C86 Show - Indie Pop

Gilbert Gabriel - The Dream Academy - in conversation with David Eastaugh The Dream Academy were a British band consisting of singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes , multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboe , cor anglais player) Kate St John , and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel . The band is most noted for their 1985 hit singles " Life in a Northern Town ", " The Love Parade " and their 1985 cover of the Smi...

Dante Gizzi - Gun - in conversation with David Eastaugh Gun are a hard rock band from Glasgow, Scotland . The band currently consists of brothers Dante Gizzi (lead vocals) and Giuliano "Jools" Gizzi (guitar), along with Paul McManus (drums), Andy Carr (bass) and Tommy Gentry (guitar). Starting in 1989 with Taking on the World , Gun have released seven studio albums, three of which have made the UK...

Susan Stenger - Band of Susans - in conversation with David Eastaugh Band of Susans was an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1986 and active until 1996. It originally consisted of Robert Poss (guitar/vocals), Susan Stenger (bass/vocals), Ron Spitzer (drums), with Susan Lyall (guitar), Susan Tallman (guitar), and Alva Rogers (vocals). The band would undergo several permutati...

Matt Cornish- Thatcher on Acid - in conversation with David Eastaugh Thatcher on Acid were an English anarcho-punk band. They formed in Somerset during 1983. Their name is a satirical reference to former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher . Ben Corrigan, Bob Butler and Andy Tuck also played in Schwartzeneggar with ex- Crass member, Steve Ignorant . The band opened the anarcho-punk band Conflict '...

Neil Taylor - C85 a new compilation on Cherry Red - in conversation with David Eastaugh  3CD collection pre-queling NME’s huge selling C86 compilation. Featuring the best of the burgeoning indie scene from 1985. Including tracks from The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Stone Roses, That Petrol Emotion, The Woodentops, James, Del Amitri, The Housemartins and many more. Following the success of the three-...

Steve Lake - Zounds - in conversation with David Eastaugh The band were formed around the nucleus of Steve Lake from Reading, Berkshire and evolved from a number of jamming sessions with other musicians and friends in Oxford , taking in influences from the Velvet Underground to the Sex Pistols . The band began performing gigs in 1977/78 with a line-up of Steve Lake (vocals/bass), Steve Burch (guit...

Mick Blood - Lime Spiders - in conversation David Eastaugh Book - Lime Light Australian punk rock band which formed in 1979 with Mick Blood on lead vocals. He was later joined by Tony Bambach on bass guitar, Gerard Corben on guitar, Richard Lawson on drums, and David Sparks on guitar. Their debut studio album, The Cave Comes Alive! was released in June 1987 and reached the top 60 on the Kent Music...

Miki Berenyi - Lush & Piroshka - in conversation with David Eastaugh In April 2022, Berenyi announced the release of her memoir Fingers Crossed, due out in September. Lush were an English rock band formed in London in 1987. The original line-up consisted of Miki Berenyi (vocals, guitar), Emma Anderson (vocals, guitar), Steve Rippon (bass guitar) and Chris Acland (drums). Phil King replaced Rippon...

Keeley in conversation with David Eastaugh KEELEY was formed in 2020 by former Session Motts singer, guitarist and songwriter Keeley Moss. New single - “Where The Monster Lives” is the second single from the album, and continues Keeley’s quest to memorialize Inga-Maria Hauser, the teenage German backpacker who was murdered in Northern Ireland in 1988. Dedicated to Inga-Maria Hauser, the murdered t...

Dunstan Bruce - Chumbawamba - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.aiiy.co.uk Chumbawamba formed in Burnley in 1982 with an initial line-up of Allan "Boff" Whalley , Danbert Nobacon (born Nigel Hunter), Midge and Tomi, all four previously members of the band Chimp Eats Banana, shortly afterwards joined by Lou Watts

Justin Currie - Del Amitri - in conversation with David Eastaugh On 2 March 2020, drummer Ash Soan revealed that work on Del Amitri's seventh studio album had begun at Vada Studios, Worcestershire. On 8 April, Justin Currie confirmed that the band finished recording the album "the night before the UK-wide lockdown " began on 24 March Del Amitri are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgo...

Tim Pattison - Prolapse - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com In 1993 the band released two EPs on Cherry Red Records , Crate and Pull Thru Barker, followed in 1994 by the single "Doorstop Rhythmic Bloc" and album Pointless Walks to Dismal Places , which won critical acclaim. The band gained attention for their live performances, particularly for son...

Will Carruthers - Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized - in conversation with David Eastaugh BOOK - Playing the Bass With Three Left Hands https://willcarruthers.squarespace.com Will Carruthers is a bassist who has played music with  Spacemen 3 ,  Spiritualized , the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spectrum, and others. 

Tobi Vail - Bikini Kill & The Real Distractions - in conversation with David Eastaugh The Real Distractions is a co-release between Perennial and K this is international pop underground vol. CXLVIII. Featuring Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill, Frumpies, Spider and the Webs and MODs) as well as scene stalwarts Ricky Meyer (Rik and the Pigs), Peter David Connelly (the mona reels, Bangs, Quayde le Hue) and new...

David Westlake - The Servants - in conversation with David Eastaugh New album - My Beautiful England - out autumn 2022 David Westlake formed indie band the Servants in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex , England. The Servants appeared on 1986’s NME -associated C86 compilation, and the band was from 1986 to 1991 the original home of Luke Haines . Haines describes David Westlake's first solo album, 1987's We...

Rudy Tambala - A.R. Kane - with David Eastaugh British musical duo formed in 1986 by Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala. After releasing two early EPs to critical acclaim, the group topped the UK Independent Chart with their debut album 69 (1988). Their second album, "i" (1989), was also a top 10 hit. They were also part of the one-off collaboration MARRS , whose surprise dance hit " Pump Up the Volume "...

Gordon King  - World of Twist - in conversation with David Eastaugh New book - When Does The Mind-Bending Start? by Gordon King   A short lived 1986 version of World of Twist featured Gordon King (vocalist and co-songwriter), Tony Ogden (co-songwriter), Andy Hobson (Bass, Keyboards), Neil Drabble (visuals). The 1989 version of World Of Twist featured Ogden (now vocalist and co-songwriter), King (g...

Nige Tassell -Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?: An Indie Odyssey - in conversation with David Eastaugh In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twenty-two independently signed guitar-based bands, C86 was the sound and ethos that defined a generation. It was also arguably the point at which 'indie' was born. But what happened next to all those...

Bid - The Monochrome Set - in conversation with David Eastaugh  The Monochrome Set was formed in London in 1978 from the remnants of a college group called The B-Sides, whose members had included Stuart Goddard, later known as Adam Ant . Their first live gig was on 15 Feb 1978, at Westfield College in London. The original line-up consisted of Indian-born lead singer and principal songwriter Bid (r...

Nick Evans - Elemental Records & Dawn Song - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Has a new album out - Dawn Song & the album is titled 'For Morgan'. Elemental Records Was a division of Workers Playtime Music Co. in the early 1990s, then became a subsidiary of One Little Indian .

Lawrence - Felt, Denim & Go-Kart Mozart - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://shop.bfi.org.uk/lawrence-of-belgravia-blu-ray.html Felt released ten albums in the 1980s, and Lawrence was the only constant member of the band from its inception in 1979 to its dissolution in 1989, though he doesn't appear at all on the band's penultimate album, Train Above The City , despite being present at th...

Pleasant Gehman in conversation with David Eastaugh https://pleasantgehman.com/tarotreadings/ Pleasant Gehman is a true renaissance woman. A lifelong multi-disciplinary artist, she is a writer, professional dancer, actor, psychic, musician and painter; she has  often been called “a force of nature”. A Hollywood rock ‘n’ roll icon, during the 1970’s, she was one of the first punks in Los Angeles, d...

Dave Trumfio - The Pulsars - in conversation with David Eastaugh kingsizesoundlabs.com American record producer, mixer, engineer and musician, best known for his production work with artists such as Wilco and his recordings with his own band The Pulsars . Trumfio was the frontman in the 90's new-wave band The Pulsars, in which he did "everything but play the drums", his brother Harry acting as the...

Greg Jarvis  - The Flowers of Hell - in conversation with David Eastaugh The Flowers of Hell are a transatlantic experimental orchestra made up of a revolving line-up of 16 or so independent musicians based in Toronto and London. Their mostly instrumental sound builds bridges between classical music and post-rock , shoegaze , space rock and drone music , often resulting in their being described as...

Vince Rogers - Testcard F - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Norwich, experimental synth pop band formed in 1981 -  formed in the early 1980s at the UEA. Famously had an indie chart hit with Bandwagon Tango. They completed a second EP and also did a Peel Session.  Before releasing solo material as alpha seven, Pete used to be in Testcard F, an early experimental synth pop outfit based in Norwi...