GEORGIA SATELLITES
But so much for nostalgia. Rick Richards and his band, the Georgia Satellites, don’t have much time for that right now. No looking backwards when your own gold record might be just around the next backstage corner. But that’ll have to wait until Dan Baird, the other guitarist and founder of the Georgia Satellites, finishes a little reminiscing of his own.
GEORGIA SATELLITES
FIRE THE RETRO ROCKETS
"CREEM was always my favorite magazine when I was a kid,” Rick Richards is saying, dreams of Boy Howdy running through his mind. ‘‘I remember when Lester Bangs and Lou Reed were described as two one-legged men having an ass-kicking contest. They were arguing about Metal Machine Music. I listened to Metal Machine Music three or four times. I guess I deserve a gold record for that.” Or platinum. Or a white coat with no laces.
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Jeff Tamarkin
But so much for nostalgia. Rick Richards and his band, the Georgia Satellites, don’t have much time for that right now. No looking backwards when your own gold record might be just around the next backstage corner. But that’ll have to wait until Dan Baird, the other guitarist and founder of the Georgia Satellites, finishes a little reminiscing of his own.