C86 Show - Indie Pop

Karen Haglof in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdAA7_gIr5w http://www.howlinwuelf.com/clients/karen-haglof/ One Hand Up is the fourth full length release by guitarist/songwriter Karen Haglof.  The album was produced by Haglof and Mario Viele, recorded at Cowboy Technical Services and Excello studios in Brooklyn, primarily mixed by Viele. Three songs were mixed at...

Paul Haig in conversation with David Eastaugh https://linktr.ee/paulhaig Together with Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and The Go-Betweens, Josef K were one of the Postcard label's million dollar quartets, recording five smart singles and an album, The Only Fun In Town. Touring the album during July and August of 1981, however, the band split after a final show in Glasgow. The exact reasons behind the...

Gerry Colvin in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.gerrycolvin.co.uk/index.html In the 1970's Gerry joined pop band 'The Man Upstairs'. They released three singles and toured with 'The Smiths'. In the early 1980's he co-founded and fronted the legendary John Peel favourite skiffle-cowpunk indie outfit 'Terry & Gerry'. This seminal band toured Europe and the USA and appeared on countl...

Gaye Black in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.gayeblack.co.uk/ English punk rock musician, who played bass guitar in the band The Adverts in the late 1970s. She was one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, whom The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music called the "first female punk star". She was "one of punk’s first female icons". Dave Thompson wrote that her "photoge...

Gered Mankowitz in conversation with David Eastaugh https://mankowitz.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolling-Stones-Rare-Unseen-afterword/dp/1802797335 "Mankowitz (Goin' Home with the Rolling Stones '66), who at 18 became the official photographer for the then newly formed Rolling Stones, gathers a rich and revealing trove of images from the band's early years. Capturing the group as they were "fin...

Richard & Julian in conversation with David Eastaugh https://redmoney.co.uk/ http://www.firestation-records.de/catalogue.html Red Money emerged as an acoustic band in January 1990. Originally performing as a larger line up, fate stepped in to change both the format and sound of the band. Booked to play their first gig of the year at the Fulham Greyhound in London, various members then dropped...

Rin Lennon, Michael George,Jay Smith-drums &  Alias Wilde  in conversation with David Eastaugh https://monogroove.bandcamp.com/album/the-flip-side http://www.rinsrescues.com https://www.youtube.com/user/rinlennon4/featured

Johnnie Johnson in conversation with David Eastaugh http://jawbonepress.com/through-the-crack-in-the-wall/ https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/johnnie-johnstone-foreword-by-stewart-lee/through-the-crack-in-the-wall-the-secret-history-of-josef-k#paperback-exclusive-signed-plus Through The Crack in The Wall is the first ever biography of the band, tracing their story from their origins in the l...

Frank Deserto in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.cherryred.co.uk/no-songs-tomorrow-darkwave-ethereal-rock-and-coldwave-1981-1990-4cd-box-set •    FEATURING THE CURE, DEAD CAN DANCE, CLAN OF XYMOX, COCTEAU TWINS, SOFT CELL, TONES ON TAIL, IN THE NURSERY, ATTRITION, IRON CURTAIN, ALIEN SEX FIEND, CRANES, KIRLIAN CAMERA, NEON AND MANY MORE. •    4CD SET EXPLORING THE 1980s’ DARKWAVE/COLD...

Pat Thomas in conversation with David Eastaugh https://allenginsberg.org/2023/11/w-n-29-2/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Material-Wealth-Personal-Archive-Ginsberg/dp/1648230369 There are hundreds of thousands of items carefully stored and archived at Stanford University's Allen Ginsberg collection. Counterculture historian Pat Thomas, with the full cooperation of the Allen Ginsberg Estate's Peter Hale,...

Scott Phares in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.hollywoodstarsband.com/ https://thehollywoodstars.bandcamp.com/track/cant-do-it-right American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in late 1973 by manager/impresario Kim Fowley . The band was created as a West Coast answer to the New York Dolls during the height of the popularity of the glam rock genre. The band signed with Colum...

Roberto Amaral & David Clark Allen in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.cherryred.co.uk/carmen-the-albums-1973-1975-3cd-box-set CARMEN initially came together in Los Angeles as seven-piece band formed by guitarist DAVID CLARK ALLEN and his sister ANGELA ALLEN in 1970. The band’s unique style blended both Progressive Rock and Flamenco styles, with Angela Allen also being an accomplis...

John Schmersal in conversation with David Eastaugh https://3ra1n1ac.com/ Schmersal was originally in the band Brainiac and formed Enon (named after the village in Ohio , which is close to Schmersal's hometown of Dayton ) with Lee and Calhoon following the death of Brainiac's singer Timmy Taylor and their subsequent disbandment. After Brainiac, Schmersal made a solo album under the name John Stuart...

Valor Kand in conversation with David Eastaugh https://officialchristiandeath.com/ American rock band formed  in 1979 by Rozz Williams . Williams was eventually joined by guitarist Rikk Agnew of the band Adolescents , James McGearty on bass guitar and George Belanger on drums. This line-up was responsible for producing the band's best known work, their 1982 debut studio album Only Theatre of Pain...

Man Parrish in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.manparrish.com Parrish's early live shows at Bronx hip-hop clubs were spectacles of lights, glitter, and pyrotechnics, which drew as much from the Warhol mystique as the Cold Crush Brothers. His first release was "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)" issued in 1982, which Parrish said faced a racial backlash from the African-American hip hop com...

Christopher Merrick Hughes in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.chrismerrickhughes.com/ music producer, songwriter, and former drummer of Adam and the Ants. Best known as producer of Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair, and as the co-writer of " Everybody Wants to Rule the World ", Hughes has a joint background as a musician, songwriter and producer. His career began with Adam and...

Simon Heavisides  in conversation with David Eastaugh You can pre-order the book from Stichting Opposite Direction, Jean-Paul van Mierlo: vanmierlojeanpaul00@gmail.com https://louderthanwar.com/destiny-stopped-screaming-the-life-and-times-of-adrian-borland-book-review/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Destiny-Stopped-Screaming-Adrian-Borland/ Adrian Borland, was singer/guitarist and main songwriter with T...

Lora Logic in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.essential-logic.co.uk/ https://essentiallogic.bandcamp.com/ fter co-founding X-Ray Spex, Lora Logic formed Essential Logic in 1978, shaping post-punk with unique sax, whimsical melodies. Their 1979 album, 'Beat Rhythm News,' stood out. After a long hiatus, Essential Logic returned in 2022 with 'Land of Kali.’ Essential Logic are an English...

Monika Hempel in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.verlag-reiffer.de/produkt/nomi/v Singing space robot. Galactic Pierrot. The thing from the other planet. To put the phenomenon of Klaus Nomi into words, the media prefers to stylize him as an alien. In fact, the artist cannot be classified into gender or genre categories and appears to be a hybrid creature of human, machine and Martian....

Simon "Ding" Archer in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.6dbstudio.com/ Musician and producer from Manchester. He is a current member of the bands 1919 and Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, and a past member of The Fall and PJ Harvey . He is owner-operator of 6DB Studios in Salford , England.

Louise Rutkowski in conversation with David Eastuagh https://louiserutkowski.com/ At 19, Louise was signed to CBS Records, recording three singles and an album with soul producer Pete Wingfield with the band Sunset Gun. Prior to forming this band with sister Dee and keyboard player Ross Campbell, Louise, along with sister Dee, performed as backing vocalists for Bourgie Bourgie; a band created by l...

Anita Gabrielle Tedder in conversation with David Eastaugh https://zenana1.bandcamp.com/album/witches-with-the-spell-of-love Zenana are a forward thinking 80s female trio whose synthesiser-based musical output was shaped in the front room of a terraced house in Cornwall, UK. In September 23 they released a five track digital album of remixed and remastered recordings from the 1980s and four songs...

Simon Reynolds in conversation with David Eastaugh https://store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/products/futuromania Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future - the vanguard genres and heroic innovators whose discoveries eventually get accepted by the wider mass audience. Starting with an extraordinary...

Taffy Hughes in conversation with David Eastaugh https://thegirlwiththereplaceablehead.bandcamp.com/album/sometimes-she-lives-in-the-dark-sometimes-she-lives-in-the-light Formed in the early 1980s and originally known as the Green-Eyed Children, Hurrah! initially consisted of Paul Handyside guitar/vocals), David 'Taffy' Hughes, Southmoor guitar/vocals), David Porthouse ;(bass), and Mark Sim (drums...

David Wolfenden in conversation with David Eastaugh n 1982, the Lorries' manager Dave Hall provided independent record label Red Rhino with a cassette of the group's demos. Impressed by the quality of the songs, Red Rhino label head "Tony K" (Tony Kostrzewa) signed the band and immediately released "Beating My Head" unchanged from the demo as the band's debut single. Fagan and Smith soon departed...