First record you ever bought?
Foreigner, I Want to Know What Love Is (aged 9, I really wanted to know)

First gig (who and where)?
Sister Sledge in the grounds of Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire, now home of the Big Chill.

Best Gig (who and where)?
U2, Birmingham NEC, 2001

Gig you wish you'd been at?
Any of the big Stones concerts, Beatles gigs or even at Knebworth for Oasis in 1996

A record that makes you laugh?
The Darkness, Get Your Hands off My Woman...

A record that reminds you of school or college discos?
Dexys, Come On Eilieen. Happy days, I think.

A record which sounds better in the dark?
Radiohead, OK Computer

A song you wish you'd written?
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On. Pure genius. Also, Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade for the massive royalties every year.

Soundtrack for a long car journey?
Anything by the Foo Fighters or Queens of the Stone Age.