The Uncharted Sounds Podcast

This episode features the Band The Members. They were formed in Surrey, England, in the summer of 1977, the Members played at the Roxy and all the other Punk clubs on the london circuit. The original band were:-Nicky Tesco (vocals), Jean-Marie Carroll (guitar),Nigel Bennett (guitar), Adrian Lillywhite (drums), and Chris Payne (bass) Their first Record Solitary confinement was releases on Stiff records in 1978 and is now a collectors item they then signed to Virgin Records Their first Virgin single, The Sound of the Suburbs, reached #12 in the Uk charts selling 250,000 copies in 3 months (it has since sold 1,000,000 copies). Whilst they are probably best known for this single they had so much more and continue to record and tour today. The Episode explores, with JC Carroll, their story from back in the days of Ounk right through to the tragic death of Nicky Tesco and what they are doing now and what they did in the break before the reunion. If you've only heard of Sound Of The Suburbs then this episode shares more of their music and shows what a wide variety of songs in their catalogue. If you want to know more their website is www.themembers.co.ukThe Uncharted Sounds Website can be found at www.uncharted-sounds.co.ukThe Interview with JC Carroll starts at approx 24 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Echobelly are a band formed in 1992 and were integral to the britpop era of the 90's. Its a testament to their fan base and their music that they are still active today and are due to go out on a 30th anniversary tour of their album ON (Tickets available via https://www.seetickets.com/search?q=echobelly). Their website also has all the details https://www.echobelly.com/This episode features a short biography of the band and the interview with Sonya and Glenn starts around the 20.03 minute mark of the episode. Sonya and Glenn share the Echobelly story, their height of the single Great Things which reached no 13 in the UK charts and their story after that including their most recent work. They are open and honest about the music industry and have a genuinly fascinating story and if you want to know the background around britpop then its all here on this episode. As always Noel & I would love to hear your feedback either via the podcast platform or the e-mail address unchartedsoundspodcast@gmail.com.Interview with Sonya and Glenn Starts at 20:03 minutes into the Episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 26 features another one of our specials featuring an interview with Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks. for the few that perhaps aren't familiar, Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto formed in Manchester in 1976. Devoto left the band in 1977 and formed Magazine. The classic lineup of Shelley, Steve Diggle (guitar), Steve Garvey (bass) and John Maher (drums) recorded Buzzcocks' first three albums, after which the band broke up in 1981. The band reunited in 1989 and released six more albums before Shelley's death in 2018 – Aged 63. The band has remained active, being anchored by long-time guitarist Diggle, who has since also assumed lead vocal and songwriting duties. The band's tenth album, Sonics in the Soul was released in 2022.The bands UK Chart History so far – 7 Uk Top 40 Singles, 9 Top 75 Singles, 3 UK Top 40 Albums,Steve chats to the podcast about all aspects of the band right from the beginning through to the story of whats going on now, its a brilliant interview with so many great stories from someone who was there right at the beginning of punk.The interview starts at 19:49 mins after a brief biography of the band. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did chatting to Steve.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rialto were a Pop/Rock band formed in 1997 from the remnants of the band Kinky Machine. Probably best know for the songs Untouchable which made the top 20 UK chart and Monday Morning 5:19 which was a top 40 UK chart hit. The band made 2 albums, a self titled debut and a second album Night on Earth. Louis Eliot who was the principal songwriter, singer and guitarist talks to the podcast telling their story from their time between 1997-2002 and of course their recent reunion which has led to a new album (Neon & Ghost Signs) and tour. They are also touring with Sleeper in the autumn of 2025. The links below are for both their album from their website and the tour details.Albumhttps://rialto.tmstor.es/Tourhttps://rialtomusic.com/The Interview with Louis starts at 20.30mins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest episode (no 24) of the Uncharted Sounds podcast features a band you may not have heard of but may have heard their music, a true uncharted experience this one, its the band Ooberman.Ooberman were formed in 1997 with an eclectic mix of sounds from bright & punchy to slower and softer described as “psychedelic folk prog pop”. They impressed Blur guitarist Graham Coxon who released their first single of his own label. And with a major label got a top 40 hit single. The band were initially Danny Popplewell – vocals, guitar, piano & violin, Andy Flett – guitar and backing vocals, Steve Flett – bass, Sophia Churney – keyboards and vocals, Alan Kelly – drums. Their biggest success single wise was Blossoms Falling which reached no 39 in the UK singles charts. As always their story has many twists and turns and is a genuinely fascinating story right through to what they are doing now and theres a sneak preview of that on the episode. As always we hope you like the episode and let us know what you think via the episode or at our website Uncharted-Sounds.co.ukInterview with Dan & Sophia starts at approx 19.47mins into the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dodgy are an English rock band formed in London in 1990. The band rose to fame during the Britpop era of the 1990s. They sold over a million records worldwide, released three albums and enjoyed 12 Top 40 singles, They are best known for their hits Staying Out for the Summer, In A Room, Melodies Haunt You and Good Enough Good Enough was their biggest hit,reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 1996.In This latest episode of the Uncharted Sounds Podcast, Drummer Mathew Priest chats to us and tells all the stories about the bands rise to fame and how they are doing now as an active band but perhaps with less of the limelight. its a genuinely funny epsiode and Mathew is very candid and open about how the band dealt with that rapid rise to fame, the loss of main singer and songwriter Nigel Clark and how they all got back together again and are still a great band today.the Interview with Mathew starts at 17:45 mins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest episode of the Uncharted Sounds Podcast in our Uncharted 90's Series of episodes features an interview with Miki Berenyi (starts at approx 24 minutes in after the band Biography). Miki co founded the group Lush with Emma Anderson and was the bands vocalist, guitarist and Songwriter. Miki is very open and honest about the bands rise, their history and story and the episode also covers what happened post Lush with the band Piroshka and more recently the Miki Berenyi Trio. The Episode does contain strong language. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crashland were a melodic indie rock band originating in Wales with loads of great songs. And they were very underrated in our opinion and are the epiotomy of our uncharted mission to bring the stories of bands that you may not have heard of to our listeners attention ! The band were together from 1996-2003 and were given the title of NME's next big thing alongside Coldplay on the cover of the NME.The lead singer and main songwriter Alex Troup went on to live in Los Angeles and started a new band called Troup with more of great songwriting.We will be putting a spotlight on this music and talking to Alex about Crashland and Troup Later in the podcast. The interview starts at around 18 minutes in after a short Biography of the band.This episode also features an absolute world exclusive which is unheard material that the band recorded but never released we have access to the demos and include a clip from one of the songs. If you like the episode then of course please leave feedback on our facebook group or facebook page The Uncharted Sounds Group (and Crashland now also have a facebook group (The Crashland Fans Group) so please join that if you like the episode). Our E-mail address is at the end of episode and is Unchartedsoundspodcast@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features the Skids. The Skids were formed in the summer of 1977 in Dunfermline in Scotland and would go on to make two albums and seven singles before the end of 1979. Their most successful year was 1979 where they spent over half the year in the singles charts including their biggest song, the top 10 hit Into The Valley. You may also know their song The Saints Are Coming which was covered by U2 and Green Day.Whilst they split in 1982 but reformed for a couple of years in 2008 and again in 2016 where they now still tour and have had more albums of new music, Burning Cities and Destination Dusseldorf, along with an Acoustic album reworking some of their songs.This episode covers the entire history of the band, their music and their stories. Richard Jobson is interviewed (starts about 25 mins in but don't miss the bio of the band because it covers all their great songs, and a few you may not know !). He is very open and entertaining and there's plenty of anecdotes about the early punk years and his interactions with everyone around that time. You may know a few of the hits but his story goes much deeper than that and he covers the full history of the band including the tragic death of Stuart Adamson (The Skids Guitarist), how US & green day came to cover The Saints Are Coming, what he thinks of their catalogue, whats happening now, the personnel changes and everything else in between. Its an episode that is a fitting end to our Season 1. Season 2 starts again in the new year where we are starting to cover bands for the 90's so the Uncharted 90's ! As usual any feedback or 5 star reviews and comments are always reviewed and replied to. Thanks for downloading and listening we really appreciate it.Martin & Noel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That Petrol Emotion were a Northern Irish & London-based band with a North American vocalist, Steve Mack. The band is the epiotome of what the Uncharted 80's podcast is all about, a band with a great story, great tunes and so very nearly made it. Initially featuring two former members of punk band The Undertones, the brothers John O'Neill (until 1988) and Damian O'Neill, Following the split of the Undertones, John O'Neill (the band's former guitarist and principal songwriter) returned to his hometown of Derry and teamed up with friend and fellow guitarist Raymond Gorman (ex-Bam Bam And The Calling) DJing together at Derry's 'Left Bank' club. This episode interviews Raymond Gormon who tells us all about their story.They recorded five albums between 1985 and 1993. As always any feedback always well received either by our e-mail address Podcast@Uncharted80s.co.uk or via our FB group The Uncharted80's or of course via all our podcast platforms including our Youtube channel that has all our episodes for your listening pleasure !. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Passions were a British-Irish post-punk/new wave band which formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1983. The Passions' music had Barbara Gogan's voice and Clive Timperley's guitar work. Their major chart hit, "I'm in Love with a German Film Star", was released as the band's fourth single on 23 January 1981The lyrics were written by Gogan about Steve Connelly, a one-time roadie for The Clash and Sex Pistols who had minor roles in several German films.Todays Episode is an Interview with David Agar (Wardill) who played Bass in the band from 1980 - 1983 and tells us the real story behind the single, how the band got its name, how he was a part of Spandau Ballet (Not that one !) but his story about their name is a revelation. He also tells the story of the albums he made with them and how having a hit single impacted the band positively and negatively. Its ultimatley another story where the record company didnt have enough faith in the ban despite them selling 250,000 copies of their single in 3 days !. The Band worked with Producers Pete Wilson (The Jam), Nigel Gray (The Police) and Mick Glossop (The Skids). There are also stories of the 101'ers (Joe Strummers band before the Clash) and many others. I hope you enjoy the episode because you may not have heard of the band but I'm sure you will have heard their single but hopefully this episode shows they were much more than just a a "one hit wonder" as always happy to have your feedback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Derek D'Souza features in this episode and although some of you may know him his story is one of dreams. He was a fan of the Jam and they then picked him to take photographs of them and then used them for their single. Its an unbelievable story and you wonder if it would happen today? He has photographed many of the bands we have featuresd on the podcast including Nine Below Zero, The Vapors, Faith Brothers, The Truth and many more. He has recently been photographing bands such as the Molotovs, the Strypes and the Rifles. All of this is covered on the podcast episode and he's worth a listen. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did chatting to him.His website below gives you the opportunity to review his work. https://www.derekdsouzaphotography.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Men They Couldn't Hang came together in 1984 to perform at the alternative music festival in Camden Town alongside The Pogues and the Boothill Foot Tappers. Paul Simmonds, Philip 'Swill' Odgers and his brother Jon, veterans of the Southampton-based pop-punk band Catch 22, met Pogues roadie Stefan Cush whilst busking in Shepherds Bush in London. Their recordings have been acclaimed in print, on radio and online; from their definitive version of the anti war classic Green Fields of France to the anti fascist anthem Ghosts of Cable Street and the epic historical ballads, Ironmasters and The Colours. They are currently in the middle of their 40th anniversary tour and a Vol 1 & 2 Best of record is currently on release. Please see their faceBook Page - https://www.facebook.com/tmtchofficialThis episode features a short bio of the band and then an interview with Swill Odgers and Paul Simmonds (This starts at around 25.24 mins in) it was a pleasure to speak to them who were candid about the band and of course the tragic untimely death of Stefan Cush. They cover the songs, the background and right up to the 40th Anniversary dates and everything in between !. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it and of course always happy for feedback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Truth were formed by Dennis Greaves, formerly of Nine Below Zero, and Mick Lister in early 1982. Lead vocalist/guitarist Dennis Greaves previously with Nine Below Zero, When NBZ split in ’82, The Truth was formed. Dennis bought in ex-Stowaways Mick Lister to bring a '60s Soul sound built around the Hammond Organ, 2 guitars and a rhythm section of bass and drums. With Dennis and Mick sharing the guitar and vocals the rest of the band consisted of fellow ex-Nine Below Zero bassist Brian Bethel, Gary Wallis on drums and Chris Skornia on Hammond Organ.The Band were aligned to the Mod revival around that time and the Jam had split in 1982 so picked up on that fanbase too. Although they went through several line-up changes, Greaves and Lister remained members throughout the group's run.This episode covers the whole story right from Mick's audition through to Top Of The Pops, America (And Miami Vice) to a split and subsequent reunion and new material.It also covers Mick's songwriting and experience post the group which is not to be missed also This is definitely Mick's story and the interview starts at 25.53mins for those that want to go straight to it although the short band bio beforehand gives their history and music along the way.If you want to give feedback we are always happy to hear it so contacts us on Podcast@uncharted80s.comDonwload and enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nine Below Zero formed in 1977 and are a British R&B band that formed from Stans Blues Band. This Episode features a full interview with the bands Leader, Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist, Dennis Greaves. It covers all aspects of the bands history from Dennis' influences through to the bands live work and major tours supporting The Kinks, the Who, Eric Clapton and many others. Its a story of Success as well as a period where Dennis left to form The Truth and then came back to re-form Nine Below Zero. They are still making new music and touring today and this episode is compelling to listen to Dennis' and the bands story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest Episode features The Vapors who are an English new wave pop band from Guildford in Surrey who initially formed in 1978 and made a splash on the music scene in the early 80’s“Uncharted” can mean two things; uncharted as in low record sales and uncharted as in not explored. They had one massive hit with "Turning Japanese” so they are definitely not uncharted in record sales BUT they have so many great songs that people may not know.You may have heard the song Turning Japanese but probably may not know about the band or their other song and this podcast aims to put a spotlight on those other great tunes.the Episode features an in depth interview with both Dave Fenton (Singer and Songwriter and guitarist) and Steve Smith (Bass) of the band who outline their story, the ups and the downs, their split and their subsequent an joyous reunion alongside making new music.Download and Enjoy as much as we did making this for you.Martin & Noel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest episode of the Uncharted 80's podcast features The Chords and an Interview with Chris Pope the main songwriter and guitarist in the band. The Chords exploded onto the music scene in the late 70's/Early 80's and were quickly aligned to the revival-led Mod Scene. They were quickly adopted by those fans and were support for the Jam very quickly after their first few gigs. In this episode Chris Pope, the lead songwriter and guitarist and vocalist tells the story of the band back then right through to his current format Chris Pope and The Chords UK. Its a story where the band shone brightly for a short time and then faded away and then were bought back to life by Chris. A Fascinating story and one to download and enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of the Uncharted 80's Podcast features the band Fischer Z. Created in 1977 by John Watts and Steve Skolnik they are a band that have navigated the decades across the world selling over 2 million records and over 22 albums. The podcast episode covers it all from those early days right through to their latest album Triptych. Its an episode that shows their longevity and the background behind the band as told by their co creator, John Watts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Episode features TV21. A fond look back at their story and their music by Noel & Myself Martin along with an Interview with Norman Rodger from the band who tells it all. its a story with Ups and Downs and not one to be missed. If you haven't heard of the band then this Episode will give you everything you need about discovering them. Its a terrific episode for the 10th Episode in this podcast season 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You may not know the name but you will have heard of who Roger Bechirian has worked with. He's an engineer and record producer. Roger was a key player in the new wave scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, best known for his work with Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, The Undertones, Dave Edmunds, The Monkees, the Flamin' Groovies, and Squeeze. He was also a member of the new wave group Blanket of Secrecy, which issued one album in 1982. He is a multi-platinum-awarded recording and mixing engineer, and producer. In a career that already spans 4 decades he is credited with over 200 hit singles and albums. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.