Colin Hodgkinson

Back Door: Vienna Breakdown: The Recordings 1971-1976

by Geno Thackara
August 6, 2025

It was a whole different world back then, me lad. A person could not simply plug in a couple gizmos and record an album in their bedroom--well, not a very good-sounding one at any rate. It was fairly rare for an early-'70s combo to wing it on their own (or at least with a friendly venue owner's help) without company or label support. Those who know the name Back Door, though, know that their whole career was practically built on ...