C86 Show - Indie Pop

The Bevis Frond with Nick Saloman in conversation with David Eastaugh The Bevis Frond is an English rock band formed in 1986 in London, England. The band is fronted by Nick Saloman and has recorded many singles and albums on various independent labels. Saloman was originally in a band known as the Bevis Frond Museum in the late 1960s, and in the 1970s, whilst at college, he played guitar with a du...

Barney Hoskyns in conversation talking about his life in music and new book God is in the Radio with David Eastaugh    Barney Hoskyns is the co-founder and editorial director of Rock's Backpages, the online library of pop writing and journalism. He began writing for NME in the early '80s and is a former contributing editor at British Vogue and U.S. correspondent for MOJO

Country Teasers with Ben Wallers in conversation with David Eastaugh Country Teasers were an art punk band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1993. Frontman Ben Wallers also performs solo as The Rebel. He plays live shows with a Gameboy backing-track or accompanied by Country Teasers bassist Sophie Politowicz on drums. Long-time members of Country Teasers include songwriter B.R. Wallers (vocals, gui...

Paul Statham - Dido, Pete Murphy, B Movie - in conversation with David Eastaugh Paul Statham is a songwriter/producer and sound artist whose commercial pop compositions have contributed to around 30 million album sales These include the lead single 'Here With Me' and the title track 'No Angel' from Dido’s U.S and U.K  no 1 album ‘No Angel’ (22 million sales) and 2 co writes and productions on Kyli...

Rig! special with Darren Jones  in conversation with David Eastaugh U.K. indie rock band from the early 1990's. Members: Adam Rockingham Carl Lawson Darren Jones Jonathan Barrett

Marc Bolan special with Paul Fenton in conversation with David Eastaugh English drummer, best known for his work with T. Rex . After leaving Christie , he started playing drums for T. Rex in 1973, after being recommended to Marc Bolan by his producer Tony Visconti . He also toured briefly with Marc Bolan & T. Rex in 1974, and played additional drums with Davy Lutton on the songs "Solid Baby", "Fun...

Ron Johnson special with Dave Parsons in conversation with David Eastaugh  Ron Johnson Records was a UK independent record label based in Long Eaton operating between 1983 and 1988. The label contributed five tracks to the NME 's C86 compilation. Run by Dave Parsons, the label released records by artists such as Big Flame , Shrubs , A Witness , Great Leap Forward , Stump , Mackenzies , Twang and E...

The Pandoras with Karen Basset in conversation with David Eastaugh The Pandoras is an all-female garage punk band from Los Angeles, California with a run 1982 to 1991. The band is among the first handful of all-female rock bands to ever be signed. From the beginning, the band found a strong following in the Hollywood garage rock and Paisley Underground scene. The Pandoras enjoyed strong radio supp...

Porl Young in conversation with David Eastaugh  UK producer and DJ. Resident DJ at Heaven in London, and co-owner of the label Tuff Twins Recordings .  He was guitarist for Rosetta Stone in the middle 90's. Starting out as a recording engineer at The Townhouse, London, and Phil Manzanera’s Gallery Studios in Surrey, Porl’s worked with a diversity of international artists from every genre of music;...

Becky Wreck - Lunachicks - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Drummer for the New York punk band, the Lunachicks . Becky was with the band from 1987 to 1992 and was featured on two of the band's full length releases, as well as many 7" singles and compilation tracks. She also appeared on drums with La Muerte , Dog Ass, Uncle Becky, Bellylove, Blare Bitch Project, Sick Kidz. 

The Shend special - The Cravats, Very Things, Grimetime - talking about his new book Rub Me Out with David Eastaugh The Cravats are an English punk rock band originally from Redditch , England, founded in 1977. The 'classic' line up of Robin Dallaway (vocals, guitar), The Shend (vocals, bass guitar), Svor Naan (saxophone) and Dave Bennett (drums) remained constant between March / April 1978 until...

Karen Haglof - Band Of Susans, The Crackers, The Wad - 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 und...

Happy Mondays special with Paul Ryder in conversation with David Eastaugh English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The band 's original line-up was Shaun Ryder (vocals), his brother Paul Ryder ( bass ), Mark Day (guitar), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Gary Whelan (drums). Mark "Bez" Berry later joined the band onstage as a dancer/percussionist. Rowetta joined the band as a vocalist in 1990. The g...

The Dream Syndicate with Steve Wynn with David Eastaugh The Dream Syndicate is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California , originally active from 1981 to 1989, and reunited since 2012. The band is associated with neo-psychedelia and the Paisley Underground music movement; of the bands in that movement, according to the Los Angeles Times , the Dream Syndicate "rocked with the h...

The Barracudas with Jeremy Gluck in conversation with David Eastaugh The Barracudas are an English surf rock band formed in late 1978. The band's original line-up consisted of Jeremy Gluck ( vocals ), Robin Wills ( guitar and vocals), Starkie Phillips ( bass and vocals) and Adam Phillips ( drums ). Before the band recorded its first single, Starkie and Adam Phillips left the band. The band is nota...

Toni Basil  in conversation with David Eastaugh American singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker, best known for her multi-million-selling worldwide 1981/2 smash hit " Mickey ," which topped the charts in the US, Canada and Australia and hit the top ten in several other countries. She has collaborated with David Bowie , Elvis Presley , Talking Heads (choreographing and co-directing t...

Meg Lee Chin in conversation with David Eastaugh  Taiwanese-Irish singer, songwriter, audio and video producer, writer and art activist who lives in London, England. She is known as an early pioneer of the home studio revolution and female-produced music. As an early adopter of computer-based audio production, she built her own pc and created "Egg Studio" with a small mixing desk and audio interfa...

Green on Red with Chris Cacavas in conversation with David Eastaugh The band began in 1979 as The Serfers, a four-piece made up of Dan Stuart (vocals/guitar), Jack Waterson (bass), Van Christian (drums, later of Naked Prey ) and Sean Nagore (organ), quickly replaced by Chris Cacavas. [1] In the summer of 1980, the Serfers relocated to Los Angeles, where they changed their name to Green on Red (aft...

Chris Utting or Chris Crass - The Muffs, Vains, The Rockinghams - in conversation with David Eastaugh  Drummer, guitarist, singer, songwriter who's been in over 50 bands, since '79, solo CD 2010

The Muffs with Ronnie Barnett in conversation with David Eastaugh The band started as a collaboration between guitarists Kim Shattuck and Melanie Vammen, both former members of the 1980s all-female hard rock group, The Pandoras . The Muffs started performing and recording after the addition of bassist Ronnie Barnett and drummer Criss Crass. The Muffs released their initial 7" EPs and singles – "Ne...

The Loft with Andy Strickland in conversation with David Eastaugh Formed in 1980 as The Living Room by Peter Astor (vocals, guitar), Bill Prince (bass), Andy Strickland (guitar) and Dave Morgan (drums), the band changed its name when they discovered a local music venue also called The Living Room. The venue was being run by Alan McGee , with whom The Loft struck up a friendship and played several...

Native Records with Kevin Donoghue in conversation with David Eastaugh The label was founded by Kevin Donoghue in 1985, after he left RCA Records and during his time at the Music Factory where he was a sound engineer. [1] [2] [3] In January 1989, Native signed Nine Inch Nails but later released them from their contract when TVT Records offered a better deal. The label was originally distributed vi...

Breathless with Ari Neufeld in conversation with David Eastaugh Breathless are an English dream pop band formed in 1983 by Dominic Appleton (vocals, keyboards), Gary Mundy (guitar), Ari Neufeld (bass) and Tristram Latimer Sayer (drums). [1] Across nearly four decades, Breathless have released seven studio albums, one compilation album and 13 singles and EPs, [2] [3] all on their own label, Tenor V...

    Formed in 1983, the original line-up was Michael Rooney (vocals), Tom Rafferty (guitar), Malcolm McDonald (bass), Kevin Key (guitar), and Rhod Burnett (drums). Their first release was the self-financed "Where Are You?" single in 1984, produced by McDonald, after which they were signed by French independent label New Rose . Their first release for the label was the mini-LP Eternal Hotfire. A fu...

Big Dipper with Steve Michener with David Eastaugh American indie rock band who formed in Boston , Massachusetts , United States, in 1985 by former members of Volcano Suns and the Embarrassment . They released four studio albums between 1987 and 1990, before splitting up. The band reunited in 2008. They were described in a New York Times article as "musical contortionists: they love to toy with ex...