How different South Africa’s cricketing achievements, and indeed the future of the country itself, might have been if racism had not denied Frank Roro the opportunity of batting with Bruce Mitchell in the Lord’s sunshine.

Some-one called my style 'sense of urgency' guitar playing and I've always admitted I often don't know where I'm going when I solo. But that desperation is what makes it exciting.

Television was the only band of its ilk that treated the guitar with delicacy, not as simple rhythm support for teenage aggression.

Television was one of those magnificent kind of events where everything fell into place.

Cricket is a team game where individuals inspire each other to achieve performances which surpass what might otherwise be beyond them.

They were recorded without processed cheese. Listen to old '50s records. The style may be dated, but the recording isn't.

Rock is stronger than any misguided theories of cultural events. It's bigger than that.