Will Carruthers - Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized - in conversation with David Eastaugh BOOK - Playing the Bass With Three Left Hands https://willcarruthers.squarespace.com Will Carruthers is a bassist who has played music with Spacemen 3 , Spiritualized , the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spectrum, and others....
Tobi Vail - Bikini Kill & The Real Distractions - in conversation with David Eastaugh The Real Distractions is a co-release between Perennial and K this is international pop underground vol. CXLVIII. Featuring Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill, Frumpies, Spider and the Webs and MODs) as well as scene stalwarts Ricky Meyer (Rik and the Pigs), Peter David Connelly (the mona reels, Bangs, Quayde le Hue) and newcomer KT Ballard. Bikini Kill is an American punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington , in O...
David Westlake - The Servants - in conversation with David Eastaugh New album - My Beautiful England - out autumn 2022 David Westlake formed indie band the Servants in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex , England. The Servants appeared on 1986’s NME -associated C86 compilation, and the band was from 1986 to 1991 the original home of Luke Haines . Haines describes David Westlake's first solo album, 1987's Westlake , as "a minor classic". Westlake's second solo album, 2002's Play Dusty for Me , was released...
Rudy Tambala - A.R. Kane - with David Eastaugh British musical duo formed in 1986 by Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala. After releasing two early EPs to critical acclaim, the group topped the UK Independent Chart with their debut album 69 (1988). Their second album, "i" (1989), was also a top 10 hit. They were also part of the one-off collaboration MARRS , whose surprise dance hit " Pump Up the Volume " was released in 1987. Ayuli is believed to have coined the term " dreampop " in the late 1980s to d...
Gordon King - World of Twist - in conversation with David Eastaugh New book - When Does The Mind-Bending Start? by Gordon King A short lived 1986 version of World of Twist featured Gordon King (vocalist and co-songwriter), Tony Ogden (co-songwriter), Andy Hobson (Bass, Keyboards), Neil Drabble (visuals). The 1989 version of World Of Twist featured Ogden (now vocalist and co-songwriter), King (guitar and co-songwriter), and Hobson (synthesisers) joined by Alan Frost (visual effects, synthesisers)...
Nige Tassell -Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?: An Indie Odyssey - in conversation with David Eastaugh In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twenty-two independently signed guitar-based bands, C86 was the sound and ethos that defined a generation. It was also arguably the point at which 'indie' was born. But what happened next to all those musical dreamers?
Bid - The Monochrome Set - in conversation with David Eastaugh The Monochrome Set was formed in London in 1978 from the remnants of a college group called The B-Sides, whose members had included Stuart Goddard, later known as Adam Ant . Their first live gig was on 15 Feb 1978, at Westfield College in London. The original line-up consisted of Indian-born lead singer and principal songwriter Bid (real name Ganesh Seshadri), Canadian guitarist Lester Square (real name Thomas W.B. Hardy), drummer Jo...
Nick Evans - Elemental Records & Dawn Song - in conversation with David Eastaugh Has a new album out - Dawn Song & the album is titled 'For Morgan'. Elemental Records Was a division of Workers Playtime Music Co. in the early 1990s, then became a subsidiary of One Little Indian .
Lawrence - Felt, Denim & Go-Kart Mozart - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://shop.bfi.org.uk/lawrence-of-belgravia-blu-ray.html Felt released ten albums in the 1980s, and Lawrence was the only constant member of the band from its inception in 1979 to its dissolution in 1989, though he doesn't appear at all on the band's penultimate album, Train Above The City , despite being present at the recording sessions. During his time in the band, he served as lyricist and co-songwriter, toge...
Pleasant Gehman in conversation with David Eastaugh https://pleasantgehman.com/tarotreadings/ Pleasant Gehman is a true renaissance woman. A lifelong multi-disciplinary artist, she is a writer, professional dancer, actor, psychic, musician and painter; she has often been called “a force of nature”. A Hollywood rock ‘n’ roll icon, during the 1970’s, she was one of the first punks in Los Angeles, documenting the scene she helped create in her fanzine Lobotomy , which lead to writing for the top ma...
Dave Trumfio - The Pulsars - in conversation with David Eastaugh kingsizesoundlabs.com American record producer, mixer, engineer and musician, best known for his production work with artists such as Wilco and his recordings with his own band The Pulsars . Trumfio was the frontman in the 90's new-wave band The Pulsars, in which he did "everything but play the drums", his brother Harry acting as the band's drummer. After releasing their debut single, the band signed to Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss '...
Greg Jarvis - The Flowers of Hell - in conversation with David Eastaugh The Flowers of Hell are a transatlantic experimental orchestra made up of a revolving line-up of 16 or so independent musicians based in Toronto and London. Their mostly instrumental sound builds bridges between classical music and post-rock , shoegaze , space rock and drone music , often resulting in their being described as an orchestral extension of the work of The Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3 . They are led by synes...
Vince Rogers - Testcard F - in conversation with David Eastaugh Norwich, experimental synth pop band formed in 1981 - formed in the early 1980s at the UEA. Famously had an indie chart hit with Bandwagon Tango. They completed a second EP and also did a Peel Session. Before releasing solo material as alpha seven, Pete used to be in Testcard F, an early experimental synth pop outfit based in Norwich, reaching the dizzy heights of a Peel session in 1982 and two singles on the Backs record label. Ins...
Paul 'Bee' Hampshire - Into A Circle, Futon, Getting The Fear, & Panache in conversation with David Eastaugh thebeenow.com Bee left school at 16 to form his first band the Danse Society. He moved to London to join a pop band, which really did become big in Japan. Bee spent his time there doing tours, TV shows, and dodging crazy fans. During his club kid days in London, he ran the door at London’s first fetish club SKIN2. Shifting his focus back to the UK, Bee hooked up with Psychic TV. He te...
Anne Mari - The Field Mice, Lightning In A Twilight Hour & Trembling Blue Stars - in conversation with David Eastaugh Lightning In A Twilight Hour is an alias of The Field Mice and Trembling Blue Stars’ frontman Bobby Wratten, one of indie-pop’s most undervalued cult figures. The project’s second album ‘Overwintering’ was co-produced by Ian Catt, with Field Mice lieutenants Anne Mari Davies (vocals) and Michael Hiscocks (bass) featured throughout the album.
Benjamin Berton author of a new book on Daniel Treacy in conversation with David Eastaugh "Dreamworld: The Fabulous Life of Daniel Treacy and his Band Television Personalities" London 1977: Daniel Treacy drops out of school, bored to death. Thanks to a few pounds sterling, lent to him by his parents, he records a few songs with friends and sends the finished single to the legendary radio DJ John Peel, who is immediately thrilled - the Television Personalities are born .. In the turbulent life of...
Alan Rider - Stress, Dance Naked & Attrition - in conversation with David Eastaugh Alan Rider is a musician and editor of iconic 1980s Coventry post-punk fanzine Adventures in Reality . He also co-edited 1980s Coventry Agit-Zine Not The Jobhunter, produced one off Coventry fanzines Certain Substances, Sticky Fingers , and Negative Response as well as contributing regularly to national music publications including Spiral Scratch and NME . Alan and Adventures in Reality were featured in the 19...
Robert Courtney - Skin Patrol & One Million Fuzztone - in conversation with David Eastaugh Skin Patrol became One Million Fuzztone Guitars in 1981 and released two singles “Heaven / Annuese” and “Men’s Hearts / Creepy Crawl” and an LP “26″ all now remastered and re-released on Cherry Red Records. Rock Section was remixed by Julian Cope And Andrew Weatherall in 2014 as Dayglo Maradona. One Million Fuzztone Guitars/Skin Patrol continue to record and release new material on TuneCore/BMI....
Lolly Hayes (Lorraine Hayward) - Johnny Boy & Sister Lover - in conversation with David Eastaugh Formed in 2002, Johnny Boy took their name from Robert De Niro ’s character in Martin Scorsese 's film , Mean Streets . Their debut single , "Johnny Boy Theme" featured Scorsese's opening voice-over from the film. Their single "You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve" was produced by James Dean Bradfield (of Manic Street Preachers ) and achieved critical acclaim...
Philip Drucker - 17 Pygmies, Savage Republic, Them Rhythm Ants - in conversation with David Eastaugh
John Buck - The Polecats - in conversation with David Eastaugh The band were first signed by the fledgling British rockabilly record label Nervous Records , and recorded their first single "Rockabilly Guy" at guitarist Alan Warner's "Lane Studios" in 1979. Formerly with the "Foundations" band, Warner toured and recorded with the Polecats for about a year. In 1980, the band signed to Mercury Records , and released their most successful LP, Polecats Are Go! They had UK chart success with a David B...
Claire Hamill in conversation with David Eastaugh www.clairehamill.co.uk Active in the music business since age 17. In 1971, she was launched as one of Britain's first female singer-songwriters. Shortly following the release of her debut album, One House Left Standing , Hamill went on her first UK tour, supporting John Martyn . She performed at the Concert 10 festival in the United States July 1972 before a crowd of 200,000. By 1973, she had toured the United States with Procol Harum and Jethro ...
Tony Sales - Iggy Pop and David Bowie/Tin Machine - in conversation with David Eastaugh Son of 1950s/'60s TV comedian Soupy Sales and younger brother, Hunt Sales Tony and Hunt went on to work with Chequered Past , David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch , Andy Fraser of Free , Harry Dean Stanton and The Cheap Dates, The Hunt Sales Memorial, Tin Machine (with Bowie), and others from 1989 to 1994. Provided the rhythm section for Pop's album Lust for Life (1977), which was produced by David...
Medicine - Brad Laner - in conversation with David Eastaugh Medicine was formed by ex- Savage Republic drummer Brad Laner , based on some 4-track recordings Laner was working on in 1990. After playing the tapes for music industry representatives, he was told that if he formed a band that sounded like the tapes, he could get a record deal. Laner then assembled a band of musicians from the Los Angeles music scene. Medicine's early lineup included Laner, drummer Jim Goodall (Severed Head in a Bag, ...
Jerome Alexandre - The Deadcuts, Andi Sex Gang, Black Bordello - in conversation with David Eastaugh Deadcuts are an English post punk group formed in 2012 by former Senseless Things front man, Mark Keds (vocals/guitar) and Jerome Alexandre (guitar/backing vocals. Currently playing with the Andi Sex Gang and Black Bordello
Andi Sex Gang in conversation with David Eastaugh Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London , England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, their singles and various other tracks have been packaged into numerous collections, and they remain one of the more well-known bands of the early Batcave scene and have reformed for new albums and touring at various times since the early 1990s....
Martin Carr - The Boo Radleys - in conversation with David Eastaugh In 1990, the band's first album Ichabod and I was released on a small British indie label, Action Records. Although not a commercial success, this release brought the band to the attention of Rough Trade Records , to whom they signed. Almost immediately after the release of the Every Heaven EP in 1991, Rough Trade collapsed and the Boo Radleys were signed by Alan McGee 's Creation Records ....
Rob Miller - Amebix & Tau Cross - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.castlekeep.co.uk English musician and swordsmith. Beginning his musical career in 1978, he is primarily known as the lead vocalist and bass player of pioneering crust punk band Amebix . He also plays in the international supergroup Tau Cross ....
David Conway - My Bloody Valentine - in conversation with David Eastaugh Irish author and former musician. He was the original vocalist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine , which he formed in 1983 with guitarist Kevin Shields and drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig . In 1987, during their minor underground success, Conway left the band and was replaced by Bilinda Butcher . Since 1991, Conway has written four novels, including 2009's Tokyo Gothic and 2010's Celebrity Bedlam , published numerous ...
Anthony Irvine - Iceman - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://iceblocked.co.uk The Iceman’s blocks, when photographed in action, capture a timeless moment often including other human beings in relation to the block at a precise moment on the planet Earth. Ironically, despite their ephemeral state, the ice blocks gain a life of their own by being recorded, and even multiply through the copies sold. Life, death, transformation, hope, despair and time are just some of the themes arising – t...
