Britpop Revival: March 2014

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Full, unedited interview with Ben Lloyd & Nigel Powell

If you listened to last week's show you'll have heard our interview with Ben Lloyd & Nigel Powell of Frank Turner's backing band, The Sleeping Souls. That was just a 10 minute edit of a 40 minute interview and so here it is in full.

They talk about their life in music, playing in a teenage version of Radiohead, The Unbelievable Truth, Dive Dive and falling in with Frank Turner and ending up on the opening ceremony of the London Olympics!

Recorded backstage at the Plymouth Pavilions in February 2014 (hence the background noise) this was a great interview to do with two great guys who I could have talked to all day.

Interview with Ben Lloyd & Nigel Powell of The Sleeping Souls; Full & Unedited by Britpop Revival on Mixcloud

Do you remember the first time?

In the 1990s following on from showgaze and the baggy Madchester scene, and in direct response to the American grunge invasion, a new generation of bands started producing uniquely British music.

It reflected the changing times, the slow demise of the Tory administration and the promise of a brighter future (or so it seemed). From the first green shoots of 1992 until it ran out of steam at the end of the decade, music that could be called pop or indie became known simply as 'Britpop'.

Blur, Oasis, Pulp & Suede. Elastica, Republica, Catatonia & Echobelly. Shed Seven, Dodgy, Mansun & Ocean Colour Scene. Just the start of a long list of great bands.

This blog and the radio show celebrates those bands, those songs and those times!

Do you still remember the first time?