C86 Show - Indie Pop

Oliver Jackson in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://oliverjackson1.bandcamp.com/album/south-foreland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhv-rEDOEQ&t=4s

Biography

 by Alistair Fitchett, excerpt from "Young and Foolish" (Stride Books)

Take Emily. Purveyors of sometimes ethereal genius with moments that can grow wings and fly, or grow horns and charge, depending on their mood / mode. A percussive assault that often puts me in mind of Big Star's magisterial 'You Can't Have Me' with its runaway optimistic negativity, can switch abruptly into cathedral reverberation, as Emily become immersed in their effervescing style, an iridescent arc of sparkler fiery kisses on the heavens. T

he former mood / mode often makes me think of Ollie Jackson as some sort of Soul brother to Tony France, and I see / hear Emily metamorphose their brass backed masterworks into Stockholm Monstrous swirls of breathtaking intensity. The latter mode / mood puts me in mind of some Scott Walker figure, with Emily swelling with strings and orchestral woodwind into epic proportions, again snatching my breath away, just so.

Julie & Paul in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://thewouldbes.bandcamp.com/album/hindzeitgeist

Indie pop band from Ireland formed in 1988 by the three Finnegan brothers, evolving from their earlier band The Nobody's. Another brother James Finnegan managed the band, and footed the bill for the recording and for the first pressing of 250 copies of their debut single, released by Danceline Records.

This single was famously championed by John Peel (it reached number 12 in that year's Festive 50).
17 year old singer Julie McDonnell left the band shortly afterwards, replaced by Eileen Gogan before breaking up in 1991.

Vix & Martin Tracey in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1917504489/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialFuzzbox

Signed on only their second gig much of the story of the all-girl band We’ve got a …FUZZBOX… and we're gonna use it!! is what dreams are made of… but was it all Pink Sunshine?
With exclusive access to original band members this authorised biography by fellow-Brummie Martin Tracey not only covers the breadth of the band’s most successful and colourful years, it also reveals a powerful insight into the pressures of a very young girl band pluckily navigating their way through a male-dominated industry in a different time.
And, of course, they did it the ‘FUZZBOX’ way – armed with wit, fun and a unique unity, these four girls with unstoppable energy smashed through any barrier that dared to stand in their way!
This authentic and untold story candidly reveals the rollercoaster ride of three schoolgirls and a big sister who rocketed to worldwide success and the trailblazing aspects of their whole outlook which paved a way for others to follow.

Jim Morris in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://balaamandtheangel.co.uk/

Balaam and the Angel are a rock band founded by Mark, James (Jim), and Desmond (Des) Morris  in 1984.

Initially the band self-released a series of EPs and an album entitled Sun Family via their own Chapter 22 and played some tour dates opening for The Cult. This caught the attention of Virgin Records, who signed them and released their debut album, The Greatest Story Ever Told. They toured in the USA with Kiss and label mate Iggy Pop.

Tony Jenkins in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://www.facebook.com/kbsbookstore

https://theportlandarms.co.uk/wp/product/the-loft-the-kobayashi-bookstore-29th-may-26/