Steve Mason: Out of the blackness

The last time Dave Simpson met Steve Mason, he went missing the next day. The ex-Beta Band singer reveals how self-harm and near suicide brought out the best in his musicIn spring 2006, Steve Mason was holed up in the remote Scottish fishing village of Pittenweem. I was there to interview the former Beta Band singer about an album he had made under the name King Biscuit Time, his first musical foray after the band's split. Mason – being championed by Alan McGee, his then manager, as a ne...

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