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About Me

After years of searching I finally found true love. I know that I'll be spending the rest of my life with Charlie . I think that there's someone out there for everyone. It's finding them that's the hard part. I had to look 300 miles! I just wish everyone could be as happy as me right now.
I run the record label - Red Star Recordings - Please note: To any bands wanting to submit demos, I am only interested in political bands, artists and protest songs. Also I am not interested in listening to mp3s. If you have something you think I might like then please get in touch and you can send me a demo of your work. I also run the Redskins website who were an 80s left wing skinhead band mixing punk & soul.
I also play the bass guitar and have been in a number of bands - Afterglow (mod/Power pop), G Men (ska), Thee Strawberry Mynde (garage/indie), The Alternative (mod pop) & The Sealclubbers (garage & psych).
These days I'm in a studio band called The Che Men who play all types of music from political pop, ska, mod & power pop. I'm also in the process of putting back together Thee Strawberry Mynde with Tall Paul. More news on that when it happens.
During my spare time I also like to DJ, I play a wide range of styles from ska, rocksteady, motown, northern soul, jazz, 60s beat, 2 tone, power pop, 60s garage, psych, hammond grooves & freakbeat and can be heard on the internet radio station http://www.modradiouk.com ans at various dos in the North East.
Riding scooters is also something I enjoy. I have owned 6 scooters since 1987. 5 of them have been Vespa's (V100, Sportique, 2 PX125's and a PX200). These days I ride a Bajaj Chetak called Bessie Bajaj (see my photo section).
I was also the editor of the 80s Mod newsletter All Or Nothing and also the Mod fanzine All Our Yesterdays which ran for 7 issues in the mid 90s. Now I run The Mods Mailing List email newsletter which has been on the go since 2001.

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My Interests

Music, politics, scooters, beer and football (Boro and St Pauli).

I'd like to meet:

Chris Moore from the Redskins.

Music:

Redskins, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Kinks (they were the first band I ever saw live way back in 1984), Small Faces, The Creation, The Clash, Billy Bragg, Newtown Neurotics, Attila The Stockbroker, The Jam, Nick Drake, The Prisoners, Arthur Lee and Love, The Times, Ed Ball, Rinaldi Sings, Television Personalities, Amsterdam, Pele, The Inciters, The Cleaners From Venus, Jarvis Humby, Frank Popp Ensemble, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, The Shambles, Squire, Makin' Time, The Bureau, The Blue Ox Babes, The Beat, The Specials, 2 Tone, Ska and Rocksteady, Northern Soul, ? And The Mysterians, 60s Garage and Psych.

Movies:

The Blues Brothers
The Motorcycle Diaries
A Letter To Brezhnev
Brassed Off
Dance Craze

Television:

The Prisoner
The Twilight Zone (the old black and white ones)
The Avengers
Man From U.N.C.L.E
Peep Show
Shameless
The Young Ones
The Comic Strip
Top Cat

Books:

Wheels Out Of Gear - Dave Thompson
Passion Is A Fashion - Pat Gilbert
The 2 Tone Story - George Marshall
Lost In Music - Giles Smith
This Little Ziggy - Martin Newell
X Ray - Ray Davies

Heroes:

Take no heroes only inspiration.

My Blog

Mod Radio UK & Thee Strawberry Mynde

My next Plan B show for Mod Radio UK goes out this Thursday (6th December) at 9pm (UK time) till 10.30pm. The show will also be repeated at 9pm on Thursday 13th December, Thursday 20th December and Th...
Posted by Bazza on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:42:00 PST

Thee Strawberry Mynde

Thee Strawberry Mynde was the name of a garage band I played in back in the late 90s. We didn't really do much at the time, just half a dozen gigs or so and some recording - 4 tracks in a recordi...
Posted by Bazza on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:53:00 PST

Mod Radio UK & The Beat Surrender Club

My next radio show for Mod Radio UK goes out tomorrow Thursday 1st November at 9pm till 10.30pm. The show will be repeated at 9pm on 8th November, 15th November, 22nd November and 29th Novem...
Posted by Bazza on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:58:00 PST

Ska A Go Go

My next radio show for Mod Radio UK is a Ska special (60s till now).The show goes out at 9pm till 10.30pm on Thursday 4th October (my Birthday) and will be repeated at 9pm on 11th October, 18th Octobe...
Posted by Bazza on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:30:00 PST

Help Wanted - Dub Remix

I'm looking for someone to do a dub remix of 'Wednesday Girl' by my band The Che Men. I don't suppose anyone on here is good at that sort of stuff? I have all the sound files on disc and will pa...
Posted by Bazza on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:03:00 PST

Plan B

After a break of a few months I'm back this week with a new Plan B show on http://www.modradiouk.com. The show goes out at 9pm (UK time) until 10.30pm on Thursday 6th September. I hope you all can tun...
Posted by Bazza on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:13:00 PST

Amsterdam via Liverpool and Gretna

My favourite band at the moment (Amsterdam for those who don't know) have a new album due out this month. The album was recorded at The Borderline in London last year and guess what, I'm on the front ...
Posted by Bazza on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:18:00 PST

Mod Radio UK - No Plan B Or Twilight Zone Shows This Month

I have decided to take a break from internet radio. So there will be no Plan B show on Mod Radio UK this month. The same goes for my late night show The Twilight Zone. There's a few reasons for this b...
Posted by Bazza on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:29:00 PST

Does This Train Stop On Merseyside?

I'm off to Liverpool this Friday (25th May) for the International Pop Overthrow Festival. I'm really looking forward to this weekend as Squire, Rinaldi Sings & Paul Bevoir are all on the same...
Posted by Bazza on Sat, 19 May 2007 05:45:00 PST

New Radio Show, Return Of The Che Men & Amsterdam!

There's a new Plan B radio show on this Thursday 10th May at 9pm (GMT) on Mod Radio UK - http://www.modradiouk.net I managed to finally sort my record player out so this show is back to playing all vi...
Posted by Bazza on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:09:00 PST