If you google Ian Rilen, it says 'Ian Rilen is rock and roll'. He sure is.
Ian Rilen
Discography
Albums
with Mick Holmes:
Songs of X-ile 1987
MC-Single AUS Dex
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Session musician
Paul Kelly lp Post 1985
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Bands/Projects
Space 1971/1972 Adrian Falk, Bob Gebbert, David Kain, Robert Taylor, Terry Wilson
Lotus
Band Of Light 1972-1974
Blue Aliens 1975 Roy Johnson, Norm Roue
Blackfeather 1975-
Rose Tattoo 1976-1977
X 1977-1980
Sardine v 1980-1983
X 1983-1990
Illustrated Men 1984 Mick Cocks, Georgie Leach, Dallas Royal, Peter Wells
The Big Rider 1990 Cathy Green, Marko Halstead, Graham Lee, Mia Stone, Stratos
Hell To Pay 1991-1993
X 1993-
Skindiver
Rose Tattoo 1998
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)
Asked to define Rilen's bass sound Angry pauses, then responds slowly, with an ever-widening smile.
'It's like, you know the first time you hear the Tyrranosaurus Rex howl in JURASSIC PARK? It's like that!
'He's got all that low sting in it, but its almost like you expect it to go into this blood-curdling shriek, but it never actually gets there, it threatens to do that all the time.'
― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)
enoyed the piece in the saturday papers by Mark Mordue on Ian Rilen
― mentalist (mentalist), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)
agreed. the bit about wossname Cathy drummer woman burning his telecaster made me weep
― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)
well he did deserve it and all, she was actually quite restrained considering
― mentalist (mentalist), Thursday, 25 September 2003 09:11 (twenty-two years ago)
three years pass...