60 Minutes or less - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast21 Apr

60 Minutes or less - Episode 60 - Steve Mason (The Beta Band)

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where to mark the big 6-0, for this episode I’m delighted to feature an interview with Scottish singer songwriter Steve Mason, him up front in The Beta Band!

Vocalist and a founding member of The Beta Band, Mason is also a critically acclaimed solo artist in his own right, having released five albums under his own name. With The Beta Band, Mason and co released three studio albums that landed in the Top 20 in the UK charts, with their ‘The Three E.P.’s’ compilation being a notable favourite amongst fans (even featuring in a much loved scene from the film ‘High Fidelity’).

After knocking the band on the head in 2004 - with their label owed a cool million quid - following a 20 year break, The Beta Band made their long awaited return in 2025, selling out an Autumn tour of the UK within hours, with dates on the horizon this year too.

Ahead of the release of his new memoir ‘Failure is Always an Option: Glorious Adventures On The Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales’ (out April 2026 via New Modern), we caught up with Mason over Zoom, where we talked about the book, as well as the long awaited return of The Beta Band, immigration and its benefit to music, navigating depression and good and bad celebrity encounters - from Brian Wilson to Julia Davis to Fred Durst (naturally).

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60 Minutes or less - Episode 70 - Gilla Band

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60 Minutes or less - Episode 69 - Mat Haigh (Wot Gorilla?)

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60 Minutes or less - Episode 68 - Weird Nightmare

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11 Aug 47min

60 Minutes or less - BONUS - A/S/L: Andrew Falkous (Mclusky / Future of the Left)

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast. It’s a treat to feature a special bonus episode, as we welcome back Andrew Falkous of Mclusky and Future of the Left!Origi...

1 Aug 39min

60 Minutes or less - Episode 67 - Alex Cameron

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 67, I hit the road with Australian song and dance man Alex Cameron, a weirdo pop hero!Since the release...

28 Juli 54min

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14 Juli 43min

60 Minutes or less - Episode 65 - Primitive Ring

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 65, we get fuzzy, welcoming Bert Hoover, Jon Modaff and Charles Moothart of power-trio supergroup Primi...

30 Juni 51min

60 Minutes or less - Episode 64 - Downtown Boys

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 64, we get political, welcoming vocalist Victoria Marie and guitarist Joey La Neve DeFrancesco of NYC o...

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