of Dust (pictured) has a sleeve design that is sought after by collectors. However, the original US design is perhaps more apt for the hardedged, bluesy psychedelic rock sound of Dust. Distinct UK…

HEAVY FIRE Punk rock renegades who burst onto the Sunset Strip as grunge dawned, L7 burned brightly and left a trail of thrilling chaos in their wake. Words: Emma Johnston Portrait: Charles Peterson Most grunge-era bands have been credited with a role in the demise of hair metal. But few played their part with such panache, razor-sharp humour, wild hedonism and headline-grabbing performances as L7. And they did it all by infiltrating the very heart of the Sunset Strip. Formed in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarists Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner in 1985, the band were unlike anything the city had seen before. A bunch of punk rock women playing metal, and coming from a musical standpoint that was more Motörhead than Poison, they quickly became known for their wild, raw…

Who Is… Cedric Burnside Meet the American bluesman following in grandpa’s footsteps. Describe your sound in a sentence. It’s very unorthodox. A lot of people say it don’t make any sense… They’re probably right. It’s different from anything you’ve ever heard. When did you first realise you wanted to be a musician? Music has been a part of my family as long as I can remember. As a child I used to sit and watch my family play music on raggedy amps and beat-up drums. I was fascinated, and wanted to do it so bad! My gut just said: “You’re gonna do that.” I knew I wanted to do that for the rest of my life. What were the first records and/or bands you really fell in love with? My…

BEST OF THE REST Other new releases out this month. Alan Vega Mutator SACRED BONES The late Suicide frontman’s second posthumous set is no mere cutting-room-floor sweep, but a hitherto unreleased album from the ever-edgy electro pioneer’s prolific nineties peak. Dark, bleak, challenging, unique. 7/10 Lovebites Glory Glory To The World JPU The third EP from the preposterously technically adept Japanese metal quintet delivers all that’s expected: migraine-inducing visuals, dog-whistle guitars, dead-eyed deadpan vocals and possibly something about vampires… Babywho? 6/10 Procol Harum Missing Persons (Alive Forever) EP CHERRY RED Whether or not two songs equate to an EP, Missing Persons’ Keith Reid-worded, Gary Brooker-voiced, lockdown-completed title track sits grandly enough in the band’s classily dramatic canon. Its War Is Not Healthy ‘flip side’ not so much. 6/10 Empyre The…

The Who The Who Sell Out UMC/POLYDOR Five-CD Super Deluxe edition of ’67 album, plus unreleased tracks, demos and other goodies. The Pop Art structure of The Who Sell Out was born out of necessity. Pete Townshend didn’t think he had enough songs for a full album, so it was filled out with mock jingles for acne treatment, Charles Atlas’s “dynamic tension” course, and baked beans. As a successful and much-consumed pop band, The Who in late 1967 were nicely positioned between commercial commodity and ambitious purveyors of a more expansive, spiritualist psychedelic vision of Armenia City In The Sky and the horizon-scraping (albeit moodily vindictive) I Can See For Miles, of which multiple versions feature across this collection. After this would come their full-blown ascent into the dubious conceit…

REVIEWS Weezer LA Walt Disney Concert Hall Emphasis on the songs illuminates the band in a different light. “Time to rock some bot,” says a subdued Rivers Cuomo, who has clearly embraced ‘lockdown hair’, leading Weezer on to the stage for a full run through their orchestral pandemic album OK Human accompanied by the LA Philharmonic and the Youth Orchestra Of Los Angeles. Once settled at his grand piano, though, the very first tune finds him admitting: “All my favourite songs are slow and sad”. And the album’s subtler, more sensitive approach arguably suits him better than their covid-parked stadium-metal record Van Weezer, arriving hot on its heels in one of rock history’s most gymnastic stylistic swivels. Pushing to the fore a songcraft often hidden behind the goofy fun of…

Lee Rocker & Complexions Gather Round Stray Cats bass man soundtracks rocka-ballet dance collaboration. With Gather Round, a collaboration with ballet company Complexions, rockabilly veteran Lee Rocker dips his patent leather winkle-picker into the contemporary dance world. Sharing a title and music with Rocker’s latest solo album, the full production is set to premiere next year. This online taster version features three duet performances set to vintage jukebox foot stompers including Gather Round itself and When Nothing’s Going Right. Widescreen acoustic anthem The Last Offline Lovers, meanwhile, strikes a more romantic, Springsteen-ish note. Two dancers give athletic, technically demanding performances featuring an impressive amount of toe-perching pointe work, which is unusual in contemporary ballet. That said, Dwight Rhoden’s choreography feels firmly rooted in musical theatre convention, owing more to West…

This month’s contributors DAVE LEWIS Just after the release of Led Zep IV (about which he writes this issue), Dave was lucky enough to be in attendance at Zep’s Empire Pool Wembley show – the first of 15 occasions he saw them play live. The effect has been a lasting one. Evenings With Led Zeppelin, the acclaimed book he wrote with Mike Tremaglio, is out in an expanded edition by Omnibus Press on September 9. MILTON MERMIKIDES Milton is a composer, guitarist, academic and unapologetic nerd. His academic and popular writing is published widely, and this month he explains the technical musical genius of Led Zep IV (p26). He is Reader in Music at the University of Surrey, Professor of Guitar at the Royal College of Music and Deputy Director…

Mike Mitchell April 16, 1944 – April 16, 2021 THE GUITARIST WITH The Kingsmen, the garage rockers from Portland who souped up Richard Berry’s ballad Louie Louie, transforming it into a global smash, passed away on his 77th birthday. No cause of death was disclosed. The Kingsmen recorded Louie Louie in 1963, and the single went on to claim the No.2 spot in the US for six weeks. However, it’s very likely that it wouldn’t have been a hit at all had it not been for Boston-based DJ Arnie Ginsberg, who played the song on his program as The Worst Record Of The Week. Listeners let Ginsberg know he was talking out of his hat, and having reportedly sold a mere 500 copies, it leapt into the US national chart.…

WELCOME BACK Pop Evil The Michigan rockers on circle pits, breakfast cereals, having a Brit drummer, and recording at the Foos HQ. AMBER PAREDES/PRESS KEEP YOUR HIPSTER hubs of New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. Pop Evil founder Leigh Kakaty wouldn’t trade his home turf of Michigan, crediting the Midwest state’s dizzying list of musicians – from Kid Rock to Eminem – for a sound on his band’s sixth album, Versatile, that sweeps up rap-rock, nu metal and more. We joined Pop Evil’s ebullient frontman and their British-born drummer Hayley Cramer to hear more. How did the new album go down? Leigh: My big thing this time was harnessing that demo magic. But then you had covid – we were literally doing the photo shoot as they were shutting down…

WELCOME BACK Deap Vally The duo talk about the joy of teaming up with other musicians, and the meaning behind their new EP’s title. FOLLOWING THEIR 2020 Deap Lips collaboration with the Flaming Lips, LA-based alt.rock duo Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards return with Deap Vally’s new four-track EP. American Cockroach, on which they collaborated with Jennie Vee of Eagles Of Death Metal and Savages bassist Ayse Hassan, reveals a gentler, more complex side to their nature than anything they’ve released in the past. What can you tell us about the EP’s title, American Cockroach? Lindsey: At first it was a concept song from the point of view of the cockroach. It wasn’t originally meant to be political, it was just about this cockroach character and how it’s going to…

QεA Paul Gilbert The guitar whiz on Mr. Big, experiencing near-Beatlemania in Japan, the beauty of melody, clean living and coke-head mice. Interview: Polly Glass Interviewing Paul Gilbert is a bit like trying to catch Tigger, midbounce. But with Gilbert it’s the guitar that he’s wired to. Instrument in hand, his fingers are never far from the wizardry he’s honed since the 80s with Racer X, Mr. Big, G3, on 16 solo albums, from a busy teaching career and more. “I’m very well-suited for the apocalypse!” the now 54-year-old declares cheerfully as he reflects on a stay-at-home year, in which his online guitar school has thrived. He also played and recorded all the instruments for his new album, Werewolves Of Portland, a joyous cocktail of from-the-heart melody and jaw-dropping guitar…

WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS THE BASICS Written by: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Memphis Minnie. Run time: 7 minutes 8 seconds Recorded at: Headley Grange, Hampshire, 1971 In a nutshell: The enormous closing statement, and an incendiary reinterpretation from a band with their share of covers up their sleeve. Famed for its cavernous drums and hypnotic hooks, it breathed power and fiery dynamics into a 1920s artefact. Talk about ending on a high. Noted cover versions by: Kristen Hersh (1994), A Perfect Circle (2004), Jeff Buckley (various), W.A.S.P (1998) THE BAND Jimmy Page: “You’ve got backwards harmonica, backwards echo, phasing, and there’s also flanging, and at the end you get this super-dense sound, in layers, that’s all built around the drum track. And you’ve got Robert,…

THE LION’S SHARE From the Sisters Of Mercy to Ugly Kid Joe – via a superb new solo album – Chris Catalyst’s résumé is nothing if not long. The guitarist tells us about band hopping, mental health, and why he’s the only person who can call Ginger Wildheart “a knob”. Words: Henry Yates Talking to Chris Catalyst in pubs in his Leeds stamping ground, drawn in by his offbeat wit, clocking his piercings and enjoying his pops at rock’s sacred cows (“We’ve already got one Morrissey, and that’s frankly too many”), at first you’d peg him as a talkative fellow fan. But slowly, by degrees, you’d realise this unassuming 41-year-old is actually the secret weapon of the transatlantic rock scene. The Sisters Of Mercy. Ginger Wildheart. Ugly Kid Joe. Terrorvision.…

INTO THE SPOTLIGHT Following in the footsteps of a famous parent often means forever being in their shadow. Can Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Edward, be one of the ones who escapes it? Words: Dave Ling Portraits: Travis Shinn It’s a familiar tale. A 12-year-old kid decides to learn to play guitar, asks his dad if he can have one, and is overjoyed when dad says he can. What makes one particular example of this familiar story less ordinary, and considerably sexier, is when the kid’s name is Wolfgang Van Halen, and the dad in question is Edward Van Halen, the guy who took the perceived limitations of guitar playing as we knew it and tore them up, and completely revolutionised the way the instrument could be played. The guitar…

This Or That? Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd takes on the most intimidating quiz known to man. Beatles or Stones? The Stones, for sure. They’re just edgier, a little more sex. AC/DC or Zeppelin? AC/DC, easy. For me they’re the best hard rock band that ever lived. Hendrix or Page? Page. There’s a longer history there. Page had those greasy rock riffs. Sixties or seventies music? I like disco a lot, so seventies. Gibson or Fender? That’s tough. I would say Gibson, because my favourite is an SG. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol. Cigarettes are a waste of time. You don’t get high. They don’t do anything to you except kill you. Fine wine or cold beer? Cold beer. Bourbon or tequila? When I was drinking, it was just whatever could get…

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE By Sleazegrinder S.U.G.A.R. S.U.G.A.R. ALIEN SNATCH Berlin brats S.u.g.a.r. apparently could not care less about grumpy ol’ Bob Mould’s similarly monickered outfit, Their sound reflects that snatch’n’grab-as-you-please attitude, too, dipping freely into Stones, MC5, Ramones, Cramps… whatever greasy teenage slime they can get their hands on. It’s all there in this selftitled album, a flailing, reckless assault of dirty denim and well-battered riffs that congeal into a collection of perfect punk-rock nuggets. In classic garage-scum fashion they get in and out quick; the whole album is over and done with in a snappy 20 minutes. And it’s an eventful and frequently thrilling ride, from the speedy bludgeon of opener I Don’t Want To Be Your Friend to the 60s-inspired Detroit rock city rave-up I Feel Alright. Speaking of…

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Tame Impala Western Australia Wave House Kevin Parker and co. present a new view of their debut album. As home-working environments go, an anniversary live performance of Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker in full, at the residential coastal studio where it was recorded (now owned by mainman Kevin Parker), with sumptuous sunset views of the Indian Ocean as a backdrop, it takes some beating. If there were any neighbours, they might be startled by the noise emitting from the open back door as Parker, barefoot on a rug, strikes up the swirling Strat mantra of It Is Not Meant To Be. Surrounded by vintage valve amps and synths, with the horizon behind him, Parker’s dreamy croon takes on an extra wistful quality. But before long the quartet bring the noise as Desire…

Ruts DC London New Cross Inn Hit-making second-gen punks unplugged. “I hope that’s helped to ease the pain, d’you know what I mean?” Segs Jennings says at the end of this show styled as an ElectrAcoustiC Live Stream. And in an hour and a bit more the largely acoustic trio storm through a collection of songs old and older, including Ruts DC numbers like the manifesto-ish This Music Must Destroy and the Malcolm Owen tribute Mirror Smashed, and material familiar to the masses, namely the clutch of singles recorded with Owen as The Ruts: In A Rut, West One (Shine On Me) and Staring At The Rude Boys, among others. What makes this show remarkable, apart from its sudden appearance at the end of lockdown hell, is that even though…

the DIRT JIM STEINMAN A larger-than-life character, a songwriter and producer whose approach was to reach for the sky, he left behind some truly glorious music. Classic Rock remembers the inimitable talent behind Bat Out Of Hell and so much more. November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021 GETTY GETTY Following the death of Jim Steinman, at the age of 73, having succumbed to kidney failure at a hospital in Connecticut, Meat Loaf has led the many tributes to the Grammywinning songwriter and eccentric genius behind his classic 1977 album Bat Out Of Hell. “We belonged heart and soul to each other,” an emotional Meat Loaf told Rolling Stone, of their sometimes difficult yet immensely successful relationship that spanned five decades. “We didn’t [simply] know each other. We were each…

Rusty Young February 23, 1946 – April 14, 2021 NORMAN RUSSELL YOUNG, better known as Rusty, was the pedal steel guitarist, keyboard player and also a vocalist and songwriter for the influential American country rock band Poco. The songs Rose Of Cimarron and Crazy Love, both written by Young, were two of the group’s biggest hits. GETTY x4 Born in Long Beach, California but raised in Colorado, Young had previously been the road manager for Buffalo Springfield, and played lap-steel guitar on one of their final recordings, Kind Woman. After that band broke up, in ’78 he co-founded Poco along with guitarists Jim Messina and Richie Furay, bassist Randy Meisner (who was soon replaced by Timothy B Schmit) and drummer George Grantham. Meisner and Schmit both went on to join…

the DIRT HIGH HOPES The Damn Truth With the help of producer Bob Rock, the Zeploving Canadians have stadiums in their sights. “If there is one thing that unites us all it’s hope and love.” MARTIN BRISSON/PRESS CAN ROCK MUSIC still change the world? Montreal-based four-piece The Damn Truth certainly believe so. The band – imagine a fledgling Led Zep fronted by Janis Joplin – are, in their own words, “rock’n’roll hippies”, ardent adherents to those starry-eyed late-60s ideals, of music’s power to spread peace and good vibes. “Touring around the world for the four years up to 2020, you get to meet so many different people, and if there is one thing that unites us all it’s hope and love,” explains guitarist Tom Shemer. “I believe that love can…

the DIRT HIGH HOPES Arielle She was mentored by Brian May and wants her record to sound like Petty’s. Good start. “It’s going to sound really weird, but I always knew that Brian May and I would be friends.” MANY KIDS HAVE an imaginary friend, but not many build that character in the image of one of the world’s most famous guitarists. Fewer still see that dream come true. And yet that’s what happened to singersongwriter Arielle, who spent her school days telling friends about her made-up friendship with Brian May. Years later, having left her Florida home to study music in the UK, she met her hero at a book signing, and Queen’s resident professor has been a close pal and mentor ever since. A stint as guitarist in…

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD While there are shining jewels throughout Led Zeppelin’s catalogue, one of their albums shines from start to finish, as close to rock’n’roll perfection as it’s possible to get. In its 50th year, we take an in-depth look at the power, the glory, the beauty and the majesty that is Led Zeppelin IV. Words: Dave Lewis, Milton Mermikides, Ken Sharp, Grant Moon, Jon Hotten, Dave Ling, Siân Llewellyn, Polly Glass, Philip Wilding, Henry Yates Hey-hey mama, said the way you move/Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove…’ By 1971 we had come to expect explosive opening gambits from Zeppelin albums; Good Times Bad Times, Whole Lotta Love and Immigrant Song had been no slouches. But as a statement of intent, Black Dog was something else:…

The Tao Of BILLY F GIBBONS Art lover, musical explorer, friends in unexpected places, slipper salesman… Behind the beard and sunglasses there’s a very different Billy Gibbons from the one most people think they know. Words: Dave Everley Portrait: Ross Halfin Some time back in the early 70s, when ZZ Top were just starting out, Billy Gibbons met blues great BB King. Gibbons was a 20-something guitar hotshot from Texas who’d got a papal blessing from Jimi Hendrix himself a few years earlier. He had every right to be cocky, but he was enough of a class act even then to shut up and listen when BB King spoke. At some point during their conversation, BB picked up Billy’s guitar and strummed it. He looked quizzical, then handed it back…

The HOT List THE ESSENTIAL NEW ROCK TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADER We write this with sunshine streaming through the window, and this month’s Hot List – painstakingly whittled down, as it always is, from a massive longlist – singing through our speakers. Who knows how the world will look by the time you read this – for one thing we’re in Britain, so sod’s law it’ll be raining by then. But regardless, we’re confident that these new tracks will give you plenty to get your teeth into. As ever we cast our net wide and reaped a zingy, eclectic catch of fresh sounds. There are familiar and unfamiliar names here, and it’s all first-class stuff. Catchy, feelgood rock’n’soul from…

BEST OF THE REST Other new releases out this month. Can Live In Stuttgart 1975 MUTE First in a series of hit-free snapshots capturing the ever-influential German improvisers in full flow. Each of its five segments finds nascent chaos metamorphosing into funk-fuelled crescendo as if by inspired osmosis. 7/10 Various Beyond The Pale Horizon: Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972 GRAPEFRUIT The most striking conclusion taken from these three hit-packed CDs (Quo, Heep, Mott, Yes, Free… Curtiss Maldoon?) is how much the definition of what constitutes ‘pop’ has changed since 1972. Not to mention ‘progressive’. 7/10 Jonathan Richman Having A Party With… CRAFT A welcome Record Store Day reappearance on Bermuda seafoam (i.e. pale blue-ish) vinyl for former Modern Lover Richman’s quirky third from ‘91. With preppy/savant wit ahoy it’s about…

Essential Playlist Paradise By The Dashboard Light Bat Out of Hell I’d Lie For You (And That’s The Truth) Welcome To The Neighborhood Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad Bat Out Of Hell Dead Ringer For Love Dead Ringer I’d Do Anything For Love Bat Out Of Hell II Rock N Roll Dreams Come Through Bat Out Of Hell II Modern Girl Bad Attitude Runnin’ For The Red Light Welcome To The Neighborhood Razor’s Edge Midnight At The Lost And Found What You See Is What You Get Stoney & Meat Loaf The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be Bat Out Of Hell III Bat Out Of Hell Bat Out Of Hell Los Angeloser Hang Cool Teddy Bear Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back Bat…

Korn Monumental livestream Never mind the songs, feel the spectacle. With the normal album and touring cycle disrupted, Korn have decided to ignore the up-close and intimate livestream option favoured by many bands over the past year, and instead go big – very big indeed. Easily living up to its Monumental title, the showcase event for 2019’s The Nothing is huge and lavish in scale, helped in no small part by the extensive use of cutting-edge aerial technology and drones to give an epic sense of spectacle from the stage set for the Stranger Things: Drive-Into Experience. It’s akin to a stark, futuristic-looking film set, the distant strobing lights of the silhouetted cityscape signaling alienation and insidious emotional breakdown. At times Jonathan Davis and co. appear as small, black-clad nu-metal…

REVIEWS Big Thief Columbus, Ohio Athenaeum (livestream) Brooklyn grunge-folk quartet revisit their pre-pandemic peak. “I feel like we’re in a barn,” grinning Big Thief singer Adrienne Lenker says in this enjoyably raw livestream show, “but a barn on another planet.” Little did they know back in November 2019 that the band’s Ohio tour finale would be their last public performance for more than a year. Shot close-up on stage using hand-held cameras, the Brooklyn-based grunge-folk quartet are captured at the end of a transformational year, basking in breakthrough success following two hugely acclaimed, Grammy-nominated albums. Their modest stage production – the band huddled around amps adorned with folksy animal posters – reveal an emphatically indie outfit still adjusting to playing barn-sized venues. But the fissile chemistry between them, especially when…

The Soundtrack Of My Life Broadcaster, filmmaker, musician and DJ Don Letts on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him. Interview: Jo Kendall “Music’s all about taste. Lucky I got some,” the ever-modest Don Letts says with a laugh. Now 65, the man whose record collection inspired punk fans and musicians in the 70s to get into reggae – and got Bob Marley into punk – is spending some time in self-reflection with his new autobiography There And Black Again when he’s not directing videos or hosting his 6Music radio show. “Everything I am has come from music,” he says. “It’s not a job for me, it’s my life.” THE FIRST MUSIC I REMEMBER HEARING As a child I had what my parents were listening…