Billy Morrison in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.billymorrison.net/ https://billymorrison.bigcartel.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ayUXrZaaHA British guitarist and singer, who plays guitar with Billy Idol and performs with the Los Angeles–based cover band Royal Machines. Morrison previously played with Camp Freddy and fronted the hard rock act Circus Diablo . He has also toured with the Cult . For THE MORRISON PROJECT—his third solo album and first since 2015—he has assembled...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1029
Andy Ellison in conversation with David Eastaugh https://easyaction.co.uk/product/andy-ellison-stunt-rocker-book/ Autobiography of one of rock music’s ‘Enfant Terrible’...from the mod beat of the mid 60s, Psychedelic Pop of the late 60s glam rock of the mid seventies punk rock of the late seventies. Andy Ellison fronted many cult bands like John’s Children (with Marc Bolan) Jet with members of Sparks and Roxy Music, The Radio Stars, all of which would see Andy performing hanging from Lighting ri...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 1028
David Owen in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.theinkcorporation.co.uk/ From Leeds, England. The group named itself after the poem by T. S. Eliot . The members were David Ashmoore on vocals, Choque on guitar, Howard Taylor on bass, Brian E Roberts on guitar and Jonny Cragg on drums. Between 1985 and 1994 The Hollow Men released four albums . Starting out as a two piece for the first single "Late Flowering Lust" (featuring session bassist John Dean) David Ashmoore (David Owen) and Choq...
Mar 09, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 1027
John Fiddler in conversation with David Eastaugh https://medicinehead.rocks/ Fiddler and Hope-Evans met while attending Wednesfield Grammar School , and later Stafford Art School and began performing together on an informal basis. In or around 1968, they began performing the blues and rock and roll songs in pubs and clubs in and around Birmingham . Radio DJ John Peel saw Fiddler and Hope-Evans perform at the Lafayette Club and later shared their music with John Lennon , Eric Clapton and Pete Tow...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 1026
Peter Case in conversation with David Eastaugh https://petercase.com/ Case was born in Buffalo , New York. He wrote his first song "Stay Away," in 1965, at the age of eleven. A veteran of several rock bands and the local bar scene as a teenager, Case dropped out of high school when he was fifteen (he would later earn a GED), and after several years of traveling arrived in 1973 in San Francisco , where he performed as a street musician. During this period a documentary about the local music scene...
Mar 04, 2024•43 min•Ep. 1025
Nick Laird-Clowes in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-dream-academy-religion-revolution-railways-7cd-box-set/ Seven CD box set of the complete recordings of The Dream Academy. Featuring their three official albums and including all official B-sides and remixes and unreleased tracks. The band’s Nick Laird-Clowes has searched the Warner Bros archives to find rarities and unreleased tracks and has been closely involved with remastering, creating all new artwo...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 1024
Sid Griffin in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.sidgriffin.com/ https://www.thelongryders.com/ American singer, songwriter, guitarist-mandolinist, bandleader, and author. He led the Long Ryders band in the 1980s, founded the Coal Porters group in the 1990s, has recorded several solo albums and is the author of volumes on Bob Dylan , Gram Parsons and bluegrass music . In 2022, Sid Griffin was on hand to accept the International Trailblazers Award on behalf of the Long Ryders from the ...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1023
Ivan Doroschuk in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.safetydance.com/ Men Without Hats are a Canadian new wave and synth-pop band, originally from Montreal, Quebec. Their music is characterized by the voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk , as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing. They achieved their greatest popularity in the 1980s with " The Safety Dance ", a worldwide top ten hit (No. 3 in the United States), and " Pop Goes the World ". After a h...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 1022
Rob Harvilla in conversation with David Eastaugh https://robharvilla.com/ The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney. In 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90s, Ringer music critic Rob Harvilla reimagines all the earwormy, iconic hits Gen Xers pine for with vivid historical storytellin...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1021
Bob Andrews in conversation with David Eastaugh http://neworleanspiano.com/ http://neworleanspiano.com/minaandbob.html Bob Andrews - I grew up in the thick of the 60's British music scene, beginning my musical career in 1966, and spent thirteen years on the road honing my Hammond organ and piano skills with cult bands BRINSLEY SCHWARZ and GRAHAM PARKER and THE RUMOUR. In the 80’s as a producer my credits included “THERE SHE GOES” by The La’s and UK top ten hits for THE BLUEBELLS and several STIF...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 1020
Roy in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7gDxQ0FudI The Bambi Slam were a UK based Canadian-British quartet with an unusual instrumental lineup of guitar, cello, bass, drums, led by singer/guitarist Roy and featuring cellist Linda Miller and drummer Nick Maynard. By the time of the release of the first full-length album, The Bambi Slam, in 1988, the group had splintered, leaving the Bambi Slam as a Feldon solo project. (The album credit reads, "Written, produced, ...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 1019
John Sparrow in conversation with David Eastaugh Long-time drummer and percussionist of iconic folk punk band Violent Femmes, John Sparrow has spent his life steeped in a wild mélange of music. John joined Violent Femmes in 2005 as a member of the Horns of Dilemma, playing cajon. In 2016 he made his drumming debut with the band, playing a Weber Grill as part of his drum kit on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Several other notable performances with Violent Femmes include headlining Coachell...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1018
Andy Shernoff in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.andyshernoff.com/ Founding member of The Dictators, one of the original New York punk bands, in which he wrote nearly all of the songs, played bass guitar and keyboards, and sang backing vocals and occasional leads. He has been involved with a variety of other musical projects, most notably the heavily Dictators-populated Manitoba's Wild Kingdom and Joey Ramone's first studio album, Don't Worry About Me....
Feb 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1017
Gemma Townley in conversation with David Eastaugh https://blueboy.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063570168121 https://www.janeduffus.com/sarah-records Originally a duo of Keith Girdler (vocals) and Paul Stewart (guitars), Blueboy rose from the ashes of Reading band Feverfew. Mark Cousens (bass), Gemma Townley (cello, vocals), Lloyd Haggar (drums) and ex-Field Mouse Harvey Williams (guitar) joined the line-up, with Martin Rose later taking over on drums. They released si...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 1016
Ali Smith in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.alismith.com/ https://www.blackstoneindie.com/the-ballad-of-speedball-baby-gkno.html#541=2790081 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/05/ali-smiths-90s-new-york-punk-scene-in-pictures The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, extremely funny, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith―coming of age in ’90s New York―who commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows so...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 1015
Allan Crockford in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.thegalileo7.co.uk/ The Prisoners - British 1960s garage/mod/R'n'B-inspired band formed in early 1980 in Chatham, Kent, England as a three-piece. James Taylor joined early 1982 after he saw The Prisoners for the first time around Christmas 1981. Signed to Countdown (an offshot / subsidiary of Stiff Records) in the second half of 1985, but later decided to disband in 1986 following the parent label's bankruptcy. Last gig before several...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 1014
Andy Spinoza in conversation with David Eastaugh https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174062/ At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban regions in Europe. This book offers a first-hand account of what happened in between. Arriving in Manchester as a wide-eyed student in 1979, Andy Spinoza went on to establish the arts magazine City Life ...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 1013
Larry Schemel in conversation with David Eastaugh One time member of the Death Valley Girls - American rock band formed in 2013 in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of vocalist and keyboardist Bonnie Bloomgarden, guitarist Larry Schemel, bassist Sammy Westervelt, and drummer Rikki Styxx. Now entering a new musical phase. Kill Sybil were a five piece from Seattle; three chicks and two dicks, as they liked to say. Girl-pop reverb hell on shitty equipment, powered by Schmidt beer. They sta...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 1012
Iain Matthews in conversation with David Eastaugh http://iainmatthews.nl/ Iain Matthews first gained attention as a founding member and vocalist for the innovative Fairport Convention’s first three albums, changing the voice of folk music in his country. He moved on to create Matthews’ Southern Comfort, exploring his interest in American music. They had a No 1 hit in the UK with Joni Mitchell’s ‘Woodstock’. Never one to stand still for very long Iain moved on during the 1970’s with another group...
Jan 28, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 1011
Frank Secich in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.highvoltagepublishing.com/product/frank-secich-not-that-way-anymore https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-That-Anymore-Frank-Secich/dp/0994629060 Blue Ash is an American band, formed in Ohio in the summer of 1969 by bassist Frank Secich & vocalist Jim Kendzor. Guitarist Bill Yendrek and drummer David Evans were recruited later that summer. The band debuted at "The Freak Out", a club in Youngstown, Ohio, on October 3, 1969. They gained a loy...
Jan 26, 2024•56 min•Ep. 1010
Greg Roberts in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.dreadzone.com/ He was a member of Big Audio Dynamite from 1984 to 1990, a band led by , former lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the Clash. He went on to form Screaming Target in 1991 with ex-Big Audio Dynamite members Don Letts and Leo "E-Zee Kill" Williams, then started Dreadzone with Tim Bran, Williams and Dan Donovan , another former Big Audio Dynamite member. Dreadzone had a No. 20 hit in the with "Little Britain" in 1996. D...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 1009
Wendy Houstoun in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.wendyhoustoun.com/ Edgehill University Performance coming up. You can book for this show - or Manchester Lowry 14th March 8.00 pm or Soho Theatre March 20th-23rd 7.00 pm Wendy Houstoun is a director, choreographer and performance maker who was worked with experimental movement and theatre forms since 1980. Her solo works Haunted Daunted and Flaunted, Happy Hour , The 48 Almost Love Lyrics , Desert Island Dances and 50 ACTS have all t...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 1008
Robert Hecker in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.itsoktheband.com/ Played lead guitar and sang with Redd Kross from 1984 to 1991, and again from 2006 to the present, in addition to occasional on-stage reunions throughout the 1990s. He has also played guitar and sang with the band It's OK! since 1992. As of 2013, he no longer actively tours with Redd Kross , but continues to perform live with It's OK! It’s OK! is/are: Robert Hecker (chameleon-voiced guitar guru, Redd Kross), Ellen Roo...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 1007
Dave Hill in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.davehillslade.com/the-band Without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 50 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock'n'roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash hits...plus 6 smash albums, Slade have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world. SLADE'S chart career has spanned 6 decades and their enduri...
Jan 16, 2024•50 min•Ep. 1006
Desmond Child in conversation with David Eastaugh https://desmondchild.com/ Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated songwriter Desmond Child is one of music’s most prolific and accomplished hitmakers. He’s a film, television, theater and music producer, recording artist, performer, and author. His credits appear on more than eighty Billboard Top 40 singles spanning six decades, including “Livin’ On A Prayer,” “You Give Love A Bad Name,” “I Was Made For Lovin’ You,” “Dude Looks Like A Lady,” “How Can W...
Jan 14, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 1005
Elizabeth Bruce in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.evergreendazed.com/ https://evergreendazed.bandcamp.com/ Evergreen Dazed were formed in Leicester, England, in 1991, when Elizabeth Bruce, a US student on a year long exchange, answered a 'vocalist wanted' advert by Mark Turrell. They found an instant chemistry between his dreamy pop tunes and her smoky, jazz-tinged vocals, which can be heard on their first album, 'Cloudbeams In Your Eye' (CBBMLP3). This was recorded at home and rele...
Jan 14, 2024•45 min•Ep. 1004
Steve Almaas in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.discogs.com/artist/633930-Steve-Almaas https://www.facebook.com/salmaas The Suicide Commandos are an American punk rock trio from Minneapolis . They formed in 1975 and released two 7-inch EPs on an indie label in 1976 and 1977 before signing with Blank Records (a subsidiary label of Mercury Records ) in 1977 and releasing one album, Make a Record . Despite their short original 4-year stint together, the Suicide Commandos are considered...
Jan 09, 2024•57 min•Ep. 1003
Caroline Azar & G.B. Jones in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYSvRgOMKKIY6SktAeGdFgg Their first vinyl release was the 7" Boy-Girl EP produced in 1983 by Voicepondence Records. The name of their first full-length recording To Sir With Hate was a play on the theme song from the British school film Produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda, it is now considered a classic of Canadian music; at the 2016 Polaris Music Prize it was named a shortlisted nominee in the 1...
Jan 06, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 1002
Robert Sellers and Nick Pendleton in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.paradiseroad.co.uk/marquee-the-story-of-the-worlds-greatest-music-venue Marquee: The Story of the World’s Greatest Music Venue tells the story of both the music club and the festival, from the birth of the club in 1958 and festival in 1961, through to their sale by original owners Harold and Barbara Pendleton thirty years later. Hardback, 320 pages, with 49 black & white illustrations The Marquee is the most fam...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 1001
Terry Newman in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/taylor-swift/ Terry Newman worked in the fashion industry for more than 20 years, both as an editor at i-D, Attitude , and Self Service and as a contributing writer for newspapers including the Guardian , the Independent , the Times , and the Sunday Times . Taylor Swift is the quintessential millennial. Free-thinking and creative, she navigates pop stardom with boundless charisma and a keen eye on her digital pr...
Dec 30, 2023•39 min•Ep. 1000
