radio ancient "the best band you never heard" The name "radio ancient" was coined by myself sometime in 1989 when I was looking for a name for my music projects. It was also going to be the name of the band that I always dreamed of forming. A four piece with guitar, bass, drums and vocals, the classic line up in my eyes and the lucky number 4 being the key for influences such as Queen, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles. Why radio ancient? Well then why Aztec Camera, which was another obscure name that seemed to suggest a modern device like a camera being used by an ancient civilisation like the Aztecs. Impossible? Maybe, maybe not. So radio ancient conjured images of radio, which is a modern transmission technology, combined with the ancients. In others words energy coming through the ages to make something new. I was dreaming but I was 20 years old and dreams can come true. I did form that band. We did write songs. We did perform live, albeit briefly in the grand schem...