Rock Music has been an incredibly important part of my life. I love live music, I love playing Rock Music and I have shelves of vinyl, CDs and DVDs – because I am a collector.
I use the term Rock Music very loosely indeed.
I like being surrounded with my music. I’ve seen most of the best bands live and loved every moment of the pure excitement. These are my favourite bands and artists (in no particular order):
Beatles
Stones
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Captain Beefheart
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Roy Harper
Downliner’s Sect
Pink Floyd
Doors
Byrds
Birds
Traffic
Free
Fall
Fugs
Bob Dylan
Phil Ochs
Nick Harper
Jefferson Airplane
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Love
White Strypes
Eels
Ian Dury
Doctors of Madness
Elvis Costello
Squeeze
Wreckless Eric
Clash
North Mississippi Allstars
Sex Pistols
Stiff Little Fingers
Stranglers
Neil Young
Eddie Cochran
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
Booker T & the MGs
Otis Redding
Aretha Franklin
Joni Mitchell
Buddy Holly
Bo Diddly
Chuck Berry
David Gray
John Mayall
Incredible String Band
Led Zeppelin
Buffy St Marie
Ritchie Havens
Richard and Mimi Farina
Don and Dewey
James Brown
Ray Charles
Screaming Jay Hawkins
Jerry Lee Lewis
Everly Brothers
Fats Domino
Huey Piano Smith
Coasters
Arthur Brown
Fairport Convention
Leonard Cohen
Country Joe and the Fish
James Varda
Gang of Four
Bruce Springsteen
The Last Poets
Gil Scott Heron
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Lee Scratch Perry
Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Crystals
Ronettes
Michael Smith
PJ Harvey
Bob Marley
Dead Kennedys
Cramps
Tom Robinson Band
Ramones
Talking Heads
Blondie
Velvet Underground
Jackson C Frank
Nick Drake
Jeff Beck
Specials
The Beat
Who
Billy Bragg
Them
Animals
Yardbirds
Kinks
Patti Smith
Hank Williams
Donovan
Nice
Hawkwind
John Renbourn
Bert Jansch
Pentangle
Family
George Harrison
John Lennon
Loudhailer Electric Company
Fela Kuti
Pretty Things
Jackson Brown
George Thorogood
John Cooper Clarke
Contours
Drifters
Nick Cave
Blondie
Janis Joplin – Big Brother & the Holding Company
Grateful Dead
Dire Straits
Police
I’ve missed out the Blues! There are lots of others that I like too and I bet there’s a few major likes that I’ve overlooked. Who is it that I’ve seriously missed out?
PS – I’m not keen on Queen, Rod Stewart, Beach Boys or Elton John!