Throughout most of the world, Spandau Ballet were stadium fillers there for a while. They famously came out of the same club scene as friendly rivals Duran Duran and Ultravox, the lads were immediate trendsetters both in music and fashion. It all comes together in 1983 with the release of their third album, True, and the global title track smash. Success would continue to grow (though not so much in the States) for the rest of the 80s, including unforgettable appearances at both Live Aid and Band Aid, before drama would settle in and never completely go away. Lead singer Tony Hadley has been out of the band officially for four years, but his solo career is ongoing. In fact he recently released a new single, "Obvious" and has another solo album coming out soon. We get to hear stories about all of it and then some. Enjoy!
Episode 440 - Henry Lee Summer/Melanie
Episode 439 - Graeham Goble of Little River Band
Book Club - Daniel Bukzpan author of Ozzy@75
Episode 438 - Miki Berenyi of Lush
Episode 437 - Elliot Scheiner
Some Kind of Wonderful Soundtrack with Lick the Tins, Blue Room and the March Violets
Episode 436 - Stephen ”Tin Tin” Duffy of the Lilac Time/Solo
Episode 435 - Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes
Deep Dive - John Cafferty on The Beaver Brown Band’s Tough All Over (1985)
Episode 434 - Richard Patrick of Filter
Episode 433 - Maia Sharp
Episode 432 - Rat Scabies of The Damned/The Sinclairs
Episode 431 - Dave Robinson Co-Founder of Stiff Records
Episode 430 - Ricky Phillips of the Babys/Bad English/Styx
Episode 429 - Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson of Echobelly
Book Club - John Robb author of The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth
Episode 428 - Paul Kelly
Recap 2023 Q2
Episode 427 - Tommy Stinson of the Replacements/Guns N’ Roses/Solo
Promo Mode - Mark Brzezicki and Tony Butler of Big Country Discuss the Deluxe Reissue of Driving to Damascus
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