Radio Gonzo

Just as we were putting this issue to bed we had a phone call. In fact that was a lie, just as Corinna was putting this issue to bed and I was in my home studio recording backing vocals with the ever-talented Mike Davies, we had a phone call. It was our old pal the multi-talented and ever-entertaining Keith Levene, the original guitar slinger with both The Clash and Public Image Ltd. He has always been one of my favourite guitarists because he is one of the few purveyors of that instrument in the history of rock and roll who has actually gone out and done something different with it and in doing so re-defining both the instrument and the role of the guitarist for a new generation. Whilst not a virtuoso in the conventional sense of the word, to me he is up there with people like Les Paul, George Harrison and the dude from Radiohead who have all left their own idiosyncratic mark upon the culture that we call rock and roll. Keith wanted to talk about the latest developments in his ongoing quest to get his v