Roland, Paul
Morbid Beauty
2024's 'Morbid Beauty' is a fantastic example of Paul's trademark mixture of gothic rock and psychedelia, if perhaps a little more rock flavoured than usual. To Blue Matter's surprise and delight the album features their old friend Mick Crossley (Flyte Reaction) on guitar throughout. Paul Roland is from Kent and has been making music since the late '70s. He has issued countless albums on a variety of labels and has been cited as a psych legend, a true cult hero and a great innovator. Frank Zappa is quoted as saying somewhat amusingly "Paul Roland writes nice music, but its too complicated for me!" Paul's musical reputation is probably somewhat greater in Europe than in the UK, which seems strange as he has been so influential to many British acts. Paul is also a celebrated music journalist and successful author having written books on cinema, history and music.