Scars and Guitars podcast
We discuss the tour, his perspectives on working with an emerging Iron Maiden, and Sweet’s influence on extreme and heavy music and image trends.
The Sweet personified the Glam Rock era of the 1970s in the UK, showcasing their distinctive glitter and glam makeup. Beyond their iconic visual style, The Sweet also wielded significant influence in the realm of pure rock music. Their timeless hits continue to resonate, and the present lineup, featuring the main man himself, guitarist Andy Scott, consistently leaves audiences clamoring for an encore!
We discuss the tour, his perspectives on working with an emerging Iron Maiden, and Sweet’s influence on extreme and heavy music and image trends.
The Sweet’s Andy Scott: “The thing about the ‘B’ sides was we were trying to push our own boundaries”… By Zentinel Daily – Leeno Dee Well…here I am so many years on from hearing Wig Wam Bam as a kid – which literally and
Andy Scott talks about Touring, Audiences, Childhood, First Record Bought, First Live Gig Seen, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sweet, Marc Bolan, Traffic(band), TOTPs, The Jean Genie(track)/D.Bowie, USA, /Little Willie(track) and Ballroom Blitz(track). Interviewed By: Jackie Brambles
Andy Scott and Helen Barnes of Loving-80s-Music are chatting
Andy Scott in conversation with Dave Sweetmore. Recorded and Broadcast December 2023 on Tameside Radio (Manchester)
Woolleys Beat interviews part 1 & 2
By Dave Ling October 25, 2017 From Little Willy to a six-foot, confetti spewing penis, The Sweet had it all… except for the credibility they craved. Were these critically derided glam tarts really rock gods after all? “We were like four dissipated old whores,
MR: Andy, How the heck are you? AS: I’m absolutely fine, how’s the weather? MR: Well, today it’s a little rainy. AS: What you think of rain, we’ve had here…real rain, you know? MR: Oh, then you’re calling from Britain? AS: Yes, definitely. MR: You’re always on tour
“We are absolutely obsessed with being the best songwriters in the world” – interviewed in 1974 by Nigel Thomas Nowadays there’s a small group of people who seem to have been handed a season ticket for that Golden Three enclosure. The Sweet.
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