From the Attic

18/05/2022

Joe Cairney was kind enough to chat with me after Comedy of Errors' fabulous gig at Fusion 3.5.

  In this episode, Brian chats to Joe Cairney of Comedy of Errors after their triumphant, or triumphal even, gig at Fusion 3.5. He may, or may not, give away some exclusive news, but our hearts go out to him after the loss of a good friend. Hugs, Joe. We find time to play a […]

17/04/2022

16/04/2022

The Attic studio, April 16th 2019.

Art by plan a

07/04/2022

Season 3 of the From the Attic podcast launches with a proper banger. As I believe the younglings say. Brian and Alan Kraslow, aka The Kraaaaz, chat to Phil and Ade of Stuckfish, at the Fusion 3.5 Festival. Much jolly badinage ensues, there's a Hob Nob biscuit entendre-adjacent incident, and we spin a few Stuckfish tunes in and amongst:

– Calling
– The Bridge (That Spans the Edge of Time)
– Fallen Angels

There may or may not be a Focus interstitial to finish things up.
Their new album, Days of Innocence, is available for pre-order at http://www.stuckfish.bandcamp.com, and is released on April 16th.

https://progzilla.com/from-the-attic-season-3-episode-1.../

  Join Brian and the Kraaaz, as they chat to Ade and Phil of Stuckfish, at the Fusion 3.5 Festival. Much jolly badinage ensues and we spin a few Stuckfish tunes:   – Calling – The Bridge (That Spans the Edge of Time) – Fallen Angels   Their new album, Days of Innocence, is available […]

22/02/2022

Check out our Pod with Billy Ritchie, below.

BROADCAST BY SKY ARTS TV, THE STORY OF CLOUDS, AND HOW CRUCIAL AN INFLUENCE THE BAND WAS ON OTHERS SUCH AS YES, KING CRIMSON, ELP ETC, AND HOW BILLY RITCHIE ...

10/02/2022

As a special bonus for our loyal ‘From The Attic’ listeners, here’s a truncated version of the first of Brian Watson and Jim Griffin's ‘Bungo Pony’ Blue Öyster Cult Fan Podcasts.

This first episode features ‘Imaginos 2: Bombs Over Germany’ by Albert Bouchard.

Follow the Bungo Pony Podcast for much more jolly badinage on all aspects of the BÖC Universe. Available wherever you get your podcasts from.

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It’s Bungo, not Bingo, yeah?

  As a special bonus for our loyal ‘From The Attic’ listeners, here’s a truncated version of the first of Brian Watson and Jim Griffin’s ‘Bungo Pony’ Blue Öyster Cult Fan Podcasts.   This first episode features ‘Imaginos 2: Bombs Over Germany’ by Albert Bouchard.   Follow the Bun...

01/02/2022

For this live, as it ‘appened, episode I’m joined by multi-instrumentalist Peter Lawson who called in from his Manchester studio to talk about his extensive back catalogue, in both solo and ‘Venus Loon’ iterations.

We played tracks from all three Venus Loon albums, as well as one of Peter’s Desert Island Discs by Cardiacs, and the eponymous track from his ‘1978’ album. We also chatted about the upcoming 4th Venus Loon album, a concept piece about the Apollo space missions.

A super time was had by all, and we engaged in a considerable amount of jolly badinage.

  For this live, as it ‘appened, episode I’m joined by multi-instrumentalist Peter Lawson who called in from his Manchester studio to talk about his extensive back catalogue, in both solo and ‘Venus Loon’ iterations. We played tracks from all three Venus Loon albums, as well as one of Peter...

24/01/2022

We’re joined in The Attic this time by progressive rock legend Billy Ritchie, and his pal Dave Dawson. We talk all things 1-2-3 and Clouds-related, and find time to listen to such seminal tunes as ‘America’, live at The Marquee in 1967; ‘Imagine Me’ live on the TV show Beat Club in 1970; and the album cuts ‘Waiter, There’s Something In My Soup and ‘Watercolour Days’.

It’s a truly fascinating delve into the heady days of British rock music in the 1960s and 1970s with a true musical genius (not just our view, by the way, but David Bowie’s too). We had a blast recording this Pod, and hope you enjoy it.

Billy’s autobiography ‘The ABC of 1-2-3’ is available wherever books are sold.

https://progzilla.com/from-the-attic-s2-ep-005-billy-ritchie-with-dave-dawson/

Massive thanks to William Ritchie and Dave Dawson

  We’re joined in The Attic this time by progressive rock legend Billy Ritchie, and his pal Dave Dawson. We talk all things 1-2-3 and Clouds-related, and find time to listen to such seminal tunes as ‘America’, live at The Marquee in 1967; ‘Imagine Me’ live on the TV show Beat Club in 1970...

10/01/2022

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Join me in conversation with Steve Gould, of Fusion Festival and Prog Mag ‘Unsung Hero’ fame, for some jolly badinage concerning this year’s Fusion 3.5 Festival. We’ll play a track from each of the three headliners, and, as a special surprise, you can ***WIN A FULL WEEKEND TICKET*** for the festival, which takes place in Stourport over the weekend of 4/5/6 March, by doing the following things:

1. Head on over to the From the Attic FB page at https://www.facebook.com/FromTheAtticPod and like the page (if you haven't already).
2. Find the post for this Podcast. In the comments answer this question, set by Steve:
3. What is the name of the latest album by This Winter Machine?

All correct answers received by 12 noon (UK time) on Monday 17th January will be entered into a draw, and the winner will be randomly selected using the Not The AmericanPrög Show Randotron XS 3000 bingo-calling machine.

https://progzilla.com/from-the-attic-season-2-episode-4-in-conversation-with-steve-gould/

  Join me in conversation with Steve Gould, of Fusion Festival and Prog Mag ‘Unsung Hero’ fame, for some jolly badinage concerning this year’s Fusion 3.5 Festival. We’ll play a track from each of the three headliners, and, as a special surprise, you can WIN A FULL WEEKEND TICKET for the fes...

08/01/2022

Keep an eye out on the FTA page (a like and follow would be grand) to be in with a chance to win a weekend ticket for the Fusion 3.5 Festival on the first weekend in March in Stourport.

22/11/2021

Dave Dawson returns to The Attic, to talk about his new book, ‘Grammar Free In The UK’, and a great many other things as well. There’s music from Dave, including a live acoustic set, and we play his favourite track from The Darkness to boot.

  Dave Dawson returns to The Attic to talk about his new book, ‘Grammar Free In The UK’, and a great many other things as well. There’s music from Dave, including a live acoustic set, and we play his favourite track from The Darkness to boot.     https://www.coshboy.com/shop/119/   http://...

09/11/2021

We’re joined for this episode of the From the Attic podcast by National Treasure and Salt of the Earth* Tom Slatter, to engage in jolly badinage, manly bantz, and wistful reflection. We also find time to talk about his new record ‘Escape’, which is exceedingly good.

We play four (4) tracks from the album, mainly (i.e. actually) the ones we didn’t play on a recent NTAPS, for reasons of time, taste, and reason, when Escape was, for reasons known only to Dead Bob, his ‘Record of the Week’.



* Should be kept in a cellar

  We’re joined for this episode of the From the Attic podcast by National Treasure and Salt of the Earth* Tom Slatter, to engage in jolly badinage, manly bantz, and wistful reflection. We also find time to talk about his new record ‘Escape’, which is exceedingly good.     We play four (4) t...

27/10/2021

Season 2 launch!

Our first Pod in season 2 is up.

Initially intended to be inserted into an NTAPS, the interview was so good, slash funny, it was deemed eminently worthy to kick off season 2 of the FTA podcasts. Gareth Cole has played guitar on several Dead Bob Records of the Week, most recently by Drifting Sun Fractal Mirror, and, soon to appear on NTAPS, Tom Slatter.

Not only is he a fantastic guitar player, obvs, but he’s a marvellous guest, and the chat / badinage is top-notch. We also find time to play some music, by Drifting Sun, Fractal Mirror, and Genesis. Truth be told, Maureen in HR has a bit of a crush on him, so we’re leveraging that to get some new post-its for the studio.

  Initially intended to be inserted into an NTAPS, the interview was so good, slash funny, it was deemed eminently worthy to kick off season 2 of the FTA podcasts. Gareth Cole has played guitar on several Dead Bob Records of the Week, most recently by Drifting Sun, Fractal Mirror, and, soon to appe...

07/08/2021

Joining us in the Attic for this episode is Steve Gould, of Fusion Festival fame. Eschewing the usual format, we chat over a lovely musical accompaniment provided by Warmrain, The Emerald Dawn, Red Bazar, Equinox, That Joe Payne, IT, and we play out with ‘Dandelion’ by Rain.

  Joining us in the Attic for this episode is Steve Gould, of Fusion Festival fame. Eschewing the usual format, we chat over a lovely musical accompaniment provided by Warmrain, The Emerald Dawn, Red Bazar, Equinox, That Joe Payne, IT, and we play out with ‘Dandelion’ by Rain.   http://podcast...

02/08/2021

The latest edition of the pod sees me chatting with Nellie Pitts.

Find out why she is/was unsung. Ask yourself why, after the first time she was deemed to be unsung, she won the Unsung Award again. Learn about prog merchandising, multi-tasking, cat-herding, bag slash hat slash making and more. Hear some groovy tunes, including one that has yodelling in it.

And above all, you’ll at least begin to try and fathom out all her many and varied different website addresses. Big Baggy Noddy Friday, et al. She’s so busy she has tons, so we have tried to help her out by reproducing them all below, in a handily readable format. Called English.

For CDs etc:

https://themerchdesk.com

For the Noodly Boggy Freddy: Bags, Hats and Whatnot website and social media pages:

https://nollyfredbagley.bigcartel.com/

https://www.facebook.com/nollyfredbagleyscraftybusiness

  The latest Pod features Prog Magazine’s Two-Times Winning Unsung Hero (All Rights Reserved), the marvellous Nellie Pitts. Seen here wearing a hat.   Find out why she is/was unsung. Ask yourself why, after the first time she was deemed to be unsung, she won the Unsung Award again. Learn about p...

18/07/2021

We’ve done a podcast with one of the people on this list, and are going to do one with another soon.

12/07/2021

This episode sees Brian chatting with all three members of 1980s progressive rock band Trilogy. We find time to play four remastered tunes in and amongst our chattage, which covers their early career, plans for the future, as well as the usual FTA bobbins.

  This episode sees Brian chatting with all three members of 1980s progressive rock band Trilogy. We find time to play four remastered tunes in and amongst our chattage, which covers their early career, plans for the future, as well as the usual FTA bobbins.     Visit Trilogy’s Youtube Channel ...

08/07/2021

Very excited to be doing a pod with the Trilogy chaps soon.

Paul Dennis: Guitar Mark Bloxsidge: Bass Nik Szymanek: Drums The Road Crew Chorus: Vocals Original audio recorded at Abbeydale Studios, Wembley on the 4th an...

08/07/2021

This episode sees Brian in conversation with his boss, all-round good egg, and fellow middle-aged man, Cliff 'Progzilla' Pearson.

We talk bobbins, obvs, but find time to play tunes by Camel, Kevin Gilbert, The Amorphous Androgynous w/ Peter Hammill, and Bryan Scary and The Shredding Tears. A must-listen for all fans of Progzilla Radio, their family, friends, cleaners, and co-workers.

  This episode sees Brian in conversation with his boss, all-round good egg, and fellow middle-aged man, Cliff ‘Progzilla’ Pearson. We talk bobbins, obvs, but find time to play tunes by Camel, Kevin Gilbert, The Amorphous Androgynous w/ Peter Hammill, and Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears. A mu...

05/07/2021

This episode sees us in conversation with the very lovely Jim Griffin. We speak about his marvellous album ‘The Signal’, and our shared love of all things Blue Öyster Cult.

He picks out 4 BÖC and related tunes, that are bound to get the forums chattering.

We enjoyed each other’s company quite a bit, so much so that we may well do it all over again sometime soon. Check out Jim’s music here:

http://www.therangerandthecleric.bandcamp.com

  This episode sees us in conversation with the very lovely Jim Griffin. We speak about his marvellous album ‘The Signal’, and our shared love of all things Blue Öyster Cult. He picks out 4 BÖC and related tunes, that are bound to get the forums chattering. We enjoyed each other’s company q...

01/07/2021

This episode of the pod sees me in conversation with composer, multi-instrumentalist, and all-round good egg Neil Campbell.
We chat about his career, his current and future plans, and find time to play some of his fabulous tunes:

3572 (2021 Version)
Particle Theory (2021 Version)
Tubular Rainbows

He opens himself up to having a shoe thrown at him by Steven Wilson, and recommends a new band to us (Papadosio), so we seamlessly play something by them, too.

Head on over to his Bandcamp page, to check out his back catalogue, and keep appraised of new projects:

http://www.neilcampbell.bandcamp.com

  This episode of the pod sees me in conversation with composer, multi-instrumentalist, and all-round good egg Neil Campbell. We chat about his career, his current and future plans, and find time to play some of his fabulous tunes: 3572 (2021 Version) Particle Theory (2021 Version) Tubular Rainbows...

14/06/2021

Joining me this time in the attic is raconteur, troubadour and stevedore (on his days off) Simon Godfrey. We engage in full-blown MAMTABs for quite some time, and play some of his songs. Which are quite good. If, for whatever reason, you want to buy any of this nonsense, then have at it:


http://www.tidehouse.bandcamp.com



http://www.sigodfrey.bandcamp.com



http://www.themerchdesk.com

  Joining me this time in the attic is raconteur, troubadour and stevedore (on his days off) Simon Godfrey. We engage in full-blown MAMTABs for quite some time, and play some of his songs. Which are quite good. If, for whatever reason, you want to buy any of this nonsense, then have at it:   […]

03/06/2021

In this edition of the podcast we speak to Steve Petch, Progzilla DJ and a legend in progressive rock circles, triangles and pentagrams. We play some music he likes. A lot.

  In this edition of the podcast we speak to Steve Petch, Progzilla DJ and a legend in progressive rock circles, triangles and pentagrams. We play some music he likes. A lot.   http://podcasts.progzilla.com/not/FTA_026.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

02/06/2021

Join us for the latest episode of the podcast, where we speak to Laura Meade and John Galgano about Laura’s new album, ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’, and chat about all things IZZ-related too.

  Join us for the latest episode of the podcast, where we speak to Laura Meade and John Galgano about Laura’s new album, ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’, and chat about all things IZZ-related too.       https://izzmusic.bandcamp.com     http://podcasts.progzilla.com/not/FTA_027.mp3...

21/05/2021

In this episode of the From the Attic podcast we explore the inner workings of Dave Dawson’s minds via a cunning system of flaps, straps, and harnesses.

Expect to hear about Gary Numan, Motley Crue (not sure where the umlaut goes, tbh), Tom Robinson, Haze, Genesis, and the entire pantheon of modern rock music as is known thus far. Oh yes, and we plug his new book a bit.

  In this episode of the From the Attic podcast we explore the inner workings of Dave Dawson’s minds via a cunning system of flaps, straps, and harnesses. Expect to hear about Gary Numan, Motley Crue (not sure where the umlaut goes, tbh), Tom Robinson, Haze, Genesis, and the entire pantheon of mo...

13/05/2021

The latest Pod is now available. With Oscar and Sepand, of Days Between Stations. Buy their albums, which are marvellous, below:

https://daysbetweenstations.bandcamp.com

  If there’s a trilogy of albums that any self-respecting rock fan should own then it’s the first three records by Days Between Stations.     We chatted with Oscar and Sepand recently, and played some tunes. Their new album, Giants, is out now, and is phenomenally good. So go get it. Or Graha...

11/05/2021

The guys popped into the attic this evening so keep your eyes and ears peeled for the Pod soon.

10/05/2021

It’s been on my bucket list for a while but we finally coaxed Alan ‘The Kraaaz’ Kraslow into the Attic. Whilst he’s been here in person once before, when he first visited these fair shores, this is his first time on the Pod and suffice to say it’s a belter of an episode.

Interspersed amongst the conversation, where we touch upon Alan’s career, his recent travels, and the mandatory middle-aged manly bobbins, we find time to play a few of his favourite tracks by Crosby & Nash, Todd Rundgren, and Marillion. So sit back, relax, and enjoy.

It’s been on my bucket list for a while but we finally coaxed Alan ‘The Kraaaz’ Kraslow into the Attic. Whilst he’s been here in person once before, when he first visited these fair shores, this is his first time on the Pod and suffice to say it’s a belter of an episode. Interspersed among...

23/04/2021

30/03/2021

The latest Pod has been uploaded, this one featuring the very lovely Lee Spreadbury of GU-RU. Check it 'aht, why don't you?

  Joining me in The Attic for this episode is Lee Spreadbury of GU-RU, a lovely lad and mahoosively talented to boot. We talk bobbins, of course, and find time to play a couple of tracks from the new GU-RU EP ‘Zenith’s Privilege’, as well as a tune from the debut album ‘Tales From The […]