Welcome to the new edition of the show and today we feature one of the cult classic bands of the 1970's Gentle Giant who are back with a new live album "Playing The Fool" founder member Derek Shulman joins us to look back at the history of the band who still carry heavy influence to this day, we also talk about Dereks time as an industry head and his talent for spotting bands that went on to sell millions of albums, he signed Bon Jovi, Nickleback, Pantera and Dream Theatre to name just a few and was also responsible for taking a flagging AC/DC who were about to be dropped by Atlantic and re-established them as a global act when they re-appeared with The Razors Edge.
Also on the show Deborah Bonham talking about Robert Plants influence and The Damn truth describing what it was like from day one working with grammy winning producer Bob Rock.
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