Ian Bexton says he’s only called Ian when he’s in trouble, which is why everyone knows him as Beck.
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00:11 My name's Ian Bexton. Everybody knows me as Beck.
00:16 Anytime anybody calls me Ian, I just think I'm in trouble.
00:21 This is my shop that's been ongoing in different locations on festivals, bike rallies for 20 years.
00:28 I like doing stuff that makes people happy, I know music does.
00:32 So it makes me happy and hopefully that conveys when people come in.
00:37 They feel relaxed as if they're coming in my front room.
00:40 A cup of tea, a warm welcome, coffee, if I've got biscuits, if I've not had them all.
00:46 And music has got me through some of the hardest times on earth.
00:51 Just when you think, "Oh, there's no left ink tank,"
00:55 put that certain piece of music on and take a snapshot of a very happy time.
01:00 So I think it should be on prescription, music, because it never fails me.
01:08 AC/DC, Highway Tell.
01:10 And as you can see we've covered the last album to feature Bon Scott.
01:16 Highway Tell, as everybody knows, shot down in flames.
01:22 Girls Got Rhythm, Love Hungry Man, Night Prowler, which allegedly inspired the serial killer Richard Ramirez.
01:30 But every Silver Cloud's got a bit of a dodgy part.
01:36 We've got a cornucopia of albums, everything from Adam Ant, Dance Mixers,
01:42 Mike Oldfield, Walkmans, bracelets, sci-fi toys, Magenta from Rocky Horror Picture Show.
01:50 The answer to life is treat people as you want to treat yourself.
01:54 And just because somebody treats you unkindly, you don't continue the chain.
02:00 You just see it as an experience.
02:04 Move on and don't take negative thoughts or vibes with you.
02:09 Because then you just take it with you and we all know where that ends up.
02:15 I love Pat Benatar.
02:17 Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Promises In The Dark, Love Is A Battlefield, and Treat Me Nice.
02:27 This has been an album that I constantly go back to.
02:32 Different patches, there's some biker patches, some band patches.
02:36 The ornaments like the Native Indian carved clock, button badges, posters, different CDs by all different artists.
02:44 DVDs, you've got journals.
02:47 The handcuffs are just there, you know, just in case.
02:51 It's like in this complex here, it's like a family.
02:54 We've got an hairdresser's next door, that's right here, Sammy and Emily.
03:00 The other side we've got Ghost Inc, which has got Chris, there's Jason, there's Dee, Tash, Megan and Christy.
03:12 At the back of here we've got a music recording studio and rehearsal space.
03:17 And at front we've got Lady Peacock, a good friend, Lydia, and she sells cornucopia of vintage stuff.
03:26 It's well worth a visit.
03:28 This album, Twisted Sister, You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll.
03:32 I went to see these in '83 and I actually met the band.
03:37 The bassist had had an altercation with somebody that unfortunately looked like me in Birmingham the previous night.
03:44 Of course, I wasn't in Birmingham, and if I were, I wasn't going to admit it.
03:49 Because his name weren't Mike 'The Animal' Mendoza from Tuff Streets of New York.
03:54 But they signed me stuff and it blew my mind.
03:58 One of the songs they portray is 'I am I am Me', 'Just Be Yourself'.
04:04 All these books, stage worn costumes, handmade leather coasters, biker jackets.
04:11 Pretty green, as designed by Liam Gallagher.
04:15 We have shirts from all sorts.
04:19 I mean this is Factory Records, everybody likes wolves and stuff.
04:23 This one is a very rare shirt.
04:26 Printed tote bags, water bottles, Smeagol.
04:31 Clay Cross is a close mining community.
04:35 It's like any place, I mean I've lived all over.
04:39 I was called Clay Cross Home.
04:41 I worked in Germany, I've lived all over the place.
04:46 I've always kept my house here, because I know I always migrate back.
04:51 This one, I love David Bowie.
04:54 I've got to pick one, it'll be this one at the moment.
04:59 David Bowie, Let's Dance, Mugs, Ice Dragons, Fire Dragons.
05:05 If you want one of these for your garden, like a buddha.
05:09 Bell Shaker, Ukuleles, Banjos, Frame Pictures, Coasters with Vinyl on.
05:17 And some of the albums that are dear to me.
05:21 Unfortunately, my favourite AC/DC album, I haven't got a copy.
05:26 It's that popular. It's also an hero of mine, Keith Richards' favourite AC/DC album, Powerage.
05:34 My favourite track off it is Gone Shooting.
05:37 It's that slow, sudden type slab, primal boogie.
05:42 Then you've got Down Payment Blues, I bet.
05:46 Well I knew, when I was 16, 17, I'd got very little money, not a penny to scratch my old behind with.
05:54 So I then found out, under the lines, I haven't even got the money to feed my cat, Down Payment Blues.
06:02 What's Next to the Moon, Rock and Roll Damnation, Kick Tint Teeth.
06:07 We've all had it, as much as we think we're big and tough men.
06:11 We've all had that heartbreak, that lady that took the old heart out and stamped all over it.
06:19 Then we lick her wounds and the next minute, we're back on the old Itchingman Trail again.
06:25 So don't ever be put off if you get that heartbreak.
06:29 This big lummox has had it, so you'll recover from it.
06:32 Would I change it? No.
06:35 And the thing is this time, this has been a team effort.
06:38 I'll and Irene Baird, a lot of people have helped me in here.
06:42 And all people that come in, it's all valued. I don't take anything for granted.
06:49 And the one thing I'd always say to people, when you're coming in, even if you're having a bad day,
06:53 don't take it out on your customers, because it's not their fault.
06:57 They're coming in to have a pleasant experience, not to have you snap and smile at them,
07:02 because you're tired or whatever.
07:04 And if it's self-inflicted, which it has been with me,
07:07 because I've been known to go out and have alternative Ribena a few times,
07:11 and that's it.
07:13 So the message is, yes, I love what I do.
07:17 And this has been the best example of it.
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