The Grandmaster of Asian Cinema.
Welcome to The Old Metal Bar-Steward Episode 7. That’s right, you filthy animals, it’s been a week since my dulcet tones brought you tales of my sordid past as well as all the news, views, and opinions that are fit to rant about, and now it’s time for another dose of your weekly metal injection. […] More
It’s time for The Old Metal Bar-Steward, Episode 6. That’s right, you filthy animals, it’s been roughly a week since my dulcet tones brought you tales of my sordid past as well as all the news, views, and opinions that are fit to rant about, and now it’s time for another dose of your weekly […] More
The Old Metal Bar-Steward Episode 5 is now live. That’s right, you filthy animals, it’s been seven days since my dulcet tones brought you tales of my sordid past as well as all the news, views, and opinions that are fit to rant about, and now it’s time for another dose of your weekly metal […] More
Episode 4 of The Old Metal Bar-Steward is now live. That’s right, you filthy animals, it’s been seven days since my dulcet tones brought you tales of my sordid past as well as all the news, views, and opinions that are fit to rant about, and now it’s time for another dose of your weekly […] More
Episode 3 of The Old Metal Bar-Steward has arrived. That’s right, you filthy animals, it’s been seven days since my dulcet tones brought you my news, views, and opinions and now it’s time for another dose of your weekly metal injection. But what does your Old Metal Bar-Steward have lined up for you this time […] More
The Old Metal Bar-Steward Episode 2 is here. That’s right, you filthy animals, the first episode was such a hit that I’m back for another round. I’d like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you, those beautiful six people, that listened to it for giving me the opportunity to carry […] More
The Old Metal Bar-Steward podcast has landed! I tried to warn them. I told Andrew that if you give me a platform where I could be myself and talk bollocks each week, it’d be a bad idea. But, luckily, no-one ever listens to me and now, thanks to 25YL Media and The Ruminations Radio Network, […] More
I love Motorhead. I make no bones about it. They have been such an integral part of my existence since I was an ‘orrible little ‘urbert that it’s safe to say it wouldn’t be half the man I am today without their music soundtracking my life. So, you can imagine how much of an adrenaline […] More
As I have mentioned elsewhere on this site, I had a leg up when it came to rock music as a child. My stepdad had quite an extensive collection that covered everything from Sabbath to Zeppelin, and my mum was more into the Stones and glam-era Bowie, so I had decent schooling in all things […] More
As the Great Bard William Shakespeare once wrote (probably); “The 1960s were some crazy ass times” It was a time of social and political upheaval. There was the Civil Rights movement. The clusterf*ck of the Vietnam war. And thousands upon thousands of hippies across the world, stinking the place up with patchouli oil, joss sticks, […] More
Hank Williams had been on the road for five years and it was starting to take its toll. America’s involvement in World War II had brought the first iteration of his Drifting Cowboys to a grinding halt when everyone except Hank had been drafted. This meant that he had to hire other musicians to fill […] More
I have a strange relationship with Janis Joplin. It all began when I was 21. I had a massive nervous breakdown. This was due to the fact that I’d spent the previous nine years of my life getting as f*cked up as I could, whenever I could, on whatever I could. It was so bad, […] More
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