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Portraits are interviews that Charles Snider conducted for the Second edition (2017) of the book. Each covers the early years of each musician's life, highlighting the shared experiences of this generation during the 1950s and 60s. Artwork for each was drawn by Steven Krakow, aka Plastic Crimewave Syndicate.
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Christian von Grumbkow Christian von Grumbkow was born in 1946, in the city of Oberhausen, Germany. "I was born in the Ruhr Valley city of Oberhausen, Germany in 1946. My early...
Ciro Perrino Ciro Perrino was born in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy in 1950. "I was born in Sanremo, in 1950. What I do remember about the 50s comes from the curiosity of the...
Dave Lawson David Clive Lawson was born in 1945 in Alton, Hampshire. I was very lucky, my father was the manager of a very busy grocery shop in Yateley, his customers...
David Jackson David Nicholas George Jackson was born in 1947 in Stamford, Lincolnshire. I had an elder brother by five years, and a younger sister. This was a postwar...
Derek Shulman Derek Victor Shulman was born in 1947, in The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland. I was born in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland, in an area called the Gorbals. From...
Eroc Joachim Heinz Ehrig was born in 1951 in Weimar, Thuringia in the German Democratic Republic. I settled from Weimar, located in beautiful Thuringia in 1955...
Hartwig Biereichel Hartwig Biereichel was born in 1950, in the port city of Hamburg. As far as I can remember, I had a very brave childhood in a quiet, normal family, as so...
Hugh Banton Hugh Robert Banton was born in 1949, in Yeovil, Somerset, England. “To me, WWII has always seemed [like] an age before I was born—obviously, it was not,...
John Wetton John Kenneth Wetton was born in 1949 in Willington, Derbyshire. My parents had a general store in a little village in Derbyshire, which probably had a...
Luigi Venegoni Luigi Venegoni was born in 1951 in Bergamo, Italy. My father was graduated in electrical engineering and went very soon to become a department director in...
Lutz Ulbrich Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich was born in the Charlottenburg section of Berlin, West Germany, in 1952. "I remember listening to Elvis songs in the 1950s; my parents...
Martin Barre Martin Lancelot Barre was born in 1946, in Kings Heath, outside Birmingham. “I was born in 1946 and when I see photos of post-war Britain, the kids playing...
Michael Rother Michael Carl Rother was born in 1950, in Hamburg, West Germany. "The first music I heard as a small child came from my mother playing the piano at home....
Pye Hastings Julian Frederick Gordon “Pye” Hastings was born in 1947 in Tomnavoulin, Banffshire, Scotland. He moved to Lydden, Kent, England when he was ten years old...
Rich Williams Richard Allen “Rich” Williams was born in 1950, in Topeka, Kansas. “My mother was a war bride. My father met her in England during WWII. My sister was born...
Steve Hillage Stephen Simpson Hillage was born in Walthamstow, Greater London, in 1951. "I was born in Walthamstow, which is the next borough further in to Central...