Category: Interviews
Is it finally time to give them the credit they deserve?
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, mincing about on Top Of The Pops and churning out computerised pop, just being as […]
Andy Scott interview by Mike Ragogna
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 with The Sweet, aren’t you. AS: Yeah, we tend to have hit into a sea of work that basically spans Thursdays […]
The best songwriters in the world
“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. Slade, Suzi Quatro, Mud and even the unutterable Alvin Stardust sail gently into […]
Sweet inspirations, five decades on – the Andy Scott interview
Can it really be half a century since the pre-glam incarnation of The Sweet threw their first chord shapes, and 45 years since the era-defining ’Blockbuster’ saw the band in their pomp top the UK charts? What’s more, it’s been 55 years since Sweet guitarist Andy Scott’s first gig, back in his native Wrexham, North […]
Andy Scott interview with Uber Rock 2013
Andy Scott – Sweet – Uber Rock Interview ExclusiveWritten by Jim Rowland (C) Uber Rock The good people at Angel Air are ‘Sweet 16’ this year, and one of the things they are doing to celebrate is reissuing a couple of Sweet-related albums in the shape of Sweet’s ‘Live At The Marquee 1986’ and Sweet main […]