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Sam McGregor was a member of the British ska punk band Grown at Home and is the cofounder of Signature Brew, founded in 2011 with his cousin Tom in an attempt to improve the terrible quality and variety of the beer available at live music shows. Since then they’ve produced countless collaboration brews with British bands and musicians, and built their company into a multimillion pound concern which employs over 100 people. Signature Brew now owns three venues, hosts regular live music and is London’s biggest independent brewery.
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Chas chats to Sam about how being in a DIY punk band has informed his career in business, what it’s like to try and be a founder who isn’t a bastard and whether your job can make you happy. There are surprisingly few references to Alan Partridge.

The theme music is ‘Stop I Want to Get Off’ by Big Fin aka Matt Reynolds, whose music can be found at https://matthewreynolds.bandcamp.com/music
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Laila K and Barney Boom are the two founding members of Sonic Boom 6, a Manchester band whose career spans multiple scenes and genres. 

They were an essential part of the 1990s-2000’s wave of UK punk and still are at the forefront today, launching a new album soon . 

In this episode Chas speaks to Laila and Barney about their roots, the struggles of not being a cookie-cutter punk band and where they have ended up today  

It is a very personal look into the lives of theses two multitalented musicians. 

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The theme music ‘Stop, I Want to Get Off’ by Big Fin aka Matthew Reynolds, whose music is available at https://matthewreynolds.bandcamp.com/music

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Matthew Reynolds is a singer and guitarist from Southampton who rose to prominence through
his band Howard’s Alias, who were an integral part of the UK punk scene of the 00s, touring
relentlessly and releasing four LPs.
In this episode, Chas and Matt discuss how to deal with ‘knowledgable’ fans, regrettable touring
incidents, the diagnosis of neurological conditions, how those conditions manifested undiagnosed
on the road, relationships with other bands on the scene and growing up on a council estate as
well as lyrics, school days, class, families, friendships and much else besides. A lot of ground was
covered.
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I chat to Lou about all things punk, the new The Social Club album, dogs drinking his pints on stage, taking down the system from the inside as a drama teacher and the possibility of a Captain Everything split. 

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In this episode I speak to Pete Fraser.  Pete was the sax player in Jesse James and went on to play with many brilliant bands and musicians. 

Pete gives us his unique view on the UK punk scene in the 90s/2000’s from the point of view of a session player who stumbled upon the scene. 

At the time of the interview Pete was due to join the pogues with the rest of the old Jesse James brass section who are now a mainstay in the group to celebrate their music and to remember Shane. 

I really enjoyed chatting to Pete about so many things as he’s incredibly inspiring to be around. 

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