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February 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order: A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate?

Later this year The Grand Pecking Order the sole album by the short-lived group Oysterhead will turn 20. Will anyone be celebrating its birthday? I thought I’d get in early… It was a different world, 2001. Music existed online, sure. You could buy CDs from websites. You might get a 10-second preview of some of […]
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December 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 11 – Stewart Copeland

A guy once told me he’d met Stewart Copeland – The Police were touring or whatever. And he spent some time with him, drove him around. He said “that guy was able to think about music in a way I’ve not seen with anyone else. He could juggle so many rhythms in his head and […]
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