It's the SixPack Series Finale!! Let's go out with a bang! This show features a wild selection of songs with themes of warfare, protest and nuclear destruction...what fun. To add to the misery, the boys are drinking Victoria Bitter. *Give Peace A Chance*
Woah! This week Gareth and Ryan chat with legendary sound recordist and guitarist/frontman of the abrasive noise-rock band, Shellac. It's a lengthy chat so we've split the episode into two parts...we chat about the recording and inspiration behind the first new Shellac album in ten years ( 'To All Trains' is out in May on Touch and Go) The rest of the show has the theme of "'songs where the producer is a well-known musician"...here's Part One Beers = Bojak Straight Line Lager
Gareth + Ryan dig deep into 1972 and share some outstanding music and memorable pop culture moments. Beers = Guinness 0.0% (yep, that's right 0% alcohol)
It's the end of the 80's and lots happened! The end of an era and the start of another...Madchester, Berlin Wall and lots more. Beers = Eggster Chocolate Ale from Bridge Road
It's 1963 with surf music and girl groups riding high...what else happened? Beers = Fox Friday Pale Ale
Gareth and Ryan are back for Season 11 and venture into the late 90s...good tunes and bad! Beers = Larry Pale Ale by Your Mate's Brewing Company.
Yay! Everyone loves Supergrass and everyone loves Gaz Coombes! What a treat to chat with him about his favourite tune recorded in 1976....and his new killer solo record ‘Turn The Car Around’…lots of other funny stuff too. If you want to jump straight to our chat with Gaz it's 37 minutes in! Beers = Why Is There Seaweed in My Beer? by Four Pines Bill Grundy Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XGe_hncsiM Rocky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMhDQFLwrAA War Of The Worlds - Ali Fight https://youtu.be/BvSXdslXasA?si=hU9K6aGOISdzGqr9 Pumping on the muppets- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ho-wP2-2dQ Ali G remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xipX9fqybd4 Nuts In May https://youtu.be/-pxN2BADHwk?si=K91ZQ2bDYQE2VLm_
Gareth and Ryan fill in another missing year by visiting 1997 - the year of Candle In The Wind, Mmmbop and Tubthumping...but they won't be playing any of that stuff... Beers= Bentspoke Bent Straightforward Beer
Another trip for Gareth and Ryan back to the 50s...get down to the hips sounds of Rock'n'Roll, Doo Wop and Skiffle. Creepy interview with a future guitar legend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewNLaBhPRY8 A vicar's take on the Skiffle craze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hp0bqNwsVQ Beers = Yabby Dabba-Doo by Tallboy and Moose
It's 23 years since Y2K but G+R remember it well... Beers = Mornington Peninsula Pale Ale
Gareth and Ryan are filling in more gaps of missing years...this time it's the booming yuppie mullet fest of 1986... Beers= Temple Brewing Co. Bicycle Beer
Straight into another season of Sixpack as Gareth and Ryan continue to fill in the missing years...this week, it's a new decade with the fall of the Iron Lady (and the Iron Curtain...) Debbie + Kermit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Hd3uWKFKY This is why grunge happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5y4wvsLyY Beers = Pine Lime Sour from Ocean Reach Brewing
It's the 6th Sixpack of Season 9 and we are filling in some more 'missing years'. Get a load of 1978! It's New Wave, It's Post-Punk...it's Cult Basketball teams...uh? Clips from the show: Gunston/Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IifezehtVSg Oh those Russians... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jxqn-HOiR8 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FelD6cyrKoM Simon TV advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yopAwK7vNzg Beers = Banks 'Night Moves' Oat Stout
You lucky people! There are 2 episodes out this week! Here's the 2nd one... As it's the 75th Anniversary of the 33 rpm Long Player Record, Gareth and Ryan are going to celebrate this by playing a bunch of tunes from before 1948...some bangers from the 30s and 40s on 78 rpm shellac records. Links to video clips we talk about- Laurel + Hardy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAfjgTc-t0U Crossroads: Karate Kid v Steve Vai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdL36VKbMQ Beers = Hawkes Patio Pale
G and R are back after a well-earned break...but now they are hungry for facts, and thirsty for beer. No guest this week so it's back to the OG format for a bit whilst they fill in some missing years....they're gonna drop 2 episodes this week...first up, 1964!
We love Cornelius! But we don't speak Japanese...how about we interview him anyway! With the help of Yoshi, our translator, we have a chat with the sonic magician responsible for some groundbreaking records and spectacular live shows - what a treat! He shares a mellow tune from 2014 which inspires the rest of the show. Beers= Monsuta Okinawa Supreme
What a treat! This week we chat with dapper Sex Pistol and all-round good dude, Glen Matlock... he's about to drop his new solo album, Consequences Coming - and is super busy playing with a bunch of cool bands so we are chuffed he found time in his busy schedule to chat with us and share his favourite tune from a legendary 1974 band. Beers=Kaiju Krush Tropical Pale Ale
Welcome back to SixPack Season 9! The founding fathers of grunge, Mudhoney are back! And we chat with guitarist Steve Turner ahead of their visit Down Under. He's written a new book chronicling his time in the grunge scene, there's a new album Plastic Eternity and Steve shares his anarcho-punk favourite tune from 1982. Beers = Mountain Culture Beer Company's 'Status Quo' Pale Ale
It's the Season 8 finale and the second treat this week...we were joined by Slowdive's Neil Halstead before their upcoming Australian shows. It was so good to catch up and talk about the old times, the new times and the future of Slowdive - and reminisce about one of the finest years for music, 1988. Beers= Venom Golden Ale Some video treats to watch (after the show) https://youtu.be/tqkkG2dgpaQ https://youtu.be/wYvUDkfBAIQ https://youtu.be/eFclSfSZRhI We finish with a bang bang! See you in Season 9!
Ryan's had the man flu this week so we're a bit late with this one...but so worth the wait!! We were so pleased to chat with the maestro behind hundreds of great songs, Billy Bragg! We chat about his Oz tour, upcoming box set and his formative years and favourite tune from 1980. Wow! We supped on some Sundancer Hazy IPA from St Andrews Beach. More videos to check out (after you've listened to the show) https://youtu.be/CT1st0QZPNE https://youtu.be/UnBlst3T7bY