Episode #25 - Sheer Chart Attack
Part of the enduring appeal of hard rock and heavy metal was always that it was downright unfashionable. As we gazed through a curtain of unwashed hair in our embroidered patchouli-soaked denim and studded wristbands, we were the outsiders, worshipping at an altar of spandex and noise, members of an exclusive and reassuringly unappealing club.
Episode #23 - Rock by Numbers
In the good old days, when we didn’t know very much and were happy for it, we had to rely on old fashioned methods of gaining knowledge. ‘Internet’ wasn’t even a word and if you were a rock fan then you were pretty much reliant on either Sounds, Kerrang! or your best mate’s older brother to learn what was hot and what was not.
Episode #11 - 1980
The Sadmen weren’t so much sad as they entered the studio (er, their three respective bedrooms) for Episode 11, more perplexed by what had happened in Episode 10, about as bizarre an affirmation as is possible of quite what a broad church we metalheads worship in.