The Q New Year Summit 1995: Where Are We Now?
Robert Sandall, Q, February 1995
We teeter on the lip of a New Year, and, let's not flagellate around the shrub-like foliage here, The Future. In an attempt at stocktaking if you will, rocktaking Q assembled a most eminent committee of artistes from all five corners of the biz to ascertain exactly where rock 'n' roll is headed, spiritually, creatively and technologically. In the chair: Robert Sandall.
Qs captains of industry: Robert Sandall (chairman), Mike Oldfield, Karl Wallinger, Steve Lillywhite, Justine Frischmann. "The future shouldnt be depressing. Were all depressed around here!".
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