Il existe des groupes mythiques dans la scène rock, les Nomads , les Dictators ainsi que beaucoup d'autres. Les Fuzztones y ont une place à part... Leur chanteur Rudi Protrudi nous l'a expliqué ! Let's talk about your work as a drawer. You've created the record or cassette covers for Garage Sale / Sixties Rebellion / Best Of Pebbles for example. Can you tell us which artists inspire you or have inspired you? As well as most of The Fuzztones and Jaymen covers. My main inspiration was the artists who illustrated the EC horror comics of the 50s, as well as Ed “Big Daddy Roth” and his creations, such as Rat Fink and various monsters driving customised hot rods. Did you learn to draw by yourself and what is your way of working on drawings ? For example, did the drawing of the first LP take you a long time to do? My parents were both artists. My mom put a pencil in my hand when I was two years old, and I’ve been drawing ever si...

We had discovered some of his productions (Jonesy, The Dogs and the Wild Zeros), and the HEAVY MEDICATION RECORDS label seemed to be an interesting one.  One day, its owner, Derrick, contacted us, and here's the result of our discussions! Can you introduce yourself? Tell us about your musical background. My name is Derrick Ogrodny, and I’m originally from Chicago. I moved to Warsaw, Poland in 1996 and have been living here ever since. That’s also where Heavy Medication is currently based. I suppose my interest in music began when my parents bought me a cheap, little record player when I was a kid. Even before I developed any taste in music, I just loved watching records spin around on the turntable and hearing sounds coming out of them. The Rolling Stones were the first band I fell in love with in grammar school. Not long after I discovered Black Sabbath ’s “ Paranoid ” album which I’d borrowed from my cousin (on an 8-track tape!) Then, around my first or second year of high schoo...

Sorrows are back, Arthur Alexander and his band have just released "PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW" on Big Stir Records. This is powerpop at its finest. Gérard is the questioner, Arthur the answerer. Thanks to both of them. Arthur, can you tell us about the Sorrows' origins in New York? I started Sorrows following the breakup of The Poppees . The initial band lineup lasted about 6 months. I wasn’t happy with it, so I dismantled it and started from scratch. First to join was Jett Harris, The Poppees’ drummer. I heard he just left the band he joined after leaving The Poppees so rung him up. We had, a telephone conversation and Jett asked me what sort of vision did I have for my new band? I blurted out: “ABBA meets The Sex Pistols!”… there was a long pause on the phone, I thought he hung up on me… then about 30 sec. later Jett said: “I’m IN!”. Next came this guy from a newspaper ad we put in. He looked like a fucking refugee from Allman Brothers Band and had the ugliest guita...

 Fan Club - Dr Feelgood We've done some reviews of Patrick Higgins brilliant books about Dr Feelgood and Wilko Johnson and thought it was high time we did an interview with him Thank you for writing the books about Dr Feelgood and Wilko.  I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them.  I notice you came across Dr Feelgood in the 70s  Could you tell us how you discovered them?   I discovered Dr Feelgood in September 1978 when I arrived in England from France, where I grew up, and went to a very liberal boarding school, Dartington Hall. It was with a "Live" LP I came across Dr Feelgood, but it wasn't Stupidity as Wilko had already left the band and had been replaced by Gypie, it was the album 'As it Happens'. It came as a shock! Man, that harmonica just blew my ears !!! I also discovered Wilko Johnson in the fall of '78 as his first solo album Solid Senders had just been released, it was simply awesome, with some excellent piano playing by John Potter. Then I made the ...