Within minutes of being born on 24 June, 1942, Arthur Brown was at the centre of a major drama – setting the tone for almost all that’s happened since. “My mother heard a siren and thought there was ...

Arthur Brown has always had a warm and intense relationship with Fire. That single (now a bone fide classic) reached No. 1 in the UK in August 1968 and No. 2 in the US chart a couple of months later.

One of the craziest and most bohemian acts of the 1960s was The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. During their shows, lead singer Arthur Brown would wear wild masks, absurd clothing, and even a helmet ...

From setting fire to the charts and himself and inciting student riots to watching Vivian Stanshall chase Robert Calvert with a shotgun, Arthur Brown’s is a life most colourful. In 2010 Prog tried to ...