C86 Show - Indie Pop

Michael Allen in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://regis-dns.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/18219547955/?locale=en_GB The Wolfgang Press are an English post-punk band, originally active from 1983 to 1995. The core of the band during that era was Michael Allen (vocals, bass), Mark Cox (keyboards), and Andrew Gray (guitar). They reformed in 2024 with Stephen Gray, brother of A...

Legs McNeil in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Resident-Punk/Legs-McNeil/9781637749470 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Resident-Punk-Smoked-Stumbled-Through/dp/1637749465 Time-travel to the punk scene of 1970s New York and beyond, as seen through the eyes of its chief reporter known as “the original punk” who gave the movement its name. Part memoir and part cultu...

Mike Badger in conversation with David Eastaugh https://mike-badger.co.uk/ English singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. Co-founder of The La's he went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and Mike Badger and The Shady Trio in 2010. In addition he is co-owner of Liverpool's independent Viper Label with Paul Hemmings.  

Simon Brenner in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewn7jKe_dZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6kVQD2pAho Talk Talk were an English band formed in 1981 by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drums), Paul Webb (bass), and Simon Brenner (keyboards). Initially a synth-pop group, Talk Talk's first two albums, The Party's Over (1982) and It's My Life (1984)...

Nancy Thompson in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://substack.com/@communekid75 Nancy spent her early years at Shrubb Family in Norfolk. This is her story about growing up in East Anglian during the 1970s and 80s. And what happens next 

Mark Laff in conversation with David Eastaugh  He began playing drums as a teenager, being influenced by England's 1960s Mod fashion and music movement and the work of Keith Moon. After a failed audition for The Clash (he was one of two drummers to get a call back), his first drumming role was with Subway Sect, sharing the bill with the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Siouxsie and the Banshees for the...

Tony Fletcher in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.amazon.co.uk/POW-When-Punk-Went-1980-84/dp/B0GGGXLZPH POW! is the fascinating memoir of a precocious English teen in the early 1980s who published a music magazine, interviewed many of the era's top artists, befriended rock stars, ran a record label, appeared on television, played in a band and found first love -- all at the same time!...

Colin Moulding in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://burningshed.com/colin-moulding_want-it-bad_cd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3X4vcRTFjk Moulding began jamming with another local musician, Andy Partridge, circa 1972–1973 and soon joined Partridge's band Star Park, convincing Partridge to hire Chambers as well. In July 1975, after a period in which the band were known as the Helium Kid...

Julie Grant in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://jgrant.info/ https://www.facebook.com/juliegrantmusic https://www.discogs.com/release/37653312-Crimson-Mints-Threadbare Award-winning Britpop musician, Julie Grant, has been collaborating with 60’s guitarist Peter Collard to produce a new album, What’s Not Said, which is out now. This ten-track CD features a collection of acoustic and electr...

Patrick Redsell in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://eafa.org.uk/work/?id=2038 Medieval style illustrations establish the theme of the Last Barsham Faire. Early morning reveals an encampment with caravans, makeshift tents and shelters.  The fair is held next to the round tower church.  Against medieval music, a stilt walker, jesters, minstrels and other musicians perform amongst the crowd....

Marco Pirroni in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Marco-Pirroni/266126980 Marco Pirroni is a songwriter, guitarist and producer. A lynchpin of the UK punk scene, Marco’s first appearance on stage was with Siouxsie and the Banshees at the 100 Club in 1976. He went on to join bands the Models and then Rema-Rema before teaming up with a little-known punk out...

Anton Barbeau in conversation with David Eastaugh https://antonbarbeau.bandcamp.com/album/come-home-to-me https://manbird.antonbarbeau.com https://www.facebook.com/antonbarbeau After the conceptual weight of 2025’s Dark Mystery Temple trilogy, Anton Barbeau clears the table. Come Home To Me offers fourteen songs with no grand scheme beyond his enduring faith in pop music. Recorded mainly at Barbea...

Dean Pianvani in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://portioncontrol.net/ https://portioncontrol.bandcamp.com/music Portion Control have been creating electronic dissonance for techno industrial pilgrims since 1979, rising as pioneers from the UK industrial electronics scene  

Martin McAloon https://www.martinmcaloon.com/ Prefab Sprout are an English pop/rock band. Formed in 1978 by brothers Paddy and Martin McAloon and joined by vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player Wendy Smith in 1982, they released their debut album Swoon to critical acclaim in 1984. Their subsequent albums, including 1985's Steve McQueen and 1990's Jordan: The Comeback, have been described by Paul...

Welsey Stace in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://wesleystace.bandcamp.com/ https://www.wesleystace.com/albums Recorded at Studio 1935 in Philadelphia’s historic BOK Building, One Last Heist is produced, arranged and written by Wes and longtime collaborator David Nagler. The core band comprised Nagler himself (keyboards), Eddie Carlson (bass), and Stéphane San Juan (Caetano Veloso, David B...

Morgan King in conservation with David Eastaugh  https://morganking.bandcamp.com/ King's musical career began in 1979 as drummer for Manchester band Illustration, who were subsequently signed by the indie label, "Some Bizzare" featuring on the Some Bizzare Album. After several years immersed in the UK indie scene, King's musical direction changed considerably with the advent of house music in the...

Vince Hunt in conversation with David Eastaugh A Witness are an English post-punk/indie rock band, who were originally active in the mid-1980s alternative music scene. Their first EP Loudhailer Songs brought them to the attention of BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel, for whom they recorded four sessions. Their career was brought to a halt with the death of guitarist Rick Aitken in 1989. Founder me...

John Whybrew in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://portioncontrol.bandcamp.com/music https://portioncontrol.net/ Emerging from the immediate post-punk musical landscape, Portion Control swiftly developed a raw, minimal sound utilising sequenced synthesisers, samplers and strident vocals built on driving, rhythmic structures. Their fiercely independent approach and experimental use of early...

Gregor Gall in conversation with David Eastaugh  Link to book is https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-in-music-9798765140888/     the discount code is MARXISM35   In Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock'n'roll and Revolution, Gregor Gall examines how The Redskins, so-called for their skinhead aesthetics and commitment to a socialist ideal, were a delib...

Steve Addabbo in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.steveaddabbo.com https://shelterislandsound.com American record producer, songwriter and audio engineer, who helped launch the careers of Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin. He had a vital hand in Vega's hit single, "Luka" and Colvin's album Steady On. He has produced and/or engineered for artists including Bobby McFerrin, Bob Dylan, Jeff Bu...

Matt Eaton in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.facebook.com/pushthepram/?locale=en_GB https://pram.bandcamp.com/music Pram are an English post-rock band formed in Birmingham in 1988 by singer-keyboardist Rosie Cuckston, guitarist Matt Eaton, drummer Andy Weir and bassist Samantha Owen. Subsequent lineups have changed frequently, most notably with Cuckston's departure in 2008. Their el...

Dave Jackson in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://theroomtheroominthewood.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Room-100063702032127/ The Room are a new wave band from Liverpool formed in late 1979. They released three albums and several singles before breaking up in 1985. Two of the band members went on to form Benny Profane, Dust, and Dead Cowboys. The band reformed in 2023. he Ro...

Brian Protheroe in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://brianprotheroe.bandcamp.com/ English singer, songwriter, narrator and actor. He is best known for his first single, "Pinball", released in August 1974, which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 40 and reached a peak of number 22.  n 1973 Protheroe was playing the part of a pop singer in a play called Death on Demand, when a representa...

Tim Quirk in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://wonderlick1.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Wonderlick/ Wonderlick is a Los Angeles–based indie rock band established in 2001 by Too Much Joy members Tim Quirk and Jay Blumenfield. Quirk and Blumenfield originally formed the band in December 2000 to record free music for a website, entitled "Susquehanna Hat Company", which they had set...

Tom Bailey in conversation with David Eastaugh http://thompsontwinstombailey.co.uk/ Thompson Twins were an English pop band, formed in 1977 in Sheffield. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the early and mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. In 1993, they c...