Although another December/January Rock and Roll Death has us wondering when it’s going to stop, in Buffin’s case it wasn’t a surprise. Diagnosed with Alhzeimer’s in 2006 at the age of 58, it was never going to end well. At the Mott The Hoople reunion gigs in 2009 fellow Herefordshire drummer, Pretender, Martin Chambers stepped in […]
The North East of England has given the world some of the greatest Rock vocalists. Originally a singer/bass player, Paul Rodgers was born in Middlesborough in 1949 this week, he ultimately moved to London with his band The Wildflowers – the band also included Mick Moody future guitarist in Whitesnake and Bruce Thomas future bassist […]
On the brink of breaking up, this classic David Bowie song, written specifically for this struggling band, rescued Mott The Hoople’s career and set them on the Glam train to stardom. The song reached No.3 in the UK charts and No.37 in the USA. This led to four UK Top 20 singles from the following two albums […]