DAVE DIAMOND

                   

                    THE SHARP BOOMERANG MAN:

             When we talking bout Dave Diamond what we should know:

 

Tell something bout your background and how you came to rockin scene...main reason that you became interested in bout rockin music...

I have loved Rock 'n' Roll since the age of 13 as my older brother was heavily into the music and used to blast Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Crazy Cavan and Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio from his record player. I was hooked and just loved the catchy tunes and fantastic dance-able songs.

 

How you saw 70's revival & on eighties psychobilly boom and what you think bout scene nowdays.

The bands of the 1970's were so awesome as without them, none of the music today would have developed as they kept the scene going...Crazy Cavan, The Flying Saucers, Matchbox, The Riot Rockers, Rockhouse etc and then the late 70's - early 1980's with the Rockabilly and bands like The Blue Cats, Levi Dexter and the Rockats, The Polecats, The Shakin Pyramids, Whirlwind, Stray Cats etc.

Then I was looking for something different and my friend had The Meteors records (In Heaven and single The Crazed/Attack of The Zorch Men) and with their unique style I was hooked and for the next 6 years listened to neo rockabilly and psychobilly as termed, but still loved all those original bands and singers who started it all back in the 1950's.

The scene nowadays is very strong and constantly evolving with many great bands playing original songs aswell as covering trax from those halcyon days of the 1950's

 

Do you have any Klub Foot memories to share or Hope club memories.

..The first gig I went to upstairs at The Hammersmith Klub Foot was on 16th June 1984 and it was a Saturday night and the first actual main themed night..it was just under 3 months before the first live recording that was used as The Klub Foot volume 1 album (.22/09/84 Batz+ Stingrays, Restless, Thee Milkshakes)...The Hammersmith Clarendon had events also downstairs at The Broadway...first gig I attended was The Vibes and The Surfadelics on Friday 3/2/1984 and here I also saw many bands.. The Vibes, The Milkshakes, Restless, Guana Batz, just tom mention a few....

The atmosphere was very high octane and I still have many friends from back then to this day (37 years later!)

 

You're one of those who are so active on many different levels..tell us more bout these things.

I started out my own C.D. Label called Diamond Discs snd Sold Out on 4 separate occasions my debut release Diamond Daddio’s which was a collaboration with Dragan Zac Zdravkovic a good friend of mine. I have plans to release another C.D later on this year. I play drums in 2 Rock ‘n Roll bands… The Hi-Fi’s (second album due out in February on Foot Tapping Records) and Timebomb Allstars (recording second album later this year on Foot Tapping Records) and I also play in a 60’s beat rhythm & blues band called Thee Escapees who have our first album due out this year on Lee Grimshaw’s Spinout Nuggets.

I’m also a music reviewer for Slap That Bass Reviews on Facebook, where all new band releases are reviewed and then posted so that music lovers have an idea of the band songs, interests, inspiration and genre.

 

If this aint be enough for one person yet so please tell us more bout your Boomerang Club. Its main idea and style..how many you have organized already..what bands you have been there etc..

 

 I run The Boomerang Club in London with my good friend Andy Edwards and our aim is to bring fantastic bands and D.J’s to London and give them exclusive gigs. We have had 3 Sold Out nights in 2021 and have 5 events booked for this year with a total of 15 bands and 10 D.J’s. The club is very popular with lovers of rock n roll, 60’s rhythm & blues and 1960’s beat music. Headline bands booked so far have been The Small Fakers, Furious, Thee Scarecrows A.K.A, King Salami and The Cumberland 3, The Deltas and first for 2022 The Masonics.

 

How you found time for all this…and other fave things on life 

I am married to the gal of my dreams Susie and we have a 1 year old Jack Russell called Bongo. I have always loved marketing and promotion and just love all things to do with music, playing, promoting and writing. I also collect vintage drums and my favourite make is Trixon Drums.

 

Any "campfire" story to share to us..or funny/scary moments on rockin scene or on gigs. 

No stand out moments or crazy stories, but just to say I have had fabulous times playing Europe and the U.K over the past 30 years and met so many fantastic people, snd long may it continue.

 

Future plans and on where you see yourself after 10 years. 

Continue playing the music that I love and live each day as it comes.

 

Anything else you would like share with us. 

My favourite drink is Bitter, either Worthingtons, Tetley or John Smiths.

 

Have you heard or do you know something bout Finland's rockin scene or otherwise bout Finland. 

The Stringbeans are very good, Ellis and The Angry Teens, Teddy and The Tigers, Greased Lightning and The Barnshakers, I bought one of my rare Trixon Drumsets from their drummer Miika… One place I have never played yet!!

 

Famous last words. Follow your dreams and…Rock ‘n’ Roll forever Daddio’s