“We pretty much all picked British records, didn’t we?” Gabs observes. “And we weren’t even trying. We love the Stooges too, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick… But Britain has produced some of the best. It’s had everybody.”
Matt Gabs
(lead guitar)
Mott The Hoople – Mott “I bought the CD when I was eighteen but it had a different cover, same tracklisting, and it changed my life. I was well into David Bowie before I even discovered Mott The Hoople, so when I heard that...
Philip Anthony
(bass)
The Damned – The Anthology 1976-87 “Everyone else got vinyl so I got a CD.
I’m the badass in the group… But yeah,
The Damned, great band. The singer’s fucking awesome. He paved the way for a lot of goth-punk that came out in...
Joey O’Brien
(drums)
Girlschool – Demolition “I’m really pleased with this one. I found out about Girlschool when I was in high school, getting into Motörhead. I know they toured with Motörhead, so I checked them out and liked them. So that’s how I...
Tuk Smith
David Bowie
(vocals/guitar)
– Space Oddity “This is super-cool. It was in the back. I own a lot of David Bowie records
but I don’t actually own this.”