By Steve Newton If you were a rock-loving Canadian teenager in the mid-seventies you no doubt heard "Roxy Roller", the big hit by Vancouver glam-rock band Sweeney Todd, on the radio. It wasn't one of my personal favourite tunes, but I do remember buying the album, because back in '76 I was all about the … Continue reading That time Nick Gilder told me about Bryan Adams taking his place in Sweeney Todd
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Nick Gilder on his new LP and his “ironic” replacement in Sweeney Todd, Bryan Adams
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, ON OCT. 25, 1985 By Steve Newton You remember Nick Gilder, don't you? He goes way back. So far back, actually, that Bob Geldof once interviewed him for this publication. Gilder was the lead singer for Sweeney Todd, one of Vancouver's more popular glam/glitter rock bands. Named after the … Continue reading Nick Gilder on his new LP and his “ironic” replacement in Sweeney Todd, Bryan Adams