The automotive industry in the United Kingdom really started to develop in the 1910s, with famous brands like Jaguar or Austin, before experiencing its heyday after the Second World War. In the 1950s, the UK was the second largest car producing country in the world, but since the end of the 1980s, everything has changed. Many brands have disappeared from the automotive market or have been bought by foreign companies. Continue reading The Most Popular Classic Car Models in the UK
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Remembering Cozy Powell
On This Date, April 5th, in 1998: Cozy Powell (born Colin Flooks), drummer for Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Whitesnake and Black Sabbath (among many others) died in a car accident in Bristol, England at the age of 50. RIP Cozy.
The Other Way of Not Stopping: An Interview with Stewart Copeland
I don’t care what anybody says about Sting being some kind of a Sex God: Stewart Copeland is smokin’ hot!
“I’m a cartoon American, with a deep understanding of the English psyche. I went to British boarding school. As an adult I was in England. My band, The Police, was an English band, I broke out of England. I’m more English than I care to admit. Although, like I said, I’m American, goddamit.”
The (former) drummer for The Police said that and a whole bunch of other very cool, crazy fucked-up stuff in my friend Ian’s amazing Interview with Stewart Copeland up now at Ink19.com. Nice work, Ian!