Hello, Castle Donnington! ibid. Edmondson
It wasn’t just Hell’s Angels, it was the police as well all like jumping on Vim’s head. ibid.
I heard a band that for me redefined rock-n-roll. I remember being knocked out by their exuberance, their raw power and their punctuality. That band was Britain’s now legendary Spinal Tap. Seventeen years and fifteen albums later Spinal Tap are still going strong. This is Spinal Tap ***** 1984
Great great tall blond geek with glasses. Great look. Good drummer. He died. He died in a bizarre gardening accident some years back. ibid. band interview in garden
Talk about mud flaps – my babe’s got ’em. ibid. song lyrics
We are not university material. ibid. band at table
There’s about six words in the whole song. We just repeat them over and over again. ibid.
It’s a sexual thing really. Aside from the identifying the boys with us, there is also a reaction to the female with our music. ibid.
We’ve got armadillos in our trousers. It’s really quite frightening. ibid.
You know where you stand with a hell-hole. ibid. song lyrics
Such a fine line between stupid and clever. ibid. band in hotel lobby
Their appeal is becoming more selective. ibid. manager to director
It was tragic really. He exploded on stage. ibid. band to director
Given the history of Spinal Tap drummers in the past, do you have fears for your life? ibid. director on loo to drummer in bath
Before I met Janine my life was a cosmic shambles. ibid. blond band member
Just simple lines intertwining. ibid. pianist to director
We know that the band sign is Virgo. ibid. Janine to band
Working on a sex farm. Ploughing through your field, dear. ibid.
Getting out my pitchfork, poking through your hay. Sex farm woman … ibid. song lyrics, at military base
Forty years ago in millions of living rooms across the British Isles a strange alien creature was beamed on to our television screens. With bright red hair and multicoloured space suit his unearthly appearance shocked the nation. David Bowie and the Story of Ziggy Stardust, BBC 2012
Ziggy Stardust heralded a new era of rock music. ibid.
He even tried his hand at a children’s novelty record: The Laughing Gnome: The Gospel According to Tony Day. ibid.
Bowie’s plan to create his famous alter ego was beginning to take shape. ibid.
Ziggy turned Bowie into stardust. ibid.
Donated to Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes. ibid.
Bowie produced Lou Reed’s Transformer album. ibid.
Rainbow Theatre ... Combined rock music with exotic costumes, theatrical lightning, choreography and mime. ibid.
Glam Rock had exploded. ibid.
Aladdin Sane went straight to the top of the UK charts. ibid.
Seven ground-breaking albums in as many years. ibid.
Now people want to be an individual. And I think there’s a lot of searching to find the individual within oneself. David Bowie: Finding Fame, BBC 2019
And I spent all those formative teenage years adopting guises and changing roles and just learning to be somebody. ibid.
It had been an 11-year journey with 9 separate bands. But with ‘Ziggy Stardust’, Bowie had finally made it. ibid.
On the 17th September 1965 David Jones reinvented himself as David Bowie. ibid.
In July 1969 Space Oddity was released. ibid.
Rock-n-Roll is supposed to be out of a garage. The Doors – The Story of LA Woman, drummer, BBC 2014
Don’t let ’em push you around. There are no rules. There are no laws. Do whatever you want to do. Do it. ibid. Jim on stage
I feel most alive confronting death, experiencing pain. The Doors 1991 starring Val Kilmer & Meg Ryan & Kyle MacLachlan & Frank Whaley & Kevin Dillon & Kathleen Quinlan & Floyd Red Crow Westerman & Billy Idol & Josh Evans & Michael Wincott & Michael Madsen & Jerry Sturm et al, director Oliver Stone, Jim to Pamela
How many of you people know you’re really alive? ibid. Jim
You actually put your dick in this woman, Jim? ibid. Pamela
46,803. Death – it’s not so bad. ibid. Jim
106 Top of the Pops appearances. 60 hit singles. Hello Quo, BBC 2013
Long before The Beatles or The Stones there existed a mysterious music: it was called British Rock-n-Roll. Born into the hinterland of the late ’50s it was strange facsimile of a distant origin. Rock n Roll Britannia I, BBC 2013
1955: The Southlanders were British/Jamaican entertainers who covered American doo-wop. ibid.
Lonnie Donegan invented Skiffle, a British take on American folk music. ibid.
Rock-n-Roll arrived essentially via records and Radio Luxembourg. ibid.
Rock with the Caveman was [Tommy] Steele’s debut single. He was our first rock-n-roll pin-up. ibid.
Britain’s first rock-n-roll god: Cliff Richard. ibid.
Marty [Wilde] was one of the first to write his own songs. ibid.
Gene Vincent & Eddie Cochran visited the UK. ibid.
Billy Fury is one of the lost greats of British rock-n-roll. ibid.
Shakin’ All Over by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates was the apex of British rock-n-roll’s 45 rpm journey. ibid.
The golden age of American rock – when singers were gods, guitarists were axemen and songs were anthems. Born to be Wild: The Golden Age of American Rock I, BBC 2014
Rock music that became the embodiment of America at its most brash. ibid.
A distinctive American rock style that was louder and heavier. ibid.
LSD became widespread in the music scene. ibid.
This is the story of class American rock ... that shaped a generation. Born to be Wild: The Golden Age of American Rocks II
FM radio ... was spreading like wildfire across the country. ibid.
Kiss was Alice Cooper x4. ibid.
No-one played their solos louder and longer than Ted Nugent. ibid.
Stadium rock was born. ibid.
No-one foresaw the success of Frampton’s Comes Alive. ibid.
It now seemed glossy and self-indulgent. ibid.
On 1st August 1981 MTV chose a video by the British band Buggles for its first ever broadcast. Born to be Wild: The Golden Age of American Rock III
Van Halen managed to do what other heavy metal bands couldn’t: make the music mainstream and pop. ibid.
By the early ’80s New Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen was already an international superstar. ibid.
Nirvana’s album Never Mind topped the charts in January 1992 and American rock changed overnight. ibid.
Jumpin’ Jack Flash. David & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, Gimme Shelter, first track on stage, 1970
We have received word that someone was stabbed to death in front of the stage by a Hell’s Angel. ibid. radio broadcast
The violence at Altamont was completely unexpected. ibid.
From 1964 onwards a group of British pioneers would get in their covered wagons and go West ... How the Brits rocked America in the ’60s. How the Brits Rocked America: How the West Was Won, BBC 2015
American Pop was self-absorbed. ibid.
The Beatle’s ecstatic welcome had been proceeded by I Wanna Hold Your Hand. ibid.
In the UK a Beatle-led youth revolution was in full swing by 1964. ibid.
In behind them poured an invasion of British bands. ibid.