sylvain Despretz

On July 3rd, 1976, Island Records A&R man Richard Williams, who was a frequent contributing Rock journalist to Britain’s foremost music publication Melody Maker, wrote an editorial detailing his recollections of meeting a promising young bunch of musicians and arriving at the decision so sign them under Island’s umbrella of talents, which included the likes of

NOTES FROM THE OTHER WOMAN  (When Phil played with Brand X) A few people showed great interest over our website’s ‘historical section’ and its exclusion of Phil Collins as a “core member of Brand X“… Understandably: Phil was hugely consequential since his name alone allowed Brand X to be signed to Hit & Run management