Michael Visceglia talking about his life in music with David Eastaugh "Native New Yorker Michael Visceglia got his professional start as a bassist touring with Welsh rocker, and Velvet Underground alumnus, John Cale. Since then he has recorded and/or performed with artists as diverse as: Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Avril Lavigne, Jorma Kaukonen, Phoebe Snow, Cyndi Lauper, Bette Midler, and Christopher Cross. Since 1985, Mr. Visceglia has been, and continues to be the primary bassist for t...
Sep 04, 2021•57 min•Ep. 657
John Porter special - The Smiths, Roxy Music & much more - talking about his life in music with David Eastaugh Porter met singer Bryan Ferry , and was part of his fledgling band The Gas Board. Ferry's later band Roxy Music had achieved success in the early 1970s, but having had some troubles with bass players, Ferry invited Porter on board to record the 1973 album For Your Pleasure . Porter went on to serve as a record producer for many later albums for Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry. Porter is ...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 656
The Nivens from Northumberland special with Peter Martin with David Eastaugh The Nivens from Northumberland existed between 1987 to 1990. Recording for the excellent Woosh label, Their debut 'Yesterday' hit the indie top ten in January 1989. Indie pop band from Cramlington, Northumberland, UK. Not to be confused with The Nivens from Norwich, UK who recorded at the same time for the French Danceteria label....
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 655
Basti & Globo special with Steve Appleton in conversation with David Eastaugh Basti was formed in the late 1980s by members of The Herman Herd and Eva Valve. The two bands used to share a rehearsal space and were both very active in the Norwich Venue Campaign at around that time. Most of the members were also involved in The Waterfront . When Basti split up in 1993, four of the members went on to form Globo ....
Aug 29, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 654
Thea Gilmore also known as Afterlight - in conversation with David Eastaugh Thea Eve Gilmore also known as Afterlight, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released more than twenty albums since her 1998 debut Burning Dorothy . She has had three Top 40 entries on the UK Albums Chart and one on the UK Singles Chart . Her first album as Afterlight will be released in 2021. Gilmore has announced two albums to be released in September 2021: The Emancipation of Eva Grey and Afterlight . According...
Aug 23, 2021•57 min•Ep. 653
Blueboy special with Paul Stewart in conversation with David Eastaugh Blueboy formed around 1989 and initially consisted of Keith Girdler (on vocals) and Paul Stewart (on guitars), formerly of little-known band Feverfew. They soon signed to Sarah Records , releasing the home-recorded single "Clearer" in 1991, and took on more members, including singer/ cellist Gemma Townley and second guitarist Harvey Williams (of The Field Mice / Another Sunny Day ). "Clearer" was followed by several singles an...
Aug 22, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 652
Power of Dreams special with Craig Walker in conversation with David Eastaugh Power of Dreams released their critically acclaimed first EP A Little Piece of God , [1] on Keith Cullen 's London-based Setanta Records in 1989, while Walker was still at school. Following a six-figure bidding war between rival record labels, the band signed a deal with Polydor Records . In December 1989, the British music magazine NME picked Power of Dreams, along with others such as Carter USM and the Charlatans , a...
Aug 21, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 651
Blue Orchids & The Fall with Martin Bramah Blue Orchids are an English post-punk band formed in Manchester in 1979, when Martin Bramah decided to quit The Fall after playing on the band's debut album Live at the Witch Trials . Christened by Salford-based punk poet John Cooper Clarke the band recorded for Rough Trade and acted as backing band for the Velvet Underground's Nico before a 25-year period of intermittent activity and alternative identities....
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 650
Quentin Budworth in conversation with David Eastaugh Quentin Budworth is famous for playing Hurdy-Gurdy with Celtarabia and recently collaborated with Lou Duffy-Howard of the Red Guitars to form Agent Startling, their debut album, European Howl was released May 2021 Agent Starling are Quentin Budworth hurdy-gurdy and Lou Loudhailer voices & other instruments. Recorded in the first three months of 2021, European Howl also features Dexter Duffy-Howard on violin and cello. Recorded in Yorkshire...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 649
The Three O'Clock special with Michael Quercio in conversation with David Eastaugh The Three O'Clock is an American alternative rock group associated with the Los Angeles 1980s Paisley Underground scene. Lead singer and bassist Michael Quercio is credited with coining the term "Paisley Underground" to describe a subset of the 1980s L.A. music scene which included bands such as Dream Syndicate , Rain Parade , Green on Red , the Long Ryders and the Bangles ....
Aug 11, 2021•50 min•Ep. 648
The Bevis Frond special with Nick Saloman in conversation with David Eastaugh Saloman was originally in a band known as the Bevis Frond Museum in the late 1960s, and in the 1970s, whilst at college, he played guitar with a duo called Oddsocks. They released one album, Men of the Moment . In 1979 he formed a band called the Von Trap Family, who released the first single on his own Woronzow Records label. The early Von Trap Family recordings, comprising three sessions, were released on the Bevis F...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 647
Gallon Drunk, The Flaming Stars & Nikki Sudden special with Max Décharné in conversation with David Eastaugh In his musical career, Décharné has released eleven albums and something in the region of twenty singles since 1989. He played drums with his friend Nikki Sudden before joining Gallon Drunk in 1991, with whom he toured the world. Since 1994, he has been the singer and principal songwriter with The Flaming Stars . In a long and varied career in the music business, he has also recorded ...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 646
The Erasers with David Ebony in conversation with David Eastaugh The Erasers were part of the ‘70s CBGB art-punk scene that included Television and Richard Hell, and though they made a brief appearance on a (long out-of-print) 1982 ROIR compilation , their music and history were lost for decades to everyone outside of a very small circle of critics, collectors, and old punks. But their one excellent, off-kilter single (“Funny/I Won’t Give Up”) is one of the standouts on Numero Group’s comprehens...
Aug 09, 2021•49 min•Ep. 644
Global Village Trucking Company with James Lascelles in conversation with David Eastaugh Lascelles was a co-founder of the Global Village Trucking Company, known to its fans as "The Globs", in the early 1970s. The band, the road crew and their families all lived together in a commune in an old farmhouse in Sotherton , Suffolk, [2] [3] and undertook numerous benefit concerts and free festivals, playing extended free-form jams, [4] making them a well known UK live act. The band shunned record comp...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 643
Keith Christmas in conversation with David Eastaugh English singer and songwriter. In 1969, his first album, Stimulus , was released. Christmas played acoustic guitar on David Bowie 's Space Oddity album, and appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970. Through the 1970s he released four more albums, Fable Of The Wings , Pigmy , Brighter Day and Stories From The Human Zoo , while touring with and supporting bands such as The Who , King Crimson , Ten Years After , Frank Zappa , Roxy Music ...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 642
Breathless with Dominic Appleton in conversation with David Eastaugh English band formed in 1983 by Dominic Appleton (vocals, keyboards), Gary Mundy (guitar), Ari Neufeld (bass) and Tristram Latimer Sayer (drums). Across nearly four decades, Breathless have released seven studio albums, one compilation album and 13 singles and EPs, all on their own label, Tenor Vossa Records. Their music has been described as "melancholic", with AllMusic 's Ned Raggett calling the band "underappreciated" and say...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 641
Daisy Chainsaw & Queenadreena special with Crispin Gary in conversation with David Eastaugh English guitarist and songwriter. Best known for his bands Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena , [1] [2] Gray has also played with Dizzy Q Viper , Vapid Dolly and The Dogbones . He is currently a member of Starsha Lee. His great uncle was British poet John Gray , allegedly the inspiration for Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray . Currently recording with Starsha Lee...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 640
Pat Thomas talking about the life of Jerry Rubin & his book Did It! with David Eastaugh First biography of the infamous and ubiquitous Jerry Rubin- ”co-founder of the Yippies, Anti-Vietnam War activist, Chicago 8 defendant, social-networking pioneer, and a proponent of the Yuppie era”but a visual retrospective, with countless candid photos, personal diaries, and lost newspaper clippings. It includes correspondence with Abbie Hoffman, Norman Mailer, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Eldridge Cleave...
Jul 21, 2021•37 min•Ep. 639
The Bevis Frond with Nick Saloman in conversation with David Eastaugh The Bevis Frond is an English rock band formed in 1986 in London, England. The band is fronted by Nick Saloman and has recorded many singles and albums on various independent labels. Saloman was originally in a band known as the Bevis Frond Museum in the late 1960s, and in the 1970s, whilst at college, he played guitar with a duo called Oddsocks. They released one album, Men of the Moment . In 1979 he formed a band called the ...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 637
Barney Hoskyns in conversation talking about his life in music and new book God is in the Radio with David Eastaugh Barney Hoskyns is the co-founder and editorial director of Rock's Backpages, the online library of pop writing and journalism. He began writing for NME in the early '80s and is a former contributing editor at British Vogue and U.S. correspondent for MOJO
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 636
Country Teasers with Ben Wallers in conversation with David Eastaugh Country Teasers were an art punk band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1993. Frontman Ben Wallers also performs solo as The Rebel. He plays live shows with a Gameboy backing-track or accompanied by Country Teasers bassist Sophie Politowicz on drums. Long-time members of Country Teasers include songwriter B.R. Wallers (vocals, guitar), Leighton Crook (drums), Robert McNeill (guitar, synth), Alastair MacKinven (guitar), Sophie Po...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 635
Paul Statham - Dido, Pete Murphy, B Movie - in conversation with David Eastaugh Paul Statham is a songwriter/producer and sound artist whose commercial pop compositions have contributed to around 30 million album sales These include the lead single 'Here With Me' and the title track 'No Angel' from Dido’s U.S and U.K no 1 album ‘No Angel’ (22 million sales) and 2 co writes and productions on Kylie Minogue's international no 1 album ‘Fever’ - He is also known for his long standing 7 album collabo...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 633
Rig! special with Darren Jones in conversation with David Eastaugh U.K. indie rock band from the early 1990's. Members: Adam Rockingham Carl Lawson Darren Jones Jonathan Barrett
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 632
Marc Bolan special with Paul Fenton in conversation with David Eastaugh English drummer, best known for his work with T. Rex . After leaving Christie , he started playing drums for T. Rex in 1973, after being recommended to Marc Bolan by his producer Tony Visconti . He also toured briefly with Marc Bolan & T. Rex in 1974, and played additional drums with Davy Lutton on the songs "Solid Baby", "Funky London Childhood", and "Visions Of Domino". Fenton also played in Carmen , a progressive rock...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 631
Ron Johnson special with Dave Parsons in conversation with David Eastaugh Ron Johnson Records was a UK independent record label based in Long Eaton operating between 1983 and 1988. The label contributed five tracks to the NME 's C86 compilation. Run by Dave Parsons, the label released records by artists such as Big Flame , Shrubs , A Witness , Great Leap Forward , Stump , Mackenzies , Twang and Ex . Despite the press attention and critical acclaim for the label's bands and releases, sales were i...
Jun 28, 2021•59 min•Ep. 629
The Pandoras with Karen Basset in conversation with David Eastaugh The Pandoras is an all-female garage punk band from Los Angeles, California with a run 1982 to 1991. The band is among the first handful of all-female rock bands to ever be signed. From the beginning, the band found a strong following in the Hollywood garage rock and Paisley Underground scene. The Pandoras enjoyed strong radio support from DJ Rodney Bingenheimer. The band graduated from the garage rock sound to a more contemporar...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 628
Porl Young in conversation with David Eastaugh UK producer and DJ. Resident DJ at Heaven in London, and co-owner of the label Tuff Twins Recordings . He was guitarist for Rosetta Stone in the middle 90's. Starting out as a recording engineer at The Townhouse, London, and Phil Manzanera’s Gallery Studios in Surrey, Porl’s worked with a diversity of international artists from every genre of music; from the funk of Prince to the punk of Nina Hagen. His first co-production was Rosetta Stone’s succes...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 627
Becky Wreck - Lunachicks - in conversation with David Eastaugh Drummer for the New York punk band, the Lunachicks . Becky was with the band from 1987 to 1992 and was featured on two of the band's full length releases, as well as many 7" singles and compilation tracks. She also appeared on drums with La Muerte , Dog Ass, Uncle Becky, Bellylove, Blare Bitch Project, Sick Kidz....
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 626
The Shend special - The Cravats, Very Things, Grimetime - talking about his new book Rub Me Out with David Eastaugh The Cravats are an English punk rock band originally from Redditch , England, founded in 1977. The 'classic' line up of Robin Dallaway (vocals, guitar), The Shend (vocals, bass guitar), Svor Naan (saxophone) and Dave Bennett (drums) remained constant between March / April 1978 until the close of 1982. Lead vocals in the original incarnation of the band were shared between Dallaway ...
Jun 21, 2021•49 min•Ep. 625
Karen Haglof - Band Of Susans, The Crackers, The Wad - 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...
Jun 18, 2021•53 min•Ep. 624
