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Live and Direct in Guildford – back in my hometown revisiting The Star, the Boileroom and the Holroyd

Posted on February 26, 2019 by writewyattuk

It’s been a long month, and with Spring arriving deceptively early in late February (if only on a fact-finding mission), that last day of January when The Stranglers turned up at one of my old haunts seems an age ago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Boileroom, Darron Robinson, Geno Washington, guildford, London Calling, Save Our Star, Steve Bingham, Suburbs at the Holroyd, The Clash, The Sha La La's, The Stranglers | Leave a comment

Open return to Guildford – Hugh Cornwell, back on the line

Posted on October 18, 2018 by writewyattuk

With a new LP out and an accompanying tour next month, Hugh Cornwell is commuting between his Somerset home and a few old Surrey haunts at present, getting his band truly match-fit. And it turns out that the former Stranglers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Academy of Contemporary Music, Caroline Campbell, Chris Bell, Clitheroe, Dave Greenfield, guildford, Hugh Cornwell, Jet Black, JJ Burnel, John Cooper Clarke, Johnny Soxx, Monster, Pat Hughes, Ray Harryhausen, Restoration, Surrey, The Stranglers, Wilko Johnson, Windsor McGilvray | 2 Comments

Going North, South, East and West with The Members – in conversation with JC Carroll

Posted on June 16, 2018 by writewyattuk

You could say Jean-Marie Carroll’s musical education started in November 1970, when he caught T. Rex live at Guildford Civic Hall. Within a week, Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn had their first top-10 hit with ‘Ride a White Swan’, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged At the Chelsea Nightclub, Blackpool Rebellion, Bruce Springsteen, Camberley, Chris Payne, David Bowie, Going West, Graham Parker, guildford, JC Carroll, Nicky Tesco, Offshore Banking Business, Solitary Confinement, T.Rex, The Clash, The Dispensary, The Members, The Sound of the Suburbs | 5 Comments

Where we go from here: Talking The Vapors with Steve Smith

Posted on May 31, 2018 by writewyattuk

Steve Smith lives near Brighton these days, having left his Surrey hometown in the mid-1980s, initially heading to London. He returns regularly to Guildford to pop in on his Mum though, and plays locally with new wave/punk covers band The … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Bruce Foxton, Dave Fenton, Ed Bazalgette, guildford, Howard Smith, Manchester, Michael Bowes, New Clear Days, Ruby Lounge, Shoot! Dispute, Steve Smith, The Absolute, The Clash, The Jam, The Shakespearos, The Stranglers, The Vapors | 3 Comments

The Wedding Present / Andy Ruddy – Guildford, Boileroom

Posted on February 24, 2017 by writewyattuk

Many of the bands I love have graced my hometown in the past, yet for some reason it never quite happened with The Wedding Present. First time I went to see them was down the A246 in Fetcham in 1986, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Always the Sun, Andy Ruddy, Bizarro, Boileroom, Bradford, Charlie Layton, Danielle Wadey, David Gedge, George Best, Going Going, guildford, Hebden Bridge Trades Club, Marcus Kain, Philip Larkin, Seamonsters, The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, The Wedding Present | 4 Comments

A weekend to savour (pt. I) …The Vapors – The Loft, Liverpool Arts Club

Posted on November 25, 2016 by writewyattuk

I could say I’d been waiting 35 years for this weekend to come, but that’s being a bit melodramatic. One thing’s for sure though – I finally got to see a band I suspected I’d never catch live, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged David Fenton, Ed Bazalgette, guildford, Howard Smith, Letter From Hiro, Liverpool Arts Club, Magnets, Michael Bowes, New Clear Days, Shoot! Dispute, Steve Smith, Top of the Pops, Trains, Turning Japanese, Waiting for the Weekend | 2 Comments

Back and Beyond with The Vapors – the Ed Bazalgette interview

Posted on November 17, 2016 by writewyattuk

Ed Bazalgette was walking purposefully around central London one dark November afternoon when I caught him on the phone, searching for a quiet spot and a suitable cafe to conduct our interview. He clearly knows his way around, having … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Aidan Turner, Bruce Foxton, Class, David Fenton, Debbie Horsfield, Dr Who, Ed Bazalgette, Eleanor Tomlinson, Green Wing, guildford, Houdini & Doyle, Howard Smith, Joseph Bazalgette, Justin Chatwin, Liverpool Arts Club, Manchester, Michael Bowes, New Clear Days, Peter Capaldi, Poldark, Steve Smith, The Jam, The Members, The Stranglers, Turning Japanese | 5 Comments

Discovering the negligible risk of exposure to local radio activity

Posted on May 15, 2016 by writewyattuk

It’s an odd thing for me to end up on the other side of the mic. but that’s what happened when this writewyattuk scribe was a live guest of networking guru, magazine proprietor, MC, public speaker and community radio host Keith Bradshaw. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged BBC Surrey, David FitzGerald, Four Tops, Graham Nash, guildford, Gus Honeybun, John Lydon, Keith Bradshaw, Leyland Festival, Leyland Festival Radio, Nick Drake, Radio County Sound | Leave a comment

The Human Love story – in conversation with Newton Faulkner

Posted on March 24, 2016 by writewyattuk

It seems that Newton Faulkner has something of an affinity with the inventive cover version. On his chart-topping double-platinum 2007 debut album, Hand Built By Robots, there was a fresh twist on Massive Attack’s Teardrop, with several more inspired covers … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Academy of Contemporary Music, Battenberg, Cam Blackwood, Cenzo Townshend, David Bowie, Dream Catch Me, Ed Drewett, Empire of the Sun, Eric Roche, Get Free, guildford, Hand Built By Robots, Human Love, John Butler, Newton Faulkner, Oxegen, Party Boy, Rick Wakeman, Sam Farrar, Surrey, Tessa Rose Jackson, Thomas Leeb, Toby Faulkner | 2 Comments

Now I’ve Got a Witness – remembering The Rolling Stones’ 1960s roots with Richard Houghton

Posted on November 26, 2015 by writewyattuk

I’m not sure how old newly-published author Richard Houghton thought I was when we first spoke, but he was hoping I might fill him in with my memories of seeing The Rolling Stones at the Wooden Bridge in Guildford in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Andrew Loog Oldham, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Crewe, GottaHaveBooks, guildford, Ian Stewart, Keith Richards, London, Mick Jagger, Middlesbrough, Northwich, Richard Houghton, Rolling Stones, Salisbury, Streatham, Sutton, The Beatles, Twickenham, Watford | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: guildford

Live and Direct in Guildford – back in my hometown revisiting The Star, the Boileroom and the Holroyd

Open return to Guildford – Hugh Cornwell, back on the line

Going North, South, East and West with The Members – in conversation with JC Carroll

Where we go from here: Talking The Vapors with Steve Smith

The Wedding Present / Andy Ruddy – Guildford, Boileroom

A weekend to savour (pt. I) …The Vapors – The Loft, Liverpool Arts Club

Back and Beyond with The Vapors – the Ed Bazalgette interview

Discovering the negligible risk of exposure to local radio activity

The Human Love story – in conversation with Newton Faulkner

Now I’ve Got a Witness – remembering The Rolling Stones’ 1960s roots with Richard Houghton

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