C86 Show - Indie Pop

Paul 'Bee' Hampshire - Into A Circle, Futon, Getting The Fear, & Panache in conversation with David Eastaugh  thebeenow.com Bee left school at 16 to form his first band the Danse Society. He moved to London to join a pop band, which really did become big in Japan. Bee spent his time there doing tours, TV shows, and dodging crazy fans. During his club kid days in London, he ran the door at London’s...

Anne Mari - The Field Mice, Lightning In A Twilight Hour & Trembling Blue Stars - in conversation with David Eastaugh Lightning In A Twilight Hour is an alias of The Field Mice and Trembling Blue Stars’ frontman Bobby Wratten, one of indie-pop’s most undervalued cult figures. The project’s second album ‘Overwintering’ was co-produced by Ian Catt, with Field Mice lieutenants Anne Mari Davies (vocal...

Benjamin Berton author of a new book on Daniel Treacy  in conversation with David Eastaugh "Dreamworld: The Fabulous Life of Daniel Treacy and his Band Television Personalities" London 1977: Daniel Treacy drops out of school, bored to death. Thanks to a few pounds sterling, lent to him by his parents, he records a few songs with friends and sends the finished single to the legendary radio DJ John...

Alan Rider - Stress, Dance Naked & Attrition - in conversation with David Eastaugh Alan Rider is a musician and editor of iconic 1980s Coventry post-punk fanzine Adventures in Reality .  He also co-edited 1980s Coventry Agit-Zine Not The Jobhunter, produced one off Coventry fanzines Certain Substances, Sticky Fingers, and Negative Response as well as contributing regularly to national music public...

Robert Courtney - Skin Patrol & One Million Fuzztone - in conversation with David Eastaugh Skin Patrol became One Million Fuzztone Guitars in 1981 and released two singles “Heaven / Annuese” and “Men’s Hearts / Creepy Crawl” and an LP “26″ all now remastered and re-released on Cherry Red Records. Rock Section was remixed by Julian Cope And Andrew Weatherall in 2014 as Dayglo Maradona. One Million...

Lolly Hayes (Lorraine Hayward) - Johnny Boy & Sister Lover - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Formed in 2002, Johnny Boy took their name from Robert De Niro ’s character in Martin Scorsese 's film , Mean Streets . Their debut single , "Johnny Boy Theme" featured Scorsese's opening voice-over from the film. Their single "You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve...

Philip Drucker - 17 Pygmies, Savage Republic, Them Rhythm Ants - in conversation with David Eastaugh

John Buck  - The Polecats - in conversation with David Eastaugh The band were first signed by the fledgling British rockabilly record label Nervous Records , and recorded their first single "Rockabilly Guy" at guitarist Alan Warner's "Lane Studios" in 1979. Formerly with the "Foundations" band, Warner toured and recorded with the Polecats for about a year. In 1980, the band signed to Mercury Recor...

Claire Hamill in conversation with David Eastaugh www.clairehamill.co.uk Active in the music business since age 17. In 1971, she was launched as one of Britain's first female singer-songwriters. Shortly following the release of her debut album, One House Left Standing , Hamill went on her first UK tour, supporting John Martyn . She performed at the Concert 10 festival in the United States July 197...

Tony Sales - Iggy Pop and David Bowie/Tin Machine - in conversation with David Eastaugh Son of 1950s/'60s TV comedian Soupy Sales  and younger brother, Hunt Sales   Tony and Hunt went on to work with Chequered Past , David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch , Andy Fraser of Free , Harry Dean Stanton and The Cheap Dates, The Hunt Sales Memorial, Tin Machine (with Bowie), and others from 1989...

Medicine - Brad Laner - in conversation with David Eastaugh Medicine was formed by ex- Savage Republic drummer Brad Laner , based on some 4-track recordings Laner was working on in 1990. After playing the tapes for music industry representatives, he was told that if he formed a band that sounded like the tapes, he could get a record deal. Laner then assembled a band of musicians from the Los Angel...

Jerome Alexandre - The Deadcuts, Andi Sex Gang, Black Bordello - in conversation with David Eastaugh Deadcuts are an English post punk group formed in 2012 by former Senseless Things front man, Mark Keds (vocals/guitar) and Jerome Alexandre (guitar/backing vocals.  Currently playing with the Andi Sex Gang and Black Bordello

Andi Sex Gang in conversation with David Eastaugh Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London , England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, their singles and various other tracks have been packaged into numerous collections, and they remain one of the more well-known bands of the early Batcave scene...

Martin Carr - The Boo Radleys - in conversation with David Eastaugh In 1990, the band's first album Ichabod and I was released on a small British indie label, Action Records. Although not a commercial success, this release brought the band to the attention of Rough Trade Records , to whom they signed.  Almost immediately after the release of the Every Heaven EP in 1991, Rough Trade collapsed and t...

Rob Miller - Amebix & Tau Cross - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.castlekeep.co.uk English musician and swordsmith. Beginning his musical career in 1978, he is primarily known as the lead vocalist and bass player of pioneering crust punk band Amebix . He also plays in the international supergroup Tau Cross .

David Conway  - My Bloody Valentine - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Irish author and former musician. He was the original vocalist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine , which he formed in 1983 with guitarist Kevin Shields and drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig . In 1987, during their minor underground success, Conway left the band and was replaced by Bilinda Butcher . Since 1991, Conway ha...

Anthony Irvine - Iceman - in conversation with David Eastaugh https://iceblocked.co.uk The Iceman’s blocks, when photographed in action, capture a timeless moment often including other human beings in relation to the block at a precise moment on the planet Earth. Ironically, despite their ephemeral state, the ice blocks gain a life of their own by being recorded, and even multiply through the copi...

Alex Novak Venus Fly Trap, Religious Overdose, Attrition, and The Tempest - in conversation with David Eastaugh The band was formed by Alex Novak (vocals, formerly of Religious Overdose, Attrition, and The Tempest) and John Novak (guitar, vocals, formerly Where's Lisse?), and Tony Booker on bass guitar prior to their debut twelve-inch single "Morphine" in March 1988. A further single followed late...

Edsel Auctioneer - Ashley Horner Park 3 - in conversation with David Eastaugh 

Aubrey Powell - Hipgnosis - in conversation with David Eastaugh - promoting his new book Through the Prism: Untold Rock Stories from the Hipgnosis British graphic designer . He co-founded the album cover design company Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson in 1967. The company ran for 15 years until 1982, and created some of the most acclaimed record cover art of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for many of t...

Terry Reid in conversation with David Eastaugh  Reid came to the attention of producer Mickie Most , who became his manager and who was in partnership with Peter Grant at the time. His first single with Most, "Better By Far", became a radio favourite, but the album Reid was signed by Ahmet Ertegun to Atlantic Records with his band of David Lindley, Lee Miles and Alan White ; they began recording i...

Stuart Moxham - Young Marble Giants - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Young Marble Giants formed from the ashes of the band True Wheel which also included friends Matthew Davis and Louise Porter who later signed to EMI. Stuart Moxham wrote the majority of the band's songs. Their sound was characterised by Phil's prominent bass lines, Stuart's rhythm guitar and Galanti electric organ lines and...

Moira Lambert - Faith Over Reason & Saint Etienne (Only Love Can Break Your Heart) in conversation with David Eastaugh  Lambert began singing, playing acoustic guitar and song-writing as a child in Africa, largely influenced by the Celtic folk songs her parents taught her. While at school in the UK she became a fan of the British indie scene, enjoying acts like The Smiths and The Cure , later expl...

Cass Browne - Senseless Things, Deadcuts Circle & Loup GarouX in conversation with David Eastaugh He was a member of the band The Psychotics who became Senseless Things in 1986. Senseless Things had a couple of top 20 hits and many other singles in their nine years together, they split up in 1995. Jamie Hewlett was a big fan of the band and designed many of their sleeves. When the Senseless Things...

Terry Blackwood - Elvis Presley & The Imperials - in conversation with David Eastaugh Best known as lead singer for Christian pop act The Imperials . He was with the group for nearly a decade, joining in 1967 and remaining with them through 1976.  Their association with Elvis Presley opened many doors for them to sing their gospel songs and they are being received very well. They released a six so...