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london calling
Out of the blue, I received a call from Rolling Stone, asking if I could take a photo of Joe Strummer running the 1983 London Marathon that coming Sunday...
the joe strummer storythe ace of spades
In September of 1982 I was dispatched to Chalk Farm by Sounds to meet with Motörhead’s bad boy bassist and singer Lemmy Kilmister in his manager’s office. I was ushered in, and there was Lemmy...
the lemmy storyloving the alien
After Every Picture Tells A Story, the next album I bought was The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, from a record shop on Cranbrook Road in Ilford (yes, home of the film I always used) in the summer of 1972...
the david bowie storyrunning up that hill
Given that she seemed notoriously shy and somewhat reclusive, I was surprised and rather delighted when I was sent to Abbey Road in late 1982 to photograph Kate Bush for a feature in Sounds...
the kate bush storyborn in the usa
In August 1984, just a few months after my dad passed away and still feeling quite fragile, me and my mate Johnny Waller had to go to NYC to meet up with Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox...
the bruce springsteen storybama lama bama loo
I drove down to Ridge Farm Recording Studio in Guildford, Surrey in October of 1985 to photograph Little Richard, who was recording his Lifetime Friend album with producer Stuart Coleman...
the little richard storywhat's love got to do with it?
On May 16th 1985, my ex wife Rebecca and I sat around nervously for two long hours at Holborn Studio in Clerkenwell, biting our finger-nails while anxiously awaiting the arrival of Tina Turner...
the tina turner storyo.g. original gangster
The Vox photo editor said, “We want pictures of Ice-T holding a gun,” and I remember thinking, no-one on this planet tells Ice-T what to do. But what the hell? Doesn’t necessarily hurt to ask...
the ice-t storya few of steve's favorite categories
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