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Send us Fan Mail The Splash Stories Podcast with Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave celebrates the sunshine with Matt Caughthran and El Mariachi Bronx and their lineage of storytelling, heroes, and villains with original and wonderful styling and panache.  The Bronx lent their sound to TV, recording theme songs for Weeds ("Little Boxes") and Aqua Teen Hunger Force ("Aqua Something You...

Send us Fan Mail The Noise Who Runs formed in 2019 by Sneaker Pimps’ lyricist Ian Pickering along with guitarist Felipe Goes is an Anglo-French dark electronic rock and pop outfit with heavy influences of indie, EDM and trip hop. Ian dropped The Noise Who Runs album Re: GenX  released May 8 2026 on Bandcamp & told Splash Stories : "There will be a final single from the album in mid-July,...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories caught up with Sacha on KMFDM's 40th anniversary of  the ultra heavy beat. KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as “ no pity for the majority ”) .   Sascha  founded the multinational industrial band Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid in Hamburg, Germany in 1984 as a performance art project on  a leap year - Feb 29, 1984 - a...

Send us Fan Mail Suzi Quatro was an Italian Hungarian born and bred in Motor City Detroit, Michigan, on June 3, 1950, and grew up in the suburb of Grosse Pointe.  Hailing from a musical family, she played bongos in her father’s jazz band by age eight and later formed the garage rock band The Pleasure Seekers and became a legendary female rock trailblazer in her own right. She has sold 55 million r...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave had the pleasure of talking to Peter Holmström - co-founder and lead guitarist, known for his atmospheric, effects-heavy play in the Dandy Warhols from his studio space full of pedals in Portland Oregon. We focus on early life/influences/venues that are special to them/first musical ventures, the formation of The Dandy Warhols A...

Send us Fan Mail Since forming in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1999, Gogol Bordello , led by Ukrainian frontman Eugene Hütz, has been filling venues with their unique brand of high octane energy lighting up stages around the world alongside the likes of System of a Down, Primus, Rancid & Dropkick Murphys.   Much of the band's sound is inspired by Romani and Ukrainian music mixed wi...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up once again with Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills.  The band had been regulars at my Splash Club back in the 90's playing shows first as The K's & then as Kula Shaker. They had a Club Residency in '95 and played the Splash Tent at the Essential Music Festival 26 May 1996, so we shared a lot of early Kula S...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories enjoyed an intriguing chat with Hugh Cornwell about all things music, arts & the culture close to his heart. Hugh mentioned attending The legendary Rainbow Theatre in London to see Chuck Berry thanks to his mentor mate Richard Thomson,  who'd taught him to play bass at school. Turned out he saw The Nashville Teens first on with No 1 record Tobacco Road, The...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with Toyah ahead of her forthcoming Songs & Stories Tour.   Toyah's Chameleon release The Very Best of Toyah on Cherry Red  respectfully covers her remarkable 45 year BE PROUD, BE LOUD, BE HEARD. Splash Stories with Toyah out now   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1891668/episodes https://podcasts.apple.com/.../spla...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave celebrate Valentines Day 2026 with a special bonus podcast recorded with Fuzzbox Kollective's Maggie Dunne & MeMe Detroit of the trailblazing 80’s chart band We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It. 2026  sees the band celebrate forty years since being signed on only their second gig & bursting onto the music sce...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories talked with Duncan Lloyd ahead of Maximo Park's 20th anniversary tour & solo project Nano Kino with Sarah Suri Duncan truly is a 'renaissance man'.....guitarist, painter, designer, composer, musician, writer craftsman etc  We talked of the art at the core of his being... splashclubtv@gmail.com www.facebook.com/thesplashclub https://www.buzzsprout....

Send us Fan Mail Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave had the pleasure of opening season 5 in 2026 with a delicious chat with Wendy James's Company about her Uk tour &  Transvision Vamp tour dates for Australia/NZ in February 2026 , and Spain in September 2026 and reminiscing about her life and career times to date and going forwards as we hit 2026 and her talents in table football.   A new Tr...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with UK Hip-Hop/Electronic dance pioneers The Stereo MC's ahead of their True To Life Tour of UK and Ireland through  December & January 2026. Fans can expect to hear tracks from across the Brit Award-winning act's acclaimed seven studio albums, including 33, Supernatural, Connected, Double Bubble Deep Down &am...

Send us Fan Mail ALABAMA 3 Splash Stories Hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave spoke with Larry Love [aka Rob Spragg ] ahead of Alabama 3's UK Xmas 2025 tour  SPLASH STORIES FANS PRIZE OFFER  Christmas will soon be upon us and in the spirit of The First Presleyterian Church of Elvis the Divine & Splash Stories we will be giving one signed Alabama 3 album to a lucky winner courtesy of the...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with Billie and Charlotte from The Subways before they hit the road to celebrate their 20th anniversary UK & European tour - The Subways For Eternity.   The pair of them were on great form and are revved up to rock out on the road following their instore tour promoting  the releases of their single I Need to Feel Y...

Send us Fan Mail The wonderful Annabella Lwin from Bow Wow Wow is Splash Stories guest this month and she's hitting the road.   Bow Wow Wow Tour 2025 C:30 C60 C90 Go USA & UK www.bowwowwowtour.com celebrating 45 years of their debut single. Get In   Support the show Get in touch with Splash Stories : splashclubtv@gmail.com www.facebook.com/thesplashclub Join Splash Stories https://www.buz...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave had the pleasure to talk with John Wardle aka Jah Wobble ahead of his tour. Wobble was the original bass player in Public Image Ltd  (PiL) and his Invaders of the Heart charted with the inimitable and wonderful Sinead O'Connor with Visions of You .  Wobble acquired his stage name through the drunken, mumbled version of his...

Send us Fan Mail mclusky's first new album in 20 years: "the world is still here and so are we". Out now on ipecac.com   Catch Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave on the Splash Stories podcast with mclusky vocalist Andrew Falkous released August 1 2025           Apple: tinyurl.com/4p3nzs3p Spotify: tinyurl.com/2jj75vrxSpotify mclusky: Tour Dates: https://www.songkick.com/artists/423637-...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories caught up with Bowies legendary drummer who was touring with Holy Holy featuring Tony Visconti. Woody is a straight up yorkshireman with a wicked chuckle and stories galore  How he became a spider from mars -teaming up with Mick Ronson- recording Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory and the Man Who Sold The World and so much more  It was such a pleasure. This is a rollicking...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories welcomes vocalist and art historian David McAlmont for our June edition. David left the UK in 1978 when his family moved to Guyana in South America skipping the whole punk rock scene completely in the process before returning to read performing arts at Middlesex Polytechnic.  His music career kicked off when he signed a publishing contract with Chrysalis Music in 19...

Send us Fan Mail Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with Colin Doran lead singer of post hardcore / emo / Hampshire rockers Hundred Reasons.  The hard working band called it quits after six top-40 hit singles and two top-20 hit albums and sign off with a banging headline show at The Royal Albert Hall on May 7 2025.   Colin talks from the heart & tells it like it is. “We have seen bands...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories caught up with Sheffield's Black Spiders vocalist Pete Spiby before he kicks off their UK Cvrses tour starting April 18 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/splash-stories-the-90s-music-scene-legendary-london/id1613247196 https://open.spotify.com/show/7cTnjVrSnwy6Eyqac5ETSk?si=10c7a723c3524392  https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1891668.rss We talk about how he star...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories set sail on an adventure with Starsailor's James Walsh celebrating 25 years .  For those loisteners who don't know Starsailor are a post Britpop band who formed whilst studying a Music course at Wigan and Leigh College Greater Manchester Splash Stories touched on songwriting pressure, touring with The Rolling Stones and hitting two score and five years wit...

Send us Fan Mail Splash Stories had a super charged chat with The Futureheads vocalist Barry Hyde from his pub/music venue The Peacock, that he opened with Dan Donnelly (Celtic Social Club/The Wonder Stuff/The Levellers) in Sunderland's City centre Futureheads - Took their name from the Flaming Lips album Hit to Death in the Future Head shot to critical acclaim in 2004 Their sound is a brash...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year Everybody  Check out our Splash Stories highlights for 2024 as a jump through 2024 and a kicker into 2025 -  Bite sized for your listening pleasure. See what you may have missed and enjoy a reminiscent journey through the Splash Stories of our wonderful guests over the last year. Our Next Splash Story on February 1 is with Futureheads Barry Hyde recorded from his Pu...