Splash Stories caught up with Mary Byker well known for his work as the lead singer of Gaye Bykers on Acid, Pop Will Eat Itself, Pigface and Apollo 440 and as a record producer and DJ/MC. We spoke just before he headed off to pick up his new pair of glasses before the start of the Gaye Bykers on Acid's Intermittent Fasting Tour which kicks off 5 Sept 2024
Read the brilliant book Grebo!: The Loud and Lousy Story of Gaye Bykers on Acid and Crazyhead
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GREBO-Lousy-Story-Bykers-Crazyhead-ebook/dp/B09GW81NSP
Bykers music can be purchased at: https://gayebykersonacid.bandcamp.com
Tickets for upcoming Bykers shows: https://www.gayebykersonacid.co.uk/gigs
T-Shirts etc…can be purchased from https://www.gayebykersonacid.co.uk/merch
The Intermittent Fasting Tour Dates
05.09.2024 - Portland Arms- Cambridge
06.09.2024 - Esquires - Bedford
07.09.2024 - Bunkers Hill -Nottingham
08.09.2024 - Castle & Falcon- Birmingham
13.09.2024 - B2 Brickmakers- Norwich
14.09.2024 - Bournemouth
20.09.2024 - The Anchor-Canterbury
21.09.2024 - The Lexington-London
29.11.2024 - Green Door Store- Brighton
05.12.2024 - Duffy's - Leicester
06.12.2024 - Ivory Blacks- Glasgow
07.12.2024 - Cluny 2-Newcastle
13.12.2024 - Rebellion-Manchester
14.12.2024 – Huddersfield
Splash Stories goes live from Midnight ..the witching hour with Chris Connelly - Finitribe Ministry Revolting Cocks Pigface celebrating his art and stories
Splash Stories welcomes Chris Connelly talking from his home in Chicago for a memorable musical memoir amongst the streets the guts and the character of Edinburgh. His latest 8 track album 'The Lives and Loves of the Serial Homesick, Vol. 1' is a paean to his city- and a beautiful and profound one at that - capturing the essence of his love for it through his music his art and his heartfelt lyricism.. Each album comes with its own drawing created by Connelly himself.
In Connelly's words : " the album is rich with strong feelings of then and now, memories that may or may not be accurate, locations, events, friends and lovers. I want the listener to walk with me quietly through endless days and nights, through the streets of Edinburgh in the early 1980s, over the tenement rooftops, up the hills with cans of Red Stripe and a well stoked hash pipe. Sitting in the Wee Red Bar, Bannermans, The Gilded Balloon, or the Royal Circus. Playing endless nights of music with my beloved Fini Tribe, dancing at the Hoochie Coochie Club.
I miss it badly and have never felt at home anywhere except Edinburgh, where my soul continues to walk the New Town streets and climb the hills,"
Check it all out and enjoy his reminiscences too in our Splash Stories conversation
'Fini Chagall' https://youtu.be/JWBTtdYPDqM
'The Lives and Loves of the Serial Homesick, Vol. 1' album
https://chrisconnelly.bandcamp.com/album/the-lives-and-loves-of-the-serial-
homesick-volume-1
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/4jknruEhGgIBakqdA381lW
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-lives-and-loves-of-the-serial-
homesick-vol-1/1733352012
Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0CWN3WW9R
LATEST RELEASES
'The Birthday Poems' album feat. Monica Queen (2022)
https://chrisconnellyjnana.bandcamp.com/album/the-birthday-poems
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Welcome to another Splash Story. Released every 1st of the month. This month Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave welcomed Kav Sandhu of Happy Monday's who joined Splash Stories from New York for a superb and heartfelt interview to talk about his Blitz Vega Band with the Smith's bass player Andy Rourke, his passing and plans to tour the album ‘Northern Gentleman’, which was released on what would have been Andy's birthday January 17 2024 . The single Love City was released in May 2023.
Propelled by rattling beats, pulsating buzzsaw bass and the elegantly wasted rush of classic ‘70s NYC punk, ‘Love City’ surges towards a frenetic finale and shows that Andy Rourke kept on expanding his horizons and delivering essential new music until the very end. Kav's assertive vocals lead the charge, his lyrics exalting the excitement and opportunities that come with his time living in the heart of LA.
Kav told Splash Stories "Love City is about experiencing your own individual journey but ultimately ending up in the same place / viewpoint as the people you meet along the way. You can look at it simply as the magic of a great night out where everything falls into place or a life journey which shapes the way you think. But hopefully it makes you smile a little, it’s a happy song.”
Love City joins the previous singles Disconnected ,Strong forever, LA Vampire and Lost & Found in previewing the ‘Northern Gentleman’ album. Titled in honour of Andy - the 10-track record documents the duo’s time together: a record informed by their creative connection, their brotherhood and the spirit of pushing on in the face of overwhelming challenges (Andy's illness & Covid lockdown) and which features Johnny Marr contributing on guitar.
Available from midnight 30 June 2024
APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/splash-stories-the-90s-music-scene-legendary-london/id1613247196
SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/7cTnjVrSnwy6Eyqac5ETSk?si=10c7a723c3524392
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Join Ben Steadman and Diamond Dave on Splash Stories for a cracking chat with Charlie Beddoes - Bad Ass bassist turned author of Overdriven and a regular Splash Club performer visitor and comrade.
'A funny, sad and highly compelling page turner, written in the authentic rock and roll voice of the woman who lived it. I loved this book. Can’t wait for the movie version!' Tinkyra
'This is the rock autobiography the world needs: not your cliche rags-to-riches tale of how a household name struggled and then made it, but a pithy recounting of an endless slog punctuated by dalliances with major labels and that ellusive breakthrough. Throughout, Beddoes is equally ojective and disarmingly honest, and her narrative is balanced and so magnificently readable. 'Overdriven' provides the insights other autobiographes don't go anywhere near, and it's a cracking read.' Ed Robinson
‘Charlie Beddoes is a supremely talented bass player who laid down grooves for a range of bands and artists in the 90s and 2000s. Her story is funny, moving, and - most of all - true. This memoir will not only delight musicians and fans, it is a truly literary work with a rhythm and poetry of its own that will appeal to a much wider readership.’ Dr Jon Stewart (Sleeper)
To Buy Overdriven visit: https://www.amazon.co.uk/OVERDRIVEN-story-dirty-sound-ambition/dp/B0BP417BKJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1T8VBZPA33B&keywords=overdriven&qid=1679672297&sprefix=overdriven%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-1
For music videos and more go to: https://linktr.ee/charliebeddoesbass
Splash Stories welcomes Gary Crowley - effervescent DJ Broadcaster & TV presenter on BBC XFM & The Beat and more to hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave's podcast.A New Years cracker show available Jan 1 2023 celebrating his CD boxset release on www.wienerworld.com : Indie 90s Playback Classics, Curveballs and Bangers. and reminiscing about gigs bands and his lifetime as a passionate music lover and broadcaster.
