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This week is all about bands playing other bands' songs… that are completely killer and whatever… Whether they are playing it straight note-for-note, or whether they are re-interpreting it; bands love to pay tribute to great songs that they love! In this episode, we showcase the diversity of how a band can take a 90s classic hit and make it their own.

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. From industrial-goth bands adding bleeps and buzzes to classic 90s grunge standards, to punk bands rockin’ out gangsta rap… we got ya covered! 

Songs this week include:

1. The L.I.F.E. Project – “Symphony Of Destruction (Megadeth)” from Big F.O.U.R. EP(2022)
2. Howling Giant – “Rooster (Alice In Chains)” from Dirt (Redux) (2020) 
3. George Lynch & Jeff Pilson – “One Of Us (Joan Osborn)” from Heavy Hitters (2020)
4. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Smashing Pumpkins)” from A Gothic-Industrial Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins (2007)
5. Mystic Prophecy – “Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz)” from Monuments Uncovered (2018)
6. Small Town Titans – “Sex And Candy (Marcy Playground)” from The Ride (2020)
7. Cut Down Clay – “California Love (2Pac)” from Hip Hop Goes Punk (2012)
8. Copeland – “Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)” from Punk Goes 90s (2006)

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Violence! Legal disputes! Assassination plots! Before Sigue Sigue Sputnik came to work with Stock Aitken Waterman, they’d already created a storm of controversy and a tabloid frenzy. Bassist Tony James tells us about the initial headline-grabbing antics of the synthrock band — from falling foul of Stanley Kubrick due to uncleared samples on “Love Missile F1-11” to their reported multimillion signing by EMI. We also hear about Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s chaotic months-long sessions with SAW for the single “Success”. If that wasn’t enough drama for one episode, we also look at Rick Astley’s final record with the production trio, “Take Me To You Heart”, and hear about the fire that destroyed initial recordings for the Hold Me In Your Arms album (from Karen Hewitt and Mike Duffy) and the singer’s decision to part ways with PWL (from David Howells). For the first time so far in the podcast, Matt Aitken joins us to talk about working with Rick in 1988 and this episode’s third single, “S.S. Paparazzi” — Stock Aitken Waterman’s excursion into acid house.

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Peter Hook is an architect of modern music. As bass player and founding member of Joy Division and New Order, his melodic high playing style changed the game. Hooky’s bands influenced countless other artists from all across the musical map. From the branches of post punk and electronic music, these two groups changed the game for all of us. Plenty of bands lifted from that blueprint too: Radiohead, Interpol, Arcade Fire, the list goes on. But what are the songs that are unknown pleasures for Peter Hook? The sparks of inspiration that led him in new direction, the music he swooned to as a fan? From The Sex Pistols to Sigue Sigue Sputnik, The Temptations to The Velvets, Hooky wound back through an extraordinary life. And shared a hell of a lot of stories. Wind back to the root of a huge family tree, with this wonderful conversation about discovering your place. 

Sex Pistols - 'Anarchy In The UK'

Lykke Li – 'I Follow Rivers'

The Temptations - 'Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)'

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 'Love Missile F1-11'

The Velvet Underground - 'Venus In Furs'