User Reviews

I've only watched the first episode of this and it's hard to imagine it can improve on Roger Daltrey and endless stories about The Who. Brian Johnson is an unexpected TV savior because of this and his Cars That Rock series. I'm loving both shows.

Brian Johnson interviews the top musicians of our time, but it's he who emerges as the real star.

Cheeky, charming, energetic, well-researched, curious - he is an excellent presenter.

And while some of the stars are advertising their latest tour or album, he manages to extract intimate tidbits about their lives, and great stories.

Because he listens and mostly because, as the frontman for AC/DC, he has seen it all himself in terms of life on the road. It really removes the normal barrier and mistrust between a journalist and musician. Johnson adds just enough of his own recollections to get the subject talking and feel he empathises with him or her.

He loves a laugh - often at his own expense - and talks about real feelings and experiences rather than celebrity or wealth.

And he visits the stars in places where they feel at home, so they're relaxed.

One reviewer here said they didn't like the Dolly Parton interview, but I thought it was among Johnson's best. It showed how Dolly turns on the charm but is genuinely sweet, and Johnson was also disarming - "you're like a bottle of champagne, so bubbly", he said, but it actually describes Parton well.

I hope there are many more episodes of this program.

Brain Johnson, being the legend that he is does a great job interviewing notoriously media shy rock stars. Asks great questions, gets to some intimate details etc. I can only hope he does many more of these types of shows. And I am not a fan boy, 62yo and grew up with Bon Scott. Brian Johnson deserves his status as a legend and all around nice guy. If you are interested in rock history, this is a must watch.

Brian Johnson is immediately able to create great rapport in every interview because he has had similar experiences. I just finished the third episode with Nick Mason of Pink Floyd and it was fantastic. I hope they do another season soon as each show is a true rock fans dream come true, because you get a real perspective of what life on the road is like from a seasoned rock star. Simply wonderful!

Can't be said much simpler. Brian Johnson is a great programmer. It is pleasant to follow him through his meetings with famous rock stars - and get to know them a little more intimately than we do.

Well worth the watch, whether it is Led Zeppelinish or Dire Straitish.

The weakest episode is the Dolly episode. It's a bit like a Louis Theroux episode, your left a little uncomfortable seeing into her less than normal World, a bit like a view of Michael Jackson or Elton John's life. But her talent is indisputable.

Apart from this, the other episodes are magnificent. There is so much cross over between Brian and his guest in the music that influenced them. Watching Mark Knopfler and he trying to sing in a duet a song neither has probably heard or sang for decades, filling in the blanks of recollection for each other, was wonderful.

I hope there is a 3rd season and that he takes the time to spend a day with two people in one episode rather than one, with Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee as they come as a package and with ACDC having toured the US (before Johnson) with them.

Also, would be great to see the Edge, maybe Ozzy or Tony, and definitely David Coverdale. John Lord from Deep Purple, or there's also gene Simmons from Kiss, Steve Howe or Rick Wakefield from Yes. There's ample room for new episodes.