Interview with Derek Shulman (lead singer of Gentle Giant)[Listen:31:26 min] – Starting Funny Ways with Derek
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S02 Ep02 (4 of 4) - Starting Funny Ways with Derek Shulman
Interview Date: December 15, 2011 @6:30pm EDT
Audio (Part 2 of 2): Derek Shulman (of Gentle Giant) and Written (Part 4 of 4): Daevid Allen(founding member of GonG).
Derek Shulman was the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of the influential band Gentle Giant. After breaking the band apart, he has gone on to change the music landscape. He's responsible for signing bands like: Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Kingdom Come, and overseen the signings of Slipnot and Nickleback. In this podcast we talk about the albums S/T, Three Friends, Octopus, In the Glass House, and about going on tour with Black Sabbath. We also get into how he became a record company executive and get into his part in signing Bon Jovi and Nickleback.
Daevid Allen was a member of Soft Machine, GonG, and uN1vER5itY of 3rroR5. Our interview was by written correspondence. I'm a big fan of his, so it was a thrill for me to have had the opportunity to ask him these questions. To be honest, his answers both surprised me and thrilled me. In my opinion, the GonG concepts were both intelligent and sound in their thinking, and they forced me to reexamine my understanding of those classic albums and his work as a whole. I have broken up the interview to coincide with my two Gentle Giant guests, Malcolm Mortimore and Derek Shulman. I hope you enjoy it.
The GTV and Daevid Allen Interview (Part 4 of 4)
Q: I kind of think that the Radio Gnome Trilogy also say something about pirate radio. Did you spend time listening to pirate radio stations and what do you remember about them?
Interview with Derek Shulman [Listen 27:00 min] S02 Ep02 (3 of 4)- Blowing the Whistle on Derek Shulman
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S02 Ep02 (3 of 4) - Blowing the whistle on Derek Shulman
Interview Date: December 15, 2011 @6:30pm EDT
Two Special Guests this week: 
Audio (Part 1 of 2): Derek Shulman (of Gentle Giant) and Written (Part 3 of 4): Daevid Allen(founding member of GonG).
Derek Shulman was the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of the influential band Gentle Giant. Since then, he has gone on to change the musical landscape of rock and heavy metal; signing bands like: Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Kingdom Come and has overseen the signings of Slipnot and Nickelback.
Daevid Allen was a member of Soft Machine, GonG, and uN1vER5itY of 3rroR5. Our interview was a written one where I emailed him and he emailed me back the responses. I'm a big fan of his, so it was a thrill for me to have had the opportunity to ask him these questions. To be honest, his answers both surprised me and thrilled me. In my opinion, the GonG concepts were both intelligent and sound in their thinking, and forced me to reexamine my understanding of those classic albums and his work as a whole. I have broken up the interview to coincide with my two Gentle Giant guests Malcolm Mortimore and Derek Shulman. I hope you enjoy it.
The GTV and Daevid Allen Interview (Part 3 of 4)
Q: I was talking to Derek Shulman from Gentle Giant in an interview and he was saying that some of the Gentle Giant lyrics/concept was partly influenced by reading “The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel “(a connected series of five
Interviews with Daevid Allen and Malcolm Mortimore [Listen: 22:37 min] “Peeling the paint” Gentle Giant (audio) plus GonG (written)
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S02 Ep02 Peeling the Paint with Malcolm Mortimore (Part 2 of 2)
Interview Date: November 29, 2011 @3:30pm EDT
TWO Special Guests this week: Written (Part 2 of 4): Daevid Allen(founding member of GonG) and Audio(Part 2 of 2): Malcolm Mortimore (of Gentle Giant).
Malcolm Mortimore is the drummer on the album "Three Friends" by Gentle Giant. He has gone on to play with some of the top players in the world such as; Van Morrison, Tina Turner, Mick and Chris Jagger, Tom Jones, Oliver Jones, and many more. In this interview Malcolm and I talk about going on tour through Europe with Sabbath and Jethro Tull, The album “Three Friends,” what it’s like being a session man ; working for people like Mick Jagger on his new album, and life after Gentle Giant.
Daevid Allen was a member of Soft Machine, GonG, and uN1vER5itY of 3rroR5. Our interview was a written one where I emailed him and he emailed me back the responses. I'm a big fan of his, so it was a thrill for me to have had the opportunity to ask him these questions. To be honest, his answers both surprised me and thrilled me. In my opinion, the GonG concepts were both intelligent and sound in their thinking, and forced me to reexamine my understanding of those classic albums and his work as a whole. I have broken up the interview to coincide with my two Gentle Giant guests Malcolm Mortimore and Derek Shulman. I hope you enjoy it.