#keith altham

[wonderwalltobehere]

to pete townshend from who publicist keith altham in the pr strikes back, 2001

[omg-hellgirl]

There was and is, though, something very special about Mick. He has a sort of deadly sexual attraction and he knows just what he wants and how to get it.

Ian Stewart, quoted in Keith Altham's book, No More Mr. Nice Guy.

[mrepstein]

Eric Burdon is still reeling under the impression that Brian Epstein’s presentation of the Four Tops at the Saville Theatre made on him.

“When I walked in I thought it was like the Apollo in the U.S. We really deserve a National Theatre to showcase pop music in this country after all that has happened in the last year, and Brian told me that this was what he was trying to do. I can’t wait to see the next presentation - if it’s as good as the Four Tops it’ll really establish the concerts.”

- ‘Burdon Meets New Lennon and Harrison’ by Keith Altham (New Musical Express - December 3, 1966)

[coolcherrycream]

The Monkee That Bites by Keith Altham from Flip (December 1967)

MIKE NESMITH EXPLAINS HIMSELF TO FLIP'S KEITH ALTHAM!

In Britain, Mike Nesmith has the reputation as the Monkee that bites. "I don't know how I got tagged with this uncoperative [sic] bit," Mike told me during a recent trip to London. "But you know it's terribly difficult to answer a question like 'why are you so rude?' pleasantly...

[kalmiyh]

“I've always believed in myself and in my eventual success as an artist," says Bolan today. "I knew that if I ever really broke through, it would be as an extrovert performer because it was what I always wanted to do but I did not expect things to get this big...” - Marc Bolan to Keith Altham, NME, October 17, 1972

[omg-hellgirl]

‘My first impression of Mick was that he was a supercilious arrogant young sod who was more interested in attention and money than music,’ Stu told me. Not much change there then.

Keith Altham, No More Mr. Nice Guy.

[omg-hellgirl]

Mick Jagger photographed alongside publicist and journalist Keith Altham during the 1970s.

[omg-hellgirl]

As septagenarian George Melly put it so succinctly at the Voodoo Lounge reception to Jagger, ‘You have more lines than me on your face.’ ‘They’re laughter lines,’ returned Mick.

Keith Altham, No More Mr. Nice Guy.