C86 Show - Indie Pop

Daved Hild - The Girls, The Wooden Birds & The Pale Orchestra

Daved Hild - The Girls, The Wooden Birds & The Pale Orchestra - in conversation with David Eastaugh 

Hild formed the experimental punk band The Girls with Robin Amos, George Condo and Mark Dagley. Their first and only studio release was the seven-inch single "Jeffrey I Hear You"/"The Elephant Man", produced by David Thomas of Pere Ubu fame. Eventually Hild joined Thomas in his band The Wooden Birds and played on Monster Walks the Winter Lake, released in 1986. He released several albums on Shimmy Disc with Ralph Carney and Kramer, serving as the primary lyricist, vocalist and drummer for the compositions.^[2]

Arturo Bassick - 999 & The Lurkers

Arturo Bassick - 999 & The Lurkers - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.nineninenine.net

999 are an English punk rock band, formed in December 1976. From the period of 1976 to 1985, the line-up of 999 consisted of Nick Cash (vocals, guitar), Guy Days (lead guitar), Jon Watson (bass guitar) and Pablo LaBritain (drums). LaBritain was temporarily replaced in 1980 by drummer Paul Edward aka 'Ed Case' while he recovered from a motor accident. Bassist Jon Watson left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Danny Palmer, who was succeeded by Arturo Bassick in 1991.

Penny Arcade

Penny Arcade in conversation with David Eastaugh

Penny Arcade Aka Susana Ventura is an internationally respected performance artist, writer, poet and experimental theatre maker known for her magnetic stage presence, her take no prisoners wit and her content rich plays and one liners. She is the author of 16 scripted performance plays and hundreds of performance art pieces. Her work has always focused on the other and the outsider, giving voice to those marginalized by society. Her willingness to speak truth to power at the expense of career concerns has made her an international icon of artistic resistance. Her decades long focus on the creation of community and inclusion as the goals of performance and her efforts to use performance as a transformative act mark her as a true original in American theatre and performance. Since 1992 Penny has collaborated with Steve Zehentner , a former architect turned video producer. In 1999 Penny and Steve launched The Lower East Side Biography Project “Stemming The Tide Of Cultural Amnesia” an oral history video project that has broadcast and streamed weekly since its inception..introducing highly self individuated people to the general public

Hugo Race - Nick Cave, The Wreckery & DirtMusic

Hugo Race in conversation with David Eastaugh

http://www.hugoracemusic.com

Originally from the 1980's Melbourne post-punk music scene, Hugo began writing for avantgarde theatre in Melbourne after winning a playwriting prize at age 16. Recruited by Nick Cave for his nascent Bad Seeds, he recorded on the first Seeds album and toured the world. Following this full immersion in the global post-punk scene, Hugo returned to Melbourne to create his first major band The Wreckery. Although The Wreckery produced several hit independent Australian singles and some remarkably ahead-of-their-time albums, the band never played outside Australia/NZ. By the end of the 1980s, Hugo had moved to Europe, first to London and then to West Berlin, where Hugo signed a record contract with German indie Normal Records (as Hugo Race & The True Spirit) releasing 5 albums– Rue Morgue Blues, Earls World, Spiritual Thirst, Stations of the Cross and Second Revelator (produced by former Bad Seed bandmate Mick Harvey). In 1995, Hugo signed with German independent label Glitterhouse Records who continue to release his work today with both The True Spirit and the Italy-based Hugo Race Fatalists who have released 3 critically acclaimed albums with a 4th album ‘Taken By The Dream’ in 2019. Fatalists’ 5th album, Once Upon A Time in Italy, is set for release in 2022.

The Bolshoi with Nick Chown

Nick Chown - The Bolshoi - in conversation with David Eastaugh

The original lineup consisted of singer/guitarist Trevor Tanner, drummer Jan Kalicki, and bassist Graham Cox. After eight gigs bass player Graham Cox was replaced by Nick Chown. In 1985, the band released their debut single, "Sob Story", followed by the mini-album, Giants, and their hit song "Happy Boy".

In 1986, they released their first full-length album, Friends,^[1]and expanded their touring schedule to the U.S., South America and Poland. It was followed in 1987 by the album Lindy's Party, on which the sound was more pop-oriented.

Marco Porsia - Rema Rema

Marco Porsia - Rema Rema - in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://www.docnrollfestival.com/films/what-you-could-not-visualise-rema-rema/

Marco Porsia is an award-winning director and editor - directed and cut music videos for a variety of bands, including The Wedding Present  and most recently a live concert film for Swans.

Rema-Rema rode the first wave of post-punk between 1978-1980.  Members Mark Cox, Mick Allen, Gary Asquith, Marco Pirroni, and Dorothy ‘Max’ Prior played only 11 gigs around London in 1979, and split up before the release of their one and only record.

James Elliott - Filigree & Shadow

James Elliott - Filigree & Shadow - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.filigreeandshadow.co/

Founded in 2013, the name Filigree & Shadow emanates from a twice-borrowed reference to the song by Fever Tree. 

The late Robert Hermann wrote, “His series of ethereal and complex fragrances established him as a first-class natural perfumer, proving small indie perfumers can more than hold their own when running with the big dogs.

Jon Caffery - Joy Division, Einstürzende Neubauten, Die Toten Hosen etc

Jon Caffery in conversation with David Eastaugh

http://joncaffery.de

British music producer and engineer, born 1960 in Dorset, England, UK. Began his career in London, but moved to Germany in 1983.

And Also the Trees with Simon Jones

Simon Jones - And Also the Trees - in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://www.andalsothetrees.co.uk

The band made their live debut on 12 January 1980 at Grieg Memorial Hall in Alcester. A home demo tape was sent to The Cure, who were looking for support bands on their tour, leading to a friendship between the two bands. In 1981, And Also the Trees played several shows in support of The Cure'sUK tour. Their second demo tape, From Under the Hill (1982), was partly co-produced by Robert Smith and Mike Hedges. Graham Havas was replaced at this time by Steven Burrows.

In 1983, the band released their first single, "Shantell", which was produced by The Cure's Lol Tolhurst. Their second single, "The Secret Sea", followed in 1984 and was also produced by Tolhurst. Tolhurst also produced their debut studio album, And Also the Trees, which was released in February 1984. The band received the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, and were invited to do a session in April 1984, which was produced by Dale Griffin for broadcast on 24 April.

Wasted Youth - Ken Scott

Ken Scott - Wasted Youth - in conversation with David Eastaugh

Wasted Youth have a tour starting in March 2023 and some festival appearances lined-up for summer. The newly formed WY Records are planning to have some vinyl and CD releases ready for March 2023. And that's something to look forward to.

Wasted Youth were an English post-punk band from London, England, active between 1979 and 1982, which blended post-punk/pre-Goth with dark acoustic strains of the sort associated with Nick Drake and Syd Barrett. The line-up of the band was Ken Scott (vocals and guitar), Rocco Barker (guitar), Nick Nicole (synth), Darren Murphy (bass) and Andy Scott (drums). 

James Fry - Earl Brutus & World of Twist

James Fry - Earl Brutus & World of Twist  - in conversation with David Eastaugh

New book - A Licence to Rock and Pop - Slimvolume

https://www.jamesfryimage.com

https://www.slimvolume.org

https://boogalooradio.com/about/schedule/

Earl Brutus were a British indie rock band that emerged in the 1990s. They were formed in 1993 by Nick Sanderson, Rob Marche (formerly of JoBoxers and If?), Jamie Fry (formerly of World of Twist) and Stuart Boreman. Boreman left after the release of their first single Life's Too Long and was replaced by Gordon King, who had been in World of Twist with Fry.

Ed Wenn - Sink, Big Ray, Dealing with Damage

Ed Wenn - Sink, Big Ray, Dealing with Damage - in conversation with David Eastaugh

Sometimes known as Ed Shred

Ed Wenn has performed in many bands but is most notable for being a member of The Stupids and Sink (whom the latter became Big Ray). As well as recording and releasing a number of albums, EPs and 7" on various independent record labels including Boss Tuneage and Vinyl Solution, Ed Wenn also recorded seven John Peel Sessions; two with The Stupids (between 1986 and 1987)., one with Frankfurter (1987), one with Bad Dress Sense (1987), three with Sink (between 1987 to 1990)

 

Silver Chapter - Eugene Coyne

Eugene Coyne - Silver Chapter - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pkQMwPEsfs

Bass – Robert Coyne

Drums – Mitch McBain

Guitar – Joe Presedo

Producer – Silver Chapter And Dave Goodman

Vocals – Eugene Coyne

 

 

The Sweetest Ache - Peter Stone

Peter Stone - The Sweetest Ache - in conversation with David Eastaugh

The Sweetest Ache were a six-piece band from Swansea featuring Simon Court (vocals), Stuart Vincent (guitar), David Walters (bass), Geraint Morris (drums), Peter Stone (guitar) and Ian Saberton (keyboards). They recorded three singles and a mini-album for Sarah Records. After Sarah ended, a second album, Grass Roots, was released on Vinyl Japan

Blue Ash, Stiv Bators & Deadbeat Poets - Frank Secich

Frank Secich - Blue Ash, Stiv Bators &  Deadbeat Poets - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.bompstore.com/secich-frank-circumstantial-evidence-books-mags/

American rock musician, songwriter, author and record producer. He was the bass player and founding member of the group Blue Ash from 1969 to 1979 and guitarist and bassist for the Stiv Bators band from 1979 until 1981. He played in the Cleveland-based group Club Wow with Jimmy Zero of the Dead Boys from 1982 to 1985 and produced the Ohio band the Infidels from 1985 to 1990. He is currently the rhythm guitarist for the Deadbeat Poets who were formed in 2006 in Youngstown, Ohio. Frank Secich's autobiography "Circumstantial Evidence" was published by High Voltage Publishing of Australia in 2015.His current band, The Deadbeat Poets are on Pop Detective Records, which is owned by Mark Hershberger.

Squirrel Bait, Codeine & The Red Krayola - David Grubbs

David Grubbs - Squirrel Bait, Codeine & The Red Krayola - in conversation with David Eastaugh

American composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. He was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers.

Grubbs then formed a hardcore punk band called Squirrelbait Youth that later evolved into the influential Louisville, Kentucky group Squirrel Bait, releasing a 12" EP and an album on Homestead Records. Grubbs's next group was the post-punk power trio Bastro, which released an EP and two albums on Homestead

Melys with Andrea Parker & Paul Adams

Andrea Parker &  Paul Adams - Melys - in conversation with David Eastaugh

The group was formed by Andrea Parker (vocals) and Paul Adams (guitar and keyboards) when the two met in Betws-y-Coed in 1996. The two became both musical and personal partners and recruited Adams' brother Gary Husband on drums and their friend Carys Jones on keyboards.

After releasing two EP's with local label Ankstmusik the group was signed to Pinnacle Records releasing their first album Rumours and Curses in 1998. Unfortunately their relations with Pinnacle, always strained, fell apart completely when that label went bankrupt at the end of the year. The group subsequently founded their own label, Sylem Records, on which their second album Kamikaze was released. Jones left the band at around this time to be replaced by Richard Eardley who continues as bassist with them to this day.

John Peel, a long-time fan of the group (and for whom they recorded 11 Peel Sessions) introduced the group to Dutch band Seedling in late 2000 and they released a split single in collaboration with them (the song on Seedling's side was called "Cool Baby My Hips Go Woo") in early 2001.

 

David Ford - Easyworld

David Ford - Easyworld - in conversation with David Eastaugh

http://davidfordmusic.com

Easyworld were an English indie alternative rock/pop band hailing from Eastbourne, consisting of David Ford on vocals, Jo Taylor on bassand Glenn Hooper on drums, active between 1997 and 2004. The band achieved limited success in the early 2000s, releasing 3 albums in total; Better Ways to Self Destruct, This Is Where I Stand and Kill the Last Romantic on Fierce Panda Records and Jive Records before parting ways in August 2004.

Flux of Pink Indians with Colin Latter

Colin Latter - Flux of Pink Indians - in conversation with David Eastaugh

The band formed in Hertfordshire, England in 1980 from the remaining members of The Epileptics (who during the first half of 1979 changed their name to Epi-X, owing to letters of complaint from The British Epilepsy Association) by Colsk Latter (vocals) and Derek Birkett (bass guitar) with guitarists Andy Smith, Neil Puncher, and drummer Sid Ation (who was also a member of Rubella Ballet).

The group signed with the Crass Records label in 1981. Their debut EP Neu Smell was released on Crass in 1981; it featured indie hit "Tube Disaster".^[1] Flux of Pink Indians continued in 1982 with the album Strive to Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible released on their own label, Spiderleg.

They released a second album in 1983, The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks; this was banned by many British retailers, and copies were seized by Greater Manchester Police from the Eastern Bloc record shop, which was charged with displaying "Obscene Articles For Publication For Gain".

Ation left the group to work full-time with his other band Rubella Ballet, and was soon replaced by Bambi, formerly of Discharge, while Smith was replaced by Simon Middlehurst. However, both departed quickly for their original band, The Insane.^[1] While auditioning for their replacements, Puncher also left; the line-up was completed by former Darlex and Epileptics guitarist Kev Hunter, and drummer Martin Wilson. An extensive interview with the band appeared in No Class fanzine.

By 1986, the band had shortened their name to Flux; in that year they released their third album, Uncarved Block, which was produced by Adrian Sherwood and featured several members of the On-U Sound Records label.

 

Crazyhead with Kev Reverb

Kev Reverb - Crazyhead - in conversation with David Eastaugh

Formed in 1986, the band signed to the independent record label, Food, later that year and their début single, "What Gives You The Idea That You're So Amazing, Baby?", reached number 2 in the UK Indie Chart in March 1987.^[2] For the rest of the year they toured extensively, supporting The Cult, then Julian Cope, and also played at the Glastonbury Festival. Their second single "Baby Turpentine" reached number 4 in the Indie Chart.

In mid-1988, their third single "Time Has Taken Its Toll on You" reached No. 65 in the UK Singles Chart, their label now owned by EMI. The band embarked on another UK tour to promote their début album Desert Orchid, released in October 1988, along with another single, "Rags", and then toured Europe supporting Iggy Pop. They then released the Have Love, Will Travel EP  before embarking on yet another UK tour.