Having established himself as one of the UK's most talented young guitarists and spent some time touring with Lauren Harris (daughter of Steve), Richie Faulkner bagged the gig of a lifetime when he was picked to replace K.K. Downing in Judas Priest. Amongst other endeavours, he's also written with the legendary Christopher Lee and plays in heavy metal supergroup Elegant Weapons. It's safe to say he knows a thing or two about great rock music, so we got him to make us a playlist.
“The JIMI HENDRIX version of Wild Thing was the first thing I learned. I watched footage of Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival, where he burned the guitar and that whole thing was amazing to see. My dad’s friend had lent us his guitar double-cutaway Gibson painted a bright orangey pink and splashed with blues and reds, like a punk thing. So I went out onto the street with his guitar and I was loosely playing Wild Thing in front of the house. This little old lady put 10 pence on the wall, so that was the first money I ever made playing the guitar.
