"My father had an extramarital affair with a woman from another planet": The gospel according to Arthur Brown

Arthur Briown headshot.

Known as the God Of Hellfire, Arthur Brown is the yurt-dwelling nudist singer whose 1968 classic Fire – memorably performed on Top Of The Pops with a face-painted and robed Brown wearing a flaming helmet on his head – topped the UK singles chart and compelled Jimi Hendrix to try to form a band with him.

After more than half a century of adventures, these are the things he's learned.