The phrase “New Wave Of British Heavy Metal” was coined by Geoff Barton, a journalist for weekly rock paper Sounds at the time, or so it says this on the sleeve notes for ‘Metal For Muthas’ and hundreds of other places.. Except I’ve found an article by Geoff Barton who says that actually it wasn’t his phrase at all but probably his editors, Big Al Lewis. History is like that, people passing around rumours and half truths which constantly change with the re-telling...
I’m not a rock journalist, or a critic, or any sort of expert on the genre, I just like listening and playing music. Whilst some people seem determined to classify, categorise and pigeonhole everything, personally I reckon music is better listened to than talked about…
So, don’t take too much notice of anything I write, it might be rubbish! But unlike the professional critics and writers, at least I admit I sometimes write rubbish ;-)
So, bearing that in mind, here are some of my own personal ranting and ravings about things relevant to Jameson Raid.
