ONE OF THE FIRST INTERVIEWS THAT THEBLACKBOXCLUB CONDUCTED. RECORDED IN MICHAEL'S BASEMENT STUDY IN ISLINGTON, LONDON, BACK IN THE 1980'S. ON THE DAY, MICHAEL HAD ANSWERED THE FRONT OF HIS HOME SINGING WITH HEADPHONES ON. LEADING US DOWN THE HALLWAY AND BEING SHOWN INTO HIS BASEMENT STUDY, WE SOON SAW WHAT A HUGE MUSIC FAN HE WAS. THE WALLS WERE HOLDING WHOLE LINES OF RACKS THAT CONTAINED MUSIC CASSETTES. ALL FILED AND CATALOGUED.
FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS, WITH MICHAEL'S HOMEBREW TO OIL THE TONGUE HE TOLD US ABOUT HIS EARLY CAREER, THE LOSS OF LIVE THEATRE WORK AND HIS TIME WITH HAMMER FILMS.
HERE ARE A FEW IMAGES OF MICHAEL, ALONG WITH ONE OR TWO RARELY SEEN SNAPS FROM HAMMER FILMS DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE. MICHAEL'S INTERVIEW WILL APPEAR AS PART OF THEBLACKBOXCLUB HAMMER DRACULA MONTH CELEBRATION AND YOU CAN HEAR IT ON THEBLACKBOXCLUB RADIO SHOW AND POD CAST SOON. LOOK OUT FOR UP DATES.
One my favorite DRACULA's and one of my top 10 RIPPER peformances !
ReplyDeleteI love Dracula Has Risen From The Grave too, and Michael Ripper was just absolutely fantastic has one of Hammer's leading character actors.
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