That time Canadian rock great Ian Blurton raved to me about Welsh prog-metal band Budgie

By Steve Newton

I interviewed Canadian musician Ian Blurton for the second time back in September of 2005, when the former frontman for alt-rockers Change of Heart was touring with his rowdy riff-rock trio C’mon.

At one point in the conversation I asked Blurton about a quote in a local paper where he mentions Budgie, the influential prog-metal band from Wales that was big in the ’70s.

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