C86 Show - Indie Pop

Paul Roessler in conversation with David Eastaugh https://paulroessler1.bandcamp.com American musician and record producer. Roessler was a prominent member of the L.A. punk scene during the late 1970s and 1980s. He played keyboards in bands such as The Screamers , Twisted Roots, 45 Grave , Nervous Gender , SAUPG, Geza X and the Mommymen, Mike Watt and the Secondmen , Nina Hagen and The Deadbeats....

Vashti Bunyan in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/vashti-bunyan/wayward/9781474621939/ In 1968, Vashti Bunyan gave up everything and everybody she knew in London to take to the road with a horse, wagon, dog, guitar and her then partner. They made the long journey up to the Outer Hebrides in an odyssey of discovery and heartbreak, full of the joy of freedom...

Trevor Tanner - The Bolshoi - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.thebolshoibrothers.com In 1985, the band released their debut single, "Sob Story", followed by the mini-album, Giants, and their hit song "Happy Boy". Word of mouth was such that the Bolshoi were able to sell out many of their early headlining performances. The band moved to London in 1985, and their line-up expanded to...

Tara Milton - Five Thirty - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Tara Milton and Nick Baker formed Five Thirty whilst still at school near Oxford in 1983. They met and recruited drummer Steve Beatty and played their first official gig in May 1984. This initial line-up played a number of gigs supporting bands like The Truth, Makin' Time and Direct Hits. Baker decided to leave the band in March 1985...

Ivan Julian in conversation with David Eastaugh  Julian is now releasing Swing Your Lanterns, his latest solo offering. Ivan’s had a long and distinguished career as a provocative songwriter and one of New York City’s most distinctive guitar stylists. As a founder member of Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Julian was an essential part of the original Punk scene while sowing the seeds for Post-Punk wit...

Brian Vincent & Heather Spore - Make Me Famous - Edward Brezinski - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.red-splat.com This documentary brings forward a popular era while unearthing many artists, photographers, and stories that you may not already know. The 1980s art scene is famous for break-out artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, but there were many other artists who m...

Michael Conroy - Modern English - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://modernenglish.me/ English band formed in 1979. They are best known for their songs " I Melt with You ", " Hands Across the Sea ", and "Ink and Paper". The group disbanded in 1987, only to re-form two years later and then disband after another two years (1991). They reunited again in 1995 and have continued in various lin...

Mark Reeder in conversation with David Eastaugh https://mfsberlin.com/mark-reeder/ https://markreeder.bandcamp.com Reeder has been living and working in Berlin since 1978. He is the founder and owner of the German electronic dance music labels MFS and Flesh. In 1991, Reeder discovered the teenage Paul van Dyk , guiding and paving his way to build up his now international DJ superstardom. Reeder's...

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 Bir...

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 a...

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 focu...

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 sc...

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 f...

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.  Membe...

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 t...

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.

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 Cur...

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, wh...

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 (fo...

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 al...

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    

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 release...

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...

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...

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 th...