Stereophonics: 07 11 09
Black Crowes: Remedy
K: We ended up nicking their drummer for two years, Steve Gorman, he toured with us.
R: I had an email from Steve yesterday.
K: What did he say?
R: his neice or nephew has got a motorcycle company and would we be interested in a test-drive.
K: Well, I can't ride bikes but you can.
R: Yeah, I thought, why not?
Thin Lizzy: The Boys are Back in Town
Black Sabbath: War Pigs
R: I think Sabbath and AC/DC were the first big hitters for me when I was a kid.
K: Me and Richard were in my brother's bedroom when we were kids and he had Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits and it got chewed up in the tape deck. We had to wind it back in, put it back in the box and pretend we'd never touched it.
The Prodigy: Firestarter
R: We used to dance extremely badly to this in the clubs when we were young, brushing our hair like Keith Flint, jumping around then getting thrown out by the bouncers.
Led Zeppelin: Ramble On
K: My brother gave it to me, it was the first record I ever had, and I carried it down the street, dropped it and it went down a drain. But I got it back. And I ran into James Page in a coffee shop the other day, which was fun. I walked in and he said, 'Hello, I've been following your career for a while!' He was very posh, and he was the devil himself. And his daughter took our picture for the Performance and Cocktails front cover.
Faces: Stay With Me
K: That was a great party song. We used to get drunk to this...
Free: Mr Big
R: One of the highlights of watching Free on the Isle of Wight DVD is Paul Kossof and Andy Fraser just going for it on the solos. It blew me away how simple but effective a bass player could be.
Stereophonics: She's Alright
Aerosmith: Love in an Elevator
K: I remember going to see that tour when I was young, in the back of my friend's old man's car at the Birmingham NEC. Sneaking in a bottle of Night Train and trying to take a sip without his old man seeing us in the mirror.
R: Night Trade?
K: That would have been bad... And we opened for Aerosmith at Wembley. It was a funny one because I saw him the next day in the toilet and said, 'Thanks for the gig' and he shook my hand and left. When I went out my girlfriend who was waiting for me was leaning against the wall gasping for air. I said, 'What happened to you?' She said, 'Steven Tyler just grabbed me and put his tongue in my mouth!'
R: A very friendly man.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Saturday Night Special
Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
K: The female singers on that song always gives you goosebumps up your back.
John Lee Hooker: Dimples
R: Where did you pull that from?
K: I don't know, I was thinking about it around the house. I was having a mellow one.
Soundgarden: Superunknown
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