Classic Rock

THE GOLD RUSH

“I think in order to be creative you’ve got to be slightly unhinged.”
David James Smith

ustin Gold are celebrities – well, local ones at least. Upon forming in 2013, their home town of Peterborough got behind them in a way that no one expected. People started wearing their T-shirts on the high street. Keyboard player Russell Hill still gets recognised in Aldi “all the time”. Today, singer/guitarist David James Smith passed a couple of fans on his way to the Brewery Tap – the pub where we’re meeting, and the venue for their show to launch their first

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