Deads Not Punk

Ewan and Stuart are joined this episode by lyrical swordsman Meryl Streek from Dublin. A brilliant conversation with the man himself about playing with Johny Rotten, how anger is indeed an energy, the much anticipated next album and thats its ok to be pissed off with all the bullshit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stuart and Ewan are joined by none other than Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke in the midst of his Unspeakable spoken word tour around the UK. A real privilege to talk to the Doctor himself about his music, the madness of the world , autonomous zones and sweetcorn fritters with mango chilli sauce. An absolute pleasure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stuart and Ewan are extremely chuffed to be joined by Sid Ryan from top notch punk funsters Grade 2. Sid talks about the most expensive water crossing in the world, out drinking members of Rancid and life on the road as one of the hardest working live bands around. Turn it up !! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Stuart and Ewan are joined by Dick Lucas of Subhumans, Culture Shock and Citizen Fish to talk about festivals .Tales of playing under canvas in the rain, the pop up town of the Stonehenge Free Festival, was bones in the dreads a thing? and hazy fantastic memories of fun in a field. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of 2024 Ewan and Stuart are really chuffed to start the year with one of the best emerging bands around - Noah & The Loners! Noah, Amber, Joe and Noah - yes there are two - talk about their new releases , influences , what its like being in a band these days and Fish from Marillion even gets the odd mention! A great band - enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

After a short break while our intrepid duo dealt with some life matters DNP returns with the letter D for DIY and true to form Ewan and Stu rattle through how DIY culture was so influenced by Punk including the formation of some seminal labels, bands and fanzines and how there is a brilliant emerging scene in the UK for new bands, podcasts , venues and artists. Have a great break over the holidays...

In this episode Stuart and Ewan are honoured to be joined by one of the most seminal music artists Mr Mike Coles. An absolutely brilliant bloke an total legend with some amazing stories, from seeing Pink Fairies at free festivals and the birth of proto punk to creating classic artwork for Killing Joke. Ewan mentions the Damned before Stuart but Stuart counters with Chaos UK. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast...

Our dynamic duo Stuart and Ewan get to the letter B in their A-Z of punk odyssey - joining them this time is Kingsley Hall from Benefits the best new band in (Shit) Britain! A brilliant chat covering war, art ,music , working on the bins. You can also check out the aforementioned Shit Britain here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZJ6Q6QAwvL416xdfmxUuy?si=7989e87bdb294be3. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Our heroes Ewan and Stuart return for Deads Not Punk series 2 the A-Z of Punk . This episode kicks us off the first in series with A. Ewan and stuart talk through inspirational punk topics such as artists, albums , culture, current affairs and trends. Stuart even gets a mention in of the Damned with the cunning deployment of A. Ewan gets away with mentioning Goth....again! Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Stuart and Ewan make it to the end of the Rebellion Festival and also to the end of Series1 - some awesome bands helped us finish the festival including Conflict, Kid Kapichi, Bob Vylan , Gaye Bykers On Acid the mighty Steel Pulse and the band of the weekend Meryl Streek . Thank you to Jenny and the Rebellion crew for a great week and looking forward to Series 2 in early September. Have a good one...

Ewan and Stuart stagger their way to day 3 of the marvellous Rebellion Festival, a great day again with Helen McCookery Book, Zounds, Ruts DC, the brilliant Only Ones, Icons of Filth , some high energy tomfoolery from Tokky Horror, bumping into Greg Outcasts and meeting so many lovely people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stuart and Ewan make it through the second day of Rebellion Festival having seen some brilliant shows including the excellent Outcasts, Subhumans , the mighty Neville Staple and jaw dropping new band Noah And The Loaners - Rollins being Rollins and The Steve Ignorant band delivering a blistering Cr@ss set and a shout out to The Ramonas for keeping us dancing after midnight! Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Ewan & Stuart our fearless travellers through the foothills of Punk journey to Blackpool for the 2023 Rebellion Festival - Day 1 sees our heroes watch the Chumbawamba film (its good), watch UK Subs , Penetration, Slady - listen to Rubella Ballet support women in punk ( nice one) meet thoroughly nice people from Macclesfield and make it to bed without arrest..day 2 tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. Se...

This episode Stuart and Ewan our intrepid explorers through the podiverse are chuffed as feck to have the brilliant Dunstan Bruce join the pod in the guest seat to talk about his new film 'I Get Knocked Down' , Chumbawamba , soaking the Deputy Prime Minister, bit of politics , the difficult Interrobang second album and more interesting things than you can shake a stick at - top notch stuff. Hosted...

In this episode our intrepid punk explorers Ewan and Stuart talk about the death of dignity in the UK, why education is about business not skills and they dont mention The Damned. Very special guest Jennie Russell-Smith , founder of the punkmongus and legendary Rebellion Festival joins the pod to talk about this years festival and why Rebellion is so special and unique. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Very special guest Ian Glasper talks about writing books on punk, being in Flux of Pink Indians, the mighty Subhumans and our heroes Stu and Ewan warble on in the back ground about the brilliant Benefits at Glasto, Stu gets a Damned mention in and Ewan reminds us how good X are - enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our heroes Stuart and Ewan brave the darkness and talk about Goth , death and bands that banged bits of metal together. Back after a few weeks off due to some selfish c*nt hacking our socials.. normal service is now resumed. Well ..we say normal.. !! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stuart and Ewan return and this time chatting about US Punk bands with the likes of X , The Germs , Dead Kennedys, Black Flag and ask the important question who were the US Clash and were Blondie punk? Were the Ramones the best band in the world and the best 3 US punk albums of all time!?These questions and more so tune in for Episode 12 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stuart and Ewan are joined this episode by very special guest Steve Ignorant - a brilliant conversation with a really great guest and super nice chap. This episode covers Scott Walker, why Crass songs still sound great, Slice of Life and the next album , working security for early raves, David Bowie and sloganeering! Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The long awaited return of Stuart and Ewan and this episode finishes off 1980 with tales of suicide, goth and Kenny Rogers. More dark and mysterious tales from our 2 heros as they explore punk and even chat about why The Members could have been bigger which is not as interesting as it sounds ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1980.. Maggie , the Cold War, why Psycho Billy ever existed?, New Romantics and what the hell were they wearing? Anarcho Punk, best albums of 1980 ,Futurama , Killing Joke and the odd mention of the Damned.. more ramblings ,anecdotes and punk rock facts from our two intrepid punk explorers Ewan and Stuart ...Oh! and we dont like U2 or The Police! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Ewan and Stuart welcome top bloke and guitarist Leigh Heggarty from The Ruts D.C - a brilliant discussion about punk, The Ruts including anecdotes and insights into one of punks most legendary bands! An absolute pleasure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ewan and Stuart arrive at the gates of 1979 , Thatchers in power, facism is on the rise , the cold war is er.. hotting up and alternative comedy launches a generation of catch phrases. Albums by the UK Subs, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam, The Damned( of course) and Crass light a fuse, a few laughs including the Bryan Ferry of Hip Hop and Honey Bane gets a mention! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Ewan and Stuart get further into 1978 and discuss the Zig Zag readers poll, most hated person of 1978 , what is pop music and how good are The Slits! More musings, ramblings and punk shenanigans from our intrepid duo as they poke a stick into the eye of punk! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to 2023 , our heroes Ewan and Stuart jump back into the new year with 1978 but also mark the passing of Vivienne Westwood, mention the Damned a couple of times, talk about the Ramones, mail order punk, the arrival of the leather jacket, ask who is the 'Bryan Ferry' of punk and generally poke the bear when it comes to how good The Adverts were.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...