C86 Show - Indie Pop

The Hard-Ons with Ray Ahn in conversation with David Eastaugh The Hard-Ons are an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1981. Founding members included Keish de Silva on guitar, vocals and Peter "Blackie" Black on guitar, Ray Ahn soon joined on bass guitar with de Silva switching to drums. The group issued eight studio albums before disbanding in 1994. They reformed in 1997 to release further...

Christian Paris - Alice in Wonderland night club - in conversation with David Eastaugh  In 1983, 24-year old Christian Paris, bored and with nothing to do and nowhere to go, came up with the idea to start the Alice In Wonderland nightclub in London's Soho. Loosely based on 1960's psychedelia the club was a phenomenal success that lasted virtually a whole decade and led on to the legendary Magical...

The Bollweevils with Steve McKevitt in conversation with David Eastaugh Although first formed in 1985, The Bollweevils did not come together properly as a live act until 1988. The first full line-up included Sarah Griffiths (vocals), Mark Johnson (lead guitar), Steve McKevitt (bass guitar), Dave Lloyd (rhythm guitar) and Chris Coyle (drums). From their first gig The Bollweevils received favourable...

Jimi LaLumia in conversation with David Eastaugh New York punk musician Jimi LaLumia was raised in Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, and grew more and more interested in the New York City music scene of the late '60s and early '70s. He became a freelance music writer and a scene staple at the legendary Max's Kansas City, befriending Johnny Thunders and Jayne County in the process. In 1977, LaLumia for...

The Incredible String Band with Rose Simpson in conversation with David Eastaugh - talking about her new book Muse, Odalisque, Handmaiden: A Girl's Life in the Incredible String Band    The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) were a British psychedelic folk  , notably with their albums The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion , The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter , and Wee Tam an...

Shoplifters of the World - film with Stephen Kijak in conversation with David Eastaugh 1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.

The Meyce & The Moberlys special with Jim Basnight in conversation with David Eastaugh Jim Basnight is a true veteran of the Seattle music scene. Since the mid-1970's, he has released albums with bands like The Meyce, The Moberlys, The Jim Basnight Thing, The Rockinghams and fine solo albums of power pop, punk, rock, folk, country, rock And roll and proto grunge.

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions special with Neil Clark  in conversation with David Eastaugh Scottish guitarist, known for his work with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions . He has regularly worked and toured with Lloyd Cole post-Commotions including playing on and touring in support of Cole's 2006 album, Antidepressant. He also worked on Cole's albums, Bad Vibes, Love Story, Etc, Music in a Foreign Lang...

Friends Again with Chris Thomson and Paul McGeechan in conversation with David Eastaugh Friends Again were a Scottish 1980s new wave group, formed in 1981 in Glasgow . They were formed by members Chris Thomson and Paul McGeechan, together with Neil Cunningham, James Grant and Stuart Kerr. The group was famous for their singles "State of Art", "Sunkissed" and "Honey at the Core". They released a se...

Simon Rivers in conversation with David Eastaugh - Part 2   Last Party formed in 1985, although their history stretches back to the band No Trains At The Bay, which the members formed at school in 1978, and who had a song called "The Last Party". [1] One of their earliest gigs was in support of The Sound , their original drummer Steve Infield being a housemate of The Sound's bass player Graham Bai...

14 Iced Bears special with Robert Sekula in conversation with David Eastaugh  14 Iced Bears were a British indie pop band associated with the C86 music scene. Formed in Brighton in 1985, by Robert Sekula and Nick Emery the band featured a shifting line-up of musicians across their seven-year existence, centred on songwriter and vocalist Rob Sekula and guitarist/songwriter Kevin Canham. Their jangl...

Last Party & The Bitter Springs special with Simon Rivers in conversation with David Eastaugh - Part 1  Last Party formed in 1985, although their history stretches back to the band No Trains At The Bay, which the members formed at school in 1978, and who had a song called "The Last Party". One of their earliest gigs was in support of The Sound , their original drummer Steve Infield being a housema...

Microdisney & The Fatima Mansions special with Cathal Coughlan in conversation with David Eastaugh In 2020, Coughlan completed work on an album entitled "Song Of Co-Aklan", featuring collaborators old and new - including Nick Allum, Aindrias O'Gruama, Jon Fell, Luke Haines, Audrey Riley , James Woodrow and Rhodri Marsden . The album is released in March 2021 on Dimple Discs and was preceded by the...

  Doctor and the Medics with Clive Jackson in conversation with David Eastaugh Doctor and the Medics is a British glam rock band formed in London in 1981. The group was most successful during the 1980s and is best known for their cover of Norman Greenbaum 's " Spirit in the Sky " which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart . The band currently performs with a newer and established line-up. As well...

Conflict with Colin Jerwood in conversation with David Eastaugh Formed in 1981, the band's original line up consisted of: Colin Jerwood (vocals), Francisco 'Paco' Carreno (drums), Big John (bass guitar), Steve (guitars), Pauline (vocals), Paul a.k.a. 'Nihilistic Nobody' (visuals). Their first release was the EP "The House That Man Built" on Crass Records . By the time they released their first alb...

Spacemen 3 & Sonic Boom with Peter Kember - Part two - in conversation with David Eastaugh

Spacemen 3 & SonicBoom with Peter Kember in conversation with David Eastaugh Founding member, vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of alternative rock band Spacemen 3 , lasting from 1982 until the band's dissolution in 1991. He provided the production on MGMT 's sophomore album Congratulations , Panda Bear 's albums Tomboy and Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper , and Beach House 's album 7 . As a sol...

Mood Six with Phil Ward in conversation with David Eastaugh   Mood Six were a so-called neo-psychedelic band formed in London 's West End in 1981. Emerging from the remnants of punk bands ( Security Risk ), mod revival groups like The Merton Parkas and the VIPs , their original lineup included Phil Ward, Tony Conway, Andy Godfrey, Guy Morley, Paul Shurey, and Simon Smith. Debuting with two tracks...

The Janitors with Andrew Denton in conversation with David Eastaugh The Janitors were Andrew Denton (vocals), Craig Hope (slide guitar, keyboards), Pete Crowe (bass guitar), and Tim Stirland (drums). Denton, Hope and friend Phil Storey recorded demos in Leicester's Highfields which Yeah Yeah Noh's John Grayland brought to the attention of some indie labels. Described as "a mixture of Membranes mee...

Thomas Zimmermann in conversation with David Eastaugh Managed tours around Germany for the likes of the Television Personalities, Jesus & The Mary Chain, The Wedding Presents & many more

And the Native Hipsters with William Wilding in conversation with David Eastaugh ...And the Native Hipsters was an English experimental group formed in London, England in 1979. Centred on the nucleus of musicians William Wilding and Blatt (Nanette Greenblatt), they are best known for their 1980 single , "There Goes Concorde Again", which attracted the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel , and re...

The Pandoras with Melanie Vammen 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 su...

Nick Kent in conversation with David Eastaugh  In the mid-70s, Kent played guitar with an early incarnation of the Sex Pistols , [2] and performed briefly with members of the early punk band London SS , under the name Subterraneans. Brian James , later of The Damned , said of him: "Nick is a great guitarist, he plays just like Keith Richards. He's always trying to get a band together but he just c...

Valentine Guinness in conversation with David Eastaugh Singer, songwriter, TV drama, movies, stage plays. Member of Panic and The New Forbidden

A founding member and original drummer of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, he then switched to guitar and finally on to bass guitar before leaving the band in 1993. He rejoined as 12-string guitarist in 2003. In 2013 Maymi toured with psychedelic shoegaze band LSD and the Search for God and The Telescopes as a guitarist and in Canada as a drummer with Flavor Crystals. Maymi has collaborated with Live...