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Interview with Scott Barber, director of "This Is Gwar"
What happened to heavy metal in the eighties? It bred Dokken, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, W.A.S.P., Motley Crue and many other hair metal bands. Meanwhile…
4 years, 10 months ago
Breaking Glass
Episode 90
Music must change. It always has and always will. The common story (probably part truth and myth) is that punk emerged in the UK as a reaction to the…
4 years, 11 months ago
Rock & Rule
Episode 89
Say you're in a band, and you're struggling to get your songs performed because the self-appointed leader is a narcissistic arsehole. Then along come…
5 years ago
Songwriter
Episode 88
So, let's say you're a working songwriter and musician. Life is hard enough as it is (and we're talking pre-Covid) without a couple of divorces, mana…
5 years, 1 month ago
Interview with Scott Crawford, director of "Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine"
Episode 87
With the ubiquity of fanzines, blogs and podcasts in the 21st century, anyone can publish their critiques on any form of the arts (including your hum…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Sparks Brothers
Episode 86
I Predict that When I'm With You, there will be no Existential Threat unless we're Eaten By The Monster Of Love in this Cool World.
Welcome to episode…
5 years, 4 months ago
Hellzapoppin'
Episode 85
The early history of musicals often includes romantic comedies with slight plots as an excuse for big song and dance numbers (often in the context of…
5 years, 4 months ago
Interview with Bill Jones and Ben Timlett, directors of "Before We Was We: Madness by Madness"
Episode 84
The late 70s moving into the 80s was a time ruled by conservative government in the UK. There were clashes with government ideology and the NF was sc…
5 years, 5 months ago
Black Snake Moan
Episode 83
We're sure you've all said or heard, “Don't judge a book by it's cover”. That can logically be extended on occasion to “Don't judge a film by its pos…
5 years, 6 months ago
Interview with Colm Forde of Doc 'n' Roll
Episode 82
Bernie, Tim and I have never ceased to be amazed at the creativity and hard work that must go into making a film (any work of art, really). One thing…
5 years, 8 months ago