The Waterboys - Life, Death & Dennis Hopper

The Waterboys - Life, Death & Dennis Hopper

The concept album has a chequered history in rock’n’roll. As a musician of a certain vintage – inspired by punk, rooted in rock classicism – Mike Scott flinched when collaborator Simon Dine suggested to him that an album about Dennis Hopper should include an instrumental for each of the actor’s five wives. The memory of Rick Wakeman’s Six Wives Of Henry VIII flashed up, and it was not an inspiring thought. And yet. And yet. THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF…

The Waterboys - Life, Death And Dennis Hopper (Sun)

Mike Scott and his current band of Waterboys take on the life and times of actor, director (and photographer) Dennis Hopper with a double album devoted to the “colourful” screen legend. Scottish singer, songwriter and bandleader has been helming The Waterboys on and off since 1983, running through over 80 bandmates in the process and […] The post The Waterboys – Life, Death And Dennis Hopper (Sun) (13th Floor Album Review) first appeared on The …