Nick Kent in conversation with David Eastaugh In the mid-70s, Kent played guitar with an early incarnation of the Sex Pistols , [2] and performed briefly with members of the early punk band London SS , under the name Subterraneans. Brian James , later of The Damned , said of him: "Nick is a great guitarist, he plays just like Keith Richards. He's always trying to get a band together but he just can't do it. Nerves, I guess. It's a shame, though, because he loves rock 'n' roll and he's a great bl...
Feb 14, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 545
Valentine Guinness in conversation with David Eastaugh Singer, songwriter, TV drama, movies, stage plays. Member of Panic and The New Forbidden
Feb 10, 2021•47 min•Ep. 544
A founding member and original drummer of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, he then switched to guitar and finally on to bass guitar before leaving the band in 1993. He rejoined as 12-string guitarist in 2003. In 2013 Maymi toured with psychedelic shoegaze band LSD and the Search for God and The Telescopes as a guitarist and in Canada as a drummer with Flavor Crystals. Maymi has collaborated with Liverpool's The Wild Swans , fronted by Paul Simpson and has worked with Steve Kilbey of The Church . Ki...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 543
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry with Dave Wolfenden in conversation with David Eastaugh Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, also known very briefly as the Lorries, are an English rock band formed in Leeds in early 1981 by guitarist and songwriter Chris Reed, vocalist Mark Sweeney, bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown. After breaking up in 1991, the band reformed in 2003 and have released 5 studio albums over the course of their career....
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 541
Melanie Safka in conversation with David Eastaugh Initially signed to Columbia Records in the United States, Melanie released two singles on the label. Subsequently, she signed with Buddah Records and first found chart success in Europe in 1969 with "Bobo's Party" which reached No. 1 in France. Melanie's popularity in Europe resulted in performances on European television programs, such as Beat-Club in West Germany. Her debut album received positive reviews from Billboard , which heralded her vo...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 540
The Names with Michel Sordinia in conversation with David Eastaugh The early lineup of the band featured Sordinia, guitarist Marc Deprez and drummer/keyboard player Christophe Den Tandt; Robert Frankson and singer Isabelle Hanrez were briefly also members. After local gigs as The Passengers , they changed their name in time for their debut single, "Spectators of Life", released by WEA in 1979 to test the market for homegrown new wave music. The band were keen to sign to a British label, and conn...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 539
JoBoxers with Dig Wayne (born Timothy Wayne Ball in conversation with David Eastaugh The band's debut single , " Boxerbeat ", peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart . while the group were the opening act on the Madness 'Rise and Fall' tour. At numbers 1 and 2 at the time were David Bowie 's " Let's Dance " and Duran Duran 's " Is There Something I Should Know? ", respectively. [5] [6] However, it was their next hit, " Just Got Lucky ", that broke the band internationally. This single sol...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 538
Mona Mur in conversation with David Eastaugh In 1982, "Mona Mur and die Mieter " recorded the 12" Jeszcze Polska . This gained National and International attention, taking NME 's single of the week slot by Chris Bohn and getting airplay by John Peel . The group decided to disband soon after this release. Another Mona Mur incarnation was in Berlin, between 1984 and 1986. She played with members of Einstürzende Neubauten , Stricher Flucht nach Vorn and organist Nikko Weidemann in the Netherlands, ...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 537
Jesus Jones with Jerry De Borg in conversation with David Eastaugh Jesus Jones are an English alternative rock band from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire , formed in late 1988, who recorded and performed into the 2000s. Their track " Right Here, Right Now " was an international hit, and was subsequently globally licensed for promotional and advertising campaigns. The single was also nominated for a Grammy award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards in 1991, as was It's album, Doubt . They also achieved ...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 536
Laura Cantrell in conversation with David Eastaugh Cantrell reached wider recognition in 2000 with her debut album, Not the Tremblin' Kind . The album reached the attention of legendary UK DJ John Peel , who wrote of it, "[It is] my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life". She went on to record five sessions for Peel and dedicated her 2005 album, Humming by the Flowered Vine , to his memory. In the spring of 2011, Cantrell released Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs Of the Queen of ...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 535
The Nightingales - with Stewart Lee & Michael Cumming in conversation - discussing King Rocker A film about Robert Lloyd & The Nightingales PREMIERES: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6TH ON SKY ARTS (9pm)
Jan 25, 2021•38 min•Ep. 534
Direct Hits with Colin Swan in conversation with David Eastaugh Way back in 1982, Battersea based mod heroes The Direct Hits had released one single on Dan Treacy’s Whamm! record label, ‘Modesty Blaise’ earlier in the year. This was singled out in the music press as not just one of your average Jam crash / bang /wallop mod revivalist tunes. Live gigs showed they had a mighty powerful set of catchy mod / pop tunes in the back pocket. Whamm! were struggling to provide the funds to record an album,...
Jan 24, 2021•55 min•Ep. 533
Oxbow with Eugene Robinson in conversation with David Eastaugh Oxbow began as a recording project. In 1988 bandmates Eugene Robinson (vocals, lyrics) and Niko Wenner (guitar, bass, keyboards, music) wrote songs with an approach decidedly different from their band at the time Whipping Boy . Wenner concocted an underlying musical architecture for his abrasive-then-plangent music, through use of arch form and musical palindromes unusual in the noise music genre the band was often placed. This organ...
Jan 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 532
Robin Mayhew talking about David Bowie, Presidents, Lou Reed & much more with David Eastaugh Begun life in the Presidents from 1958 to 1965 - and then becoming a roadie and sound engineer for a band named "Tucky Buzzard", produced by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones. Tucky Buzzard had recently signed with the same management company that had signed David Bowie. Robin quickly became adept with the band's unique Turner PA system, a sound set-up that Bowie fell in love with. When David created ...
Jan 18, 2021•53 min•Ep. 531
The Nightingales with Rob Lloyd in conversation with David Eastaugh A feature-length documentary about the band - King Rocker - fronted by comedian and writer Stewart Lee and directed by Michael Cumming will be shown on Sky Arts channel on February 6, 2021.
Jan 18, 2021•58 min•Ep. 530
Daniel Takes a Train with Dan Synge in conversation with David Eastaugh London based Daniel Takes A Train started as an 80's guitar pop band, rehearsing in a cellar off the King's Road and playing West End nightclubs, attracting a cult following before splitting in 1988. They famously signed their first record deal in 2018 and have recorded enough new material to release their first studio album, Last Ticket To Tango. Here the band revisit their earliest musical influences -- new wave, soul, ska...
Jan 13, 2021•59 min•Ep. 529
The Roxy - with Andrew Czezowski and Susan Carrington in conversation with David Eastaugh The Roxy was started by Andrew Czezowski, Susan Carrington and Barry Jones.The main entrance was on street level where you would walk into a small bar and seated area. Downstairs there was a small stage, bar and dance floor. In December 1976, Czezowski, Carrington and Jones organised three gigs at the Roxy.They financed the venture with borrowed money (Jones, a musician, pawned his guitar to stock the bars,...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 528
The Folk Devils with Kris Jozajtis in conversation with David Eastaugh Founding member Ian Lowery had previously been the original singer in late 1970s punk rock band The Wall and then signed to Killing Joke 's Malicious Damage label as leader of the group Ski Patrol . [1] Politics and the general tensions that seemed endemic to the Killing Joke scene led Ian to leave Ski Patrol and recruit long-time friend of Jaz Coleman - Alan Cole on drums, Kris Jozajtis on guitar (now Dr Kris Jozajtis at Gre...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 527
JoBoxers with Sean McLusky in conversation with David Eastaugh The band's debut single , " Boxerbeat ", peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart . while the group were the opening act on the Madness 'Rise and Fall' tour.At numbers 1 and 2 at the time were David Bowie 's " Let's Dance " and Duran Duran 's " Is There Something I Should Know? ", respectively. However, it was their next hit, " Just Got Lucky ", that broke the band internationally. This single sold over 250,000 copies, made the...
Jan 03, 2021•52 min•Ep. 526
Senseless Things & 3 Colours Red with Ben Harding in conversation with David Eastaugh The definitive Senseless Things line-up formed in summer 1987 when Nicholls returned to take over bass, with the new recruit, former BBC clerk Ben Harding acquiring the vacant guitarist's role. The band regularly appeared at The Clarendon in Hammersmith, London playing both downstairs in the Broadway bar and upstairs in the main auditorium. Taking their musical cue from the Ramones and the Dickies , and the...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 525
Ze Records - with Michael Zilkha in conversation with David Eastaugh Within a short time, ZE Records became one of the more hip labels of its time, signing up such new talent as James White and the Blacks , Was (Not Was) , Kid Creole and the Coconuts , Lydia Lunch , Lizzy Mercier Descloux , Cristina , The Waitresses , Bill Laswell’s Material and Richard Strange , together with more established performers including John Cale and Suicide . Many of its releases were first played at the Paradise Gar...
Jan 01, 2021•59 min•Ep. 524
Flowered Up & Republica special with Tim Dorney in conversation with David Eastaugh The Republica sound was described by the band as " technopop punk rock ". The band went on hiatus in 2001 and reunited in 2008. Republica are best known for the single " Ready to Go ". Flowered Up were an English indie pop - alternative dance band, formed in Camden Town , London in 1989. Active during the Baggy movement, their 13-minute single " Weekender " reached the UK top 20. The band split up in 1994 ami...
Dec 29, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 523
The Bachelor Pad with Tommy Cherry in conversation with David Eastaugh Scottish psych influenced indie pop / rock group.
Dec 21, 2020•59 min•Ep. 522
Heavenly with Robin Turner in conversation with David Eastaugh - talking about the label and new book, 'Believe in Magic'. A label responsible for creating satellite communities of fans around the world and at all the major festivals, Heavenly was set up by Jeff Barrett in 1990 after several years working for Factory and Creation as the acid house revolution was in full swing; early releases set the tone and tempo for the mood of the decade to come - their first single was produced by perhaps th...
Dec 21, 2020•59 min•Ep. 521
Flowered up with Des Penney in conversation with David Eastaugh The band was formed in mid-1989 by singer Liam Maher along with lifelong friend, Darren 'Des' Penney. Des would co-write lyrics and manage the band. The original line up included the late John O'brien on drums, Joe Maher, Liam's younger brother, on guitar and bass player Andrew Jackson. Simon Gannon would guest on keyboard and this line up would play the first two gigs. After a few changes in personnel, the settled line-up included ...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 520
Michael Grecco in conversation with David Eastaugh Photographer and filmmaker Michael Grecco was in the thick of things, documenting the club scene in places like Boston and New York as punk rock morphed into the post-punk and new wave movements that dominated from the late ’70s to the early ’90s. From Sex Pistols to Blondie, Talking Heads, Human Sexual Response, Elvis Costello, Joan Jett, The Ramones, and many others, Grecco captured in black and white and color the raw energy, sweat, and antics...
Dec 16, 2020•41 min•Ep. 519
The Bluebells with Bobby Bluebell or Robert Hodgens in conversation with David Eastaugh The Bluebells performed jangly guitar-based pop not dissimilar to their Scottish contemporaries Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . They had three Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart , all written by guitarist and founder member Bobby Bluebell (real name Robert Hodgens) – " I'm Falling ", "Cath", and their biggest success " Young at Heart ". The latter was co-written with Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama (originally r...
Dec 15, 2020•53 min•Ep. 518
David Godlis in conversation with David Eastaugh David Godlis, who is best known by his last name GODLIS, has been photographing in New York City since 1976. A “street photographer” in the style of Diane Arbus and Garry Winogrand, he wandered into the nightclub CBGB's one night, and has become known for his photographs of the NYC Punk scene. Godlis Streets is the first book dedicated to the artist and photographer's incredible body of work and focuses on the 1970s and 1980s. Godlis's street phot...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 516
Hey Paulette with Colm Fitzpatrick in conversation with David Eastaugh Hey Paulette were formed in Dublin in 1987 by Eamonn Davis (singer/rhythm guitars). Colm Fitzpatrick (bass) and Derrick Dalton (lead guitars) joined forces with Eamonn to write pop tunes. Some people labelled them a C86 band, as they were into writing melodic jingly jangly tunes. Hey Paulette recorded their first single 'Commonplace' in their late teens with a drum machine for the label Mickey Rourke's fridge run by enigmatic...
Dec 12, 2020•44 min•Ep. 515
Laurence Myers - talking David Bowie, music & his new book Hunky Dory with David Eastaugh Laurence Myers is a Theatre and Film Producer. He was formerly a Music Executive, owning and running record and artist management companies. First coming to prominence as a Financial Advisor/ Accountant to The Rolling Stones and other leading artists in the 1960s, Laurence entered the music business full-time in 1970, signing then unproven David Bowie to his record label ‘Gem’. In an impressive career i...
Dec 11, 2020•37 min•Ep. 514
