That time Randy Bachman told me how he once went looking for Stephen King, aka Richard Bachman

Bachman (Richard, not Randy), and King

By Steve Newton

Hardcore fans of Stephen King are aware that he used the pen name Richard Bachman for a number of his early novels because he was a huge fan of Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

But not many BTO fans know that the band’s founding guitarist, Randy Bachman, once went looking for King in the horror icon’s own backyard.

When I interviewed Bachman back in 2009 he told me all about it.

Have a listen:

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