C86 Show - Indie Pop

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...

Chris Musto in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.facebook.com/chris.musto.12 British drummer, designer, production and stage manager from London. Creative director from 2009 to 2011 at The Mustard Laboratory  

Richard Langston in conversation with David Eastaugh https://feralhouse.com/the-clean/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clean-Dreamlife-Need-Rubber-Soul/ In 1978 in Dunedin , New Zealand, the Kilgour brothers, Hamish and David, and their schoolfriend Peter Gutteridge, got together to form a band called The Clean. When Robert Scott joined in 1980, the band found a combination that endured for nearly forty...

Gina Volpe in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbZBwi0Y3Ao https://www.lunachicks.com/ Theo Kogan, Gina Volpe, and Sydney "Squid" Silver were students at New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts when they decided to form a band. Sindi Benezra, an acquaintance of Silver, was asked to join shortly after. They rehearsed a...

Juno Reactor  in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://junoreactor.bandcamp.com/album/mona-lisa-overdrive-reaky-reakson-remix https://www.junoreactor.com/ In a powerful convergence of cinematic legacy and contemporary electronic music artistry, Juno Reactor (aka Ben Watkins) have released a stunning new remix of their iconic track ‘Mona Lisa Overdrive’ as a single today. Originally composed an...

Nikki Corvette in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.facebook.com/nikki.corvette/ This Detroit punk-pop outfit – formed in 1977 – was led by the Nikki Corvette and guitarist Peter James. They had a sound somewhere between The Go-Go’s and The Ramones, with bubblegum teenage libido maxed out with a dose of The Shangri La’s. Led by a “new wave Betty Boop,” to quote one review, this group o...

Anne Richmond Boston in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://annerichmondboston.bandcamp.com/album/i-should-be-happy Back in the late 70s Anne Richmond Boston was a part of a then up-and-coming, young new-wave band called The Swimming Pool Q’s—a band that would find a spiritual home alongside contemporaries like fellow Georgians The B-52s and R.E.M. In 2026 Boston is still (bar a few years wh...

Gary Lachman in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Touched-Presence-Blondies-Bowery-Occult/dp/B0DSV388DQ https://www.gary-lachman.com/ https://garylachman.co.uk/ In this memoir, Lachman recounts how he went from being a successful rock and roller to a writer on consciousness and the Western inner tradition. He shares encounters with rockers such as the Ramones, New York Doll...

Deanna _ Mia in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://frightwig.org/ Frightwig is an all-female punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Deanna Mitchell and Mia d'Bruzzi. The current lineup of Frightwig consists of Deanna Mitchell, Mia d'Bruzzi, Tina Fagnani, and Rebecca Sevrin.

Joan Wasser in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.joanaspolicewoman.com/ Renowned NYC artist  Joan As Police Woman  announces her new album  “Real Life Evolution” , out June 12 via UK independent  Reveal Records  -- on CD, Limited Edition exclusive red marble vinyl and digitally. Exactly 20 years since releasing her much-loved debut album  "Real Life" , she has re-recorded and imagined t...

Alistair Jackson in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef0Cw6j70H4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMB0fZMhxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeiRflHxuCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYyl_FDTE94&t=374s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJGp--gpTOQ A Riot Of Colour were an indie pop band from Swiss Cottage, North London, originally consisting of: Alex Osman (dru...

Andy Allan in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/andy.allan.1232 https://www.facebook.com/hankdogsband Hank Dogs are an acoustic folk band from South London. The band members are Piano Pace, her ex-husband Andy Allan (formerly of Lightning Raiders and The Professionals ), and his daughter Lily Ramona. Their music is considered to be in the English folk tradition. They starte...

Mikey Georgeson in conversation with David Eastaugh https://vimeo.com/1160773241?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci https://themiddlepeople.bandcamp.com/ With three albums under their collective belt since Mikey Georgeson (David Devant & His Spirit Wife) & António Olaio (Repórter Estrábico) first met in 2024, it is high time for a Best Of The Middle People compilation. Gathering tracks from Re...

Steve Nieve in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://events.liveit.io/west-hampstead-arts-club/steve-nieve-kessada/ https://www.stevenieve.com/solo-albums   Musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello 's backing bands the Attractions and the Imposters, as well as Madness . He has also experienced success as a prolific session musici...

Andy Prince  in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://soundcloud.com/andrew-prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dna3ykpRUyY https://www.facebook.com/andyprincemusic/?locale=en_GB Experienced bassist and composer Andy Prince writes and performs evocative instrumentals on the Chapman stick. During his musical career, Andy has played bass with many well known bands and solo artists, including...

Maggie Holland in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.maggieholland.scot/ English singer and songwriter and became involved in the local folk club scene in the late 1960s. She has played in a number of bands and formed a number of collaborations with other artists, but has become well known in recent times as a solo artist and songwriter. She enjoys singing songs with meaningful words and...

Michael Jung in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.alicedonut.com/ Alice Donut formed in 1986 after the demise of the Sea Beasts, a band at Columbia University, the name soon trimmed from the initial Alice Donut Liver Henry Moore, a play on Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Ted Houghton, Tomas Antona, Dave Giffen and Tom Meltzer recruited drummer Stephen Moses and quickly found a substanti...

Jason Collins/Umbrellabird in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5uCjjeIi68 The Roots of the Seers lie in two places; Bristol (obviously) and Billericay (not so obviously). Leigh Wildman grew up in Billericay and it was there he met Jason Collins, a guitarist from nearby Brentwood. They had spent some time in bands around the Essex region and they, along with a few f...