Focus
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Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 13 January 1973
ALTHOUGH OUR entry into the European Economic Community is being saluted with umpteen art forms and rock concerts in the capital, perhaps the greatest – ...
Focus: "People think we're a rock band, but we laugh about it"
Interview by Val Mabbs, Record Mirror, 3 February 1973
VAL MABBS undertakes a concentrated interview with unlikely hit-makers, the classicly-orientated Focus. ...
Jan Akkerman: A Poor Relation Comes Good
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 24 February 1973
IN A SMALL OFFICE at the Manchester Hardrock, reeking of stale beer and dirty ashtrays, Jan Akkerman is struggling to light a cigarette. Outside, where ...
Focus: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 1 April 1973
The Focus is on a Group Called Focus ...
Focus: Focus And The American Hell
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 12 May 1973
MIDNIGHT was our cue to quit the Swiss restaurant and return, like five Cinderellas, to our hotels. It wasn't a case of trembling at the ...
Focus: How to Make It Without Playing Top 40
Interview by Harold Bronson, Rolling Stone, 24 May 1973
LOS ANGELES – "'Hocus Pocus' was done as a parody of rock," said Thijs van Leer, founder of Focus, commenting on his group's hit record. ...
Focus: At The Rainbow (Polydor)
Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 29 September 1973
LIVE ALBUMS basically attempt to recreate a concert atmosphere with favoured musical pieces by the band in question and sycophantic noises from the audience. ...
Focus: Queen Juliana and the Boys Nextdoor
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 10 November 1973
TONY STEWART goes Dutch and finds FOCUS in the painful throes of an identity crisis. Get your paranoia here, folks. ...
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 30 March 1974
FOCUS HAVE been through some changes in recent months, and happily for fans of this Dutch band with an international reputation for fine music – ...
Live Review by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 1 June 1974
Super Euro group developing super ego ? ...
Interview by Steven Rosen, Guitar Player, May 1975
JAN AKKERMAN, lead guitarist of Focus, represents the new breed of European guitarists so long invisible under the veil of the English players. Where the ...
Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 6 March 1976
If you look like this … when you really feel like this…then your name is Thijs Van Leer and you’re trying hard to make the ...
Live Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 6 March 1976
THE PACKED house in the weirdly constructed union hall seemed undistressed by Jan Akkerman's absence and were even so gracious as to applaud the new ...
Interview by Colin Harper, MOJO, July 1996
"AFTER FOCUS I MADE a record called Eli and toured Britain. The record was a success but the tour was a disaster. I did one ...
see also Jan Akkerman
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