Rupert Creed & Garry Burnett - talking about the book, The Mick Ronson Story - with David Eastaugh A long overdue biography of guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer and musician Mick Ronson. Most famous for his critical contribution to David Bowie’s spectacular live band, studio albums including Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane. Mick also helped produce Lou Reed’s Transformer, released five solo studio albums, performing in bands ...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 817
Penelope Houston - The Avengers - in conversation with David Eastaugh www.penelopehouston.bandcamp.com http://www.penelope.net American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers . She was raised in Seattle. In 1977, Houston moved to San Francisco, attended the San Francisco Art Institute , and shortly after became the lead singer and songwriter for the Avengers. That band released one album, their eponymous debut in 1983....
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 816
Ross A. Sinclair - The Soup Dragons - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com The Soup Dragons formed in Bellshill , a town near Motherwell , in 1985. The line up was Sean Dickson ( vocals , lead guitar ), Jim McCulloch ( guitar , second voice) who replaced Ian Whitehall, and Sushil K. Dade ( bass ). The original drummer , Ross A. Sinclair , left the group after the first proper album, This Is Our Art , to pursue a career in art, and was replaced by Pa...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 815
Amy Ray - Indigo Girls - in conversation with David Eastaugh www.amy-ray.com American alto singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls . She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records.
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 814
John Otway in conversation with David Eastaugh www.johnotway.com Otway was born in Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire . Although his first single, "Gypsy"/"Misty Mountain" was released in 1972, Otway initially received some coverage on the back of punk rock and a performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test . [2] His sixth single, the half-spoken love song "Really Free" reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977. [3] It would be his greatest success for some time. The song earned him a five-album de...
Nov 07, 2022•53 min•Ep. 813
Patrick O'Neil - Anarchy At The Circle K - in conversation with David Eastaugh Anarchy At The Circle K is literally a punk tour-de-force. An in your face gut-wrenching, and at times humorous, tale of Patrick O’Neil’s stint as a roadie, road manager, and drug addict during punk’s heyday of the 1980’s. Crisscrossing the highways of America, on tour with such influential punk bands as Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, and Subhumans. O’Neil writes a brutally honest and no holds barred memoir depicting t...
Nov 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 812
Rachel Mayfield in conversation with David Eastaugh rachelmayfield.com https://rachelmayfield.bandcamp.com Rachel Mayfield is a singer, writer and mixed media artist from Birmingham, UK. In the 1990's she formed and fronted Indie Rock band 'Delicious Monster' being hailed by the NME as a "Goddess of Indie Rock' and as 'exciting, unpredictable and dangerous as a ten legged Tyrannosaurus. The band received critical acclaim for three top ten singles and one album placing them at the forefront of th...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 811
James Smith - The Nightingales - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://uknightingales.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-laugh The Nightingales are a British post-punk / alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham , England , by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects . They had been part of The Clash 's 'White Riot Tour', recorded a couple of Peel Sessions , released a 45 on Rough Trade and, years after splitting up, had a retrospective CD released by US indie label Acute Re...
Nov 01, 2022•44 min•Ep. 810
The Rosehips were an indiepop band from Stoke on Trent, UK. They were together from 1986 to 1989.
Oct 31, 2022•46 min•Ep. 809
Ian Cooper & Paul Hammond - Ultramarine - in conversation with David Eastaugh Ultramarine are an English electronic music duo , formed in 1989 by Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond. Their work blends elements of techno , house and ambient music with acoustic instrumentation, the influence of the 1970s Canterbury scene , and other eclectic sources. [1] They are best known for their 1991 album Every Man and Woman Is a Star , reissued on Rough Trade the following year....
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 808
Mike Gallo - 20/20 I n conversation with David Eastaugh 20/20 was an American power pop band based in Hollywood , California . They were active from 1977 to 1983 and reunited during the mid-1990s to the late 1990s. In the mid-1970s, Steve Allen and Ron Flynt played together in Tulsa. Allen and Flynt were graduates of Nathan Hale High School , and both attended Oklahoma State University , where Flynt earned a degree in music. [2] Allen decided to move to Los Angeles in 1977 after fellow Tulsa nat...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 807
George Henderson - The Puddle & The New Existentialists - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://thenewexistentialists.bandcamp.com The Puddle are a New Zealand rock band originally formed in Dunedin in 1983 by George D. Henderson . They had a mini-album, a live album, a studio album and a single released on New Zealand independent record label Flying Nun Records between 1986 and 1993. The group has continued to exist since then, with several line-up changes and periods of inactivity. S...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 806
Cos Chapman - Rude Mechanicals - in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.rudemechanicals.co.uk https://www.coschapman.com
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 805
High Tide - Tony Hill - In conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.bluematterrecords.com Allmusic author, Wilson Neate, stated this of the group, "High Tide had the muscularity of a no-nonsense proto-metal band, but they also ventured into prog territory with changing time signatures and tempos, soft-hard dynamics, multi-part arrangements, and even some ornate faux-Baroque interludes". High Tide made their first recordings as the backing band on Denny Gerrard's album Sinister Morning . Gerr...
Oct 20, 2022•34 min•Ep. 804
Jarboe in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.thelivingjarboe.com Jarboe described herself as "obsessed" with Swans since hearing their first album, Filth (1983). She came into contact with Michael Gira and attended the band's practice sessions before, after several auditions, joining as a vocalist and keyboardist and debuting on Greed (1986). Prior to Swans, Jarboe's musical background had consisted of training as a jazz and choral vocalist....
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 803
James Brown in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-House-James-Brown/dp/1787477908 In 1985, James Brown was a contributor to the alternative newspaper Leeds Other Paper . In 1986, following work on his fanzine Attack on Bzaag , Brown was hired as freelance features writer for Sounds ; from there he soon joined the magazine NME . In 1991, Brown became the manager of Fabulous , a rock band composed of various NME journalists. After leaving NME , he wrote features for t...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 802
Derek Moir - This Poison! - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/pre-017-this-poison-john-peel-session-301187 From Perth in Scotland, This Poison! released two classic late 80s singles on the Wedding Present’s Reception Records and that was it. Apart from this stunning Peel session, featuring four songs that never saw the light of day on vinyl during the band’s lifetime. “Rip-roaring stuff!” said John Peel, and he wasn’t wrong. Package also in...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 801
Simon Barber - The Chesterfields - in conversation with David Eastaugh New album - New Modern Homes https://thechesterfields.bandcamp.com/album/new-modern-homes-2 The Chesterfields are an English indie pop band from Yeovil , Somerset , England. Hardcore fans tended to refer to them as "The Chesterf!elds", with an exclamation mark replacing the "i", following the example of the band's logo. The band was formed in summer 1984 by Dave Goldsworthy (vocals, guitar), Simon Barber (bass, vocals), and D...
Oct 03, 2022•52 min•Ep. 800
Gilbert Gabriel - The Dream Academy - in conversation with David Eastaugh The Dream Academy were a British band consisting of singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes , multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboe , cor anglais player) Kate St John , and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel . The band is most noted for their 1985 hit singles " Life in a Northern Town ", " The Love Parade " and their 1985 cover of the Smiths ' song " Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want ", which was featured in the John Hughes fi...
Oct 02, 2022•55 min•Ep. 799
Dante Gizzi - Gun - in conversation with David Eastaugh Gun are a hard rock band from Glasgow, Scotland . The band currently consists of brothers Dante Gizzi (lead vocals) and Giuliano "Jools" Gizzi (guitar), along with Paul McManus (drums), Andy Carr (bass) and Tommy Gentry (guitar). Starting in 1989 with Taking on the World , Gun have released seven studio albums, three of which have made the UK Top 20, and had eight UK Top 40 hit singles. The most successful of these was a cover of Cameo 's "...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 798
Susan Stenger - Band of Susans - in conversation with David Eastaugh Band of Susans was an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1986 and active until 1996. It originally consisted of Robert Poss (guitar/vocals), Susan Stenger (bass/vocals), Ron Spitzer (drums), with Susan Lyall (guitar), Susan Tallman (guitar), and Alva Rogers (vocals). The band would undergo several permutations over the years, usually involving three guitarists. Poss, Stenger, and Spitzer were the band's c...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 797
Matt Cornish- Thatcher on Acid - in conversation with David Eastaugh Thatcher on Acid were an English anarcho-punk band. They formed in Somerset during 1983. Their name is a satirical reference to former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher . Ben Corrigan, Bob Butler and Andy Tuck also played in Schwartzeneggar with ex- Crass member, Steve Ignorant . The band opened the anarcho-punk band Conflict 's "Gathering of the 5000" show at Brixton Academy , an event which resulted in many arrests and achi...
Sep 27, 2022•58 min•Ep. 796
Neil Taylor - C85 a new compilation on Cherry Red - in conversation with David Eastaugh 3CD collection pre-queling NME’s huge selling C86 compilation. Featuring the best of the burgeoning indie scene from 1985. Including tracks from The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Stone Roses, That Petrol Emotion, The Woodentops, James, Del Amitri, The Housemartins and many more. Following the success of the three-disc compilation, ‘The Sun Shines Here’ (which documented the roots of Indie Pop from 1980-84), the p...
Sep 22, 2022•32 min•Ep. 795
Steve Lake - Zounds - in conversation with David Eastaugh The band were formed around the nucleus of Steve Lake from Reading, Berkshire and evolved from a number of jamming sessions with other musicians and friends in Oxford , taking in influences from the Velvet Underground to the Sex Pistols . The band began performing gigs in 1977/78 with a line-up of Steve Lake (vocals/bass), Steve Burch (guitar) and Jimmy Lacey (drums), adding Nick Godwin (guitar) [1] at their second gig – adopting the name...
Sep 16, 2022•51 min•Ep. 794
Mick Blood - Lime Spiders - in conversation David Eastaugh Book - Lime Light Australian punk rock band which formed in 1979 with Mick Blood on lead vocals. He was later joined by Tony Bambach on bass guitar, Gerard Corben on guitar, Richard Lawson on drums, and David Sparks on guitar. Their debut studio album, The Cave Comes Alive! was released in June 1987 and reached the top 60 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Their most successful single, "Weirdo Libido", was released in January that ye...
Sep 14, 2022•59 min•Ep. 793
Miki Berenyi - Lush & Piroshka - in conversation with David Eastaugh In April 2022, Berenyi announced the release of her memoir Fingers Crossed , due out in September. Lush were an English rock band formed in London in 1987. The original line-up consisted of Miki Berenyi (vocals, guitar), Emma Anderson (vocals, guitar), Steve Rippon (bass guitar) and Chris Acland (drums). Phil King replaced Rippon in 1991. They were one of the first bands to have been described with the " shoegazing " label....
Sep 11, 2022•47 min•Ep. 792
Keeley in conversation with David Eastaugh KEELEY was formed in 2020 by former Session Motts singer, guitarist and songwriter Keeley Moss. New single - “Where The Monster Lives” is the second single from the album, and continues Keeley’s quest to memorialize Inga-Maria Hauser, the teenage German backpacker who was murdered in Northern Ireland in 1988. Dedicated to Inga-Maria Hauser, the murdered teenage German backpacker that Keeley has steadfastly memorialised in song and spirit for the past fi...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 791
Dunstan Bruce - Chumbawamba - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.aiiy.co.uk Chumbawamba formed in Burnley in 1982 with an initial line-up of Allan "Boff" Whalley , Danbert Nobacon (born Nigel Hunter), Midge and Tomi, all four previously members of the band Chimp Eats Banana, shortly afterwards joined by Lou Watts...
Sep 04, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 790
Justin Currie - Del Amitri - in conversation with David Eastaugh On 2 March 2020, drummer Ash Soan revealed that work on Del Amitri's seventh studio album had begun at Vada Studios, Worcestershire. On 8 April, Justin Currie confirmed that the band finished recording the album "the night before the UK-wide lockdown " began on 24 March Del Amitri are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1980. Between 1985 and 2002, the band released six studio albums. Their 1995 single " Roll to M...
Sep 04, 2022•40 min•Ep. 789
Tim Pattison - Prolapse - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com In 1993 the band released two EPs on Cherry Red Records , Crate and Pull Thru Barker , followed in 1994 by the single "Doorstop Rhythmic Bloc" and album Pointless Walks to Dismal Places , which won critical acclaim. The band gained attention for their live performances, particularly for songs like "Tina This Is Matthew Stone", which depicted a dialogue between two furious partners. The s...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 788
