Reading festival bbc presenters biography

"The crowd are relating to to be part of thought. The band want to establish something special. It's in high-mindedness air.

Everyone is working together tell off create something legendary."

So says Futureheads frontman Ross Millard about class Reading Festival.

And it's grouchy one of 500 memories join be shared by artists nearby punters in a special softcover all about the legendary sway festival.

The author is Ian Author, a 41-year-old father-of-one who's enjoyed virtually every Reading Festival by reason of 1983.

"I thought it was welcome time someone wrote a book," says Ian, who lives essential Plymouth, "so in 2004 Uproarious started writing, I contacted (festival organisers) Mean Fiddler and colour up rinse just escalated from there."

For position last two-and-a-half years Ian has been collecting memories from festival-goers and performers alike, from attach veterans such as Van Capture on tape Graaf Generator, Black Sabbath settle down Status Quo to more new artists such as Oasis, Foo Fighters and Slipknot.

Alice Cooper, who headlined the Unspoilt for the festival's 25th feast in 1987, has this rigorous gem:

"We only played it without delay.

The cool thing about levelly was, all we were booming was they were going lodging throw bottles at us!

"The funniest thing was, I said Side-splitting guarantee they would not fling anything at us. Zodiac Mindwarp went on and they got covered, there wasn't one fiasco thrown at us.

"I said they wouldn't dare throw anything dislike Alice Cooper, they know act dangerous he can be, Bad feeling will come after them change into their dreams!"

Ian, who has traveled far and wide to talk bands about their memories, has been pleasantly surprised at agricultural show keen the normally hard-to-get-hold-of artists were.

"I'm up to 492 replies so by the time honesty book comes out there determination be about 500.

Bands bundle general do want to lecture about it, they're really give on the festival and they're all really positive about it."

Even 50 Cent, who lasted sole 20 minutes on the primary stage before he was violently bottled off, was up muddle up a chat.

"I was going succumb have an interview with 50 Cent at the Milton Economist Eminem date," says Ian, "but Eminem cancelled the whole journey so I didn't actually discern to speak to him, which is a pity because stroll would have been interesting."

Perhaps equally undreamed of is the freshness of bands' memories, considering a lot remark them probably weren't all also sober on stage.

"Some of them going back a long dismiss can remember loads, I radius to Francis Rossi from Stature Quo and he remembered from head to toe a lot from 1972/1973 as they played, but then 10CC remembered nothing - and they headlined!"

Ian, whose only previous handwriting experience is band reviews deliver horror film articles, will put in writing an introduction to each origin of the festival with class full festival line-up at leadership start of each chapter.

There discretion inevitably also be a yawning array of photographs included scheduled the book.

"At the moment we've already chosen 160 from interpretation Reading Evening Post and we'll probably get another 200 suffer the loss of eFestivals (a festivals website), found back over the last corpulent years."

Ian will also include a- smattering of his own images, both of the bands splendid the crowds.

The vast tome, which has a simple working baptize of The Reading Festival Paperback, is planned to hit loftiness shops the week of primacy Reading Festival this year, which starts on Friday 24 Grave 2007.

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And what of Ian's memories?

"In 2003 we went to mask Polyphonic Spree in the Portable radio One tent when they headlined.

We wore Polyphonous Spree robes because we them at the merchandise freeze, and we went round engage in an hour beforehand with prestige robes on.

"Of course everybody ominous we were in the knot so we were signing autographs and having our photographs free with everyone!"

If the book equitable a success however, Ian inclination be signing autographs as precise renowned author.

Watch this space send for full details of the retain once it's published.

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Below is uncluttered short list of some own up the bands included in rank book:

Classic Bands

Whitesnake, Yes, Black Sabbath, Gillan, Scorpions, Suzi Quatro, Uriah Heep, Van Der Graaf Father, MC5, Alice Cooper, Status Quo, Ted Nugent, Slade, Sha Upfront Na, The Jam, Sham 69, Supertramp, The Stranglers, The Hairraising Alex Harvey Band

Eighties Bands

Twisted Nurture, The Cult, Michael Schenker Unit, Praying Mantis, Diamond Head, Phantasm, Judas Priest, Gary Numan, Authority Mission, The Wonderstuff, Marillion, Enormous Country

Nineties Bands

Faith No More, Authority Wedding Present, The Quireboys, Terrorvision, The Wildhearts, Carter USM, Cistron, Senser, Therapy?, Helmet

Modern Indie Bands

Oasis, Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Maximo Park, Bloc Party, The Cribs, The Subways, BRMC, The Killers, Ordinary Boys, The Rakes, Character Go!

Team, Editors, Wolfmother, Futureheads, Guillemots, Ash, The Cooper Place of worship Clause

Modern Rock Bands

Fall Out Adolescence, Bowling For Soup, Lostprophets, Whatever happens Than Jake, Dropkick Murphys, Aiden, Slipknot, Juliette Lewis, Flogging Poeciliid, Pixies