C86 Show - Indie Pop
Channelling the spirit of Indie Pop!
Episodes
Tim Polecat in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.facebook.com/ThePolecats/?locale=en_GB
https://westhampsteadarts.com/nightery_event/the-polecats-2/
The band formed in 1977 in north London. The original line-up was Tim Worman (a.k.a. Tim Polecat, vocalist), Martin "Boz" Boorer (guitarist and vocalist), Phil Bloomberg (bassist), and Chris Hawkes (drummer) who originally played under the name "Cult Heroes". Finding diffic...
Mark Johnson in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLE9mfb6eZU
https://dontsleepdream.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-just-a-ride
Although first formed in 1985, The Bollweevils did not come together properly as a live act until 1988. The first full line-up included Sarah Griffiths (vocals), Mark Johnson (lead guitar), Steve McKevitt (bass guitar), Dave Lloyd (rhythm guitar) and Chris Coyle (drums).
From th...
Shaun Ward in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGqFli3c7wM
Floy Joy was an English group formed in Sheffield, England, who recorded two albums and had minor success with several singles.
Into the Hot was released by Virgin in September 1984. It was preceded in July 1984 by the single "Burn Down a Rhythm", which also failed to chart. The second single, "Until You Come Back to Me", was released in Octo...
Aki in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://nationrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9bzv8-c_gs
British musician/rapper, grew up in Bradford. He co-wrote some songs and played drums with the rock band 'Southern Death Cult' as Haq Qureshi, but is best known as member of Islamic rap band Fun-Da-Mental. Aki also runs Nation Records.
Dave Howard in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://thedavehowardsingers.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dave.howard.3133
The Dave Howard Singers is a cult Canadian alternative rock band/project originally formed in Toronto Canada. The project is based around the talents of singer-songwriter Dave Howard (the only consistent member) and the signature sound of his Ace Tone organ. During the second half of the 1980s, the b...
Rob Miller in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://mngbookshop.co.uk/9780252088964/the-hours-are-long-but-the-pay-is-low/
https://www.robmillerwriting.com/
In this memoir/history/fever dream, Rob Miller, co-founder of Chicago’s venerable Bloodshot Records, chronicles the unlikely evolution of Bloodshot from a list scribbled on a cocktail napkin one cold winter night into an internationally reno...
Jennifer Finch in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://jenniferfinch.bandcamp.com/album/diamonds-in-the-belly-of-the-dog
https://substack.com/@jenniferfinch
https://theshockerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/up-your-ass-tray-extended
American musician, designer, and photographer most notable for being the primary bass player of the punk rock band L7. Active in L7 from 1986 to 1996, Finch also wrote music ...
Leigh Goorney in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://gnuinc.bandcamp.com/album/moribundiing
https://www.facebook.com/leigh.goorney
The new album by The Long Decline finds Leigh Goorney (formerly Kenny Wisdom) and his ever-shifting collaborators pulling together strands of history, politics, and autobiography into a startlingly unified whole. Produced by Cos Chapman (Rude Mechanicals), the record is perhaps the band’s most a...
Palden Jenkin in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://penwithbeyond.blog/about/
https://www.palden.co.uk/podcasts.html
About PaldenI was born in Hartfield in the Ashdown Forest in Sussex in 1950, in a nursing home which not long before had been the American Generals’ HQ in Britain in WW2. A fine start. I grew up in 1950s Cardiff, Wales, and in 1960s Liverpool, and here my spiritual path began at age 16...
Brinsley Schwarz in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://brinsleyschwarz.bandcamp.com/album/shouting-at-the-moon
https://brinsleyschwarz.bandcamp.com/album/tangled
https://unexpectedcd.bandcamp.com/album/unexpected
Legendary British musician and songwriter Brinsley Schwarz returns with a new solo album this Autumn.Shouting At The Moon represents the third part of a trilogy begun with his debut solo release Unexpected in 2016...
Bill Dickson in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://rousers.bandcamp.com/album/1979-sire-session
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Katie Scaife & Kevin Bache in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://thelovelybasement.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TheLovelyBasement/
The Lovely Basement are Katie Scaife, Kevin Bache, Steve Dew and Paul Waterworth. The band are based in Bristol, UK. The idea back in 2018 was to combine the feel of the Velvet Underground with a hint of the twang of early country music. In the words of the band “we failed, but lik...
Tony De Meur in conversation with David Eastaugh
The Fabulous Poodles started out just as The Poodles. The original Fabulous Poodles consisted of Tony de Meur on lead vocals and guitar, Richie Robertson on bass and vocals, Bobby Valentino on violin, mandolin and vocals, Bryn Burrows on drums and Bob Suffolk on piano.
Barry Melton in conversation with David Eastaugh
http://counterculture.net/thefish/
Co-founder and original lead guitarist of Country Joe and the Fish and Dinosaurs. He appears on all the Country Joe and the Fish recordings and he also wrote some of the songs that the band recorded. He appeared in the films made at Monterey Pop and Woodstock, and also appeared as an outlaw in the neo-Western film Zachariah and other films in which...
Anne Clark in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.anneclarkofficial.com/
https://anneclarkofficial.bandcamp.com/
English poet, singer and songwriter. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then.
Her poetry work with experimental musicians occupies a region bounded roughly by electronic, dance (techno applies on occasion) and possibly avant-garde genres, with ...
Anne-Marie Hurst in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://ghost-dance.bandcamp.com/music
Ghost Dance is a British gothic rock band formed in 1985 by Gary Marx (ex-Sisters of Mercy guitarist) and Anne-Marie Hurst (ex-Skeletal Family vocalist) as both were leaving their respective bands. The band were originally signed to Nick Jones' record label, Karbon Records, then were later signed to the major la...
Thomas Leer in conversation with David Eastaugh
Leer played in several local experimental pop groups in the early to mid-1970s, moving to London when the punk rock scene was at its height. He formed the punk band Pressure, but by 1978 had moved on to music influenced by synthpop and Krautrock bands such as Can. That year, he self-financed his debut single, "Private Plane". Although it was recorded in his o...
Rusty Egan in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://rustyeganpresents1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rusty-Egan-Autobiography/dp/0857162934
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZAM6TFMvAc
https://www.mixcloud.com/rustyegan/
Egan was the drummer of British new wave band Rich Kids, from its inception in March 1977, until its disbandment in December 1978, along with former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock (bass and vocals), St...
Berni Armstrong in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.youtube.com/c/berniarmstrong
https://thesaturdaybluesproject.bandcamp.com/
Organised shows at various Fayres the biggest success was the Earth Fayre at East Bergholt, where they had an installation called "Beyond the Belly of the Giant".
Peter Greenberg in conversation with David Eastaugh
In 1977, White enrolled at Boston University to study journalism. While in school, he worked in a record shop in Brookline, Massachusetts, named Good Vibrations, where his singing was heard by musician Peter Greenberg of the Lyres. White adopted the stage name Barrence Whitfield to avoid being mistaken for superstar Barry White and began performing with Greenberg and former member...
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