80s Archive Podcast EP.89 - Nick Whitecross (Kissing The Pink) : "When Bowie wrote Life On Mars, he wrote about his friend - my sister, she is the girl with the mousey hair!"

Update: 2025-06-08

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**This episode features excerpts of 3rd party music content**

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Welcome Nick Whitecross, front man of one of Britain's most unique alternative pop bands from the 80s, Kissing The Pink.

KTPs musical canvas began with a kind of cinematic brood in 'The last Film', but then transforms itself into MTV high class pop and eventually Weatherall-fuelled dance music. What a fabulous art troupe this band were and still are, with a 5 CD 1982-2024 Anthology out on Cherry Red Records.

Nick has done all sorts of work for organisations - including Parliament, but is still writing and releasing music - DA

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80s Archive Podcast EP.89 - Nick Whitecross (Kissing The Pink) : "When Bowie wrote Life On Mars, he wrote about his friend - my sister, she is the girl with the mousey hair!"

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80s Archive Podcast EP.89 - Nick Whitecross (Kissing The Pink) : "When Bowie wrote Life On Mars, he wrote about his friend - my sister, she is the girl with the mousey hair!"