We speak with two fantastic names from NZ being Andrew McLennan (Pop Mechanix, Coconut Rough and The Swingers) and Eddie Rayner (Split Enz, The Makers, Crowded House (Touring) ) for the entire show that was recorded earlier this week for radio and for fans of these two musicians you will enjoy what i have installed for this one.
So join us one more time for Grooves On The Record for 2024 as we GTK the music of Andrew and Eddie!What a way to go out on my 10th year of being a Split Enz fan!6pm Melbourne AEDT, exclusively on 94.7 The Pulse FM"The Voice of Geelong"
To wrap up our 3rd season of this brilliant podcast, we sat down with the wonderful LGBQT musician Izzy Kershaw (some may recognise if you are in the Kershaw community as daughter of the equally incredible Nik Kershaw) We spoke of her experiences as a Queer and Trans musician in a modern age, influences around her own catalogue, having Nik and Sherri as a father and mother growing up (both as musical influences), what she thinks of her own father's catalogue from work from over a whopping 40 years worth of solo material from 1983 till the present day and much more A big cheers and thanks for Izzy to coming on this edition of the show! You can check out Izzy at the following account across all major platfoms: "izzykershawuk" Thanks to all who have supported the podcast for these three seasons and here's to our upcoming fourth season in 2024
In a podcast first, we have two hosts with friend of the show Joshua Batten co-pilot this episode of the podcast as we speak with the wonderful Dave Gregory from XTC/The Dukes of Stratosphear, Big Big Train, Tin Spirits and a sought after session player to acts like Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Peter Gabriel, Aimee Mann. We discuss with Dave about his many music ventures over the years, rediscover some stories that both Joshua and I have been interested to hear such as his involvement to Big Big Train, Touring with Aimee Mann in 1993 and convincing one Andy Partridge to belt out a Dukes song at a show in NYC I thank both Joshua Batten for choosing to co-pilot this episode with me as i gave him an opportunity like this and the star of the show Dave for sharing and recalling some great stories.
Topic Timestamps:
00:00 A Day in the Life 01:56 Swindon 03:25 Guitar Influences 04:26 The Beatles 06:03 Jeff Beck 08:11 Piano Training 09:30 Christmas 1966 10:28 Strings vs Brass 12:00 XTC Tribute Bands 14:50 Scarecrow People 15:34 Terry Chambers 17:04 Mummer 18:50 Pete Phipps 20:02 Great Fire 20:54 Different Drummers & Producers 22:21 Pat Mastelotto 23:47 Big Big Train 25:52 Dave's Guitar Demo 29:05 Guest Musician Dave Gregory 33:58 Thomas Walsh Pugwash 34:42 Working on Peter Gabriel's Melt 39:31 Top of the Pops calling 40:30 Touring with Aimee Mann of Til Tuesday 42:00 Andy Partridge's Encore 43:52 Dukes of Stratosphear fantasy 44:32 Steven Wilson 5.1 remixes 46:48 Sound Engineers vs Musicians 47:32 Meeting Steven Wilson 49:22 Arranging for In Absentia & Lightbulb Sun 51:04 XTC's Australian Tour 55:10 Melbourne Crystal Ballroom 56:34 This Is Pop documentary 58:21 Loreley Festival 2018 1:00:21 Summer Shall Not Fade 1:01:19 Reflection on David Longdon 1:03:20 Is Melt the Guns a drum loop? 1:05:11 Hammersmith Odeon 1:06:58 1980 Touring 1:07:25 Liverpool after John Lennon's murder 1:08:57 Could XTC exist today? 1:10:04 Jacob Collier 1:11:11 Virgin Records
Arguably one of my most exciting interviews I have the honour to conduct so far, we are joined by none other than @WangChungTheBand aka Jack Hues (Guitarist/Keys/Lead Vocals) and Nick Feldman (Bass and Vocalist) as we look into the history of Wang Chung, tell the tale of the iconic "Dance Hall Days" song, their strong impact on media today in terms of usage, Jack's side projects including "Strictly Inc" and finally getting to know when exactly a rough date for the reissues for the Chung catalogue are coming out. Thank you so much Jack Hues and Nick Feldman for this unforgettable opportunity to sit down with you and get into some great memories and where exactly the band is going into terms of touring etc. Happy 40th to Points On The Curve, the album that helped start that success that brought you here all those years ago in 1983
The Variety Show with Liam Series 3 Episode 4 - Pat Mastelotto Legendary drummer Pat Mastelotto sat down with Liam for a chat about his music career, explored some of his past works including Mr Mister, discussed XTC, the Something Real music video, King Crimson and his other side projects that keeps himself busy as a drummer in his daily life. Great guest and such a wonderful chap to be to chat with for my show. Topics timestamps: 00:00:00 - 00:05:16 intros, beginnings, pink Floyd 00:05:16 - 00:09:44 - the beginnings of mr mister aka pages and session work in LA 00:09:44 - 00:13:10 - I Wear the Face production and album, Welcome to the Real World 00:13:10 - 00:16:53 - Something Real (Inside You, Inside Me) Music Video 00:16:53 - 00:23:00 - XTC 00:23:00 - 00:27:31 - King Crimson 00:27:31 - 00:31:51 - Terry Bozzio 00:31:51 - 00:39:08 - Uniform of Youth & Finding the right singles 00:39:08 - 00:42:40 - Touring the World (incl. Australia) 00:42:40 - 00:43:40 - Steve Hackett in Japan 00:43:40 - 00:49:01 - Drum and equipment tour
Variety Show returns for a 3rd season with a big bang!
This one's for cartoon lovers and voice actors wannabes everywhere as we have Erin Fitzgerald and Matt Hill from many projects such as the iconic hit show Ed Edd n Eddy and became the main theme of this episode as we discuss everything Ed Edd n Eddy and it's incoming 25th anniversary fast approaching in 2024.
Thanks to these legends for making great guests for this show and helped bring this show up to new potentials for the future.
Episode 3 of Series 3 sees us finally break into the ASMR section with Keith aka FamKam
Find out about what goes on BTS with this field of content, video games, twitch streaming and ofc music music music
Great bloke, give em a follow folks.
After a few weeks from touring with Tom Bailey in Australia, Charlotte Raven of the Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey band decided to jump on the show and discuss her life with music, working as a composer, gigging with Tom Bailey across the UK and the Globe, the recent Australian Tour and much more.
This one's a ripper episode so stick around and enjoy!
Charlotte Raven's website: https://charlotteraven.com
The Variety Show with Liam S2 E5:
NatiDreddd Natalie aka NatiDreddd drops by for an hour on The Variety Show with Liam as we dive into everything Scotland and beyond
Nati's Socials:
https://linktr.ee/NatiDreddd
In this special episode of the Variety Show with Liam, I was given the chance to interview what might be the most influential guitar players to hard rock/prog rock: Steve Hackett of Genesis fame he just wrapped up a massive American tour on his world tour of 2022-2023 and was back home resting before coming to my shores next month for his Aussie/NZ tour for his show. We discussed his current tour, his albums and plenty more!
Our first major TV personality stops by on the show with Doctor Who's Sophie Aldred talking about her time back with Doctor Who, discussing her other major roles and plenty more!
Following the release of 2021's Big Mess from Oingo Boingo's Danny Elfman, Liam decided to return to his synth filled 1984 solo debut release entitled "So-Lo" which was secretly the fourth Boingo album to the fans. This would be the last release to feature the original A/M lineup before Richard Gibbs and Kerry Hatcher would leave the band and be replaced on the next album "Dead Man's Party" Will it still hold up to today when compared to Danny's newer release, stay tuned to find out!
It's back! (with a fresh new intro based on the Chevy Chase show of all things) After a highly successful debut series, it's time for another round of fun filled podcast episodes from interviews, reviews and everything in between! Joining me for the new season premiere is New Zealand comedic YouTuber and Filmmaker Memefarmerhamish aka Hamish Currie. We talk about his content, his friendships with some of your favourite Youtubers and plenty more things to come!
The meme machine's socials:
Twitter bird: https://twitter.com/memefarmerr
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/memefarmerr
Vods channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9cm...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/memefarmerh...
main channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/memefarmerh...
Episode 7: I had the absolute honour to interview one of my favourite metal acts of the 21st century. In this episode of the Variety Show with Liam we talk with LILIAC and get to know Melody, Abigail, Samuel, Justin and Ethan and talk everything music in this EXCLUSIVE Australian first talk with the band and also this marks their first interview with an Aussie too so hoorah. A massive thank you to their manager for getting this organising as it wouldn't have made this whole experience possible for not only the band but for me to sit down with some like minded musicians and talk music!
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LILIAC Socials: Twitter/Instagram/Youtube/Facebook/TikTok: LILIACBAND
Conducted a while ago now, this episode was recorded for Halloween when I interviewed the wonderful and lovely Bridie who is a great look a like of the talented Prog Goddess Kate Bush! In this episode, we chat Prog Rock, Kate Bush and being a look a like of her and plenty more. All that and more on The Variety Show with Liam
DISCLAIMER: Audio was being a bastard when I was recording this one so I very much apologise for the buzzing and hums in the audio throughout the recording
Happy Halloween from Liam
Local Aussie drummer and artist Mikaela Swan decided to pop on for an interview for the fifth instalment of the podcast, we talked about her upbringings in drummings, her music and bands and her art she creates. All that and more on today's episode of The Variety Show with Liam
Joshua Batten, a local musician from Melbourne who I have become friends with did me the honour of appearing around late March/early April and covered music but went a bit off the beating track a bit (well I kind of did lol) So this is episode 3 of The Variety Show with Liam Hair, enjoy. Cheers for coming on and having a nice time talking with me you are a great pal!
Joshua Batten's socials
Facebook, Instagram and Soundcloud:
Joshua Batten Music
Kilroy was Here, the album that broke up Styx in 1983. What was the damage it did to the band, why do I think It calls out commercialism in Music and is it all that bad? find out in the 2nd episode of the Variety Show podcast with Liam
Welcome to my first episode of The Variety Show, on today's episode we have one of my favourite Vinyl youtubers: "Niamh The Prog Nerd" I interviewed her about her history with Progressive Rock and Vinyl and chatted about our favourite musicians and albums from the prog genre but talk about other musicians out of the prog genre as well. Enjoy this and thanks to Niamh for coming on, you are truly kind for coming onto the show and talking about vinyl with me!
