BAD COMPANY News: Drummer SIMON KIRKE Talks About FREE: 'We Became Our Own Worst Enemies'

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Drummer Simon Kirke is a founding member of two of the most legendary bands of his generation, FREE and BAD COMPANY. In an interview with "Long Live Rock" on Blog Talk Radio, he recalled the internal pressures that confronted FREE after the worldwide hit "All Right Now" rocketed the band to stardom. The group split within two years of that success.

"That was a monster hit for us, and it was a bit of a double-edged sword, really," the drummer recalled. "It kind of took its toll on us. We were suddenly public property, and Island Records wanted us to duplicate...