C86 Show - Indie Pop

Bob Bert in conversation with David Eastaugh

Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, Bert initially came to prominence as drummer for the experimental rock band Sonic Youth during the early to mid-1980s. Bert played on the Sonic Youth releases Confusion Is Sex, Sonic Death, and Bad Moon Rising. After Bad Moon Rising, Bert quit the group.

Bert contributed during the last half of the 1980s as percussionist for noise band Pussy Galore. 

In the ...

Peter Holsapple in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://peter-holsapple.bandcamp.com/album/the-face-of-68

https://label51recordings.com/peter-holsapple/

American musician who, along with Chris Stamey, formed the dB's. He became the band's principal songwriter and singer after Stamey's departure. The band, with Stamey back in the fold, reformed with new material in 2005–2006.

After the dB's disbanded in 1988, Holsapple played as...

Markus Zizenbacher in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/2916/

A blazingly colourful and exuberantly transgressive personality who dazzled Los Angeles' underground musical and artistic scenes in the late-1990s and 2000s, Sean DeLear (1964-2017) suddenly emerged as a genuinely seminal cultural figure via the posthumous 2022 publication of their intimate and explicit teenage diaries from 1979. ...

Jonathan Segel in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.jonathansegel.com/

https://campervanbeethoven.com/home

Segel joined the indie rock group Camper Van Beethoven in 1984, while in college at Santa Cruz. His contributions as violinist became the band's hallmark, creating a distinctive identity and sound

n addition to the revived Camper Van Beethoven, Segel records solo projects and leads the Jonathan Segel band, performs ...

Patrick Dougher in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.godbodyart.com/new-page-3

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/patrick-dougher/concrete-dreamland/9780316571043/

https://lionsgatesound88.bandcamp.com/album/algorhythm

Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC's history. Often neglected as a child by his parents-a father who struggled wit...

Peter Coyne in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.thegodfathersofficial.com/

2025 sees The Godfathers celebrate the historic milestone of the 40th anniversary since their formation with multiple record releases as well as tours & festivals across the UK, Europe and around the world.An 18-track compilation entitled Electric Déjà Vu featuring numbers personally selected by The Godfathers’ founder and frontman Peter Coyn...

Brian Bilston in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://brianbilston.com/

https://catenarywires.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-made-by-humans-by-brian-bilston-and-the-catenary-wires

 

Bilston has published three collections of verse, You Took the Last Bus Home (2016); Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love? (2021); and Days Like These: An Alternative Guide to the Year in 366 Poems (2022). He has also written a book of foot...

Jeff Trott in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.jefftrott.com/

Perhaps most well-known for his collaborations with American singer Sheryl Crow, having co-written some of her biggest hits, including "If It Makes You Happy", "Everyday Is a Winding Road", and "Soak Up the Sun"; he also produced tracks on her albums C'mon, C'mon, Wildflower, Be Myself, and Threads. Trott won the BMI Songwriter of the Year award in 1998.

 

 

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Robert Dean in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://lightofdaycr.bandcamp.com/album/dimensions

https://vivabeat.bandcamp.com/album/the-house-is-burning-the-best-of-vivabeat

https://vivabeat.bandcamp.com/album/party-in-the-war-zone-expanded

https://robertdeanmartinbirke.bandcamp.com/album/triptych

Perhaps best known as the original guitarist in the British band Japan.

Upon leaving the group after the "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" a...

Dominic Silvani in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.facebook.com/people/Dominic-Silvani-Music/100037388325690/

Formed by Dominic Silvani, Penelope's Web were around for some years between the mid 80's - early 90's. During that time the band released two 12" singles. 'The Gap' EP was put out on their own label in 1987. At the end of the 80's the band signed to Cherry Red for their second EP which was released eventually ...

Mark Goodall in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Young-Things-philosophy-records/dp/3955752372

https://rudolfrocker.bandcamp.com/

el records was created in 1984 by Mike Alway. Alway was A&R man for Cherry Red signing artists such as Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set and Felt. Alway left Cherry Red to help run Blanco Y Negro (an offshoot of WEA) but soon felt constrained but the conserva...

Derek Shulman in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://gentlegiantband.com/

‘Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience’, will be released across several formats including double CD, triple vinyl, Blu-Ray and digital download. The album has been remastered and painstakingly remixed from the original source tapes by Dan Bornemark with the Blu Ray containing a stereo 96/24 bit mix, 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Atmos mixes. Yo...

Sarah Jane Morris in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.sarahjanemorris.co.uk/home

The Sisterhood is ten songs I have written with my right hand man Tony Remy about the lives of ten female singers and singer-songwriters who have inspired me over the years and who have made their marks on musical history.

Bessie, Billie, Miriam, Nina, Aretha, Janis, Joni, Ricky-Lee, Annie, Kate – who needs a second name in company like thi...

Greg Keeffe in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/peel-sessions-84-86

Big Flame (often rendered bIG*fLAME) were a post-punk/indie rock three piece band, based in Manchester, England, and active from 1983 to 1986. The members were Alan Brown (bass, vocals), Greg Keeffe (guitar) and Dil Green (drums). After a debut EP ("Sink") on their own Laughing Gun label, they joined the Ron Joh...

Knox Chandler in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://knoxchandlermusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/knox.chandler.3/

Knox Chandler’s career has spanned for over four decades including long stints as a member of The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Cyndi Lauper band, extraordinary experiences in recording and performing live around the world.

The Sound is the new debut album from Chandler -  at the core ...

Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.vickipetersonandjohncowsill.com/

‘Long After The Fire’ sees Vicki Peterson of The Bangles (whose work includes worldwide smash hits such as ‘Eternal Flame’ and ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’) team up with John Cowsill, drummer/vocalist for The Beach Boys for over 23 years and an original member of the platinum-selling family band The Cowsills, Their debut al...