Time For Heroes

Season 2 Episode 2 with the fantastic Joel Stoker, frontman of The Rifles aaaaaand he's just released his debut solo album 'The Undertow' which you can get your hands on here Joel Stoker Official Store (tmstor.es) We spoke about Joel's career both with The Rifles who have recorded five studio albums and his recent solo albuim which touches on Joel's struggles with anxiety, as usual at the end Joel...

As promised earlier in the week Season 2 is here and the opening episode is with a cracking guest, none other than Peter Hooton, frontman of The Farm. We spoke about Peter's early upbringing as well as his career in music and also managed to touch on a bit of politics and football (Peter also hosts a show on the Blood Red Podcast titled Allez Les Rouges), before Peter got round to picking his hero...

Hi guys, just a short episode with the league table for the first 50 episodes (Season 1) of the podcast! You'll notice the red and yellow thumbnail, to signify the transition from season 1 to season 2, which will be out shortly, got lots more guests planned so stick with me and we'll smash out another 50 Hope you all enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed recording it and thank you so much f...

Wow! As some of you may know i started off podcasting in 2020 with my first podcast Typical Time Podcast below https://open.spotify.com/show/1cePMYck2CE6a2CdP1MHCR?si=aac26d6d732049da A podcast all about Dundee's finest, The View! After 8 episodes the podcast finished without ever getting any of the boys on for a chat, so what better guest to have on Time For Heroes as we reach a milestone episode...

Well last weeks episode seemed to go down well so we may continue with a midweek release date going forward, and this week I have Mark Morriss, frontman of The Bluetones for your listening pleasure. We discussed Mark's career with The Bluetones as well as a solo career, the flirtation of a super group and playing guitar with Matt Berry. And Mark also found the time to pick some heroes to come for...

A midweek episode for your listening ears with Roy Fletcher of The Shed Project who just happen to be playing Audio in Glasgow this Saturday (29.07.23) Get yer tickets below: The Shed Project Tickets | Audio Glasgow | Sat 29th July 2023 Lineup (skiddle.com) Roy's journey is slightly different from the usual, not embarking on a musical career until his 40's but with the same passion and vigour as a...

Welcome back guys, after a two week break we're back with another episode and this week I'm speaking to Richard Day who runs Edge Of Arcady, an online music blog covering all the music we love and more! Richard is a bit like myself, no formal qualifications, but brimming with passion for indie music! First and foremost, he is a massive fan of the indie music scene, particularly Manic Street Preach...

Hi guys, back with another episode and it's a cracker. Damon Minchella founding member of Ocean Colour Scene, that description though only scratches the surface, he's worked with so many musician throughout the years and still found the time to gain a PhD! We discussed Damon's career and then picked his heroes, what a bunch he's picked too, and he's used a little loophole to his advantage! Hope yo...

Time For Heroes episode 45 is here and it's with the fantastic Geordie singer-songwriter Andrew Cushin! In his brief career so far he has already recorded with Noel Gallagher and signed to Pete Doherty's label, Strap Originals. We discussed all this plus a whole lot more and as usual at the end Andrew picked his heroes to come for dinner! Hope you all enjoy this episode as much as I liked recordin...

Welcome back guys! Episode 44 of Time For Heroes Podcast is with the fantastic Dean Fairhurst who fronted Slydigs and when that came to an end he began Standin' Man. We discussed Dean's career, and as usual the chat took many different tangents, at the end Dean picked his heroes to come for dinner, hope you all enjoy this episode and if you do, go check out Dean's music, Standin' Man just released...

Welcome back to Time For Heroes Podcast! Episode 43 is with the fantastic Billy Bibby! I spoke to Billy about Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Wry Smiles and HAiG, so much to talk about and we still found time to pick his heroes too!!!! Hope you all enjoy, check out all Billy's stuff here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0C0OFASoQC57yC12vQhCwN?si=x93T1f1FTSWbG2T8bJ1YDA https://open.spotify.com/artist...

Welcome back to Time For Heroes Podcast, this week my guests are Johnny and Paul from Liverpool band THIS IS WAR! We discussed the bands career so far which includes releasing a single a month as well as discussing NFT's and picking their heroes. THIS IS WAR! play a free festival show this weekend check out all info below as well as all their other links. www.darwen.live THIS IS WAR! | Twitter, In...

Episode 41 is here and after nearly 2 years of chasing him, i've finally managed to get Jack Jones, frontman of Welsh band Trampolene, Jack also plays guitar with Peter Doherty in Puta Madres and when he's not rocking out he's writing some amazing poems like 'Poundland' and 'Ketamine'. We spoke about all this plus a whole lot more, and as usual Jack picked his heroes to come for dinner! Hope you a...

Episode 40 is here and it's a cracker with Jack McLeod, frontman of East Lothian band The Rah's. We discuss the bands career, reminiscing about some amazing bands along the way as well as talking about the current state of the music industry and what's coming up in the future. Jack also picked his heroes and at the end I trialed a new question which has the potential to break a band up!!!! Hope yo...

Wow!!! Two podcasts in two days, here's a little short episode I recorded with James Gilmore of Manchester band ROLLA, we discussed the bands career to date as well as touching on their latest EP 'Nothing Less Than Everything' which hit #1 in the itunes album charts and their upcoming dates this week in London, Birmingham and a sold out hometown show in Manchester's Gorilla. As per James picked hi...

This weeks guest is Matt Hickman of Brownbear, fresh of the back of their second album 'Demons' and after an amazing Glasgow gig at St Lukes, I spoke to Matt all about whats been happening and what the plans are for the future, and Matt picked his heroes to come for dinner.. I spoke to Matt for my previous podcast which you can check out here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1SiNAjth6j2lYpjq0nteU...

This week my guest is Jack Horner, better known as Leon The Pig Farmer, a spoken word performer from North Yorkshire who also fronts The Dirt with his wife Sachiko. We spoke about loads in this episode including PTSD, Leon, The Dirt and even Japanese football! You can find all Jack's work here: Leon The Pig Farmer – Website by Steve Reilly – "A Manchester-dwelling Yorkshireman Beat Poet with a lit...

The guest on the podcast is Pete Jones aka Pete Welsh aka Welsh Pete aka Jack Jones (but not The Trampolene one!) A man with many names and many talents, he played in Kill City alongside Lisa Moorish and previous guest Tom Bowen, he has written a book 'Kids In the Riot: High And Low With The Libertines' and has Directed a documentary all about Swansea and Liverpool footballing legend John Toshack...

The first podcast of 2023! Todays guest is Tom Bowen, Tom played in noughties band Kill City who toured with The Libertines, Tom also modelled for Calvin Klein, battled with addiction and is now an online guitar coach. We spoke about all this and then Tom picked his heroes, i hope you all enjoy this episode as much as i enjoyed recording it, check out Tom below: tombowen | Instagram, Facebook | Li...

Episode 34 with the amazing Simon Williams, the man has done everything, NME, XFM as well as running his own record label Fierce Panda for nearly 30 years and he's only gone and written a book all about it! We discussed it all from growing up in E17 to trying to take his own life in 2019 right through to his journey to recovery, Simon or Si as he refers to himself now was a brilliant guest, what a...

Welcome back! Episode 33 is with David Stevens, frontman of up and coming Scottish band Dovv, we discussed David's early life growing up in Kirkcaldy and his musical journey, of course at the end David picked his heroes to come for dinner. David was an excellent guest, I hope you all agree! If you haven't already heard Dovv i urge you go see them, i guarantee you will not be disappointed! Check Do...

Welcome to the 32nd episode of Time For Heroes, this week my guest is Matt Abbott. Matt is a poet (you might have seen him on the Nationwide Building Society adverts) and also frontman of Skint & Demoralised, as well as this Matt runs his own spoken word label, Nymphs & Thugs, where he releases his own work as well as other artists. We discussed Matt's career in full and then he picked his...

Welcome back! Here's episode 31 of the podcast with Jamie Crellin, manager of Three Bridges FC. Before we go on, I've started a Ko-Fi page, Ko-Fi enables me to receive donations from listeners in order to help me grow the podcast so if you'd like to buy me a coffee head to https://ko-fi.com/timeforheroespod its quick and easy and it'll help make the podcast bigger, better and more polished! So, As...

Welcome back! After nearly 5 months out I'm back, I've had a lot to deal with these last few months and the podcast fell to the back of the queue, but now I'm back, and I've got plenty of guests booked. Before we get onto the new interviews, this is the last episode I recorded back in May with Ben Taylor, fresh from celebrating Fulham's promotion to the EPL i spoke to Ben about his career as a mag...

Welcome back to the podcast and after a slight technical hitch and change of laptop, I'm back with Episode 29 with Craig Birrell of Dunfermline band Birrell Or Biscuit. We spoke about Craig's career both as a musician and as co-founder of Whanga Records and at the end he picked his heroes, this time via WhatsApp! Check out Birrell or Biscuit here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Es640Txcb8Ek7vu4z...