EP7 - STEVE HAMILTON - TOURING & PLAYING WITH BLUR, RADIOHEAD & NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS

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Ep  Corduroy 

INTRO

Alright - welcome to My 90s music podcast with me Mark McC - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

Today I’m totally jazzed as I had the real pleasure of talking to two of my musical heroes that are half of The Fabric Four - Corduroy. 

If you don’t know much about Corduroy or the Acid Jazz label and scene then I would check them out as they were a real influence on many of the bands in the 90s including the generators of Britpop - Blur who they also supported with Pulp and Supergrass at Ally Pally.

I had a great, fun interview with Richard who plays bass and Simon who is the guitarist in the band. We chat about how the band formed, recording the albums, touring, riding a helicopter and driving an Aston Martin in Japan for a TV as, how the band came to a natural end in the 90s and how they are coming back with a bang very soon with a new album, tour dates and brand new merchandise at www.corduroyshop.bigcartel.com 

We kick off talking about what COVID has done to the live music scene and our collective pockets before heading back to the 90s. 

OUTRO

Thanks to Simon and Richard for taking the time to talk to me and I wish you well for the new album, finishing those tunes started during lockdown and of course seeing you in a venue near me really soon. 

Corduroy will have a new album out soon on Acid Jazz so keep your eyes peeled on @CorduroyFabric4 on Twitter and @corduroyband on Instagram.

Don’t forget to get your Corduroy facemasks, Tshirts and merch www.corduroyshop.bigcartel.com

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and instagram and @my90smusicpod on twitter

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out.

Alright - welcome to My 90s music podcast - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

Today I speak to a real special guest - Mark Bedford who is a founding member and bass player of Madness 

Coming into the 90s was a really interesting time for Madness as they approached the decade differently which had great results. They found a new passion, new energy and new fanbase by pioneering the all day festival which was called Madstock in FInsbury Park.  This was one of the first of its kind and we have them to thank them for any day or weekend festival we go to for laying out that blueprint. Madstock 92 saw Madness headline but had huge supporting acts such as Flowered Up, Gallon Drunk, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Morrissey.

Madness also released a host of live albums and compilations which further embraced them into the bosoms for Indie Kids, 80s kids and all music fans across the world. 

OUTRO

Wow - imagine one of the founder members and bass player of Madness taking the time to chat to us. What an honour. A real gent. Thanks to Mark Bedford for sharing his 90s experience. And a huge shout out to Katy M for connecting us also. Massive thanks. 

Do follow @madnessnews on twitter to see what they are up and do yourself a favor - grab a drink tonight and get some Madness on - maybe the Madstock Live album - you will feel 100% better for doing that.

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and twitter and @my90smusicpod on instagram

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out

Alright - welcome to My 90s music podcast - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

Today I speak to a composer and Saxophonist Steve Hamilton who is a recording and touring member of NGHFB and has also recorded with Radiohead and toured with Blur. He also has played with Amy Winehouse, The Auteurs, Beyonce, Bono, The Beloved, Madness, The Pet Shop Boys, The Wildhearts, Snowboy, Roger Daltrey, Stereo Lab and Stevie Wonder.  

He famously missed out on playing with Frank Sinatra but tells us all about that. Sorry Steve. 

Superb to chat to Steve Hamilton on today’s episode. He is a genuinely talented individual and very humble about what he has achieved in his life. Excited to hear what he does next especially with Noel and the HFB which should be very soon by all accounts. Thanks to Katy M for connecting us - really appreciate it! You are a superstar. 

Do go to Steve’s website which is stevehamiltonmusic.com to find out more about him and his work. 

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and twitter and @my90smusicpod on instagram

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out

Alright - welcome to My 90s music podcast - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

Today I have the pleasure of being IN A ZOOM with Nigel Clark from Dodgy and who is an incredible singer, songwriter and solo artist in his own right (sorry I nicked title from something Nigel is doing as a virtual Q and A). 

I had a great time chatting to Nigel and we cover his 90s experience all the way to talking about punk, the 60s bands of Laurel canyon and playing guitar soon with Toyah who lives across the road from him. 

But, we kick off getting settled into the interview talking about the times we are living now and why the 1980s and 90s were a simply, possibly better time for so many reasons.

That was really great chatting to Nigel Clark and I really enjoyed that really honest chat about what it was like to be in the good ship Dodgy and also Nigel’s world outside of that. Some brilliant memories there and I can't wait to hear Nigel’s new songs with the possibility of old Dodgy demos and Bluetones demos seeing the light of day. Also if you are in Norwich on Sept 4th for the Common People gigs where Nigel, Chris Helme and Mark Morriss get together to blow us all away - do check that out.

Nigel has new album coming out in Oct called Make Believe Love which he is very excited about and I am sure you are too.

Follow Nigel on Twitter @dodgy_nigel and on Instagram @Nigel_Songs and Nigel Clark on Facebook. 

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and instagram and @my90smusicpod on twitter

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out.

Today is a COOL AS F**K episode as Clint Boon - yes that’s right the 5 star General of The Boon Army, DJ, Podcaster and Inspiral Carpets keyboard hero is in the house. 

I was so chuffed when Clint agreed to chat to me and it was like talking to an old friend although we had never met before. It’s a bumper episode where we cover Clint’s 90s, how the Inspirals started, and having a certain Gallagher brother as their guitar tech and of course what Clint is up to now. 

What a buzz TO TALK TO the legend that is Clint Boon about his 90s experience and much much more. We could’ve talked for hours. 

Do follow Clint on @therealboon on twitter, listen to Disco Rescue on Beatstream every Friday and get your cow cards and official Boon army merch on boonarmy.com 

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and instagram and @my90smusicpod on twitter

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out.

Ep 4 AZIZ IBRAHIM

INTRO

Alright - welcome to My 90s music podcast - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

From Atlanta Georgia To Longsight Manchester Recognise that line? You should it’s from Daybreak by The Stone Roses from the album The Stone Roses. That line means so much to my next guest who grew up in Longsight Manchester on a council estate, dodged becoming a Doctor against his parents wishes and became one of the most gifted guitarists of his generation. Today I had the real pleasure of chatting to one of the most positive and savvy people I have met in a long time and that man is Aziz Ibrahim. 

Aziz’z energy was palpable even through the zoom audio line as he talked about how kids and technology are the future of music and if you are going to be successful today you have to learn this stuff and understand where the consumption of music is going. Aziz has a new single out called THE KEY OF 3 which you can hear on Spotify, Apple Music etc and also a great line in cool merchandise called M13 (the postcode of Longsight Manchester) including t shirts saying Longsight Loves Ya and Johnny Cash-miri - https://www.wornfree.com/search?type=product&q=aziz*

However, this is MY 90s Music podcast soi we talk about his days in Simply Red, Prog Rock Band Asia, What it was like to join the Stone Roses and filling shoes as big as John Squires and then onto how Aziz got to be himself and unleash his true talent working on songs with Ian Brown from his first solo album Unfinished Monkey Business through to Solarized. 

OUTRO

What a joy TO TALK TO Aziz Ibrahim about his 90s experience.

Do follow Aziz on @azizibrahim56 and @MBazizandinder on twitter to see what he’s up to and also please check out his new single The Key of 3 and his Clothing label M13 https://www.wornfree.com/

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and instagram and @my90smusicpod on twitter

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out.

Alright - welcome to My 90s music podcast - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

Today I speak to Scottish and Indie national treasure Duglas T. Stewart who is the founding meber and frontman of BMX Bandits. It is a lovely hour of chatting through Duglas’s 90s and what it meant to him including having a full Japanese backing band and touring Japan, getting signed to Creation Records by Alan McGee, Having Oasis as a third on the bill support band and what he thought of them when he saw them in live action, collaborating with the members of Teenage Fanclub, Soup Dragons and Superstar. We also chat about what Duglas is up to now - from being a quiz master on his weekly online quiz (which you can find at www.facebook.com/GlitteratiShow/, new single with Anton Newcombe and Hifi Sean 

https://bmxbandits.bandcamp.com/releases

And 

You can buy BMX Bandits My Chain album on vinyl

https://interval.bandcamp.com/album/my-chain

And heeeerrrrrrreeee’s Duglas...

It just felt so good and life affirming to speak to Duglas. He has been a huge hero of mine for a long time and to get the chance to spend an hour in his warm and friendly company was a real honour. Massive thanks to Duglas and also to Alan McGee for helping me connect with Duglas. 

Some useful links. Here is the FB page that hosts my quizzes, with a new one premiering on Tuesdays at 8pm.

https://www.facebook.com/GlitteratiShow/

Here is the bandcamp link to my single with Anton Newcombe and Hifi Sean 

https://bmxbandits.bandcamp.com/releases

Link to buy BMX Bandits My Chain on vinyl

https://interval.bandcamp.com/album/my-chain

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and twitter and @my90smusicpod on instagram

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out

Alright - welcome to My 90s music podcast - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

Today I speak Chris Helme who is a vital singer / songwriter who went from learning guitar and singing in the early 90s to working and playing in pubs and busking on the streets of York to fronting the band after The Stone Roses called it a day - The Seahorses. 

It was a whirlwind journey and career. Chris continues to write, tour, play and collaborate with the best musicians around and I am so excited to hear Chris’s latest work including a lockdown album and also future collaborations with members of Bluetones, Dodgy, Cast and more. 

THERE WE GO. What a blast TO TALK TO Chris Helme about his 90s experience.

Do follow Chris on @chrishelmerwords on twitter to see what he’s up to and also you can buy handwritten song lyrics of Chris’s songs which are super cool - I have one myself. Do support Chris if you can. I am so excited to see what Chris does next, especially regarding the collaborations Chris was telling us about towards the end of the episode.

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and twitter and @my90smusicpod on instagram

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out

Alright - welcome to the first episode of My 90s music podcast - the podcast where I talk to the people who lived, loved and were in the eye of the storm of the best decade ever - the glorious 90s.

Today I speak to the godlike genius and Scottish hero Alan McGee. Alan of course started Creation records after coming down to London from Glasgow in the 80s. Alan is a real hero of mine and of many of you and he brought us the bands that defined the 90s and music/popular culture in general including Oasis, Primal Scream, Ride, Jesus and Mary Chain, Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits, My Bloody Valentine, House of Love and laterally records from St Etienne, Bernard Butler and Hurricane #1 - the list goes on and on.

Kick out the jams - it’s Alan F@@@in Mcgee

THERE WE GO. SUCH A PLEASURE TO TALK TO ALAN McGee about his 90s experience.

Do follow alan on @alanmcgee93 on instagram and facebook to see what he’s up to. It’s always something cool and also keep an eye out for Creation Stories which is the life and times of Alan Mcgee and all the craziness that ensued during the Creation Records years which should be getting released very soon. 

Thanks so much for listening to this episode. I hope that it filled you with as much joy, nostalgia and happiness that it did for me. 

Please do share this podcast with your 90s obsessed friend and follow me on @my90smusicpodcast on facebook and twitter and @my90smusicpod on instagram

Lastly please do go to Mixcloud to hear my 90s based radio show, just search for supersonic 90s radio show. 

Until next time, Keep it 90s. Over and out