March 20th, 1999 and I’m in some kind of delirious state of nirvana because I’m backstage with Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb – the Bee Gees – at Western Springs stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. Against the hum of 70,000 awaiting fans and here I am, a 17-year old in my new corduroy pants and…
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The Bee Gees ‘Cucumber Castle’ Turns 50 & It’s Time This Brilliant, Forgotten Album Was Rediscovered
50-years ago this month, Cucumber Castle by the Bee Gees was released. To mark the anniversary of this largely forgotten album, I’ve done a deep dive to figure out how something this good managed to slip through the cracks… The semi-soundtrack to a silly TV special nobody saw, likewise became an album that few people bought….
Samantha Gibb On The New Band Of Brothers She’s Producing, Spirits Having Flown’s 40th Anniversary & If There’ll Be Another Gibb Collective Album
Recently I caught up again with Bee Gee offspring Samantha Gibb, the daughter of the late Maurice Gibb, for an extended interview. Our second full interview following on from our conversation in 2017 (that interview – which you can link to here – became the most read post on Roxborogh Report for 2017 and one…
Every Bee Gees Album Ranked From 22-1
Not only have I debated with other fans, I’ve endlessly debated with myself as to what the absolute finest Bee Gees albums actually were. So let’s spark up that debate once more! Only this time, with a little mathematics to help us out. Put the kettle on, get comfy, fire up the speakers and get…
Why It’s Wrong To Call Maurice Gibb “The Quiet Bee Gee” – 15 Years Since His Death
He was the glue, the joker, the multi-instrumentalist and the rock ‘n’ roll of the Bee Gees and this month, it’s 15 years since Maurice Gibb’s sudden death. Thinking back to the news headlines after Maurice died (due to complications from a twisted intestine), so many stories referred to him as “the quiet Bee Gee”…
Barry Gibb: ‘You’re living in the now and you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow’ – Our Extended 2009 Interview
Bee Gees with their Saturday Night Fever Album Of The Year Grammy, 1979. Barry Gibb once told me this was up there with the favourite interviews he’s ever done. Well Barry, it’s fair to say the feeling is mutual, though more to the point, the gratitude and the pleasure is mine. To mark the…
5 Years On From The Deaths Of Donna Summer & Robin Gibb – Why They Were So Much More Than The 70s
It’s five years ago this week since two icons of the 70s disco era, Donna Summer and Robin Gibb, both passed away. It was May 17, 2012 that a 63-year old Summer died of lung cancer. Just three days later the headlines shifted to Gibb’s death from colorectal cancer aged 62. People talk about 2016…
Samantha Gibb: ‘The man knew how to rock a fedora’ – An Extended Interview Ahead Of The New Bee Gees Tribute Album
The Gibb Collective is a Bee Gees and Andy Gibb tribute album with a twist: all the performers are related to Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy. What began as just Samantha Gibb (daughter of Maurice) recording a cover of New York Mining Disaster 1941 evolved into a 10-track album including her brother Adam as well…
How The Bee Gees Always Had The Best Opening Lines – 50yrs Since New York Mining Disaster 1941 Launched Them To Fame
It was 50 years ago yesterday that the Bee Gees first official international single, New York Mining Disaster 1941, was released. Spicks & Specks before it had been a hit in New Zealand, Australia and in the Netherlands too, but it was New York Mining Disaster 1941 in April 1967 that launched the brothers Gibb to instant…
Bee Gees Mother Barbara Gibb Dies – 4 Deep Album Cuts From Each Of Her 4 Sons
The Bee Gees with their Mum Barbara in 1997. What a lady. 95 years on this planet, five children, four sons, one who’d become the only solo artist to have his first three singles go to US#1, three others who’d sell 220 million records and write no less than 21 different US and UK#1 hits….
Barry Gibb Announces First Solo Album Since The 80s
Barry Gibb. Fresh from his triumphant appearance with Coldplay at Glastonbury, Bee Gee Barry Gibb has officially announced he has signed with Sony / Columbia and will soon be releasing his first solo album since the 80s*. The performance with Chris Martin and co was the perfect launching pad publicity-wise with Barry reportedly the number…
Whatever Happened To The Bee Gees In The 80s?
Bee Gees ESP album cover, 1987 For people in the Southern Hemisphere, last night was the longest night of the year. Never afraid of a slightly tenuous link if it means I can talk about the Bee Gees, I couldn’t resist sharing this beautiful song of the same name, The Longest Night. Where I live…