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Help Us Stop this Scourge upon Humanity

January 7, 2020

I thought long and hard about how to make this vital story interesting. And the solution came: follow the technique of modern politicians. I.e. pick

The Wilderness Years begin and a lost Song is discovered

October 31, 2019

I love our uber fans. No, not people who arrive at gigs using mobile phones, but those wonders of the modern age who know more

The Story with no Song: My Time in Football

October 6, 2019

Like many writers the majority of my songs are about me and my life. And these blog pieces are usually about my songs and, therefore,

An Ode to Russ

September 21, 2019

Some mornings social media is brutal. You wake up. Spy your phone. See what’s going on and ……………….. BANG!!!!!!!!! Russ Taylor’s Dead I first met

The Story Behind the Song: April Fool

July 30, 2019

Some time in 2017 I was searching through the folders on my computer looking for a particular photograph, when I came across 5 mastered tracks.

The Story Behind the Song: All Fall Down

July 28, 2019

I don’t know whether you saw recently but there was a post on Facebook by the singer of Slaughter and the Dogs (https://www.satd.band/) berating his

Little Big Head: a Splatterfull 2019 Reissue

July 21, 2019

So after seven years and 3 repressings we had once again sold out of Little Big Head vinyls and I was scrambling around reclaiming CDs

The Story Behind the Song: Kelly’s Gone Insane

June 17, 2019

I had a feeling that picture might grab your attention. It’s very typical of the wonderful and extravert Kelly Navarro. I say wonderful and extravert

New T Shirts!

June 8, 2019

If you are in a band you can’t beat a round logo. The Ramones had one so it must be right. We’ve got a round

Play Live with the Big Heads at the 100 Club on May 24

May 6, 2019

We played Scotland Calling recently (https://festivalflyer.com/festival/scotland-calling-2019/) and like at most gigs we headed out front after and ended up at the bar. We had a

The Story Behind the Song Parts 6 and 7: Children”

November 12, 2018

There was a time, before I grew up and became a child again, when I was no longer a musician. Following The Boys I flirted with mega

An Evening for Debbie and Carl

September 17, 2018

Some people just deserve a break and we want to ask you to help us give one. Debbie and Carl North are two of the

SongKick

August 30, 2018

Here’s a tip. We post all our shows on Songkick so that everyone listening to us on Spotify sees if we are playing nearby. So, if you sign up

We’ve Got New Shirts and Bags (apologies to my old English teacher!)

August 27, 2018

We’ve got a lot (oops I’ve done it again twice!) of new shirts with our glorious mugs on and bags to go out with. Available

In Praise of WFMU

August 23, 2018

Let’s face it. Mainstream radio is rubbish, isn’t it? Commercial radio is like an iPod on shuffle, but with only 10 songs of the same

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