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In a departure from some of our usual rubbish we caught BUSTER BLOODVESSEL from the mighty BAD MANNERS at the Fat Surfer. You can see pics and hear the interview here.
Steve Mead caught up with the band at the 100 Club and you can see pics and hear the interview here.
We welcomed the former national champion at Sabre Wulf MJ HIBBETT into the Phoenix studios, and we all agreed it was a truly GRATE experience.
You can hear the interview again here:
Part 1 - intro
Part 2 - some Q & A
Part 3 - a bit more Q & A
Part 4 - acoustic versions of Hey Hey 16K and Things'll Be Different
Part 5 - acoustic versions of Fair Play Trophy and Easily Impressed
Part 6 - acoustic versions of Billy Jones Is Dead and Boom! Shake The Room
We managed to catch Hampshire rock trio REUBEN on the phone just before they took the stage at Leicester Charlotte in support of their excellent new single, Freddy Kruger.
You can listen to the interview by clicking here.
Organiser of the TMF, Jo Delaney, came to Phoenix FM in May 2004 to announce that this year's festival will be taking place on 7 August. She also mentioned some of the great bands lined up to take part but we can't tell you that yet :-)
You can hear Eddie's interview with Jo here: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Steve Mead and Eddie Curry visited the Brass Monkey in Hastings to see former Carter USM singer JIM BOB knock out a whole load of his stuff from the last 15 years with just one voice and one guitar.
Steve also managed to have a very nice chat which you can hear here.
Steve Mead's review:
16/5/2004
The Brass Monkey, Hastings
A lovely warm mid-may evening and what is a young man to do with himself? Why he rings the station manager and arranges for the pair of them to gun the 70ish miles to Hastings to see one of their boyhood heroes, well late teenagehood anyway.
So I sorted out my '2,4,6,8 Motorway' tape, put on my Sunday best and we headed for the coast to see Jim Bob of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine perform an acoustic gig and readings from his new book, 'Goodnight Jim Bob, On The Road With Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine'.
We arrive in Hastings 10 minutes before the start of the show and it smells like every other seaside town, of fresh do-nuts (or at least the fat that they are cooked in), we buy the beers, Eddie is off the booze and so just has a pint of lager, and settle in for the show.
The stage is set out giving the appearance of a school play, it has a lone stool, a small table with a mixture of condiments on top of it, two acoustic guitars and a large screen upon which early Carter USM Pictures are projected on during the show.
He takes the stage looking nervous, not the aggressive persona I remember of old, and performs old Carter USM songs acoustically, it is amazing, at one point he forgets the lyrics and the audience gladly prompt him.
The set is interspersed with seemingly random readings from the book, after all the idea of the tour is to sell copies, and is broken into two 45 minute segments.
At half time we were lucky enough to grab an interview with the man himself. He was surprisingly amiable, I was quite nervous after all I used to hold this guy up on a pedestal. After answering my hastily cobbled together questions we left him for 5 minutes peace before resuming the set.
Back downstairs we bumped into Les 'Fruitbat' Carter and I know everyone else in the audience was willing him up on the stage, but alas it never happened.
After another 40 mins of readings and brilliantly performed acoustic songs came the encore Sheriff Fatman and Bloodspot For All, amazing!!
The intimate surroundings definitely heightened the pleasure of this gig, and yes we did buy the book (3 copies in all).
We headed back for Essex feeling warm inside and with one final thought for Hastings... IT STINKS!
You can hear the interview with Steve Mead and Natalie Smith here:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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Back on the internet - June 2004 shows
Mull Historical Society - How 'Bout I Love You More
Delays - Long Time Coming
Rooney - I'm Shakin'
Inspiral Carpets feat Mark E Smith - I Want You
(International) Noise Conspiracy - Black Mask
Muse - Plug In Baby
Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
Velvet Revolver - Slither
Spoon - Lines In The Suit
Gene - Fighting Fit
Whyte Seeds - Black Key Song
Hidingplace - (What If) The Truth Looks Clearer Empty
Supergrass - Kiss Of Life
Toploader - Let The People Know
Thirteen Senses - Do No Wrong
Kasabian - LSF
Kill Kenada - Massachusettes Murder Medallions
Billy Talent - River Below
Radio Dept - Pulling Our Weight
Cure - Burn
Zutons - Remember Me
Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
Bloc Party - Little Thoughts
Strokes - Hard To Explain
Pure Reason Revolution - Apprentice Of The Universe
Hundred Reasons - What You Get
Charlotte Hatherley - Kim Wilde
Libertines - Time For Heroes
A Girl Called Eddy - Somebody Hurt You
Mon 8-10 Digital Blues
Wed 8-10 Digital Blues
Tue 8-9 Stetsons
Wed 10-12 Lovely Love Songs
Fri 8-10 BOA
Show 8 - Friday 28 May 2004
BOA to Z, that's right Eddie was away on holiday and Steve was struggling for ideas so he put together an A to Z of alternative music. He was joined in the studio with his very own "posse" (oh it could have been such a good show), Bully, Suz, Notty and Lloyd.
A = Art Brut - Formed A Band
B = Billy Talent - Try Honesty
C = Carter USM - The Young Offender's Mum
D = (The) Darkness - Growing On Me
E = EMF - I Believe
F = Faith No More - Everything's Ruined
G = Green Day - Basket Case
H = Hell Is For Heroes - I Can Climb Mountains
I = Ian Brown - Set My Baby Free
J = Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing
K = (The) Killers - Mr Brightside
L = Levellers - One Way
M = Muse - Hysteria
N = Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy
O = Ocean Colour Scene - Giving It All Away
P = Pop Will Eat Itself - Get The Girl, Kill The Baddies
Q = Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
R = Reuben - Freddy Kruger
S = Senser - Eject
T = Therapy - Opal Mantra
U = U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
V = (The) Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
W = Whitegirl - Neverdid
X = XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
Y = Yeah Yeah Yeahs - A Date With The Night
Z = Zero 7 - Somersault
With a few minutes to spare he played the following: -
Stumble - Currently Everything Is Of Good Quality (From the Artists Against Success demo)
Kasabian - Club Foot
And he ended the broadcast with: -
McAlmont And Butler - Back For Good :-(
Show 7 - Saturday 22 May 2004
Steve Mead chatted to Jon from Reuben just before they took the stage at Leicester Charlotte.
We were then joined for the rest of the show by MJ HIBBETT who played six acoustic songs which you can download from somewhere else on this website (go and LOOK for them NOW)
We also managed to shoehorn these tracks in too:
Queen^h^h^h^h^h Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Ian Brown - So Many Soldiers
Charlatans - Nine Acre
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Poodle Rockin'
Feeder - The Power Of Love
Wilco - Can't Stand It
Suede - Electricity
Reuben - Freddy Kruger
Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
Silver Sun - Dumb
Divine Comedy - The Frog Princess
Muse - Unintended
James - Runaground
Primitives - Crash
Frankie Machine - 54th and 3rd
Dodgy - Memories Haunt You
Stone Roses - Ten Story Love Song
Show 6 - Friday 21 May 2004
Jo Delaney from TMF was our guest this week. We also managed to play these tunes, overrunning the show by 45 minutes in the process.
Propellorheads - Bang On
Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Catatonia - Sweet Catatonia
Ash - Kung Fu
Clash - Radio Clash
Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Beck - The New Pollution
Cardigans - For What It's Worth
Inspiral Carpets - Dragging Me Down
Oasis - Roll With It
Reuben - Freddy Kruger
Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander
Uncle Fruity - Charlie The Bus Driver
MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Things Will Be Different (When I'm In Charge)
China Drum - Wuthering Heights
Ben Kweller - The Rules
Duke Spirit - Dark Is Light Enough
Therapy? - Screamager
Nirvana - Slither
Bleach - Shotgun
MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Billy Jones Is Dead
Blur - Coping
Carter USM - A Sheltered Life
Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway
Salad - Yeah Yeah
Royksopp - Eple
Kenickie - I Would Fix You
Royksopp - Sparks
Desert Hearts - DSR
Art Brut - My Sherona Formed A Band (brutleg remix)
Show 5 - Saturday 15 May 2004
Eddie Curry is on his own tonight, Steve Mead has gone awol (or had a prior engagement, I forget now) and Phoenix FM is going head to head with the Eurovision Song Contest.
And here's what we played:
Snow Patrol - Run
Blue Aeroplanes - ... And Stones (not the remix this time)
British Sea Power - Fear Of Drowning
Jesus Jones - Real Real Real
Grand National - Talk Amongst Yourselves
Charlatans - Then
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock And Roll
Frank and Walters - Looking For America (acoustic, 2000)
Liz Phair - Extraordinary
King Adora - The Law (Live at Sound, 2001)
Cardigans - And Then He Kissed Me
The French - Porn Shoes
Nouvelle Vague - Guns Of Brixton
Coldplay - Bigger Stronger
Powder - Up Here (not the good Powder with Pearl Lowe, the weird American one)
Sonic Boom Six - People Ack Like They Don't Know
Frank Bennett - Been Caught Stealin'
Vines - Ride
Medium 21 - Junctions In Our Sleep
Zutons - Zuton Fever
Delays - Nearer Than Heaven
Distillers - The Hunger
Show 4 - Friday 14 May 2004
Tonight we were joined by NATALIE SMITH who joined STEVE MEAD in chatting to JUSTIN LEE COLLINS from Flipside TV, while EDDIE CURRY sat huddled in the corner drinking a whole case of Red Bull.
Natalie's chosen "pop your indie cherry" track was "If I Can't Change Your Mind" by Sugar.
Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs A 303
Leftfield - Phat Planet
Hives - The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime
Sugarcubes - Hit
Charlatans - Up At The Lake
Kasabian - Club Foot
Republica - Holly
Muse - Sunburn
Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
Cursor Miner - Library
Eve 6 - Leech
TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
Blubber - This Is Disco
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Rakes - Ausland Mission
Darkness - Growing On Me
Tiger - Friends
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
Animalhouse - Small
MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Hey Hey 16K
Ash - Jesus Says
Mega City 4 - Words That Say
Jay Z - 99 Problems
Show 3 - Saturday 8 May 2004
Email received at the station during the show ...
"Anyway, show sounds good but not good enough to keep me awake ..."
Air - Playground Love
Alex Lloyd - Lucky Star
Mercury Rev - Holes
All Seeing I - First Man In Space
Snow Patrol - Crazy In Love
Belly - Feed The Tree
Franz Ferdinand - Words So Leisured
Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin'
Thrills - One Horse Town
Blue Aeroplanes - ... And Stones (Lovers All Around Remix)
Puressence - All I Want
Silver Sun - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (acoustic)
Audioweb - Policeman Skank
Fischerspooner - Emerge
James - Come Home
Carter USM - Rubbish (live)
Bluetones - Sleazy Bed Track
Stereolab - Margerine Rock
Super Furry Animals - Slow Life
Marillion - Fake Plastic Trees
Jane Siberry - It Can't Rain All The Time
Beth Orton - Stolen Car
Show 2 - Friday 7 May 2004
Eddie turns up late after being asked to change up some pound coins at a snooker hall in Romford. Steve introduces Jet being the Rolling Stones in Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes. Steve's "pop your alternative cherry" choice (!!) was Info Freako by Jesus Jones, and a good time was had by all (even the listeners).
808 State - In Yer Face
Roni Size - Dirty Beats
Lo-Fidelity All Stars - Blisters On My Brain
A - Foghorn
Funeral For A Friend - Bullet Theory
A House - Live Life Dead Die
Killers - Mr Brightside
Asian Dub Foundation - Naxalite
Jet - Are You Going To Be My Girl
Co Dot UK - Sick Of You
Moby - Come On Baby
Earl Brutus - The SAS And The Glam That Goes With It
Milliondead - I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder
Foil - Reviver Gene
Senseless Things - Christine Keeler
Delakota - 555
Foo Fighters - Winnebago
Box Car Racer - I Feel So
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Beastie Boys - Ch-Check It Out
Pop Will Eat Itself - Eat Me, Drink Me, Love Me, Kill Me
Jesus Jones - Info Freako
Super Furry Animals - Ysbediau Heulog
Art Brut - Formed A Band
Wannadies - Hit
EMF - Getting Through
British Sea Power - Favours In The Beetroot Fields
Blankket - Hey Ya
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