DPPOD - Grant Walmsley (aka Grant Walmsley Freebird), formerly of The Screaming Jets, Hang Seng, Agents Of Peace, currently of Grant Walmsley Freebird Blues Band and Monsters Of Rock Down Under talks to DPPOD. Grant talks of growing up in a house full of music and how The Screaming Jets came to be. http://www.facebook.com/grant.walmsley http://www.facebook.com/grant.walmsley.10 http://twitter.com/grantwalmsley http://monstersofrock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/monstersofrockdownunder http://ww...
Aug 07, 2016•2 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 7
DPPOD - Murray Cook AM (aka Murray Wiggle), formerly of The Wiggles, currently of Bang Shang A Lang and The Proposition talks to DPPOD. Murray talks of being introduced to music by television, wanting to play guitar at a young age, moving to Sydney and being immersed by Sydney's music scene, and getting involved with a children's music project at university that would be the inception of The Wiggles. http://www.thewiggles.com http://www.facebook.com/thewiggles http://twitter.com/TheWiggles http:...
Jul 31, 2016•50 min•Season 6Ep. 6
DPPOD - Pete Cooper (aka Pete Porker), of The Porkers talks to DPPOD. Pete talks of how he found music in his youth in Newcastle, seeing Johnny O'Keefe live, finding Ska music in his late teenage years, forming The Pork Hunts which would then have to become The Porkers, and the trials and tribulations of keeping The Porkers going. http://www.theporkers.com.au http://www.facebook.com/ThePorkers http://twitter.com/theporkersband http://www.hardcorelogo.com.au http://www.facebook.com/HardcoreLogo...
Jul 24, 2016•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 5
DPPOD - Charles Cilia, of Charles Cilia Custom Guitars Australia (Cilia Guitars) and formerly the guitarist of bands Jerk and Ink talks to DPPOD. Charles talks of becoming obsessed with guitars when he was a teenager, playing in bands as a teenager, how making his first guitar would eventually lead to a career as a luthier, and how answering a musicians wanted ad in Drum Media would see him become the guitarist in the band Jerk. http://ciliaguitars.com http://www.facebook.com/ciliaguitarsaustral...
Jul 17, 2016•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 4
DPPOD - Dave Larkin, of Dallas Crane, Gun Street Girls and the Dave Larkin Band talks to DPPOD. Dave talks about the music of his youth, the moment he decided to buy a guitar, the life and times of the band Dallas Crane, and of being a graphic designer. http://www.dallascrane.com.au http://www.facebook.com/DallasCraneOfficial http://twitter.com/dallas_crane http://www.facebook.com/Gun-Street-Girls-73030164582 http://twitter.com/gunstreetgirls http://www.facebook.com/davelarkinband1 http://twitte...
Jul 10, 2016•1 hr 29 min•Season 6Ep. 3
DPPOD - Steele Saunders, Melbourne based comedian and prominent Australian comedic podcaster of I Love Green Guide Letters and Steele Wars talks to DPPOD. Steele talks of his skater punk youth, starting a punk zine Return Of The Punk Guy, and how the band Descendents would become the most important band in his life. http://steelesaunders.com http://www.facebook.com/SteeleSaunders http://twitter.com/SteeleSaunders http://ilovegreenguideletters.com http://www.facebook.com/iLoveGreenGuideLetters ht...
Jul 03, 2016•1 hr 43 min•Season 6Ep. 2
DPPOD - David McCormack, of Custard, David McCormack & The Polaroids, formerly of The Titanics, Who's Gerald?, COW, Silver Backwash, Miami, Static Exhale, and The Millionaires (amongst other bands too) talks to DPPOD. David talks of his Brisbane beginnings, finding The Beatles and Devo as a child, his exposure to several musical instruments. The rise, the fall and resurrection of the band Custard. And making a living composing music for cinema and TV at Sonar Music. http://custardband.com ht...
Jun 26, 2016•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 1
DPPOD - Roderick Kempton (aka Wally Kempton and Wally Meanie), of The Meanies, Even and X, and also of Cheersquad management, talks to DPPOD. Wally talks of his music beginnings, booking bands in Melbourne, becoming the bass player in the Meanies and Even, managing bands and the struggles of managing too many bands at once, and how he recently got asked to join X. http://twitter.com/wally_kempton http://themeanies.net http://www.facebook.com/MeaniesAustralia http://www.even.com.au http://www.fac...
Mar 27, 2016•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 7
DPPOD - Russell Hopkinson (aka Rusty Hopkinson), of You Am I and Treatment, previously of Radio Birdman, Nursery Crimes, Vicious Circle, Cremator, The Kryptonics and The Bamboos (among several other bands) talks to DPPOD. Rusty talks of his punk and hardcore origins in Perth, the life and times of You Am I, starting his own record label/distrubution company, and of being the Asia-Pacific representative for Daptone Records. http://youami.com.au http://www.facebook.com/youami http://twitter.com/Th...
Mar 20, 2016•2 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 6
DPPOD - Tony Mott, music photographer talks to DPPOD. Tony talks of how a mere hobby of photography would eventually turn into a profession that would allow him to work with a multitude of musicians. http://tonymott.com http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/events/exhibitions/2015/what_a_life/
Mar 13, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 5
DPPOD - Michael McMartin OAM, of Melody Management, Manager for the Hoodoo Gurus, established Trafalgar Records, and has been involved with several music related organisations such as MMF, IMMF, AAM, PPCA and Support Act talks to DPPOD. Michael talks of seeing Elvis Presley in his youth, releasing records for Radio Birdman and being the manager for the Hoodoo Gurus. http://www.hoodoogurus.net http://www.facebook.com/hoodoogurus...
Mar 06, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 4
DPPOD - Morgana Ancone, formerly of Nitocris, Morgana & The Monstars, The Lady Bites, Fukushima Bang Bang and currently of Boxing With Ghosts and Foo Foo Fa Noo, talks to DPPOD. Morgana talks about her first band Nitocris and playing gigs nearly every weekend for near a decade. The issues of starting your own band and the enthusiasm of still creating music today. http://www.facebook.com/nitocrismusic http://www.facebook.com/Boxing-With-Ghosts-222815744407283 http://twitter.com/bwghosts...
Feb 28, 2016•49 min•Season 5Ep. 3
DPPOD - James Roden, formerly of The City Lights, The John Reed Club, The Morticians and currently of The Cops talks to DPPOD. James talks of growing up with music in Canberra, being in bands, the initial creation of the label Ivy League, and the trials and tribulations of The City Lights. http://www.thecitylights.com.au http://www.facebook.com/thecitylightsaustralia http://thecitylightsaustralia.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/thecopsaustralia http://twitter.com/thecopsoz...
Feb 21, 2016•1 hr 45 min•Season 5Ep. 2
DPPOD - Dave Graney, formerly of The Moodists, Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes, The Dave Graney Show, Dave Graney & Lurid Yellow Mist and currently of Dave Graney & The MistLY (among several other bands) talks to DPPOD. Dave talks about most of bands he has been in, living in the UK, recording albums and touring in Australia. http://www.thedavegraneyshow.com http://www.facebook.com/davegraneymusic http://twitter.com/davegraney http://davegraney.blogspot.com.au http://davegraney1.bandc...
Feb 14, 2016•2 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 1
DPPOD - Ray Ahn, of Hard-Ons, Nunchukka Superfly and The Television Addicts talks to DPPOD. Ray talks of his earliest memories of music as a child in Korea, seeing AC/DC when he was ten years old, deciding to learn bass guitar with a determination to join his mates band, in which he succeeds, a band that would become the Hard-Ons. http://www.hard-ons.net http://www.facebook.com/hardons http://www.facebook.com/NunchukkaSuperfly...
Oct 11, 2015•1 hr 46 min•Season 4Ep. 7
DPPOD - Peter Oxley, of Sunnyboys, Ed Kuepper's band and also formerly of The Sparklers talks to DPPOD. Peter talks of the trials and tribulations of being in the band Sunnyboys, life in music after Sunnyboys demise, the return of Sunnyboys, and the documentary about his brother Jeremy. http://www.facebook.com/SunnyboysFanClub http://thesunnyboy.com.au http://www.facebook.com/thesunnyboydocumentary...
Oct 04, 2015•2 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 6
DPPOD - Justin Hamilton is a Stand-Up Comedian and hosts his own podcast "Can You Take This Photo, Please?", talks to DPPOD. Justin talks of music in his youth, before a fortunate moment of seeing David Bowie live at a gig in Adelaide would change his life and make an everlasting impression. Justin also talks about how he began his career as part of a comedic musical duo. http://www.justinhamilton.com.au http://www.facebook.com/officialjustinhamilton http://twitter.com/justinhamilton_ http://www...
Sep 27, 2015•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 5
DPPOD - Chris Dubrow, formerly of iNsuRge, Soulscraper and currently of Blackbreaks talks to DPPOD. Chris talks about his beginnings of busking in Melbourne, the bands he would be in whilst in Melbourne, then moving to Sydney and forming iNsuRge. Whilst never really leaving music, Chris then goes on to study economics and law, work in politics and in I.T. http://twitter.com/chrisdubrow http://blackbreaks.com http://www.facebook.com/blackbreaks http://twitter.com/Blackbreaks http://www.cdbaby.com...
Sep 20, 2015•2 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
DPPOD - Peter Cox, a Curator at the Museum Of Applied Arts And Sciences (MAAS) Powerhouse Museum talks to DPPOD. Peter talks Australian music history and about music related exhibitions he has previously curated at the museum, exhibitions like "Spinning Around: 50 Years Of Festival Records" and "Real Wild Child: Australian Rock Music Then And Now". http://maas.museum http://www.facebook.com/powerhousemuseum http://twitter.com/maasmuseum...
Sep 13, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 3
DPPOD - Tamara Dawn Bell of HITS, also of Grieg and formerly of Gazoonga Attack talks to DPPOD. Tamara talks of growing up listening to metal in her early teens, before taking an active interest in the bands local to Brisbane. The rise and fall of Gazoonga Attack, and doing the hard yards for a decade in HITS. http://www.facebook.com/HITSGALORE http://hitstheband.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/griegband http://grieg.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gazoonga-Attack/130092903823128...
Sep 06, 2015•46 min•Season 4Ep. 2
DPPOD - Lindy Morrison OAM, formerly of The Go-Betweens, current Artist Director at the PPCA, and also National Welfare Coordinator at Support Act. Lindy talks to DPPOD about Brisbane beginnings, life after The Go-Betweens, law, representing musicians and social work. http://www.ppca.com.au http://www.facebook.com/ppca.official http://twitter.com/ppca http://supportact.org.au http://www.facebook.com/SupportAct http://twitter.com/SupportAct...
Aug 30, 2015•45 min•Season 4Ep. 1
DPPOD - Bob Spencer, formerly of the bands Skyhooks and The Angels, is back for a second time to talk to DPPOD. This time we talk about Bob's life in music after Skyhooks, specifically his time of being in The Angels and beyond. http://www.bobspencer.com.au http://www.facebook.com/BobSpencerExplorations http://www.facebook.com/bobspencermusic http://twitter.com/onebaldbloke http://www.rawbrit.com http://www.facebook.com/RawBritMusic http://www.gottagig.com.au...
Jun 07, 2015•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 6
DPPOD - Jaimie Leonarder (aka Jay Katz) of the Mu-Mesons, The Loop Orchestra, Sounds Of Seduction, Cult Cinema, The Mu-Meson Archives and a DJ (just to name a few things he is involved with) talks to DPPOD. Jaimie talks about growing up in a household full of music and noise, the Mu-Mesons and also being involved in podcasting. http://www.mumeson.org http://www.facebook.com/MuMesonArchivesSydney http://www.facebook.com/groups/13201954991/ http://www.whatdoublejshouldsoundlike.com http://www.face...
May 31, 2015•1 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 5
DPPOD - Mike Foxall (aka Fox Trotsky) of Nancy Vandal, The Neptune Power Federation, Musk and Deadshit Johnson talks to DPPOD. Mike talks about how his love of creating art for fun would lead to creating a fictional band on paper, that would become a reality and eventually lead to Nancy Vandal. And also how establishing a band newsletter would grow into becoming a fanzine, The Vandal's Voice. http://www.theartoffox.com http://www.facebook.com/theartoffox http://twitter.com/Mike_Foxall http://www...
May 24, 2015•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 4
DPPOD - Tim Pittman founded and runs Feel Presents, a company whom are concert promoters, booking agents, has its own record label, and also do artist management for a couple bands. Tim talks to DPPOD about his earliest memories of music, finding punk, Australian underground bands, live music engineering, band management, and being in a risky business of taking chances in booking concert tours. http://www.feelpresents.com http://www.facebook.com/FeelPresents http://twitter.com/FeelPresents...
May 17, 2015•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 3
DPPOD - Simon Carter of The Cops, Beat Club, Saint Tropez All Day talks to DPPOD. Simon talks about finding Hip Hop in his early adolescent years and disliking any guitar based music ...until Brit Pop came along. We hear about the evolution of the band The Cops, his solo work and his other two bands Beat Club and Saint Tropez All Day. http://www.facebook.com/thecopsaustralia http://twitter.com/thecopsoz http://www.facebook.com/simoncartermusic http://twitter.com/agreymatter http://www.facebook.c...
May 10, 2015•52 min•Season 3Ep. 2
DPPOD - Jim Moginie, formerly of Midnight Oil, currently of The Break, Jim M*genie's Electric Guitar Orchestra, The Family Dog, The Tinkers, Shameless Seamus, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Underground talks to DPPOD. Jim talks about finding music as a child, learning how to play guitar, and then the evolution of Midnight Oil. http://www.reverberama.com.au http://www.facebook.com/jimmoginieofficial http://twitter.com/jimmoginie http://www.midnightoil.com http://www.facebook.com/midnightoil...
Dec 20, 2014•2 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 8
DPPOD - Brett Kingman is a Melbourne based professional guitarist, commonly in James Reyne's band, and has made a name for himself demomstrating guitar effects pedals via his "Burgerman666" Youtube channel. We talk Brett's upbringing with guitars, playing in bands, doing session work, and demontrating guitar effects pedals on Youtube. http://brettkingman.com http://www.facebook.com/BrettKingman http://www.facebook.com/BrettBurgsKingman http://www.youtube.com/user/Burgerman666 http://twitter.com/...
Dec 13, 2014•42 min•Season 2Ep. 7
DPPOD - Adrian Keating is the principal violinist for Opera Australia & Ballet Orchestra, Owner+Director of the Sydney Lyric Orchestra, member of Classically Blue, and former member of Hubris talks to DPPOD. Adrian discusses his musical upbringing, which leads to becoming a violinist, which in turn would present opportunities for many musical adventures. http://www.classicallyblue.com http://www.sydneylyricorchestra.com.au http://www.facebook.com/adrian.keating.3 http://twitter.com/AdrianKvi...
Dec 07, 2014•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 6
DPPOD - Reg Mombassa (Chris O’Doherty) formerly of Mental As Anything, currently of Dog Trumpet, also currently of The Pinks, and iconic artist talks to DPPOD. Reg talks about early memories of listening to music in NZ as a child, then moving to Australia, playing guitar and going to art school which would eventually see the formation of the Mentals. http://regmombassa.com http://www.facebook.com/RegMombassa http://twitter.com/regmombassa http://dogtrumpet.net http://www.facebook.com/www.dogtrum...
Nov 30, 2014•49 min•Season 2Ep. 5
