John McKay in conversation with David Eastaugh https://thejohnmckay.bandcamp.com/album/sixes-and-sevens McKay's influence lives on; many of the most influential guitarists of the past four decades credit him as a major influence - Geordie from Killing Joke, Jim Reid of The Jesus And Mary Chain, U2's The Edge, Thurston Moore, Johnny Marr and even th…

Angela Jaeger in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feel-Famous-Punk-Diaries-1977-1981/dp/1955125570 I Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977-1981 is a girl’s coming of age story set to the pulse of punk rock. The book tracks 17-year-old Angela Jaeger’s exciting discovery of punk music and its accompanying lifestyle in 1977. A music …

Brian Nevill in conversation with David Eastaugh Since the 80's he has worked with many artists including Shriekback, Pigbag, Kirsty MacColl, Pete Molinari, Luc Van Acker, Virginia Astley, Big Joe Louis & His Blues Kings, Ronnie Dawson, Planet Rockers, Ray Sharpe, Eddie Angel, Neanderthals, Sonny George, Holly Golightly, Carl Sonny Leyland, Teddy P…

Sue Tilley in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leigh-Bowery-Life-Times-Icon/dp/034069310X Bowery's closest friend, Sue Tilley recounts the life of Leigh Bowery, the costume designer and performer who posed for the painter Lucien Freud. The biography follows Bowery's life from his arrival in London in 1981 to his death from …

Thomas Walsh in conversation with David Eastaugh https://pugwashtheband.bandcamp.com/ https://westhampsteadarts.com/events/ Pugwash are an Irish pop band fronted by Drimnagh-born musician Thomas Walsh. Pugwash has released six albums since its debut LP Almond Tea in 1999. Influences on the band's sound are regularly cited as including XTC, Electric…

John Aizlewood in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.johnaizlewood.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joy-Division-New-Order-Decades The definitive illustrated story of Joy Division + New Order. There’s no template for making it as a globally successful pop group. Some of the ingredients remain constant and beyond the music, there’s a mix’n’mat…

Boris Williams in conversation with David Eastaugh https://vamberator.bandcamp.com/ Boris Williams was present during the Cure's most successful period and is often cited by fans as the best drummer in the band's history. Vamberator - From the dying embers of Shelleyan orphan (with the late Caroline Crawley), jem Tayle plucks out its heart, and alo…

Richard Dudanski in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Squat-City-Rocks-protopunk-beyond This musical memoir traces the author’s life in the corrugated-iron clad ruins of West London’s Squat Land during the two years immediately prior to the Punk Explosion of ’76, playing with Strummer’s seminal garage band “The 101’ers” in t…

Andy Saunders in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.velocitypr.co.uk/ Andy Saunders joined Creation in 1992 as a press officer and remained with the label until the end. He now runs a company called Velocity PR. Velocity Communications has been the leading provider of corporate communications to the music industry for over 20 years.…

Alan Childs in conversation with David Eastaugh https://soundcloud.com/alan-childs-4 Originally from New York City, now lives in Las Vegas - worked with Julian Lennon, toured with David Bowie on the Glass Spider Tour and is currently on tour with John WaiteDi thec86show

John Etheridge in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.john-etheridge.com/ https://softmachine.org/ John Etheridge is an English jazz fusion guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator known for his eclecticism and broad range of associations in jazz, classical, and contemporary music. He is best known for his work with Soft Machine from 1…

Alan Tyler in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.alantyler.com/ https://alantyler.bandcamp.com/merch/how-to-never-have-a-hit-the-confessions-of-an-unsuccessful-singer-songwriter Alan Tyler is the singer of The Rockingbirds, the chaotic, swashbuckling country-rockers who galloped haphazardly into the 90s Camden indie scene, got signed, appe…

Roque Ruiz in conversation with David Eastaugh http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/ http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/ "Indiepop label purveying the sound of jangly guitars based in Astoria, NY. Far away from the hipsters."Di thec86show

Aaron Tanner in conversation with David Eastaugh https://officialmerchandise.store/collections/melodic-virtue https://www.melodicvirtue.com/collections/books/products/cardiacs Compiled and designed by Aaron Tanner, Cardiacs: A Big Book and a Band and Whole World Window spans the group’s formative years as Cardiac Arrest to their last single, Ditzy …

Clive Langer in conversation with David Eastaugh https://newclang.bandcamp.com/album/new-clang Best known as one of the UK’s most successful record producers with a string of high-profile credits in his portfolio, CLIVE LANGER returns in the new year with a second album from his band project, THE CLANG GROUP.A belated follow-up to 2016’s Practice, …

Phil Eaglesham in conversation with David Eastaugh The band was formed in 1987 by Richie Dempsey, Phil Eaglesham, Mofungo Diggs, Steven MacDougall, and Andy MacDonald (aka "Dr. Technology". The band wore asbestos firewear, gas masks, dubious ethnic shirts and balaclavas on stage, and blossomed despite depressing support slots with indie establishme…

Jem Tayle in conversation with David Eastaugh https://vamberator.bandcamp.com/album/age-of-loneliness https://www.facebook.com/Vamberator From the dying embers of Shelleyan orphan (with the late Caroline Crawley), jem Tayle plucks out its heart, and along with Boris Williams of the Cure, they forge the beast that is Vamborator: a magical funky hybr…

John Mendelssohn in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.nortonrecords.com/a4-peculiar-to-mr-bowie-by-john-mendelssohn/ https://johnmendelssohn.wixsite.com/jnm-creative PECULIAR TO MR BOWIE : A Day With David Bowie. 1971 by John Mendelssohn New photobook! Limited 48 page souvenir photobook by rock n' rollin' author/artist/photographer/journ…

Sheila Seal in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.facebook.com/groups/44800212324 https://www.truckstophoneymoon.com/ Band members included Mike West, Sheila Seal (bass), Martin Vincent (guitar and harmonica), and Howard Goody (drums). The band played many gigs at the Boardwalk club, in Manchester, where they recorded their Big Noise live…

Anja Huwe in conversation with David Eastaugh https://anjahuwe.com/ Musician, artist and former television editor and producer born in Hamburg, Germany, She was the singer and only stable member in the various incarnations of German Post-Punk band X Mal Deutschland. After the band finally split up in 1990, she worked as producer and editor for Germ…

William D Drake in conversation with David Eastaugh https://williamddrake.wordpress.com/ https://williamddrake.bandcamp.com/ https://lakeofpuppies.bandcamp.com/album/lake-of-puppies Musician, keyboardist, pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. He is best known as a former member of the cult English rock band Cardiacs, whom he played with for nine…

Patrick Fitzgerald in conversation with David Eastaugh https://patrickfitzgerald.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Zr_w9cxtQ Patrick Fitzgerald, singer and bass player in Kitchens of Distinction. After Kitchens he was: Fruit, one half of three fabulous duos - Lost Girls | The April Seven | Oskar's Drum - and solo he is Stephen Hero. H…

Nick Toczek in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.nicktoczek.com/ British writer and performer working variously as poet, journalist, magician, vocalist, lyricist and radio broadcaster. He was raised in Bradford and then took a degree in Industrial Metallurgy at Birmingham University (1968–71) where he began reading and publishing his poe…

Morley Bartnof in conversation with David Eastaugh https://andyandtherattlesnakes.com/about https://www.facebook.com/cosmo.topper American keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and composer, born 1959, in Los Angeles, California. Originally Bartnof spelled with one "f" and later changed to Bartnoff. May appear on releases as Morley Bartof or CosMorley…

Richard Bellia in conversation with David Eastaugh https://richardbellia.com/ Photographer Richard Bellia was there when it mattered carrying his trusted camera to capture moments in music’s vast cannon of historical importance, some which now forms his own tapestry of work in Un œil sur la musique 1980-2016 i.e. An eye on music 1980-2016. The intr…