C86 Show - Indie Pop

Johanna Went & Mark Wheaton in conversation with David Eastaugh Johanna Went is an American performance artist who primarily works in the Los Angeles area. She started her career in the late 1970s as musician in the punk scene. Music is still an important element of her shows. She has often worked with musician Mark Wheaton, whose fast, rhythmic music beats provide the background noise in several...

P.P Arnold in conversation with David Eastaugh https://pparnold.com   American soul singer. Arnold began her career as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1965. The following year she relocated to London to pursue a solo career. Arnold enjoyed considerable success in the United Kingdom with her singles " The First Cut Is the Deepest " (1967) and " Angel of the Morning "

Seth Lorinczi - Vile Cherubs - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.sethlorinczi.com Vile Cherubs blended the avant-garde of the '60s with the punk bluntness of the '80s. The group broke into the late-'80s D.C. punk club scene, eventually drawing the attention of Ian MacKaye and Dischord Records. They released one full-length with Dischord, Posthumous Relief, in 1990. A collection of de...

Honey Bane in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.honeybaneofficial.com   Honey Bane began her musical career at the age of 14 in 1978 when she formed the punk rock band the Fatal Microbes . [2] The band released a split 12" record with anarcho-punk band Poison Girls the same year. The first single, "Violence Grows" garnered some press attention and was given positive reviews by the Britis...

Luke Haines - Peter Buck, The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof & Black Box Recorder - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/luke-haines-peter-buck-all-the-kids-are-super-bummed-out-2cd-edition/ English musician, songwriter and author. He has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The Auteurs , Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder .

Chris Silagyi - 20/20, The Redskins, The Furys, The ExTeens - in conversation with David Eastaugh 20/20 was an American power pop band based in Hollywood , California . They were active from 1977 to 1983 - Allen decided to move to Los Angeles in 1977 after fellow Tulsa natives Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley met with success. Once in Los Angeles, Allen met with Mike Gallo (singer/songwriter/keyboa...

Maggie K. De Monde - Scarlet Fantastic - in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.scarlet-fantastic.co.uk British pop band active in the 1980s, consisting of Maggie K. De Monde and Rick P. Jones. The duo were former members of pop trio Swans Way , who had a hit with "Soul Train" in 1984. Scarlet Fantastic reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart only once, with October 1987 single "No Memo...

Rupert Creed & Garry Burnett - talking about the book, The Mick Ronson Story - with David Eastaugh A long overdue biography of guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer and musician Mick Ronson. Most famous for his critical contribution to David Bowie’s spectacular live band, studio albums including Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane. Mick al...

Penelope Houston - The Avengers - in conversation with David Eastaugh www.penelopehouston.bandcamp.com http://www.penelope.net   American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers . She was raised in Seattle. In 1977, Houston moved to San Francisco, attended the San Francisco Art Institute , and shortly after became the lead singer and songw...

Ross A. Sinclair - The Soup Dragons - in conversation with David Eastaugh  https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com The Soup Dragons formed in Bellshill , a town near Motherwell , in 1985. The line up was Sean Dickson ( vocals , lead guitar ), Jim McCulloch ( guitar , second voice) who replaced Ian Whitehall, and Sushil K. Dade ( bass ). The original drummer , Ross A. Sinclair , left the gr...

Amy Ray - Indigo Girls  - in conversation with David Eastaugh www.amy-ray.com American alto singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls . She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records.

John Otway in conversation with David Eastaugh www.johnotway.com Otway was born in Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire . Although his first single, "Gypsy"/"Misty Mountain" was released in 1972, Otway initially received some coverage on the back of punk rock and a performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test . [2] His sixth single, the half-spoken love song "Really Free" reached number 27 in the UK Singles Ch...

Patrick O'Neil - Anarchy At The Circle K - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Anarchy At The Circle K is literally a punk tour-de-force. An in your face gut-wrenching, and at times humorous, tale of Patrick O’Neil’s stint as a roadie, road manager, and drug addict during punk’s heyday of the 1980’s. Crisscrossing the highways of America, on tour with such influential punk bands as Dead Kennedys,...

Rachel Mayfield in conversation with David Eastaugh rachelmayfield.com https://rachelmayfield.bandcamp.com Rachel Mayfield is a singer, writer and mixed media artist from Birmingham, UK. In the 1990's she formed and fronted Indie Rock band 'Delicious Monster' being hailed by the NME as a "Goddess of Indie Rock' and as 'exciting, unpredictable and dangerous as a ten legged Tyrannosaurus. The band r...

James Smith - The Nightingales - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://uknightingales.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-laugh The Nightingales are a British post-punk / alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham , England , by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects . They had been part of The Clash 's 'White Riot Tour', recorded a couple of Peel Sessions , released a 45 on R...

  The Rosehips were an indiepop band from Stoke on Trent, UK. They were together from 1986 to 1989.

Ian Cooper & Paul Hammond - Ultramarine - in conversation with David Eastaugh Ultramarine are an English electronic music duo , formed in 1989 by Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond. Their work blends elements of techno , house and ambient music with acoustic instrumentation, the influence of the 1970s Canterbury scene , and other eclectic sources. [1] They are best known for their 1991 album Every Man an...

Mike Gallo - 20/20 I n conversation with David Eastaugh 20/20 was an American power pop band based in Hollywood , California . They were active from 1977 to 1983 and reunited during the mid-1990s to the late 1990s. In the mid-1970s, Steve Allen and Ron Flynt played together in Tulsa. Allen and Flynt were graduates of Nathan Hale High School , and both attended Oklahoma State University , where Fly...

George Henderson - The Puddle & The New Existentialists - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://thenewexistentialists.bandcamp.com The Puddle are a New Zealand rock band originally formed in Dunedin in 1983 by George D. Henderson . They had a mini-album, a live album, a studio album and a single released on New Zealand independent record label Flying Nun Records between 1986 and 1993. The gr...

Cos Chapman - Rude Mechanicals - in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.rudemechanicals.co.uk https://www.coschapman.com

High Tide - Tony Hill - In conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.bluematterrecords.com Allmusic author, Wilson Neate, stated this of the group, "High Tide had the muscularity of a no-nonsense proto-metal band, but they also ventured into prog territory with changing time signatures and tempos, soft-hard dynamics, multi-part arrangements, and even some ornate faux-Baroque interludes". High T...

Jarboe in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.thelivingjarboe.com Jarboe described herself as "obsessed" with Swans since hearing their first album, Filth (1983). She came into contact with Michael Gira and attended the band's practice sessions before, after several auditions, joining as a vocalist and keyboardist and debuting on Greed (1986). Prior to Swans, Jarboe's musical background h...

James Brown in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-House-James-Brown/dp/1787477908   In 1985, James Brown was a contributor to the alternative newspaper Leeds Other Paper . In 1986, following work on his fanzine Attack on Bzaag, Brown was hired as freelance features writer for Sounds ; from there he soon joined the magazine NME . In 1991, Brown became the manager of Fa...

Derek Moir - This Poison! - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/pre-017-this-poison-john-peel-session-301187 From Perth in Scotland, This Poison! released two classic late 80s singles on the Wedding Present’s Reception Records and that was it. Apart from this stunning Peel session, featuring four songs that never saw the light of day on vinyl d...

Simon Barber - The Chesterfields - in conversation with David Eastaugh  New album - New Modern Homes https://thechesterfields.bandcamp.com/album/new-modern-homes-2 The Chesterfields are an English indie pop band from Yeovil , Somerset , England. Hardcore fans tended to refer to them as "The Chesterf!elds", with an exclamation mark replacing the "i", following the example of the band's logo. The ba...