Birth. School. ROCK! Death. A fierce panda podcast

Episode #19 - James Atkin (EMF/BRA)

I am not a number, I’m a free man! The sixth of the six live Birth. School. ROCK! Death. podcasts is here. Recorded in the Tonic Music Lounge at Shiiine On in Miiinehead, this episode sees fierce pandaman Simon Williams talk through the tracks of their tears with an admirably enthusiastic James Atkin from EMF and BRA (but sadly not ELO). In essence: ‘Unbelievable’ was a shiny number one in the US but James just wanted to be on tour with grubby cool Fraggle Rock band. In another essence, hear how EMF were booed ON stage supporting Carter USM at ULU. Hair-raising stuff. Bentley Rhythm Ace will be powering into Shiiine On at Skegness at the end of March - take no Prisoners… ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode #18 - Sarah Dixon (Writer)

It’s 5 alive time as the live episodes of Birth. School. ROCK! Death. reach the fifth stage of proceedings. This time around we change the cultural angle slightly as writer Sarah L Dixon riffs with fierce panda boss Simon Williams in the Tonic Music Lounge at Shiiine On Festival. But the indie vibe lives on, as Sarah’s poetry in the ‘90s was inspired by the lyrics of her favourite bands, and her fourth book, ‘A Bit Like Falling In Love’, is an extended poem to the likes of Carter USM, EMF and the Frank & Walters. Discover the tracks of her tears on this here pod and hear her words of wisdom when Sarah performs on Sunday March 29th on Shiiine On in Skegness. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode #17 - Mark Morriss (The Bluetones)

Go fourth and multiply! Yip, it’s number 4 in the pawful of live Birth. School. ROCK! Death. podcasts recorded at Shiiine On in Miiinehead. In this episode Simon from fierce panda riffs with Mark Morriss from The Bluetones, who started out on the panda’s ’Return To Splendour’ EP in 1994. As they prepare to return to the splendour of Shiiine On in Skegness at the end of March, as well as the launch of their brand new ‘Atlas’ album in April, the singer talks about brotherly record collecting in the ‘80s, going through A Goth Phase and the career rebirth of a deep shade of Bluetones. As well as guiding us through the tracks of his tears, of course… ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode #16 - Andrew ‘Tiny’ Woods (Ultrasound)

It’s the third live episode of the Birth. School. ROCK! Death. podcast, recorded in the Tonic Music Lounge at the Shiiine On festival in Miiinehead. This time around singer Andrew ‘Tiny’ Woods from epic rocksters Ultrasound chooses the tracks of his tears. They started on fierce panda in the ‘90s and returned for the ‘Play For Today’ album in 2012. Now Tiny takes to the panda sofa to talk fragrant hype, failed hopes and colossal melodic outbursts. Still The Same Band then… ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode #15 - Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets)

It’s time to launch our second live Birth. School. ROCK! Death. podcast, recorded in the Tonic Music Lounge at Shiiine On in Minehead. Joining fierce panda’s Simon Williams is Inspiral Carpets’ organ-groover Clint Boon. As they prepare for a new (re)lease of life on Scruff of the Neck records Clint talks us through the joys of ‘Fireball XL5’, the power of the Pistols, the meaning behind ‘This Is How It Feels’ and performing knee slides across the dancefloor while DJing at Simon Panda’s wedding. Good times, all the time. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.