C86 Show - Indie Pop

David Palmer - Space, The Balcony & Moongoose - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-4oKztK70

https://moongoosecult.bandcamp.com

https://thebalcony.bandcamp.com

https://yorkie1.bandcamp.com

British musician who was a member of the Liverpool-based band Space from 1997 to 2005.

Yorkie is the son of Gladys Palmer, a Liverpool-based singer who owned several rehearsal rooms for bands in Liverpool. Yorkie begin his music career as a member of post-punk band The Dance Party alongside Michael Head, who would later go on to form The Pale Fountains and Shack. Yorkie would go on to form his own band The Balcony.

Karen Yarnell - The Gymslips -  in conversation with David Eastaugh 

East London’s The Gymslips, Paula Richards, Suzanne Scott and Karen Yarnell, barged their way onto the post punk scene in 1981. They openly embraced drinking, Pie & Mash, monkey boots and double denim right from the start. Often credited with being  the first female Oi! band, but they brought so much more to the table with their punky 60s influenced girl pop,

Formed in 1980, The Gymslips started playing live the following year, and opened for Dolly Mixture on a 1981 UK tour. The band referred to themselves as “Renees” a late 60s term for mod girls, the same subculture that named boys “Ronees”. Drummer Karen Yarnell told the NME that a “Renee was a girl who got as much shagging done as a bloke while also matching him for pint drinking, fag smoking, nose-picking, farting and the wearing of skinhead style double denim”.

Steve Mack  - That Petrol Emotion - in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://www.thatpetrolemotion.com

That Petrol Emotion were a London-based Northern Ireland-originating band with an American vocalist, Steve Mack. It featured the O'Neill brothers from celebrated Derry pop-punk band The Undertones plus ex-members of fellow Derry bands Bam Bam and The Calling and The Corner Boys. They recorded five albums between 1986 and 1994, exploring an eclectic fusion of alternative rock, post-punk, garage rock and dance music (including sampling) which in part anticipated and overlapped with the dance-pop era of the 1990s.

Leigh Gorman in conversation with David Eastaugh

Bow Wow Wow signed with EMI Records in July 1980. Their first single, "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go!", for which Gorman shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Ashman and Barbarossa, holds the distinction of being the world's first-ever cassette single. It reached No. 34 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for seven weeks.

In November 1980, Bow Wow Wow released the cassette-only mini-album, Your Cassette Pet. Gorman again shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Ashman and Barbarossa on seven of its eight tracks.

Bow Wow Wow signed next with RCA Records and in October 1981 they released their first full-length album, See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy. It earned them their first UK top ten hit, "Go Wild in the Country". In May 1982, Bow Wow Wow released a four-track EP, The Last of the Mohicans, which contained a remake of the Strangeloves' 1965 hit, "I Want Candy". "I Want Candy" was Bow Wow Wow's biggest international hit, and has lived on as an eighties classic, thanks in part to an iconic music video in heavy rotation on MTV.

Ricky Dineen - Five Go Down to the Sea? - in conversation with David Eastaugh

Five Go Down to the Sea? were an Irish post-punk band from Cork, active from 1978 to 1989. Vocalist and lyricist Finbarr Donnelly, guitarist Ricky Dineen and brothers Philip (bass) and Keith "Smelly" O'Connell (drums) formed the band as Nun Attax when they were teenagers. They became known for Donnelly's absurdist, surreal lyrics and stage presence, Dineen's angular guitar and bass parts and their Captain Beefheart-style rhythm section. The group later included guitarists Mick Finnegan, Giordaí Ua Laoghaire, Mick Stack,and cellist Úna Ní Chanainn.

Dorothy Max Prior in conversation with David Eastaugh

Discussing her new book - 69 Exhibition Road

https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/dorothy-max-prior/69-exhibition-road

Dorothy Max Prior is a writer and artist living in Brighton. In other lives, Max was a punk muse, post-punk drummer, and exotic dancer. Somewhere along the way, she has taught ballroom dancing and toured the world as a street theater performer, choreographer, director, and cabaret dancer.

Gary Asquith - Renegade Soundwave & Rema Rema- in conversation with David Eastaugh

Debuting on Rhythm King label with the "Kray Twins" single, their early records mixed together the sound of the then embryonic dance scene, hip-hop, dub, sampling and electro-industrial noise. Later singles such as "Biting My Nails" (a cover version of a song by Genevieve Waite, from her 1974 album, Romance is on the Rise, produced by her husband, John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas) and "Probably a Robbery" eventually reaching number 38 in the UK Singles Chart in 1990, mostly due to the AA side "Ozone Breakdown", a popular dance track, which featured a sample from the film, The Warriors.

A switch to Mute Records brought the release of the debut long-player Soundclash in 1989, swiftly followed by In Dub. The Japanese version of In Dub featured a second disc of the cuts, previously available only on their early 12" singles. At this point, Bonnie exited to pursue a solo career (citing musical differences), leaving Briottet and Asquith to continue as a duo. After two more albums, the group formally disbanded in 1995, leaving behind a legacy of four albums and 12 singles.

Simon Nelson - Milltown Brothers - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://milltownbrothers.wordpress.com

Their first release, in 1989, was the "Coming From The Mill" EP which became single of the week in the NME magazine, and featured the songs "Roses", "We've Got Time" and "Something On My Mind". The same publication tipped Milltown Brothers for stardom in the 1990s, along with The Hoovers, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Charlatans, The Mock Turtles and New Fast Automatic Daffodils.

The band's second indie single was "Which Way Should I Jump", with "Silvertown" as the B-side. After the band signed to A&M Records worldwide in 1990, "Which Way Should I Jump?" was re-recorded and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 38, and reached number 10 in the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock chart.

Dale Farrington - American TV Cops - in conversation with David Eastaugh

American TV Cops - were:

Anthony Cluer - Vocals, guitar

Dale Farrington - Guitar

Steve (Sam) Allsop - Bass

Andy Whitty - Drums, vocals

During the mid nineties they released three critically acclaimed 7" vinyl singles on their own Pest Records label. The first of these, 'Thirst', was granted Single of the Week status on BBC Radio One's Steve Lamacq Show, and all three enjoyed extensive airplay on national and local radio as well as exposure on at least one French station. Over the same period they gigged extensively around England, appearing at all the major music venues of the time and supporting the likes of Deus, Shed Seven, These Animal Men, Smash, Cable and Bush.

Sal Solo - Classix Nouveaux - in conversation with David Eastaugh

In 1981, the first Classix Nouveaux album Night People was released along with two moderately successful singles "Guilty" and "Tokyo". Both singles reached the UK Top 75, and "Guilty" reached the Top 20 in Sweden and #25 in Australia. The album itself peaked at #66 in the UK.

The second Classix Nouveaux album brought the band its biggest hits. La Verité was released in 1982 and the single release "Is It A Dream" brought the group its only British Top 20 hit, peaking at 11.Even though they were not part of the 'Blitz Kids' scene the band are generally seen as a New Romantic act alongside bands such as Ultravox and Japan,with "Is It A Dream" appearing on numerous 1980s synthpop compilations.

Daniel Darrow - The Pull of Autumn - David Eastaugh

https://thepullofautumn.bandcamp.com/album/the-pull-of-autumn

Based between Boston and Rhode Island, The Pull of Autumn is a ‘super group’ of sorts, with songs orbiting around Daniel Darrow from Johanna’s House of Glamour and Luke Skyscraper (Fashion), but also involving numerous emerging and notable musicians from the local music scene and from far abroad.

Ian Wright - The Jack Rubies - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://thejackrubies.bandcamp.com/album/foolish-boy

Shaking off their slumber, the Jack Rubies are back, fists full of fab new sounds. Once described asuglier than the Stones, the slightly sinister Rubies are a mercurial delight, an utter delicacy. The black heart of Blue Velvet meets the tinsel town sex appeal of '61 Elvis.

Graham Day - The Prisoners - in conversation with David Eastaugh 

The Prisoners were a British garage rock band formed in 1980 in Rochester, Kent, England. Their 1960s garage sound made them a regular live fixture in London's underground "psychedelic revival" and "mod revival" scene of the early 1980s, as well as a linchpin of the Medway scene.

Seth Lorinczi - Vile Cherubs - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.sethlorinczi.com

Vile Cherubs blended the avant-garde of the '60s with the punk bluntness of the '80s. The group broke into the late-'80s D.C. punk club scene, eventually drawing the attention of Ian MacKaye and Dischord Records. They released one full-length with Dischord, Posthumous Relief, in 1990. A collection of demos from 1987-1988, The Man Who Has No Eats Has No Sweats, was released in 1993. Singer Tim Green went on to play guitar in Nation of Ulysses, while Seth Lorinczi later joined Circus Lupus as a bassist and Jesse Quitslund went onto play bass for the Capitol City Dusters. Green and Lorinczi later reunited in Evolution Revolution.

Honey Bane in conversation with David Eastaugh

http://www.honeybaneofficial.com

Honey Bane began her musical career at the age of 14 in 1978 when she formed the punk rock band the Fatal Microbes.^[2] The band released a split 12" record with anarcho-punkband Poison Girls the same year. The first single, "Violence Grows" garnered some press attention and was given positive reviews by the British music paper Sounds.

After the 1979 breakup of the Fatal Microbes, and a stint in a juvenile detention facility that garnered more press attention, Bane began a collaboration with Crass, while she was on the run from the Social Services after serving a sentence at the St. Charles Youth Treatment Centre in Essex.^[4] Lending lead vocals and backed by the band under the name Donna and the Kebabs, Crass released the EP You Can Be You in 1979. It was the debut release on Crass' newly found label, Crass Records.

In 1981, Bane began collaborating with her then manager, Jimmy Pursey. The collaboration resulted in a new single, "Turn Me On Turn Me Off" which peaked in the UK Singles Chart at No. 37,^[1] and Bane subsequently appeared performing the single on Top of the Pops. "Turn Me On Turn Me Off" marked a musical departure of Bane from punk rock to a new wavesound.

Luke Haines - Peter Buck, The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof & Black Box Recorder - in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/luke-haines-peter-buck-all-the-kids-are-super-bummed-out-2cd-edition/

English musician, songwriter and author. He has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder.

Chris Silagyi - 20/20, The Redskins, The Furys, The ExTeens - in conversation with David Eastaugh

20/20 was an American power pop band based in Hollywood, California. They were active from 1977 to 1983 - Allen decided to move to Los Angeles in 1977 after fellow Tulsa natives Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley met with success. Once in Los Angeles, Allen met with Mike Gallo (singer/songwriter/keyboardist/drummer), who had already conceived of the idea and name for the band (after having spent time in the UK). Gallo first started writing with Allen, and later auditioned Allen's friend from Tulsa, Ron Flynt, for 20/20. Between the release of the single, and their first LP on Portrait Records, Chris Silagyi joined the band as a keyboardist.

Maggie K. De Monde - Scarlet Fantastic - in conversation with David Eastaugh

http://www.scarlet-fantastic.co.uk

British pop band active in the 1980s, consisting of Maggie K. De Monde and Rick P. Jones. The duo were former members of pop trio Swans Way, who had a hit with "Soul Train" in 1984. Scarlet Fantastic reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart only once, with October 1987 single "No Memory", a song which would become popular a few years later on the rave and Ibiza dance music scenes.

Since No Memory was a hit, De Monde has performed with her band The Mighty K, released the album Union as part of the duo Maggie & Martin, and has made guest appearances on various projects including Empire State Human and glean.

In 2016, Maggie De Monde resurrected the Scarlet Fantastic name with the release of her album Reverie and the Beyond Pluto EP.

Rupert Creed & Garry Burnett - talking about the book, The Mick Ronson Story - with David Eastaugh

A long overdue biography of guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer and musician Mick Ronson. Most famous for his critical contribution to David Bowie’s spectacular live band, studio albums including Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane. Mick also helped produce Lou Reed’s Transformer, released five solo studio albums, performing in bands with Ian Hunter, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan as well as working with many other musicians.

This is an authentic story of a boy from a council estate from Hull who achieved international rock god status. Set in a time of seismic social change, with colliding cultures of personal and community identity, image and fashion, gender roles and sexual freedom.

Penelope Houston - The Avengers - in conversation with David Eastaugh

www.penelopehouston.bandcamp.com

http://www.penelope.net

American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In 1977, Houston moved to San Francisco, attended the San Francisco Art Institute, and shortly after became the lead singer and songwriter for the Avengers. That band released one album, their eponymous debut in 1983.