Japhet

James Blunt is very rude. When he met Kurt Cobain in a narrow corridor a 25 minute pushing tussle broke out since neither would let the other past.

Lou Reed's real name is Jeremy Bean. He got the nick name 'Lou Reed' because he would often spend days on end reading back copies of 'Crochet Monthly' magazine on the toilet. The band name 'Velvet Underground' was inspired by the disappearance of his favourite brand of toilet paper after he flushed.

Gary Barlow's Dad is Ken Barlow off Coronation Street. He was taught to play piano by his Mum, Pat Butcher when he used to live upstairs at the Queen Vic.

Doctor John is not a Doctor at all. He's a Dentist.

I thought that was Iggy's Dad.

Flouncing, leather-clad, poodle-haired 70's Rock icons Foreigner were not allowed to play in their own country. By contrast, Boston were banned from playing in Boston and Kansas were banned from playing everywhere.

Fender Rumble (new) or a Genz Contour (used) if you can find one.

Leslie West and Nathan East were founder members of The Beautiful South. Rugby player George North wasn't in the line up.

Freddie Mercury had a vast collection of barometers. The Corrs have a collection of 'top shelf' magazines. Jarvis Cocker collects porcelain spaniels Huey Lewis once fronted a current affairs programme in his native Middlesborough. Jools Holland isn't Dutch but can ride a bicycle none the less.

If you have the budget for Barefaced I'd also check out Vanderklay cabs.

Brian might but when I asked Imelda wouldn't. Moving on, Jazz Hobbit Jamie Cullem devotes much of his spare time to the extermination of badgers in the West Country.

Imelda May won't.

Ball of Confusion - The Temptations

The words 'midi' and 'sync' are like kryptonite to me! I can barely work a mobile phone.

I'm looking for a simple looper to use at gigs. My criteria are; has to be simple to use with a small footprint. Don't need anything at all fancy or complicated. So far I've spotted the TC Electronic Ditto and the Digitech Jam Man. Anyone have any advice - would be much appreciated before I go and buy something I don't get on with. Ta.

A guy I know has been playing in Germany, Holland, Belgium etc for years doing the blues/rock circuit. He says it's the only way he can make a living. When he comes back to England he says he's really only playing for expenses and a bit of beer money. Sad indictment of how it is these days.

'Little' screw connections is a bit of an understatement if you ask me. They are microscopic (at least to my ageing eyes!)

Bit of Chorus. Bit of Octaver. All together now..................'Wherever I lay my hat, That's my home'

One Direction are so shallow (compared to the hard bite of Mama's got a squeezebox).

I prefer the Streamliner sound and have a 600. Stingray through it into a TechSoundsystems 2x12 (with a really good tweeter) gives me a very clear sound with plenty of warmth and bags of power. So small it would fit through most letter boxes and I've never had a single problem with it. Tragedy that Fender pulled the plug.

I like (or dislike) every genre of music to different percentages. I dislike about 99.9% of thrash metal, 95% of Free Jazz 85% of Country and Western and so on. Come to think of it I hate Musicals, Opera loads of Rave and Garage stuff...............looks like I'm a snob.

Never really got U2. Bit too sincere for me.

Just put a 2 band John East preamp in my 1995 Stingray 4. Used it at rehearsal last night and am utterly blown away with it. Sounds fabulous and I would seriously recommend it to anyone wanting to beef up the sound on their Ray.

I've found that some of the most talented musicians are also some of the biggest pricks I've ever been associated with. However, my current band has a bunch of guys ranging from pretty good to bloody fantastic and we all get along really well. Everybody pitches in with setting up and carting the gear and we don't have any prima donnas which is crucial. I play for the fun of it - always have, and I feel very privileged to be in with a bunch f good blokes who enjoy what we do.