The tables are turned! Steve Midniter of The Midniters and Killer Tone Jones interviews yours truly. Two hours of chat as Steve grills me on musical inspiration, past bands, guitars , favourite tracks and motorcycles plus a lot more. Yes I ramble a bit and I seem a bit vague but it's normally me doing the asking. Hope you enjoy it.
Vic Victor of the Koffin Kats and I have a great chat about everything! Vic is by a lake in Michigan USA during the interview and I'm in a tiny studio in the night in the UK but the conversation is a brilliant ramble through Detroit music history, Koffin Kats history working life, the great lakes, motorcycling , bass playing and much more. Great interview, enjoy. ( Apologies for the pops and clicks on the audio.)As always, available on all the usual platforms , Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.
More than two hours of intense , entertaining, informative, enquiring and informal chat between King Kurt legend Smeg and myself. Everything you ever wanted hear from the man himself about everything that has ever happened is here and more. Seriously, it's a real treat, it was for me. Enjoy!
Part One of a fantastic interview with Mr Steve Whitehouse of FrenZy. Steve and I chat about his whole musical career starting with the early days in the Bristol area, his time with The Sharks, the formation of Frenzy, his time with Restless and others , record contracts, touring, recording and just about everything else including Star Wars memorabilia ! Great back story and hugely informative interview for all archivists and fans. Look out for Part Two when Steve talks about FrenZy's more recent years and his time as a member of The Blue Cats ...and the future.
Finishing Season One with a bang, Mark Carew , bassist, singer and loveable rogue and I chat about the old times, the Old Vic, the current times and peer into the future....Seriously , we have a great informal ramble around the houses and talk about everything from Glam Rock to Teddy Boys (....and the Texans and HotKnives.). Loads of laughs, loads of stories just as you'd expect from Mark.Season two on the way very soon, watch this space.
Great interview with the charming and talented Mr Bruno Malo, bass player extraordinaire.Bruno and I chat about his introduction to Psychobilly and Rockabilly back in the day in his native Portugal and how he got started with playing the double bass. A man who has played with many class acts, Bruno fills us in on some details about touring, gigging and the technicalities of the instrument that's made his name.
I'm a big fan of Montreal Canada's Bloodshot Bill and if you're not already , you should be.Part one man band part crazy band leader, Bloodshot Bill delivers some of the rockingest grass roots sounds available. With a prolific back catalogue of work to his name and many collaborations under his belt, Bill really is an original. I get the privilege of being able to interview the man himself due to the wonders of technology but apologies for the occasional lapses in sound quality. It was hot in the studio even in the wee hours and heck, he was on the other side of the Atlantic. Be sure to check him out on your preferred listening platform.
Interview with the charming and entertaining Paul Wainwright producer of the Psychobilly fanzine The Crazed. Paul and I chat about his experiences interviewing bands and luminaries from the scene, producing the popular publication and his forthcoming book, Resurrection Of The Crazed which he is in the process of writing. A fascinating fella to talk to and the book is gonna be a great read.
Brilliant interview with Alan Wilson , main man behind Western Star Records and guitarist and singer with neo-rockabilly / psychobilly ground breakers The Sharks. Alan and I chat about Rockabilly, the history of The Sharks and how he got into recording.We drift off into numerous other subjects as you can imagine and there's real insight into the background behind the founding of Western Star and the other tasks Alan sets himself with the remastering of classic recordings. Not to be missed
I chat with my old mate Mark Beardy Beard about , typically all sorts of stuff including the Brighton music scene of the 80's, the formation of the Midniters, Mark's introduction to the double bass and the development of his superb unique style and of course we talk about the Gold Lame outfit that gave us the legend that was Mr Sex. Great fun interview, we could have carried on for hours.Check out The Midniters back catalogue on your favourite streaming platform.
Great interview with Spud Taylor of the Sin Kings. Spud and I talk double bass, his rather unusual introduction to psychobilly, his artwork , boxing and the surprising story of a work colleague who just happened to be someone rather important!Check out the Sin Kings' Chelsea Smile on your favourite music streaming platform.
Singer , Guitarist and founder member of Reading's Coffin Nails Steve Klunky Clarke joins me to discuss the history of one of the all time favourite Old School bands still on the circuit.We talk over the back catalogue of releases, line-ups and inspirations.As usual the digressions get us into talking about a lot of other stuff like Reading Festival , Tattoos and how many guitars one man needs in his collection.Check out the Coffin Nails on your usual listening platforms.
Steve Lawrence, guitarist , vocalist and founder member of The Midniters and Killer Tone Jones talks, neo-rockabilly, psychobilly, the Stray Cats and Zoom meetings....Join Steve and I on a fun ramble around the houses as some good nuggets from the past are aired for your listening delight.Check out The Midniters and Killer Tone Jones on your usual listening platforms.
Mick White , legendary bass player with The Meteors, Guana Batz , Mickey and the Mutants and Actifed and I talk Psychobilly history. Mick fills in the background on his musical career from the West London 80's scene to the present. Fascinating insight into the legendary Feltham F.C. venue, the early days of the Guana Batz, Mick's tenure with the Meteors and much more. Over an hour of chat and background stories that's not to be missed.All music mentioned can be found on your usual streaming platforms.
Interview with Knocksville, popular purveyors of full steam ahead Psychobilly. Martin , Chris and Jason joining me in a somewhat chaotic but highly entertaining chat where we discuss bands, music and a whole lot of other stuff. Plenty of swearing and me being ridiculed , in a friendly way, I think....The sound quality goes a bit awry at times but not to be missed . Catch Knocksville live as soon as you can. Knocksville can be found on all the usual music streaming platforms including the great track Crazy Ex.
Vince Ray, musician and artist talks about his love of music and Rockabilly style , his instantly recognisable and internationally renowned artwork and his past and future musical projects.Vince and I chat about artistic influences both musical and visual and the development of his unique style , his bands , The Boneshakers and Loser machine.We also discuss a certain classic Yamaha moped but you'll have to listen to find out why.As usual please look up Vince's suggested playout song on your usual music streaming platforms.
Mark Denman, guitarist, songwriter and founder member of The Long Tall Texans and I chat about music, mathematics and busking , along with 1001 other things that are important to us, music in general and the wellbeing of the world. Not necessarily in that order.Once again Mark's chosen tune, was beyond me to play a version of myself so you can find it , along with other releases by the Texans on all your usual streaming platforms.
I chat with Paul Mummery, drummer par excellence who has drummed with The Boston Rats, The Epileptic Hillbillys , Norm & The Nightmarez, The Gonads and many more. Paul takes us through his musical back story , how he got into Psychobilly and what he is up to currently, all with the customary charm and humour that he is famous for. The conversation continued for about another hour after we finished. As ever I couldn't play the tune he wanted at the end for publishing reasons but you can find the superb 'Lost Night' by The Boston Rats on all the usual platforms.
Mark Robertson , drummer, author and founding father of Psychobilly and I talk about his recent book The Devil's Rhythm and much more. Mark gives fascinating insight into his time with the Meteors, Tall Boys etc. We talk about his current life as an author and future publications, the music scene of the late 70's and early 80's and life in France. Not to be missed.Typically I didn't play out with the requested song but you can find it on all the usual platforms.
Chris Oxide , legendary bass player of The Hillmans and I talk at some length about a variety of subjects that we find interesting. Aside from that Chris and I also talk about the infamous Crawley music scene of the early 80's , Psychobilly in its' infancy and music matters.Roberto Hillman, leader and taskmaster of the Hillmans is also discussed.No mention of Chris' hat. Chris requested to be played out with 'In the woods' by The Hillmans from the album Kings of the Weald Frontier, a song he shares lead vocals on. I didn't play it because I want all the credit for singing. It is available on all the music streaming platforms .