BritPopCast Podcast
1) EP20 - Luke Haines of The Auteurs
In the final episode of series 1 George and Paul come face to face with the man many people credit with creating the Britpop sound, Luke Haines of The Auteurs. Luke was one of the most interesting and...Show More
2) EP19 - Mark Sutherland of the NME, Melody Maker and Smash Hits
Mark Sutherland is a renowned journalist who was at the eye of the storm as Britpop hit the World. Hear him tell Paul and George about the importance of magazines like the NME, how open the bands and ...Show More
3) EP18 - Gary Stringer of Reef
Reef were the hairy brothers in the world of Britpop and carved their own niche whilst enjoying massive success with Place Your Hands, Naked, Come Back Brighter and others. A modified Place Your Hands...Show More
4) EP17 - Bez of The Happy Mondays and Black Grape
Truly an icon of British music Bez is synonymous with pills ‘n’ thrills and a whole lot more. From the bands origins, successes, to moments of having nothing to his name Bez spills all including how f...Show More
5) EP16 - Nigel Clark of Dodgy
Dodgy captured the complete feel good nature of Britpop with songs and a presence that couldn’t help but make you smile. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the band though. Frontman and songwriter Nigel ...Show More
6) EP15 - Lisa Moorish of Kill City and more
Lisa Moorish came into the music business as a 17 year old providing vocals on a number of tracks before releasing her own solo material and even dueting with George Michael. She was also at the centr...Show More
7) EP14 - Mat Flint of Death In Vegas
Death in Vegas were a musical sponge soaking up influences from dub, electronica and psychedelica to fuse into their own style. Mat Flint served as their bass player and serves up memories to George a...Show More
8) EP13 - Tom Gray of Gomez
Gomez burst onto the scene in 1998, scored a Mercury Prize, a headline slot at Glastonbury and a change of musical direction on the Britpop scene. In this episode Tom Grey takes Paul and George throug...Show More
9) EP12 - Chris Helme of The Seahorses
The Seahorses were John Squire’s post Stone Roses band and were fronted by this episodes’ guest Chris Helm. Chris talks candidly about the control of the band, from songwriting to interacting backstag...Show More
10) EP11 - Peter Hook PT2 - The Stone Roses, The Light, Monaco and the Yorkshire Ripper
In part 2 of Paul George’s chat with the legendary Peter Hook they cover producing The Stone Roses and being forced to choose production jobs, facing Joy Division trolls and how he got pulled into the...Show More
EP11 - Peter Hook PT2 - The Stone Roses, The Light, Monaco and the Yorkshire Ripper
43:03 | Dec 24th, 2020