Time For Heroes

The last one of 2023 and it's a cracker, with the fantastic MC Tunes, what a life! Nicky Lockett AKA MC Tunes has been through the ringer, he's cheated death multiple times and the music industry has cheated him just as much! The Manchester rapper has worked with 808 State and A Guy Called Gerald and more recently guested on Shed Project's 'One Shot' He fronted Dust Junkeys and his solo album 'Dam...

What's up Heroes!!!! The penultimate podcast of the year is here and it's with Mark Richardson, a Spoken Word artist from Dundee, we spoke about his early life and how it led him to his current status (Mark released his first collection of poems earlier this year) and he picked his heroes to come round for tea, Check out Mark's links below, specifically his video's on the socials as well getting y...

Back again for another episode, this time with Lewis from Shambolics, a band that repeatedly release absolute bangers! Since their formation in 2018 debut release When She Goes Home has racked up over 1 million plays on Spotify and the band hasn't stopped, new release Everything You Should've Done came out on Friday (1st Dec) https://open.spotify.com/album/5p0TN0q3dCNXtZGRyMWcXJ?si=Fa4ZEzfyRnabTme...

Wow! What a legend!!! Jim Gellatly is the next guest on the podcast, a proper hero, Jim has championed new music in his career as a radio presenter that has spanned four decades! Former presenter of XFM Scotland’s Drivetime show, and hosting a weekly unsigned showcase on Amazing Radio (Digital Radio in Dublin and London & online) and also hosts Breakfast on BFBS Radio, Jim’s a well-known face...

Back again with another run of episodes and a shiny new logo! The logo was made by Rowan McDonagh, you can check out his work on the link below, I highly recommend him!!! Rowan McDonagh (@rowan_mcdonagh_design) • Instagram photos and videos So this episode is with Andy Miller, Andy has played guitar with Dodgy in a career spanning four decades, we chatted about how the band formed, the Britpop day...

Episode 7 is a cracker with Declan Welsh, frontman of the fabulous Glasgow band Declan Welsh & The Decadent West (DWDW) DWDW are due to release their second album, '2' this Friday (27.10.23) which you can buy here Declan Welsh and The Decadent West (dwdw.co.uk) As well as talking about the upcoming album we also spoke in great detail about the politics surrounding the conflict in Gaza, Declan...

Anton Pell! What a life, this boys had his ups and downs but he just keeps picking himself and re-inventing himself! You can read the full story in his book, Grass Routes which you can buy here Grass Routes: The life & times of a grassroots music promoter: Amazon.co.uk: Pell, Anton: 9781716234910: Books We discussed his childhood growing up in Aberdeen, pissing next to Michael Portillo and the...

So after finishing Season 1 with the fantastic Kieren Webster I thought I'd get the rest of the lads on, might need to wait a bit for Kyle but here's my chat with Pete. As well as being a founding member of The View, since the band's hiatus, Pete has also became a touring member of Echo And The Bunnymen. I spoke to Pete in-between The View comeback shows and going on tour with The Bunnymen and we...

Episode 4 with Ryan Breslin, lead guitarist of The K's, one of the hottest bands around right now! They've just announced their debut album (I Wonder If The World Knows?) will be out next year and you can pre order it here The K's Official Online Store The K's - I Wonder If The World Knows? (tmstor.es) Ryan took me through his career to date which has already seen him rub shoulders with the likes...

Welcome back to Time For Heroes Podcast, episode 3 is with Slow Time Mondays, an up and coming indie band from Crawley. With debut album 'Century' released in May this year, which fuses their influences of Indie, Mod & Ska,the band are well placed to take the step up in their career, with Crawley, Brighton and London gigs coming thick and fast the lads are set to embark on a journey north this...

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...