Lenny Kaye - Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega & author of Lightning Striking in conversation with David Eastaugh As musician, writer, and record producer, Kaye was intimately involved with an array of artists and bands. He was a guitarist for poet/rocker Patti Smith from her band's inception in 1974, and co-authored Waylon, The Life Story of Waylon Jennings . He worked in the studio with such artists as R.E.M. , James , Suzanne Vega , Jim Carroll , Soul Asylum , Kristin Hersh , and Allen Ginsberg ....
Nov 25, 2021•37 min•Ep. 693
Simon Fisher Turner in conversation with David Eastaugh Simon Fisher Turner is an English musician, songwriter, composer, producer and actor. After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (1978), Turner rose to fame as a teenage star in Britain when his mentor, Jonathan King , released Turner's eponymous first album on UK Records in 1973. For a period of two years Turner was a member of The Gadget and also joined The Th...
Nov 24, 2021•57 min•Ep. 692
The Crazies with Bi Marshall in conversation with David Eastaugh The Crazies - A Simple Vision LP The legendary session from members of The Outsiders, The Sound and Honolulu Mountain Daffodils. released for the very first time Overseen by Adrian Janes and remastered by Nick Robbins with sleeve design and artwork by Bi Marshall In December 1978 Pete Williams, later to achieve cult infamy as Lord Sulaco of the Honolulu Mountain Daffodils, decided to realise a notion which he’d long kicked around w...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 691
Faust with Jean-Hervé Péron in conversation with David Eastaugh Faust formed in 1971 in the rural setting of Wümme. They secured a recording contract with Polydor and soon began recording their debut, Faust , which sold poorly but received critical acclaim for its innovative approach and established a devoted fan base. Meifert was sacked shortly afterwards because, as Peron wrote in 2004, "he discussed things, because he had flat buttocks and an absolutely beautiful girlfriend, because he practi...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 690
Zal Cleminson - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band & Orphans of Ash - in conversation with David Eastaugh A self-taught guitarist, at the start of the 1970s he played and recorded with the Glasgow-based band Tear Gas. The musicians in that band then provided the backing for Alex Harvey in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB). Cleminson was an extremely distinctive stage presence with SAHB owing to his white-face mime makeup. He started wearing the mime makeup when the band started playing l...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 689
Graham Bailey - The Sound, The Crazies, Outsiders & Second Layer - in conversation with David Eastaugh Note: THE CRAZIES - A SIMPLE VISION LP The legendary session from members of The Outsiders, The Sound and Honolulu Mountain Daffodils. released for the very first time Overseen by Adrian Janes and remastered by Nick Robbins with sleeve design and artwork by Bi Marshall In December 1978 Pete Williams, later to achieve cult infamy as Lord Sulaco of the Honolulu Mountain Daffodils, decided to ...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 688
The Crazies with Adrian Janes in conversation with David Eastaugh New album on Optic Nerve - A Simple Vision The legendary session from members of The Outsiders, The Sound and Honolulu Mountain Daffodils. released for the very first time Overseen by Adrian Janes and remastered by Nick Robbins with sleeve design and artwork by Bi Marshall. In December 1978 Pete Williams, later to achieve cult infamy as Lord Sulaco of the Honolulu Mountain Daffodils, decided to realise a notion which he’d long kic...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 687
The Woodentops with Rolo McGinty in conversation with David Eastaugh The band formed in 1983 in South London with an initial line-up of Rolo McGinty (vocals, guitar, formerly of The Wild Swans and The Jazz Butcher ), Simon Mawby (guitar), Alice Thompson (keyboards), Frank DeFreitas (bass guitar), and Benny Staples replacing Paul Hookham (drums). After a debut single, "Plenty" on Food Records in 1984, which received a glowing review from Morrissey in Melody Maker , they signed to the independent ...
Nov 03, 2021•3 hr 6 min•Ep. 686
Mark Stewart in conversation with David Eastaugh The Pop Group are an English band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart , guitarist John Waddington , bassist Simon Underwood , guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager , and drummer Bruce Smith . Their work in the late 1970s crossed diverse musical influences including dub , funk , and free jazz with radical politics , helping to pioneer post-punk music. The group released two albums, Y (1979) and For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Mu...
Nov 01, 2021•39 min•Ep. 685
Twisted Sister special with Jay French in conversation with David Eastaugh - talking about his new book Twisted Business Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey , and later based on Long Island , New York. Their best-known songs include " We're Not Gonna Take It " and " I Wanna Rock ". Twisted Sister evolved from a band named Silver Star, and experienced several membership changes before settling on a classic lineup consisting of Jay Jay French (guit...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 684
Subterraneans special with Jude Rawlins in conversation with David Eastaugh Jude Rawlins is an award-winning English singer, songwriter, filmmaker, author, poet, and music producer. He works primarily in the medium of rock music, mostly with his band Subterraneans, which he formed in 1992 with guitarist Carl Homer. Subterraneans have released ten albums, as well as creating critically acclaimed scores for the movies Pandora's Box and Derek Jarman's Glitterbug.
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 682
Shelleyan Orphan special with Jemaur Tayle in conversation with David Eastaugh In 1980, Caroline Crawley and Jemaur Tayle met in Bournemouth , England, where they discovered a mutual appreciation of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley . [2] Two years later, after taking the name Shelleyan Orphan from the Shelley poem Spirit of Solitude , the pair moved to London to seek out orchestral elements to add to their voices. In June 1984, the band got their first break and landed a session with Richard Skinner fo...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 681
The Wolfhounds special with Andy Golding in conversation with David Eastaugh The Wolfhounds began as a slightly askew indie pop/rock band, and signed to the Pink label in 1986. First EP Cut the Cake was well enough received for the NME to include them on their C86 compilation album . After three singles and debut album Unseen Ripples From A Pebble on Pink, they briefly moved to Idea Records for the Me single, then rejoined Pink's boss at his new label September Records. September soon evolved in...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 680
Jeff Bloom + Television Personalities & Rude Mechanicals in conversation with David Eastaugh The Television Personalities are an English post-punk band formed in 1977 by London singer-songwriter Dan Treacy. Their varied, volatile and long career encompasses post punk , neo-psychedelia and indie pop ; the only constant being Treacy's songwriting. Present and former members include Chelsea childhood mates 'Slaughter Joe' Joe Foster , one time best friend Ed Ball (early line-up, later briefly) ...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 679
The Pop Group are an English band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart , guitarist John Waddington , bassist Simon Underwood , guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager , and drummer Bruce Smith . [5] Their work in the late 1970s crossed diverse musical influences including dub , funk , and free jazz with radical politics , helping to pioneer post-punk music. The Pop Group and dub maestro Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell MBE have shared a new track from their forthcoming dub version of The Pop ...
Oct 14, 2021•40 min•Ep. 678
Dub Sex with Mark Hoyle in conversation with David Eastaugh Dub Sex are often cited as one of Manchester’s greatest ‘lost’ bands. Formed in the concrete landscape of 1980s Hulme, their music is appropriately raw and intense, bass-led with wiry guitar patterns swirling around the impassioned vocal style and presence of frontman Mark Hoyle. They came to prominence over the release of five critically acclaimed EPs and mini-albums in the late 80s. John Peel picked up on them from the outset playing ...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 677
Magic Roundabout with Linda Jennings in conversation with David Eastaugh Manchester band 1986-88, releases forthcoming on Third Man Records From Dangerous Minds - The footprint left behind by Manchester’s Magic Roundabout was a small one. During the band’s incarnation in the later part of the 1980s, they released just one song. “She’s a Waterfall (Parts 1 and 2)” was included on a 1987 fanzine cassette compilation titled Oozing Through The Ozone Layer that was put together by Mark Webber of Pulp...
Oct 08, 2021•39 min•Ep. 676
Cody with Chris Tighe in conversation with David Eastaugh Oxford’s lost electro-gaze hopefuls from the turn of the 21st century. Cody whipped electronica, art pop, shoegaze and post- rock into a stubbornly indefinable but compelling whole. Cody’s unconventional and sinuous songs mixed the emotional ache of Sarah Records with sardonic dissections of globalization, the ambiguities of personal responsibility, and wandering around when it was windy outside.
Oct 08, 2021•52 min•Ep. 675
William Ritchie - 1-2-3 and Clouds - in conversation with David Eastaugh William Ritchie is a British keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of The Satellites, The Premiers, 1-2-3, and Clouds . He is generally acknowledged as being the first keyboard player in rock music to stand and take a leading role, thereby providing a model for others such as Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman . He is also credited as being responsible for rewriting standard songs and arranging music in a style that l...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 674
Whiteout with Eric Lindsay in conversation with David Eastaugh Whiteout were a British rock group from Scotland , who were most famous for their hit "Jackie's Racing". Although they had existed in a different incarnation since the very early 1990s, the band's classic line-up consisted of Andrew Caldwell (vocals), Paul Carroll (bass), Eric Lindsay (guitar) and Stuart Smith (drums). The name came from a slang term for the disorientating effects of alcohol. They were the first guitar band to sign t...
Oct 05, 2021•58 min•Ep. 673
Duncan Hannah in conversation with David Eastaugh Celebrated painter Duncan Hannah arrived in New York City from Minneapolis in the early 1970s as an art student hungry for experience, game for almost anything, and with a prodigious taste for drugs, girls, alcohol, movies, rock and roll, books, parties, and everything else the city had to offer. Taken directly from the notebooks Hannah kept throughout the decade, Twentieth-Century Boy is a fascinating, sometimes lurid, and incredibly entertainin...
Oct 01, 2021•57 min•Ep. 672
Party Day with Carl Firth in conversation with David Eastaugh Party Day were an English goth / indie rock band formed in 1981 in Wombwell near Barnsley , South Yorkshire , England, originally a four-piece consisting of guitarists Martin Steele, Greg Firth, bassist Carl Firth and drummer, Mick Baker. Their sound was described as being "hard knuckleduster goth with post-punk overtones". The band were formerly called 'Further Experiments' (1979–81) [2] but refocussed as Party Day. They released the...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 671
Gerry Leonard is an Irish lead guitarist and solo artist, known for his harmonic and ambient guitar style and for his work with David Bowie featuring on the Heathen , Reality and The Next Day albums. He works a lot with Suzanne Vega , touring with her effectively as a duo; he produced and is given writing credits on all the songs on her album, Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles (Amanuensis Productions, 2014)....
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 670
Carmen with David Clark Allen in conversation with David Eastaugh The group was founded by David Clark Allen, a Mexican/American Californian trained in flamenco guitar. Originally a seven-member band in Los Angeles, the band relocated to London, England, in January 1973, where the personnel soon stabilized as a quintet . In London, they became friendly with several rock stars of the time, including David Bowie - who introduced them internationally by including them on his Midnight Special '1984 ...
Sep 24, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 669
Bitch Magnet with Jon Fine in conversation with David Eastaugh Bitch Magnet was an American post-hardcore band who formed in 1986 at Oberlin College in Ohio and later moved to North Carolina, United States. They released their first record in 1988. All of the band's albums were released on Communion Records in the US; they were also signed to the European labels Shigaku/What Goes On and Glitterhouse. The band disbanded in 1991.
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 668
The band's first single, "I Think I Need Help", was released in April 1982. [2] In January 1983, "More Than a Dream" was re-issued as their first single for EMI . Several more singles and two albums, Get Out and Walk and With These Hands were released before the band split in 1985, citing the enigmatical reason of "electrical differences". They also recorded notable BBC Sessions at Maida Vale Studios for John Peel , the last of which featured early versions of "Sport for All" and "Heartache" [BB...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 662
Echobelly with Glenn Johansson & Sonya Madan in conversation with David Eastaugh Madan and Johansson first met in a pub, with Sonya expressing her desire to sing in a band "I used to sing to myself as a child. I suppose I had a secret desire to sing", They soon teamed up with bass guitarist Alex Keyser and drummer Andy Henderson, who had previously played with PJ Harvey 's band. Guitarist Debbie Smith , formerly of Curve , came on board in 1994. According to the Epic Records ' website, the g...
Sep 13, 2021•45 min•Ep. 661
Bruce Thomas - Elvis Costello & The Attractions & Suzanne Vega - in conversation with David Eastaugh English rock bass guitarist, best known as bassist for the Attractions ; the band formed in 1977 to back Elvis Costello in concert and on record . In addition to his work with the Attractions, Thomas has recorded with Billy Bragg , John Wesley Harding , Suzanne Vega , and Tasmin Archer . Played with the bands Bitter Sweet and Bodast in the late 1960s and recording with Quiver , the Suther...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 660
Neil Oram in conversation with David Eastaugh In 1956 Oram traveled to Africa where he met musician Mike Gibbs in Salisbury , (now Harare). He played double bass in the Mike Gibbs Quintet with Gibbs on piano, vibes and trombone. A post-concert epiphany where a voice repeatedly told him "Je suis un poet!" led him to take up writing. Oram returned to Britain in 1958 where he ran a jazz café called The House of Sam Widges at 8 D'Arblay Street in Soho , London.The café was known for its jukebox whic...
Sep 06, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 659
Adrian Shaw or Ade Shaw - bass player with Hawkwind, Bevis Frond, Arthur Brown - in conversation with David Eastaugh Ade Shaw, is a musician primarily working in the psychedelic field. He has a long history dating back to the 1960s working with such acts as Hawkwind , Country Joe McDonald , Arthur Brown , and the Deviants . Shaw played bass for former Tyrannosaurus Rex percussionist Steve Peregrin Took 's band in 1974 and three years later, while appearing with Hawkwind on the former other half ...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 658
