Mike Howlett in conversation with David Eastaugh Howlett was the bassist in Sydney pop band the Affair, which included vocalist Kerrie Biddell . The group travelled to England after winning a prize in the Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds band competition. Howlett settled in London and in 1973 joined renowned British progressive rock group Gong, which had been founded by an Australian Daevid Allen. He remained with Gong until 1977, recording several albums with them and co-writing much of their mat...
Jul 16, 2025•2 hr 50 min•Ep. 1213
Michael Kerr in conversation with David Eastaugh https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/pre-052-the-motorcycle-boy-john-peel-session-140987 The band consisted of Alex Taylor (vocals, formerly of Shop Assistants), Paul McDermott (drums), Michael Kerr (guitar), and Eddy Connelly (bass) (all formerly of Meat Whiplash), and David "Scottie" Scott (guitar). They were signed by Rough Trade Records, who issued their debut single, "Big Rock Candy Mountain", which reached number 2 in the UK...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 1212
Zander Schloss in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/zander.schloss http://www.circlejerks.net/Home/ https://www.blindowlsd.com/zander-schloss American musician, actor and composer. He is known as bass player for the Circle Jerks, the Weirdos, his many collaborations with Joe Strummer musically and in film and for his contributions to independent feature films. His first screen appearance was as "Kevin the Nerd" in Repo Man . He went on to appear in a number of Alex Cox fi...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 1211
Gail Petersen in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.thecatholicgirls.net/ The Catholic Girls are a hard rocking all female band from New Jersey. The Catholic Girls are: Gail Petersen (lead vocals/rhythm guitar) Roxy Andersen (lead guitar/backing vocals) Doreen Holmes (drums and percussion)
Jul 01, 2025•36 min•Ep. 1210
Bob Bert in conversation with David Eastaugh Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, Bert initially came to prominence as drummer for the experimental rock band Sonic Youth during the early to mid-1980s. Bert played on the Sonic Youth releases Confusion Is Sex , Sonic Death , and Bad Moon Rising . After Bad Moon Rising , Bert quit the group. Bert contributed during the last half of the 1980s as percussionist for noise band Pussy Galore . In the early 1990s, Bert drummed for the Chrome Cranks (which also i...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 1209
Casino Steel in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/casinosteel https://www.theboys.co.uk The Hollywood Brats were a British glam rock and protopunk band in the early 1970s. They found little commercial success at the time, and split up in 1974, but are regarded as influential on the later punk rock scene.
Jun 21, 2025•53 min•Ep. 1208
Peter Holsapple in conversation with David Eastaugh https://peter-holsapple.bandcamp.com/album/the-face-of-68 https://label51recordings.com/peter-holsapple/ American musician who, along with Chris Stamey, formed the dB's. He became the band's principal songwriter and singer after Stamey's departure. The band, with Stamey back in the fold, reformed with new material in 2005–2006. After the dB's disbanded in 1988, Holsapple played as an auxiliary musician with R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish,...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 1207
Markus Zizenbacher in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/2916/ A blazingly colourful and exuberantly transgressive personality who dazzled Los Angeles' underground musical and artistic scenes in the late-1990s and 2000s, Sean DeLear (1964-2017) suddenly emerged as a genuinely seminal cultural figure via the posthumous 2022 publication of their intimate and explicit teenage diaries from 1979. I Could Not Believe It joyously chronicles the experiences of a yo...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1206
Jonathan Segel in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.jonathansegel.com/ https://campervanbeethoven.com/home Segel joined the indie rock group Camper Van Beethoven in 1984, while in college at Santa Cruz. His contributions as violinist became the band's hallmark, creating a distinctive identity and sound n addition to the revived Camper Van Beethoven, Segel records solo projects and leads the Jonathan Segel band, performs improvisational electronic or avant-garde music (either solo or, ...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 1205
Patrick Dougher in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.godbodyart.com/new-page-3 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/patrick-dougher/concrete-dreamland/9780316571043/ https://lionsgatesound88.bandcamp.com/album/algorhythm Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC's history. Often neglected as a child by his parents-a father who struggled with alcohol addiction and an overworked mother who struggled to mak...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 1204
Peter Coyne in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.thegodfathersofficial.com/ 2025 sees The Godfathers celebrate the historic milestone of the 40th anniversary since their formation with multiple record releases as well as tours & festivals across the UK, Europe and around the world. An 18-track compilation entitled Electric Déjà Vu featuring numbers personally selected by The Godfathers’ founder and frontman Peter Coyne from the band’s three most recent critically acclaimed studio ...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1203
Brian Bilston in conversation with David Eastaugh https://brianbilston.com/ https://catenarywires.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-made-by-humans-by-brian-bilston-and-the-catenary-wires Bilston has published three collections of verse, You Took the Last Bus Home (2016); Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love? (2021); and Days Like These: An Alternative Guide to the Year in 366 Poems (2022). He has also written a book of football poems, 50 Ways to Score a Goal (2021). His first novel, Diary of a Somebo...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 1201
Jeff Trott in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.jefftrott.com/ Perhaps most well-known for his collaborations with American singer Sheryl Crow, having co-written some of her biggest hits, including "If It Makes You Happy", "Everyday Is a Winding Road", and "Soak Up the Sun"; he also produced tracks on her albums C'mon, C'mon , Wildflower , Be Myself , and Threads . Trott won the BMI Songwriter of the Year award in 1998....
Jun 04, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 1200
David Walker in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/groups/952963613406389 https://www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=2806 Manchester-based indie four-piece, active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Three members went on to form Brassy.
May 28, 2025•44 min•Ep. 1199
Robert Dean in conversation with David Eastaugh https://lightofdaycr.bandcamp.com/album/dimensions https://vivabeat.bandcamp.com/album/the-house-is-burning-the-best-of-vivabeat https://vivabeat.bandcamp.com/album/party-in-the-war-zone-expanded https://robertdeanmartinbirke.bandcamp.com/album/triptych Perhaps best known as the original guitarist in the British band Japan. Upon leaving the group after the "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" album, Robert provided guitar backing to a number of artists inclu...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 1198
Dominic Silvani in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/people/Dominic-Silvani-Music/100037388325690/ Formed by Dominic Silvani, Penelope's Web were around for some years between the mid 80's - early 90's. During that time the band released two 12" singles. 'The Gap' EP was put out on their own label in 1987. At the end of the 80's the band signed to Cherry Red for their second EP which was released eventually in 1990. A compilation album, "Retrospective 86-89", was released...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1197
Mark Goodall in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Young-Things-philosophy-records/dp/3955752372 https://rudolfrocker.bandcamp.com/ el records was created in 1984 by Mike Alway. Alway was A&R man for Cherry Red signing artists such as Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set and Felt. Alway left Cherry Red to help run Blanco Y Negro (an offshoot of WEA) but soon felt constrained but the conservativism of the commercial music sector and left to set up his own ...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 1196
Derek Shulman in conversation with David Eastaugh https://gentlegiantband.com/ ‘Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience’, will be released across several formats including double CD, triple vinyl, Blu-Ray and digital download. The album has been remastered and painstakingly remixed from the original source tapes by Dan Bornemark with the Blu Ray containing a stereo 96/24 bit mix, 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Atmos mixes. You can purchase the album here: https://gentlegiantuk.lnk.to/PTF Co...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 1195
John Wills in conversation with David Eastaugh https://pumajaw1.bandcamp.com/ Multi-instrumentalist John Wills has been a member of two British bands, 'Loop' and 'Hair & Skin Trading Company'. He is a long time collaborator of Pinkie Maclure. Together, they are working under several aliases including 'Hello', 'Fingerfood', 'Lumen' and 'Pumajaw'.
May 14, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 1194
Sarah Jane Morris in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.sarahjanemorris.co.uk/home The Sisterhood is ten songs I have written with my right hand man Tony Remy about the lives of ten female singers and singer-songwriters who have inspired me over the years and who have made their marks on musical history. Bessie, Billie, Miriam, Nina, Aretha, Janis, Joni, Ricky-Lee, Annie, Kate – who needs a second name in company like this? Pioneers of Music, we have respectfully researched the lives o...
May 11, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 1193
Greg Keeffe in conversation with David Eastaugh https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/peel-sessions-84-86 Big Flame (often rendered bIG*fLAME) were a post-punk/indie rock three piece band, based in Manchester, England, and active from 1983 to 1986. The members were Alan Brown (bass, vocals), Greg Keeffe (guitar) and Dil Green (drums). After a debut EP ("Sink") on their own Laughing Gun label, they joined the Ron Johnson roster for a series of mid-1980s singles as well as an appea...
May 10, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 1192
Knox Chandler in conversation with David Eastaugh https://knoxchandlermusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/knox.chandler.3/ Knox Chandler’s career has spanned for over four decades including long stints as a member of The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Cyndi Lauper band, extraordinary experiences in recording and performing live around the world. The Sound is the new debut album from Chandler - at the core is Chandler’s “Soundribbon” style of meditative, powerfully cinematic ...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 1191
Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.vickipetersonandjohncowsill.com/ ‘Long After The Fire’ sees Vicki Peterson of The Bangles (whose work includes worldwide smash hits such as ‘Eternal Flame’ and ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’) team up with John Cowsill, drummer/vocalist for The Beach Boys for over 23 years and an original member of the platinum-selling family band The Cowsills, Their debut album as a duo, ‘Long After The Fire' is a set of Americana songs w...
May 01, 2025•50 min•Ep. 1190
David J Haskins in conversation with David Eastaugh https://davidjhaskins.com/music Both album & book are being released 6th June 2025 The Mother Tree is a poignant five-track album featuring David reciting his poetry to the accompaniment of lush, dramatic, atmospheric music, showcasing his multidimensional musical artistry. The bulk of the title piece was composed over the course of 3 days, in a remote part of Massachusetts where he was living in 1997, this following the passing of his moth...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1189
Martin Vincent in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/groups/44800212324 Band members included Mike West (vocals and guitar) Sheila Seal (bass), Martin Vincent (guitar and harmonica), and Howard Goody (drums). The band members had little in common with most Manchester bands. Goody was a graduate of Winchester School of Art. Vincent had been an art critic and painter. Seal, a Glaswegian, was a classically trained musician who had run an art gallery. West, who wrote the songs...
Apr 27, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 1176
Ben Devenezia in conversation with David Eastaugh The Story "Where the Kids Still Scream" explores the evolving spirit of New York City's punk scene and asks: Does punk still hold true to its roots? Has the ethos of the '70s–'90s been diluted or reshaped in the internet age? Is it still possible to live a punk lifestyle in 2025? Through interviews with legendary voices from the past and present, this documentary dives deep into what punk meant, what it still means, and where it might go next. Ki...
Apr 27, 2025•42 min•Ep. 1188
Sally Carr & Ken Andrew in conversation with David Eastaugh https://middleoftheroad-popgroup.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QllFI1jwd8
Apr 19, 2025•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 1187
Robert Darlington in conversation with David Eastaugh https://translatorlive.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-today-live-at-the-farm-san-francisco-july-12-1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NhHVZ-320c A celebrated group of the new wave era, Translator has announced details of their first live concert release. Beyond Today: Live at the Farm – San Francisco 1986 arrives May 9 on LP, CD, and download from Liberation Hall . The vinyl LP will feature eight tracks from the final show of the group’s period...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1186
Mic Jogwer in conversation with David Eastaugh https://pinkturnsblue.com/ https://pinkturnsblue.bandcamp.com/album/black-swan Formed in 1985, they were part of the first generation of gothic rock in Germany and released their first LP, If Two Worlds Kiss with a sound reminiscent of new wave with very dark undertones and use of synthesizers, and went to become part of the developing sub-genre of dark wave....
Apr 12, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 1185
Paul Roland in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.paulroland.info/ https://paulroland.net/ English singer-songwriter, author and music journalist. Roland typically writes his songs in the form of stories, often addressing historical figures, characters from literature and film, or his own creations. He has explored genres including gothic rock , psychedelic pop , folk and baroque . Described by Music Week as a " psychedelic cult celebrity ", Roland has enjoyed an underground career as o...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 1184
