🎧 Goldie Lookin Chain Podcast – Episode 10

“The First Gigs, Terrible Contracts & Farts That Smell of Piss”

Episode Summary

In this gloriously shambolic deep dive, the GLC boys look back at their very early days: doomed record deals, weed-filled office meetings, their first ever gigs, and the chaotic rise from Newport cult heroes to nearly-signed superstars. From skipping CD players in TJ’s to flip-flop disasters in Manchester, it’s a full, unfiltered blast of nostalgia and bodily functions.

Key Topics

• 💿 The terrible record deal they were first offered (“less money than the dole”)
• 🥇 Meeting Gut Records, Hut Records, and the legendary “Gary from Hut”
• 🚬 Smoking weed in record label offices while legal teams panicked
• 📝 Signing their big Atlantic Records deal (and spilling Burger King everywhere)
• 🎤 The first ever GLC gig at the Welsh Club:
• 200-capacity room
• 100+ person guestlist
• Tickets reselling for £45–£100
• A room so packed it felt like a zombie movie
• 🩴 Misty’s legendary flip-flop disasters (multiple incidents!)
• 🎟 The rider: 50 scratch cards — and the gambling spiral that followed
• 🎶 Chaos at TJ’s: skipping CD players, makeshift repairs, and heroic stage dives
• 🤝 Early management, Atomic Kitten tribute acts, and meeting the future team
• 🎤 Joe Strummer appearances and bizarre backstage moments
• 💨 The infamous fart that “smelled of piss”

Funny Bits & Best Moments

• The band training for gigs by standing in a circle passing Lambrini around
• Misty falling over a chair, farting, and landing on a can of Strongbow at once
• A mysterious child on stage skinning up mid-performance
• The credit card that “appeared from nowhere” and was used for months
• Crowds so dense the band couldn’t leave the dressing room to pee
• Stage diving behind a wall because the venue layout made no sense

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