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Mark Plummer

Mark Plummer

Mark Plummer (aka Brixton Key) grew up all over West London with a single mother who played piano, and an elder brother and sister who "never turned the record player down". The first record he bought was Muddy Waters live at Newport with his birthday money when he was eight. When he first heard the Beatles singing 'Love Me Do' on a transistor radio in the toilets at boarding school, he knew he would be involved in music. He joined Melody Maker as a fulltime staff writer in 1970. In his three years with the MM he interviewed many of his favorite acts including Marc Bolan, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart and Steve Marriott. After leaving the MM, Plummer worked in PR, promotions, and management.

In 1978 he moved to America, where he worked with punk bands in Los Angeles, before moving to San Francisco to manage Chris Isaak. After suffering a brain aneurysm in the late 1990s, Plummer decided to leave show business. After earning his MA in English at San Francisco State University, he changed his name to Brixton Key when he became an author. His first novel, Charlie Six, was released to critical acclaim in 2011. His website is www.WhereIsCharlieSix.com.

List of articles in the library by artist

Black Sabbath: Paranoia — As The Fans Go Wild For Sabbath

Report by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, October 1970

Mark Plummer on a one night stand with the 'Paranoid' hitmakers ...

Emerson Lake And Palmer, Yes: Ready, Eddie? An Interview with Eddie Offord

Interview by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, February 1972

EDDIE OFFORD SITS in his penthouse flat, way above the traffic that thunders down the Vauxhall Bridge Road past Victoria. ...

Rory Gallagher: Rory on the Road

Report and Interview by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, July 1972

RORY GALLAGHER changes out of his striped tee shirt, folds it neatly and places it in his zipper case, exchanging it for an equally familiar ...

Juicy Lucy: Lie Back and Enjoy It (Vertigo)

Review by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, October 1970

JUICY LUCY have come a long way from 'Who Do You Love' and young ladies smothered in fruit. ...

Patto Break Out

Interview by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, November 1972

NOW YOU'D EXPECT Mike Patto to be sardonic, and embittered after five years in various guises and never really making it. ...

Silverhead, Michael Des Barres: Silverhead Savage

Interview by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, June 1973

MICHAEL DES BARRES, the ultimate rock and roll star sits drinking decaffeinated coffee in the health food-come-curio shop on the Portobello Road, London. He's swamped ...

Steve Peregrin Took: Down in Ladbroke Grove: Steve Took

Interview by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, January 1972

"You live high in your apartmentSee people turn to machines,I'm scratching hard to pay my rent,I hope to God I die naturally." ...

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