I had a look what Anthony Reynolds is up to now, the most recent news story was from two years ago telling us he was made homeless and a crowd fund page had been set up to help him, I am writing this the same week that Robbie Willaims has decided to be the sponsor of his beloved Port Vale because he has clearly made millions from music, and people tell me there is a God. Reynolds was the lead singer of Jack who are one of the many bands we have discussed that made critical

Warning this is one of my reviews where I do not actually talk about the record. The charts were released on a Tuesday lunchtime, so you came home from school then spent the afternoon talking about them at school, it was better than French. What we heard was how gorgeous George Michael was. I couldn’t stand him, he pranced about and all the girls I liked said how great he was, bloody George Michael. As I sat there with my teenage acne and too much gel how were they not noti

REM are building momentum with their debut Murmer and follow up Reckoning both delighting critics and record buyers alike. However, REM were keen to expand their sound and as fans of Richard and Linda Thompson and Nick Drake they decided to use their producer, Joe Boyd, the problem was Joe lived in England, so they came over and recorded the album in London in early 1985. They were not used to Boyd’s long hours of mixing and remixing so with this and the joy of the British