C86 Show - Indie Pop

Tae Won You in conversation with David Eastaugh https://kickinggiant.bandcamp.com/album/alien-i-d-klp034 Rachel Carns' first band was Kicking Giant with fellow Cooper Union student Tae Won Yu, with whom she played drums and sang from 1990–1995. Their first show was in the storefront window of a Brooklyn junk shop; Carns stood up and played just one drum , a floor tom . Kicking Giant played around...

Frank Secich & Jim Kendor in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.facebook.com/fsecich https://peppermintrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dinner-at-mr-billys DINNER AT MR. BILLY'S During 1971 and 1972, the classic Blue Ash line-up of David Evans, Jim Kendzor, Bill "Cupid" Bartolin and Frank Secich played more than quite a bit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It seemed like we were playing "The...

Andrea Reid in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/wilderness.children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f79Th-VwMAc Indie rock band from Dundee, Scotland         

Annette Simons in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.facebook.com/baerchenunddiemilchbubis https://www.facebook.com/annette.simons.18 Founded in Hanover in 1979 by Annette Grotkasten, Rudolf Grimm , Andreas Kühne, and Martin Fuchs, Bärchen und die Milchbubis played their first concert in Offenburg in early 1980. From mid-1980 onward, they regularly performed as the opening act for Hans-...

Peter Guralnick in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/products/the-colonel-and-the-king In early 1955, Colonel Tom Parker discovered a teenage Elvis Presley and declared him destined for greatness. What followed was one of the most extraordinary partnerships in music history and the creation of a bond built on loyalty, ambition and an unshakeable belief in each...

Anthony Moore in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://halfcatmusic.com/ British experimental music composer, performer and producer. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy, worked with Henry Cow and has made a number of solo albums, including Flying Doesn't Help (1979) and World Service (1981). As a lyricist, Moore has collaborated with Pink Floyd on two of their albums: A Momentary...

Myke Scavone in conversation with David Eastaugh  Following the disbandment of the Doughboys, Scavone began a career as a session drummer throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was performing on demos for producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz when he joined the newly formed Ram Jam, led by guitarist Bill Bartlett, in 1977. The band had found success with a cover of the Lead Belly song "B...

Dominic Mohan in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/1996-Backstage-Wildest-Britains-must-read/dp/0008767130 https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/1996-a-celebration-of-the-wildest-year-of-britains-wildest 1996. Britpop ruled the airwaves. The tabloids framed reality long before Instagram. Football was finally coming home. Tony Blair was learning to play rock star –...

Alex Newport in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.alexnewport.com/ https://fudgetunnel.bandcamp.com/music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb232BkAe6A   Fudge Tunnel formed in 1989. They released their debut EP on Pigboy/Vinyl Solution in 1989, Fudge Tunnel. Although marketed as an EP, due to its short length, it was named "Single of the Week" in NME magazine in January 1990, with NME d...

Neil Howson in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-8-age-of-chance-bbc-sessions-85-87 A stunning mix of Northern Soul, machine-like beats, electroclash, slogans and agitpop, Age of Chance were unquestionably one of the most exciting groups to emerge during the C86 era. They certainly didn’t sound like anybody else, that’s for sure. An uncom...

Neil Taylor in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.roughtrade.com/en-de/product/neil-taylor/document-and-eyewitness-an-intimate-history-of-rough-trade Rough Trade is practically a byword for the history of independent music over the last thirty years. DOCUMENT AND EYEWITNESS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF ROUGH TRADE tells the story from the inside of a phenomenally influential record label, th...

Julia Round in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.juliaround.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gothic-Girls-Misty-British-Comics/dp/1496824466 Award-winning writer and independent scholar. She is one of the founders and editors of the academic journal Studies in Comics (Intellect Books) and of the book series Encapsulations: Critical Comics Studies  (University of Nebraska Press). Today fan...

bob Bert in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://therealbobbert.bandcamp.com/album/beach-bongo-bloodbath Many music gourmandizers know the name “Bob Bert” from his stint as drummer for Sonic Youth in their formative years. He also beat car gas tanks for Pussy Galore. In the years since, Bob has recorded albums and toured the world with Bewitched, Action Swingers, Chrome Cranks, Knoxville Girl...

Monica Queen & Johnny Smillie in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.firerecords.com/thrum-announce-rifferama-reissued-reimagined-along-with-new-uk-tour-dates/ TOUR DATES 07 Jul: The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, UK 08 Jul: Central Bar, Gateshead, UK 09 Jul: Lending Room, Leeds, UK 10 Jul: Just Dropped in Records, Coventry, UK 11 Jul: Betsy Trotwood, London, UK 12 Jul: The Jacaranda Club,...

Jimmy Eadie in conversation with David Eastaugh  Into Paradise were an Irish indie rock group from Dublin, whose influences included Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen. They formed in 1986 as Backwards into Paradise, and released their debut EP, Blue Light, in 1989 on the independent record label, Setanta. Soon after came the EP Change, and the band's first album, Under the Water. Their most...

Anthony Reynolds in conversation with David Eastaugh https://anthonyreynolds.bandcamp.com/ n 1993, Reynolds moved to London, where he formed the group Jack, on lead vocals, signing a music publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music as well as a record deal with independent label Too Pure. Jack released three full-length albums, the first two of which – Pioneer Soundtracks (1996) and The Jazz Age (...

Janet Housden in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.facebook.com/janet.housden A fixture in the earliest days of the LA area punk scene, Janet Housden played drums with Redd Kross and was a member of several other bands, while also appearing in classic cult films.  Janet Housden has been a creative force for decades in Southern California’s punk scene. She grew up alongside many of the...

Alister Parker in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://bailterspace.bandcamp.com/ New Zealand shoegaze and noise rock band that formed in Christchurch in 1987 as Nelsh Bailter Space; they had previously recorded as the Gordons. Its members are Alister Parker (guitar, bass), John Halvorsen (bass, guitar), and Brent McLachlan (drums/percussion, samples). After releasing seven studio albums, num...

David Whitaker in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlsU1DVu30 Music For Pleasure was formed in Leeds, England in 1979, comprising David Whitaker - synths and keyboards, Mark Copson - vocals, Ivor Roberts - bass and Chris Oldroyd - drums. They released several 7'' singles and two albums ("Into The Rain" and "Blacklands"). They were heavily influenced by Punk and Kr...

John Watts in conversation with David Eastaugh https://fischer-z.com/ https://www.cherryred.co.uk/fischer-z-word-paradise-the-united-artists-records-liberty-recordings-3cd-digipack Fischer-Z are a British rock group and main creative project of singer, guitarist and poet John Watts. In 1982 Watts temporarily dissolved Fischer-Z and started a solo career under his own name. John Watts has gone on t...

Geoff Taylor in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-8-age-of-chance-bbc-sessions-85-87 Age of Chance were a British alternative rock-dance crossover band from Leeds, England, active from 1983 to 1991. They were perhaps most known for their mutant metallic cover of Prince's "Kiss" which topped the UK Indie Chart in 1986, and peaked at No. 50...

Tim Blake in conversation with David Eastaugh  http://moonweed.free.fr/ English keyboardist, vocalist, and composer, who is known for working with Gong , Hawkwind and his synthesizer and light performances as Crystal Machine, with the French Light artist Patrice Warrener. Blake met Daevid Allen at Marquee Studios, where the latter was recording his first solo album Banana Moon in 1971. At the end...

Jim Shepherd in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-12-be-careful-what-you-wish-for https://www.facebook.com/thejasmineminks/?locale=en_GB Alongside his pals, Jasmine Minks front man Jim Shepherd has produced his masterpiece. Okay, I guess we might have to call them a 'Creation supergroup' because the Pillars of Creation features a band of...

Phillip Johnston in conversation with David Eastaugh https://phillipjohnston.com/ American saxophonist, composer, and author. He came to prominence in the 1980s as co-founder of The Microscopic Septet and went on to write extensively for films, particularly new scores for classic silent films from the early 20th Century.  

Tracey Belland in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.voiceofthebeehive.com/ The group featured Californian lead vocalist sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland (daughters of The Four Preps singer Bruce Belland). They teamed with British musicians Mike Jones, Martin Brett, and Daniel Woodgate – a former member of Madness. The band took their name from the Greek meaning of the nam...