Episode 99: Den Browne on living with Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen in 1977 - 1978
Den Browne joins me for episode 99 to talk about his time living with music’s most famous & notorious couple Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen! We spoke about what Den’s life was like up to the moment of me...
4 Apr 20251h 3min
Episode 98: Northern Soul DJ Kev Roberts on Wigan Casino, collecting records, the Northern Soul scene now & more
Kev Roberts joins me for episode 98! We spoke about Kev’s first interest in Motown & Soul music, his first time at a Northern Soul night, collecting records, how his DJ career started, DJing at Wigan ...
27 Mar 20251h 35min
Episode 97: George Michael’s backing singer Shirley Lewis on George’s legacy, the ‘Faith’ album, Live Aid & more
Shirley Lewis joins me for episode 97! We spoke about how she started her career in music, her sister Linda Lewis, performing at Live Aid with Spandau Ballet, meeting George Michael, performing with W...
24 Mar 202539min
Episode 96: Mark Reeder on smuggling music past the Berlin Wall, putting on illegal gigs, Joy Division & more
Mark Reeder joins me for episode 96 of the podcast! We spoke about Mark growing up in Manchester before moving to Berlin because of his fascination with German electronic music and German history, bei...
20 Mar 20251h 30min
Episode 95: Mick Rossi of Slaughter & The Dogs on punk, fall out with singer Wayne Barrett, Mick Ronson & more
Legendary guitarist of Slaughter & The Dogs Mick Rossi joins me for episode 95! We spoke about Mick’s childhood in Manchester, his first interest in music, the early days of Slaughter & The Dogs, supp...
17 Mar 20251h 22min
Episode 94: Tom Atkin of The Paddingtons on the 2000’s indie scene, ‘First Comes First’ album, Alan McGee & more
Tom Atkin of The Paddingtons joins me for episode 94! We spoke about how The Paddingtons started, their first rehearsals and early writing, their first gigs in Hull and getting gigs outside of Hull, w...
13 Mar 20251h 10min
Episode 93: Dermo & Rob of Northside on Madchester & Factory Records, ‘Chicken Rhythms’, new tour & more
Dermo & Rob of Northside join me for episode 93 of the podcast! We spoke about how rehearsals are going for Northside’s upcoming tour and if we’ll hear any new Northside music, Rob joining the band, h...
10 Mar 202533min
Episode 92: Rockfield Studios engineer & producer Nick Brine on working with Oasis, The Stone Roses, Ash & more
Engineer & Producer Nick Brine joins me for episode 92 of the podcast! We spoke about how Nick first got a job at the iconic Rockfield studios, working with The Stone Roses on Second Coming as one of ...
6 Mar 20251h 29min
