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Geordie Walker: 1958 – 2023
Last Sunday I began to see the news trickle out that Geordie Walker, the guitarist of genre-unto-themselves Killing Joke had tragically died of a stroke in his home of Prague. We now know that he had the stroke two days … Continue reading
Two Great Tastes: Icehouse And Simple Minds Check Roots On T-Rex Classic
The last post about Derek Forbes’ autobiography touched on the connections between Australia’s Icehouse and Scotland’s Simple Minds as both bands had significant history dating back to their teaming up in 1981 for tours of Oz and the UK in … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Immaterial Music, Record Review, Scots Rock, Tourdates, Want List
Tagged 2023, Australian Rock, cover version, Icehouse, New Wave Cover Version
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Simple Minds’ Bassist Extraordinaire Derek Forbes Unleashes His Autobiography
If we have learned anything in the 42 years of listening, often compulsively, to Simple Minds, it’s the fact that the band’s most compelling music was usually down to the sinuous and trance-inducing bass lines of Derek Forbes. I first … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Core Collection, Scots Rock, Tourdates
Tagged 2023, autobiography, Derek Forbes, Simple Minds
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Skafish Kickstarts Deluxe Remaster Of “Conversation” That Includes The Album Miles Copeland Didn’t Want You To Hear!
We’ve been watching the Skafish reissue program unfold patiently over the last handful of years as the artist first obtained the rights to his I.R.S. masters and then set about remastering and rebuilding the package for a stunning reissue that … Continue reading
Fluid Japan’s “Equilibrium” Manages To Attain A Fascinating Paradox of Dynamic Stasis
We were gone on travel last week when I got the notification that Fluid Japan had released their new single, “Equilibrium,” on Bandcamp. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that on PPM I’m sometimes privy to music long before … Continue reading
John McGeoch Film Beginning Kickstarter Campaign Today!
We’ve already discussed Rory Sullivan-Burke’s biography of the crucial Post-Punk guitarist John McGeoch which appeared last year. That was a cause celebre as far as we were concerned, but the book managed to reach the eyes of Scot documentarian and … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, film, Scots Rock, Want List
Tagged 2023, crowdsourcing, Film, John McGeoch
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Rain To Rust Return With New Album Steeped In Suicide…Not Just The Band
Was it already four years ago when Rain To Rust released their impressive debut album, “Flowers Of Doubt?” At the time, I was more than impressed with Mert Yildiz’ mastery of the playing and recording process as merely his guitar … Continue reading
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