Ten Years After

Alvin Lee On The Hassles Of Being A Success

Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, March 1972

ALVIN LEE is currently suffering from a surfeit of everything. He's had too much touring, too much hype, too much idolatry. Nowadays the band can't ...

Ten Years After: Marquee Club, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, October 1967

TEN YEARS AFTER are currently drawing huge applause and crowds at London's Marquee Club on Friday nights, and it is not difficult to see why. ...

Ten Years After: The Fastest Guitarist Alive!

Interview by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, March 1968

I'VE RECKONED Ten Years After since I first saw them, months ago, down at the Marquee club, where they were busy playing their own kind ...

Ten Years After, John Mayall: Fillmore East, New York NY

Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, March 1969

10 Years After and John Mayall Present Blues at Fillmore East ...

Ten Years After

Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1969

"IF SSSH IS the music of Ten Years After, then thank God it took them two years and three fantastic albums to find it out." ...

Ten Years After

Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1970

TEN YEARS AFTER had just returned from their seventh American tour when we spoke to Leo Lyons in the group’s London office. ...

Alvin Lee

Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, October 1971

'THE FASTEST Guitar in the West', 'The Elvis Presley of the Woodstock Generation', 'King Guitar' (Bert Weedon would dispute that – rock on Bert) – ...

Ten Years After: Recorded Live

Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 1973

WHERE IN 1973 will you still hear a band blowing over a chord structure that sounds not unlike 'Cat Squirrel' and song lyrics that refer ...

Ten Years After: Alvin Lee & Company

Interview by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, February 1973

ONE OF THE most eagerly awaited albums lately was Alvin Lee & Company. "That's old material that was recorded a long time ago," Alvin stated ...

Ten Years After: Ten Year Itch

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, June 1973

WHEN DOES a band become a juke-box? And when does it cease to be a creative musical force? These are the questions that have been ...

Ten Years After: Rainbow Theatre, London

Live Review by Tony Stewart, NME, April 1974

TEN YEARS AFTER just don't cut the bread. I find it hard to recall just when I heard a more boring, bored and listless performance. ...