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Martin Gordon (1977)

Interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages audio, Fall 1977

From writing manuals for oil tankers to Radio Stars, Martin Gordon on his life in music: playing bass in Sparks, being heavily involved with Kimono My House; getting sacked for refusing to play a Fender Precision; the group becoming a dictatorship; forming Jet with two of John's Children and the chaotic David O'List; getting screwed by CBS, then leaving... plus his involvement with Milk 'n' Cookies.

File format: mp3; file size: 30.4mb, interview length: 31' 43" sound quality: ***

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Radio Stars: The Nashville, London

Live Review by Chas de Whalley, Sounds, 27 August 1977

SOME CAME TO catch the Boomtown Rats (who had cancelled at the last moment) but, despite the substitution of Chiswick's Radio Stars, there were still ...

The Radio Stars STORY!

Profile and Interview by John Tobler, ZigZag, November 1977

GREAT NAME, and both their records so far have also been pretty neat. There's an imminent album, and a third 45 coming out about the ...

On The Road With Hot Rods And Radio Stars

Report and Interview by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 25 February 1978

THE LAST, incongruous Beatles' track spirals its way to the end of its grooves. The house lights dip way, way down, instilling in you that ...

Radio Stars: Songs for Swinging Lovers (Chiswick)

Review by Peter Silverton, Trouser Press, April 1978

DESPITE STIFF’S CLAIMS, Chiswick Records has been the most adventurous of the new British storefront labels. While Stiff has relied for the most part on ...

Radio Stars: Holiday Album

Review by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 23 September 1978

RADIO STARS' aspirations are anything but modest. They have visions of themselves as a major (Hammersmith Odeon-Earls Court-Knebworth) band and Holiday Album is the vehicle ...

see also John's Children

see also Jet (UK)

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