Atomic Rooster
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Sep 21, 2026
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John Dukan passed away in 2011 at the age of 65 from a heart attack.
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He was an English guitarist, songwriter, and lead vocalist for the prog rock band Atomic Rooster.
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Douglas Grassl passed away in 2013 at the age of 64 from fibrosis of the lungs.
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He was the rhythm guitarist for the 1960s garage rock group Atomic.
Martin McAloonGUEST
It was child's play, so I kind of always done that.
Martin McAloonGUEST
But all the same records, Atomic Rooster, things like that, all those kind of records, but I got into all kinds of things.
Martin McAloonGUEST
But the Beatles would have been the early things, wanted to be in the Beatles, that kind of thing was, you know, we loved that.
Martin McAloonGUEST
Did you watch the Beatles films at that stage? My brother went, I remember my brother being allowed to go see, I'm guessing it was Help, and I waited.
Rick WakemanGUEST
And, uh, he had a good band.
Rick WakemanGUEST
Keyboard player Vincent Crane, who went on to form a band called Atomic Rooster years later.
Rick WakemanGUEST
Good player.
Rick WakemanGUEST
And they suffered a little bit because they had one hit.
Steve GouldHOST
And when you consider that was recorded in 1970 and obviously remastered in 2013, personally, I don't think that album has aged at all.
Steve GouldHOST
Obviously, hints of ELP and maybe Atomic Rooster, which were obviously bands around about that time, because ELP's first album came out in 1970, did it not? And obviously Atomic Rooster were a thing back in the day.
Steve GouldHOST
Well, they were also on at Neen Valley last weekend and put on an exceptional set.
Steve GouldHOST
And I might be playing a track from them a little later.
Steve GouldHOST
But I suspect our lady will jump in first because she is putting her playlist together as we speak.
Steve GouldHOST
And she was mightily impressed with Atomic Rooster, even though we've seen them before.
Steve GouldHOST
Current band are absolutely on fire.
Steve GouldHOST
Yes.
Brian TurnerHOST
We heard also Vicky Fury from her one and only single out of France from 1975 called Flipper Story.
Brian TurnerHOST
We also heard Atomic Rooster from a newly released double disc of BBC Sessions from 1970 to 1981.
Brian TurnerHOST
And that was something from a 1970 Radio 1 session.
Brian TurnerHOST
Friday the 13th.
Brian TurnerHOST
Atomic Rooster.
Brian TurnerHOST
We heard...
Brian TurnerHOST
YU vs.
Steve GouldHOST
And when you consider that was recorded in 1970 and obviously remastered in 2013, personally, I don't think that album has aged at all.
Steve GouldHOST
Obviously, hints of ELP and maybe Atomic Rooster, which were obviously bands around about that time, because ELP's first album came out in 1970, did it not? And obviously Atomic Rooster were a thing back in the day.
Steve GouldHOST
Well, they were also on at Neen Valley last weekend and put on an exceptional set.
Steve GouldHOST
And I might be playing a track from them a little later.
Steve GouldHOST
But I suspect our lady will jump in first because she is putting her playlist together as we speak.
Steve GouldHOST
And she was mightily impressed with Atomic Rooster, even though we've seen them before.
Steve GouldHOST
Current band are absolutely on fire.
Steve GouldHOST
Yes.
Jimmy WaldoGUEST
And his playing...
Jimmy WaldoGUEST
And then the Atomic Rooster, Vincent Crane did that thing.
Jimmy WaldoGUEST
And I love Rod Argent.
Jimmy WaldoGUEST
Oh, my God.
Tim AppletonHOST
This is Van de Graaff Generator's pop album, Ha Ha.
Tim AppletonHOST
But I think that people mainly say this normally because of Killer, the opener, you know, which has got one of those sort of classic prog riffs, you know, like a prog riff, you know, a bit like, I suppose, 21st Century Schizoid Man or, you know, Death Walks Behind You by Atomic Rooster or... there's a band called gracious with an exclamation mark and they did an album not in 70s it came out the year after their second album was called uh this is gracious and it's got one of those riffs it opens like or near the start it opens with one of those sort of riffs um but um you know so that's a certain sort of sub genre of prog i think riff prog you know um And, yeah, all from more or less the same period, by the way, those pieces.
Tim AppletonHOST
But anyway, I think that bit in Killer was written by Hugh Banton, the keyboard player, which is strange because most VGG stuff is written by the irreplaceable Peter Hamill, you know, late of the prog proms.
Tim AppletonHOST
Cool.
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Tim AppletonHOST
But anyway, yes.
Tim AppletonHOST
I mentioned Least We Could Do Is Wave To Each Other, didn't I? Won't put that on because I went for H2HE.
Tim AppletonHOST
Atomic Rooster, of course, Death Walks Behind You.
Tim AppletonHOST
I've never been a big fan of that album, but I like the title track a lot.