Pyrotechnician. Poem by Martin H Samuel
In 1970, I was the drummer and pyrotechnician in the south London 5-piece band Heatwave. (You could say I put the 'heat' into 'Heatwave'!)
THE JEAN GENIE by DAVID BOWIE Story by Judy Tait
The Jean Genie played at my first disco, in my first year at university. That’s where I met the boy from Boggabilla. He liked the way I danced. And I liked the way he liked my dancing.
SEE MY BABY JIVE by WIZZARD Story by Stephen Andrew
I couldn't escape the crush (in both senses of the word) the first time I heard it. I was dumped, pulled under and dragged disoriented across the sandy sediment of my adolescent existence. See My Baby Jive was excoriating.
Devil’s Food and The Black Widow by Alice Cooper Story by Andy Griffiths
Andy Griffiths Heathmont, 1976 It was a sleepy Sunday afternoon in Heathmont sometime in 1976 when I disappeared down the rabbit hole of Alice Cooper’s dark and twisted nightmare. All appeared—on the surface, at least—to be well with the world.