A site for my personal ramblings
Since I started my Praying
Mantis Web site I have carried several interviews with the band.
…Bernie Shaw (Now
Uriah Heep, Ex-Grand Prix) Interview
Mark Thompson Smith Interview
Interview with
Colin Peel
Dave Potts Interview
Dennis Stratton
(Ex-Iron Maiden) Interview
Praying Mantis have had a long and turbulent career but now
they have a steady line-up and two strong albums to bring them to everyone’s
attention again
Praying Mantis first grabbed the headlines in the music scene around 1978 when…
Praying Mantis have had a long and turbulent career. They first came to
national press attention in 1979 when they were one of the leading lights of
the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). Things went a bit awry …
This write up is very verbose and I expect a lot of people will think it
needs a good edit but from my point of view it is better to let fans read all
the detail they want than to …
On 20th September 2001 I was invited to a press
conference for a Roger Dean Art Exhibition at 28 Cork Street, London 12th-24th
November 2001. Roger was very chatty so I decided it would be worth transcribing
what was discussed. …
Mostly Autumn are a York based 7 piece band. They have released
3 albums, are about to release a DVD of a recent London Showcase gig and …
JH: Is Lana Lane your stage name?
LL: My real name is Lane and my surname is in Norlander since I am married
to my Producer, Co-writer and keyboard player husband Erik Norlander. Erik
and I didn’t think that sounded …