C86 Show - Indie Pop

Nick Haeffner in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://nickhaeffnerdimplediscs.bandcamp.com/album/what-time-can-do-2

http://www.nickhaeffner.co.uk/index.html

In 1980 he joined post-punk band The Tea Set, recording an album and several singles and gigging extensively including supports for U2, Iggy Pop, The Clash and XTC. Nicks solo album The Great Indoors was released on Bam Caruso records in 1987.In 2019 after a number of years as a lecturer Nick has returned to music with self released music through Bandcamp. 

Kevin Armstrong in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.kevin-armstrong.com/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Absolute-Beginner-Memoirs-least-known-guitarist/dp/1911036173

Armstrong was signed by Charlie Gillett's Oval Records in 1980 and formed the group Local Heroes SW9  and released two albums, Drip Dry Zone in 1980 and New Opium in 1981.

Armstrong took part in the recording of The Passions's third album Sanctuary, produced by Mick Glossop. The first single from that album was "Jump for Joy", which was released on 5 May 1982, followed by the album and the "Sanctuary" single on 18 September 1982.

Armstrong collaborated with David Bowie on the soundtrack for the film Absolute Beginners. He also played in the band for David Bowie's Live Aid appearance in 1985, and recorded the song "Dancing In The Street" with David Bowie and Mick Jagger.

He played guitar on the Iggy Pop 1986 album Blah Blah Blah and was musical director for Iggy Pop's world tour in 1986/87.

https://www.paul-simpson.co.uk/the-wild-swans/

https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/paul-simpson/revolutionary-spirit-a-post-punk-exorcism-the-teardrop-explodes-care-the-wild-swans-and-beyond

Part memoir, part social history, Revolutionary Spirit is the poignant, often hilarious story of a cult Liverpool musician's scenic route to fame and artistic validation, and marks the arrival of an original literary voice.

If Morrissey was the Oscar Wilde of the 1980s indie scene, Simpson was its William Blake; a self-destructive genius so lost in mystical visions of a new arcadia that he couldn't meet the rent.

Simpson's career begins alongside fellow Liverpool luminaries Ian McCulloch, Bill Drummond, Will Sergeant, Pete Wylie, Pete Burns, and Holly Johnson at the infamous Eric's club, where, in 1976, he finds himself at the birth of the city's second great musical explosion. He co-founds and christens the neo-psychedelic pop group The Teardrop Explodes with Julian Cope but walks out of the band just as they are about to break big and goes to work in a tearoom instead. He then forms The Wild Swans, the indie-band of choice for literary-minded teens in the early 1980s, and Care with Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds, sharing a flat with a seventeen-year-old Courtney Love along the way.

Inge Kuijt in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.comsatangels.org/missing.htm

Comsat's fan Inge Kuijt is publishing her book Band. Fans. Friends. Music. The book is Inge's autobiography, a highly personal account of her "life with the Comsats".

"I first saw and met the band in 1981. Since then I've seen them live 70 times. In the nineties I ran their Dutch fan club, and I am still regularly in touch with most band members.

Not only did I meet the band early on, we became friends as well. I know their history well, because I've more or less lived big chunks of it with them, being there at sound checks, in their dressing room, and going out for a drink with band members after a gig - witnessing everything, then going home and writing it all down, in detail, in my diary.

I have used these old diary entries as a basis for the book. They make up the main story line. It goes beyond my touring life though - the book includes my first visits to Sheffield and also the reunion gig of 2009.

The book follows the band's career, their records and their Dutch touring life in chronological order. I have included many private pictures, both on stage and backstage.

Paul Chastain in conmversation with David Eastaugh

https://thesmallsquare.bandcamp.com/album/ours-others

https://farmtolabelrecords.com/artists/the-small-square/

Velvet Crush is an American band from Providence, that achieved prominence in indie-rock circles in the early- and mid-1990s. The band broke up in 1996 but re-formed in 1998 and have continued to record, releasing their most recent album in 2004. Vocalist/bassist Paul Chastain and drummer Ric Menck are the band's core members, having previously worked together as Choo Choo Train, Bag-O-Shells, and The Springfields, and they share singing and songwriting duties.

Derek Philpott in conversation with David Eastaugh

Amazon UK

https://a.co/d/5t6o7QM Amazon Worldwide

For close to a decade and a half the Philpotts have been getting under the skin of musical artistes. Picking up on glaring errors in their lyrics or sometimes getting completely the wrong end of the stick (perhaps to irritate things a little further) they totally misunderstand the meaning of ‘poetic license’.

Hundreds of missives have landed on the real and virtual doormats of musicians, worldwide. In return, these lyrical legends have exercised their right to reply, correcting and sometimes confirming the authors’ summation of what went wrong... or right.

In this book, enquiries were aimed directly at U.K. Indie bands.. These included Adorable, The Bevis Frond, Bis, Catherine Wheel, Crazyhead, Cud, David Devant and this Spirit Wife, Flowered Up, Fuzzbox, Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, The June Brides, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, New Fast Automatics Daffodils, The Nightingales, The Orchids, Paris Angels, Pele, Salad, Senseless Things, The Soup Dragons, Spacemen 3, Swervedriver, Talulah Gosh, That Petrol Emotion, 3 Colours Red, Thousand Yard Stare, The Telescopes and The Woodentops

'Dear Catherine Wheel" is the result.

Philomena Muinzer in conversation with David Eastaugh

http://www.cruelladeville.com/

https://soundcloud.com/cruelladevillemusic

Cruella de Ville, formerly known as Blazer, was a band from Northern Ireland that presented a mixture of post-punk and gothic rock from 1982 to 1984. They were mostly a studio band, who performed on television on at least two occasions and released a number of singles. Their best-known song is "Those Two Dreadful Children", and their re-released single "I'll Do the Talking" topped the Irish charts in 1985.

Steve Drewett in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.newtownneurotics.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvooaI5ePso

Formed in 1979 by Steve Drewett, they began like so many others to attempt to get their clumsy fingers around three chords and ape the Ramones who were their heroes. Sporting Joey Ramone length hair Steve would sneer at cries of "Bloody Hippie" from the audience but after a couple of numbers nobody cared they just went into pogo frenzy.

The early stuff from the band like "Hypocrite" and "When The Oil Runs out" singles were both great melodic punk songs on the type found in the early eighties but both were written prior to the election of the Thatcher monster.

The horror of this event changed what was the non-political writing style of Steve's lyrics into the other extreme, and so in June 1982 "Kick Out The Tories" was released on CNT records. This was a double "A" side shared with Mindless Violence as it was quite obvious that the political nature of "Tories" would prevent it some what from being Radio One's Tony Blackburn's single of the week!

Mike Baggetta in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://mikebaggetta.com/

mssv's second studio album Human Reaction , is released by BIG EGO Records as a digital download, 12” LP vinyl, and via streaming platforms on September 1. The band, composed of guitarist Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits, David Lynch) on drums and avant-punk icon mike watt on bass, creates music that is a heretofore unimagined hybrid of a punk power-trio and a dreamy experimental rock band, though they prefer the term “post-genre.”

Lloyd James in conversation with David Eastaugh

English punk rock band formed in 1977. An openly left-wing and anti-fascist band, they performed at rallies for Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League, and at Right to Work marches.

https://naevus.bandcamp.com/

Naevus is a British experimental rock group. Formed in London in 1998 by Lloyd James (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Joanne Owen (bass, accordion), Naevus were often categorised as part of the ‘neo-folk’ genre. Their music has also drawn comparison with acts such as Swans and Wire, and often includes elements of industrial music. 

Chris Matthews in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://quizshow.bandcamp.com/album/quiz-show

American indie rock trio Quiz Show release their debuut album this spring, the trio is made up of Chris Matthews (founding member of legendary DC alternative rock band Shudder To Think and his powerful rhythm section, bassist Jesse Krakow and drummer Joe Billy. But Quiz Show is not just any band - it's a continuation. After picking up his guitar and again writing songs, Matthews formed Quiz Show with former Shudder To Think drummer Kevin March (Guided By Voices, The Dambuilders).

The 'Quiz Show' LP brings together the singles the band recorded with award-winning producer Ray Ketchem (Guided By Voices, Luna, Versus, Elk City, Gramercy Arms) between 2017 and 2020 at his Magic Door Recording Studio in Montclair, NJ. Ketchem also re-mastered these tracks for this release. Interesting fact: through this process, Matthews discovered that he enjoys singing as much as playing guitar.

Paul Nash in conversation with David Eastaugh

http://www.thedansesociety.com/

In June 2018 the band release an EP, The FUTUR1ST, including a cover of NIN's "Hurt" dedicated to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, and the tracks "One Thought in Heaven" and "Scream" featuring drummer Joss Rylance who replaced Iain Hunter, and who has subsequently been replaced by Tom Davenport. September 2020 saw the release of the bands 7th Studio album Sailing Mirrors whilst celebrating their 40 years anniversary. And the band are currently in production of their 8th studio album 'The Loop' due to be released late 2023.

Jean Cafffeine in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://jeancaffeine.bandcamp.com/album/sadie-saturday-nite

https://jeancaffeine.bandcamp.com/album/pulsallama-2

https://www.sadiesaturdaynite.com/?fbclid=IwAR1NYafhK0y8y3Ls0FJzRYZlYtkd59r1DyfGekS6r2CI4zDIQx_jw9togsg

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Nicolas Dufaure &  Ronan Le Sergent in conversation with David Eastauugh

Formed in 1983 and originating from the region of Paris.

The band was originally composed of Olivier Champeau (vocals, keyboards) and Vincent Le Gallo (vocals, guitar, bass). Their first releases were two cassettes, La Cassette Froide (1986) and Past and Future (1987). Before the recording of their first EP, 1988's Private Life, the pair added Nicolas Dufaure, also known as "Bill" (bass, guitar, vocals).

On stage (and in the studio, starting in 1990), the group expanded to include Yves Charreire (drums), Ronan Le Sergent (keyboards, piano, organ), and Georges Remiet (guitar).

Little Nemo disbanded in 1992 but reformed in 2008 with a lineup of Le Gallo, Dufaure, Charreire, and Le Sergent, releasing the Out of the Blue comeback album on 21 September 2013.

Michael Blair in conversation with David Eastaugh

Michael Blair is an American drummer and percussionist who has worked on records and tours with Tom Waits (Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years), Elvis Costello (King of America, Spike and Lou Reed (Magic and Loss). As a writer/arranger he has collaborated with legendary beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and as a producer he has worked with Victoria Williams, Ryan Adams and Soul Asylum.

Anthony Dolphin in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://santasprees.bandcamp.com/

https://bandcamp.com/anthonydolphin

Jacqueline Bradley in conversation with David Eastaugh

The Hellfire Club, Glasgow - Rehearsal space and recording studio which was active in the early 1980's. Operated by David Henderson  and Jacqueline Bradley with help from Henderson's sister Jaine Henderson. 

John Douglas in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://johndouglas.bandcamp.com/album/john-douglas-2023

https://trashcansinatras.com/

Scotland's Reveal Records is pleased to announce that the debut solo album from
one of Scotland’s finest songwriters - John Douglas (Trashcan Sinatras) - will be
released worldwide on October 6th.

At long last, fans and newcomers alike are treated to an intimate snapshot of the talent,
charisma and depth of this celebrated Scottish indie songsmith. With this release
comes the start of a new chapter in John Douglas' creative life as he simultaneously
looks back at a lifetime of musical adventures and accolades and moves forwards.
The album 'John Douglas' features new recordings of some of John's favourite
Traschcan Sinatras material, alongside new songs he has written and his own rendition
of the Prefab Sprout classic ‘We Let The Stars Go’.

The eleven songs on this record were performed solo, recorded live at Kyoti Studio in
Glasgow (with no overdubs)

Mick Wall in conversation with David Eastaugh

Wall began his career contributing to the music weekly Sounds in 1977, where he wrote about punk and the new wave, and then rockabilly, funk, New Romantic pop and, eventually, hard rock and heavy metal. In 1979, he left music journalism to become the partner in his own PR firm, Heavy Publicity.

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Sushil K. Dade & Ross A. Sinclair in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Soup-Dragons-100057732055198/

Fri. Oct 2023. Manchester | Manchester Academy 2.

Sat. Oct 2023. Birmingham | O2 Academy2 Birmingham.

Sun. Oct 2023. Leeds | Brudenell Social Club. ...

Tue. Oct 2023. London | Electric Ballroom. ...

Wed. Nov 2023. Newcastle upon tyne | Boiler Shop. ...

Thu. Nov 2023. Glasgow | SWG3 Galvanizers.

The Soup Dragons formed in Bellshill, a town near Motherwell, in 1985. The line up was Sean Dickson (vocals, lead guitar), Jim McCulloch (guitar, second voice) who replaced Ian Whitehall, and Sushil K. Dade (bass). The original drummer Ross A. Sinclair left the group after the first album This Is Our Art to pursue a career in art, and he was replaced by Paul Quinn. Most of their songs were written by Sean Dickson.