The 1970s were the Wild West of British Rock… and today I’m counting down the 7 strangest, maddest, most unbelievable moments of the entire decade. From Arthur Brown’s flaming helmet in Palermo (and his surprise deportation), to John Otway’s legendary fall on live TV, to Keith Moon’s tragic Stockport incident, Roy Harper battling audiences in Cambridge and Norway, Lemmy being fired from Hawkwind for having the wrong drugs, Kevin Ayers and John Cale’s explosive grudge gig at the Rainbow Theatre, and the great Led Zeppelin safe-heist mystery of 1973— it’s all here.
If you love true Rock stories, bizarre tour disasters, outrageous on-stage behaviour, and the weird corners of music history, you’re in the right place.
I’m Jim Driver, former 1980s London pub rock promoter, bringing you more tales from the strange, smoky world of real British Rock.
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