Doug Wallen, Journalist

Former Little Red member Tom Hartney never had the right voice for that group, he tells Doug Wallen, as he steps out with his new band, Major Tom & The Atoms.

Chris Madak of fringe US synth project Bee Mask reveals the inner workings to Doug Wallen.

"I play requests. My sets are pretty loose."

On touring with Airbourne, Mammoth Mammoth drummer Frank Trobbiani tells Doug Wallen, “It introduced us to a lot of bogans, which we appreciated. We like them.”

“Really, it’s like a cheating way of playing banjo,” Dan Lethbridge confesses to Doug Wallen of the six-string banjo he favours, as does Neil Young.

He had acted as last-minute soundman at a gig for the band, and afterwards he offered his services and said he could get them a great sound. As he’s someone Sayes calls both a shredder and guitar nerd, it made perfect sense.

“We haven’t recorded it yet. So who knows what’s gonna be on it? I’m just gonna play what I want, which is usually playing new stuff. People wanna hear older stuff, but if you only play older stuff, then you are a nostalgia act and I consider nostalgia a toxin.”

Musical development happens in circles for Michael Rother, but you’d have to point out to him the influence he’s had on modern music, as Doug Wallen discovers.