The Long Drive Home

Episode 10! How did we get here? Who knows... John Helps of the excellent Maybeshewill gives us the lowdown on his touring escapades both as a musician and as a tour manager for other artists. This one is particularly explosive and wide reaching and covers some extremely dark content, so, be warned. There are also some very powerful swears. Tuck in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

HI. We were delighted to invite Fin (James Findlay), bassist from Hell is for Heroes, onto the show to talk us through the lowest ebbs of touring in the height of the UK Post-Hardcore boom of the early to mid 00s. Recorded back in ages ago (again), this one covers a lot of ground and the final tale is really quite something. Touring IS fun, promise, but the bad stuff is pretty damn interesting to...

HELLO. After an extremely long break, we've finally got a new episode for you. This was recorded WAYYYY back in April, peak lockdown and for various tedious reasons, it's not been available till now, HOWEVER we are delighted to have the ultra brilliant Andrew Falkous off of Future of The Left and Mclusky join us to reveal his worst gigs for us and it was a very fun chat indeed. Due to how long it'...

HEY! We've got Yvette Young from Covet on with us today and it's a CORKER. She talks us through some truly bizarre and in some cases harrowing situations she's found herself in over the years. Get a nice mug of tea and tuck in. xoxo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hurrah! Another one straight from the heart of Lockdown Britain. Episode 6 of the Long Drive Home. This week we're joined by Djamila Azzouz, the brilliant vocalist of off ITHACA who guides us through the back catalogue of shitemares her and her valiant band mates have been through. We talk pints gone wrong, Middlesborough and unnecessary drum kits. We had loads of fun recording this one so hope yo...

This week we're joined by Ben Murray, our good friend and front of house engineering extraordinaire to talk over some of his less enthralling experiences as a professional sound engineer. Many beans are spilt and subsequently stood on. Ben is a brilliant engineer based in Liverpool and he's a director at Total Control Sound, a PA hire company he's built up with his brother John. Ben also occasiona...

This week we've got the VERY wonderful Real Terms on the podcast. They talk us through some of their less than enjoyable performing adventures involving phone chargers, sickness and jugglers among other things. We also cover a very trying moment at ArcTanGent 2017 involving keys, a van and some incredibly uncontrolled drinking. Some demons were excised. Their brand new and super brilliant EP House...

This week we have our first guest on The Long Drive Home; the incredible Mike Vennart whose exalted musical history includes Oceansize, Vennart and Biffy Clyro (live) among others. We were delighted to have Mike over to talk us through some of his more trying experiences as a musician. It’s a juicy one so strap yourself in and enjoy the ride. CAUTION - There are some big swears in this one. Hosted...

In this episode, we discuss the antics of other bands in the gigging arena and discuss some of the listeners similar experiences. Ben sounds a bit funny because his microphone was erroneously fed through an Ampeg Bass Amp simulator. Oops, sorry. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our first ever episode! We thought we'd start gently by interviewing ourselves. Perhaps we come across as entitled ingrates? You can decide. We cover a selection of some of our worst gigging experiences to date, from Battle of the Bands contests to playing in hole in the ground. This was recorded on the UK General Election night so there's some brief mention of politics which I'm sure everyone wil...