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Post by Tin on Sept 21, 2010 10:24:29 GMT -5
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Post by Blank on Sept 21, 2010 11:03:54 GMT -5
Brett Callwood, writer
"I've had the honour of writing for Rhythm for six of the magazine's 25 years, and in that time have had the opportunity to interview some of the players that I respect most, and I've had the occasional bizarre experience courtesy of the magazine too. I think it was in 2005 I was sent to Glasgow from my then-home in London to cover the International Marching Bagpipe and Drum Competition. Not to say that the talent on display that weekend wasn't tremendous, but how many times can a man listen to 'Flower of Scotland' in one day?
"My two big features with Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden stand out as my favorite Rhythm memories so far. Nicko gave me my first Rhythm cover and the interviews with the man were incredibly enjoyable because he's so damned funny and down to earth.
"Taking a group of Rhythm competition winners backstage at Wembley to meet Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy was a blast, because they were so excited and he was so great with them all. Other interviews that stand out are the MC5's Dennis Thompson, the Stooges' Scott Asheton, Sabbath's Bill Ward and Duran Duran's Roger Taylor (the latter being my favorite band when I was a pre-teen, so the nostalgia experience was invaluable)."
"Most of all, it's just an honour to be able to say that I write for Rhythm. I hope to write a more extensive memories piece 25 years from now."
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