Retrosonic Podcast

Steve from Retro Man Blog and Rock Photographer Paul Slattery chat about a selection of gigs and events including Captain Sensible's Birthday Gig, Paul's time on the road with Oasis and his involvement in the "Chasing The Sun" photo exhibition. There's the latest "best gig ever" from The Fleshtones and a slight moan about The Fuzztones time keeping, praise for Eight Rounds Rapid, Galileo 7 and a weird coincidence with Stupidity. Reports on our Podcast with Billy Childish and the first ever screening of The Pub Monkey movie featuring The Len Price 3. News on our next Retro Man Blog gig with The WitchDoktors, King Salami & The Cumberland 3 and The SuperMinx'70 and chat about the two previous sold out shows with The Monochrome Set and Graham Day & The Forefathers. There's gushing praise for ex-Soundtrack of Our Lives front man Ebbot Lundberg's new solo E.P. and spins of tracks by The Teamsters, Shall I Say Quois and The Snakeman 3. Enjoy!

For more information on all the bands please check out http://retroman65.blogspot.co.uk/

Steve from Retro Man Blog and Rock Photographer Paul Slattery visit Billy Childish in his Medway studio to chat about some of his musical influences and the effect they had on his own work. Along the way we discuss and play some tracks from a selection of his many line-ups including The Pop Rivets, The Milkshakes, Thee Mighty Caesars, Thee Headcoats, The Buff Medways, The Musicians of The British Empire and his latest band The CTMF. For the Blog feature on our interview with Billy with exclusive Paul Slattery photographs of Billy in the crowd at the Sex Pistols Brunel University gig in 1977 and his various line-ups through the years please check out this link http://retroman65.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/billy-childish-retrosonic-podcast.html

Welcome to the Pubmonkey Podcast in which we are joined by the movie's writer Jamie O'Hara, who also acts in the film, and Glenn Page, the singer, songwriter and guitarist with The Len Price 3. The band wrote and performed the film's score, a fine selection of their songs make up the soundtrack and they also make a cameo appearance at the very end. We are pleased to announce that the Podcast features some so far unheard and unreleased incidental music from the movie's soundtrack. For more on the official release date and news on screenings and events please check out the Pubmonkey official Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pubmonkey/246938352027482

You can read our report on Pubmonkey along with photos of The Len Price 3 with members of the cast and crew at the first ever screening of the movie at the BFI on the Retro Man Blog here:

http://retroman65.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/retrosonic-podcast-pubmonkey-podcast.html

Steve from Retro Man Blog, Rock Photographer Paul Slattery and Adam from The Jetsonics with an eclectic mix of goodies from the Retrosonic record box...In this Episode there's a track from The Monochrome Set's latest album and news about our gig with the band on May 24th at The Half Moon Putney, there's scary tales from Killing Joke gigs and a classic slice of KJ Dub. Paul and Adam talk about the good old days at The Nashville and pick a couple of their favourite bands who played at the legendary venue. There's a new one from Shack and Pale Fountains front man Michael Head, power pop at it's best from Cotton Mather and old school Rockabilly from Walter Brown. Some Slap Shot inspired Ice Hockey Punk from The Hanson Brothers and tuneful Punk from Hot Hooves. There's talk about Hamburg's Neue Deutsche Welle scene and some German Psych Soul from The Soul Explosion and the Surf Guitar twang of The Roaring 420s...If that's not enough there's sleazy guitar boogie from Eagles of Death Metal and a Psychobilly Garage Rock opener from The Things...Enjoy!

Steve from Retro Man Blog, Rock Photographer Paul Slattery and Adam from The Jetsonics with the usual waffle, news and top tunes...This Episode features news about our exciting Medway Garage Rock gig on June 6th with Graham Day & The Forefathers, The Len Price 3 and Galileo 7 in conjunction with the new book "The Kids Are All Square" by Ian Snowball and Bob Collins about the Medway music scene. Sticking with the Medway scene there's The Prisoners and Thee Mighty Caesars and we are very pleased to have an exclusive track from The Galileo 7 from their forthcoming new album. Elsewhere there's groovy Psychedelia from Fogbound, The New Alchemy, The Sonic Jewels and The Chocolate Watchband, a Mod rarity from The Afex and some great Garage Rock from The Uniques and The Movements. We have another exclusive from the fantastic French Ye-Ye Beat group Les Kitschenettes, raw soul from Otis Clay and some classic Trojan Ska from Claudette...All this and news and chat about our other upcoming Retro Man Blog gigs with The Len Price 3, The Jetsonics, The Fallen Leaves, The Transients, The WitchDoktors, The Superminx 70, The Past Tense and Les Kitschenettes and reports on recent gigs...enjoy!

Welcome to Part 2 of this bumper end of year episode! Over the two parts, Steve from Retro Man Blog, Adam from The Jetsonics and Rock Photographer Paul Slattery dig up some Psych, Garage Rock, Power Pop and Punk obscurities, favourites and other weird stuff. There’s an emphasis on French bands and artists, old and new, such as Marie Modiano, Stinky Toys, Little Bob Story, Metal Urbain, Les Kitschenettes and er…Julie Delpy…We uncover a one-off 1977 Punk rarity from The Rings and there’s Freakbeat from Fleur de Lys and Sharon Tandy. How about some overlooked Power Pop from The Incredible Kidda Band and The Modernettes or way-out Sixties Psych from The Outcasts, Simon Dupree, The Haunted and The Tidal Wave. There’s a fine piece of contemporary Punk Rock from Cyanide Pills, a Garage Rock floor-shaker from The Woggles and some smooth Blues from the honey-voiced Slim Harpo. Then we pay tribute to our highlight of 2013, Graham Day & The Forefathers at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club with tracks from The Solarflares, The Aardvarks and The Higher State. All this plus chat about The Jetsonics first venture outside the M25, nods to some of the best gigs of the year, Retro Man Blog’s trip to Paris, and the usual waffle and rambling… à bientôt!

Welcome to Part 1 of this bumper end of year episode! Over the two parts, Steve from Retro Man Blog, Adam from The Jetsonics and Rock Photographer Paul Slattery dig up some Psych, Garage Rock, Power Pop and Punk obscurities, favourites and other weird stuff. There’s an emphasis on French bands and artists, old and new, such as Marie Modiano, Stinky Toys, Little Bob Story, Metal Urbain, Les Kitschenettes and er…Julie Delpy…We uncover a one-off 1977 Punk rarity from The Rings and there’s Freakbeat from Fleur de Lys and Sharon Tandy. How about some overlooked Power Pop from The Incredible Kidda Band and The Modernettes or way-out Sixties Psych from The Outcasts, Simon Dupree, The Haunted and The Tidal Wave. There’s a fine piece of contemporary Punk Rock from Cyanide Pills, a Garage Rock floor-shaker from The Woggles and some smooth Blues from the honey-voiced Slim Harpo. Then we pay tribute to our highlight of 2013, Graham Day & The Forefathers at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club with tracks from The Solarflares, The Aardvarks and The Higher State. All this plus chat about The Jetsonics first venture outside the M25, nods to some of the best gigs of the year, Retro Man Blog’s trip to Paris, and the usual waffle and rambling… à bientôt!

Steve from the Retro Man Blog reports back from The Len Price 3 's new album "Nobody Knows" showcase party at the Half Moon, Putney. Featuring tracks from all four bands who appeared on the night - The Travellers, The Past Tense, The Fallen Leaves and a brand new Len Price 3 track. There were as many musicians in the crowd as on stage, so Steve picks out some of their bands to say thank you. We have The Aardvarks, The Onlookers, The Transients, Robby Allen & The Kite Collectors and The SuperMinx '70 - plus new tracks from The Ace, The Loop and Dirt Royal and a run out groove by The Chris Casey Combo. '66

Steve from Retro Man Blog, rock photographer Paul Slattery and Adam from The Jetsonics play their usual mix of Garage Rock, Punk, Psych, New Wave, Power Pop and Soul - old, new, classic and downright obscure...We have The WitchDoktors, Dave Berry, a brand new and unreleased track from the forthcoming Len Price 3 album, Les Thugs, Pin Point, Frank Popp Ensemble, Dick Venom & The Terrortones, The Chob, Wimple Winch, Lyres, Radio Birdman, Billy Lee Riley, The Radiators From Space and a tribute to Philip Chevron. There's also the usual news and reports, including The WitchDoktors at The Barfly, The Fallen Leaves in Berlin, The Ramones Museum and the opening night party of The Clash Pop-Up Store. Find out more details about our very special showcase party at the Half Moon Putney on Friday October 25th for The Len Price 3's new album "Nobody Knows" along with The Fallen Leaves, The Past Tense and The Travellers.

For links to the bands and more info please visit the Retro Man Blog here:

http://retroman65.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/retrosonic-podcast-episode-10-put-your.html

Steve from Retro Man Blog and Rock Photographer Paul Slattery welcome Chris Wilson, singer, songwriter and guitarist with the legendary, and recently re-formed, Flamin' Groovies. Chris takes us on a journey from his early teens watching and being inspired by some of the great Blues musicians in Massachusetts to LA and San Francisco where he joined up with ex-Charlatans guitarist Mike Wilhelm in Loose Gravel and later The Flamin' Groovies. Responsible for some of the most iconic rock classics ever recorded such as "Slow Death" and "Shake Some Action" The Flamin' Groovies never quite made the breakthrough to commercial success, but remain a huge influence on Power Pop and Punk bands alike. Chris also covers his time with The Barracudas, recording with Dave Edmunds, meeting Ringo Starr and not to mention seeing photographer Paul Slattery again for the first time in 35 years! In this candid and amusing story, Chris also picks out some of his influences, favourite songs and highlights from his own back catalogue including his excellent brand new album "It's Flamin' Groovy!"

To order "It's Flamin' Groovy" and keep up to date with news on Chris and The Flamin' Groovies please check out his official web-site http://www.flamin-groovy.com/

For some rare Paul Slattery photos of The Flamin' Groovies from 1978 and from their recent comeback show in London, please check out www.retromanblog.com