and his first proper brush with The Fall via Peel and Industrial Estate. Plus: Ronnie Drew and the Dubliners, the Jack’s Heroes chaos, and what it’s been like keeping the songs alive with the post‑Shane live shows. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
and how those first “Irish rebel songs” gigs snowballed from Cabaret Futura to suddenly packed rooms. We also get into The Nips, Elvis Costello taking them out on the road, studio realities on Rum Sodomy & the Lash (whistle overdubs and all), (+)
This week on Oh! Brother, we were chuffed to have the one and only Spider Stacy (@spiderstacy.bsky.social) on the pod. Spider takes us right back to the pre‑Pogues days (the New Bastards, Millwall Chainsaws, Burton Street squats), the Ramones at the Roundhouse encounter with Shane, (+}
We also chat about his career in radio, his long-running podcast, and his recent conversation with David Byrne. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
This week on Oh! Brother, we're delighted to welcome comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton. Adam discusses discovering The Fall as a student in the early 1990s, his memorable encounter with Mark E. Smith for television, and his reflections on that experience years later. (+)
and his new book Oliver Twist and Me — which uncovers his family's surprising connection to Dickens. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
and how a Factory Records hip-hop project with Greg Keeffe briefly put him on the other side of the microphone. We also chat about his novels shaped by Manchester's music and queer scenes, his years living between London and Palestine, co-founding the New Puritans literary movement, (+)
This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome author, screenwriter and critic Nicholas Blincoe to the show. Nicholas talks us through discovering The Fall via Dragnet as a teenager in Rochdale, his early days in post-punk bands, (+)
We also chat Prince Far I, John Peel, Tackhead and Lee “Scratch” Perry — and hear about his recent move from behind the desk to performing live. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
This week, on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome producer and On‑U Sound founder Adrian Sherwood. Adrian talks us through first meeting Mark E. Smith, working with The Fall on Slates and Extricate, and the studio tricks (and “anti‑production” ethos) that shaped those records. (+)
We also chat welding and drama school, life on a long‑running soap, making low‑budget horror and zombie films, Romanian bear rescues and accidentally saving a lion. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
This week on Oh! Brother, we’re delighted to welcome actor, director and horror fan Dominic Brunt. Best known as Paddy from Emmerdale, Dominic talks us through discovering The Fall via Mr Pharmacist, seeing them dozens of times, and narrowly missing out on some infamous gigs. (+)
We also discuss life behind the Wall, the collision of post‑punk and electronic music, and how those years shaped his work as a producer and label runner. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
This week, we’re delighted to welcome Mark Reeder to the show. The Berlin-based producer talks us through his journey from Manchester to Berlin, putting on illegal gigs in the GDR, smuggling East German uniforms back to the West, and encountering The Fall along the way. (1/2)
As well as the unexpected path that led to one of the nation’s favourite football songs. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
This week on Oh! Brother, we are delighted to welcome Ian Broudie to the show. The Lightning Seeds frontman and renowned producer talks us through his early days in Big in Japan, and his production work with the Bunnymen, The Coral, The Zutons and The Fall (1/2)
Big thanks to Paul for joining us this week - hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
From formative nights at Eric’s and early encounters with The Fall, to coming up with one of post-punk’s most poetic band names and introducing Julian Cope to Scott Walker. We chat post‑punk tribes, unexpected fame in the Philippines, and a memorable meeting with Paul McCartney.
Welcome back to Oh! Brother. This week we are delighted to be joined by the brilliant Paul Simpson - Liverpool legend, founder of The Wild Swans and original member of The Teardrop Explodes.
We won't be away for long, with guests for next series already lined up. In the meantime, keep an eye on our socials for news. Thanks for listening! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
For our series finale of Oh! Brother, we answer your pressing questions, with some more open-ended than others, with help from our resident Michael Parkinson, Nathan Hanley. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions, and thanks to all our great guests this series.
Still time to get your questions in for our end of season Q&A! Feel free to send them via reply or dm as well as email
There will be no episode of Oh! Brother tomorrow, but Paul and Steve will be recording a special Q&A episode to mark the end of the current series. Please send your burning questions to ohbrotherenq@gmail.com and the guys will do their best to answer them in an upcoming episode.
This week’s guest is the one and only Mickey Bradley (@mickeyundertone.bsky.social): bassist, broadcaster, and all-round raconteur from sunny Derry. We dive into the early days of The Undertones, Terry Hooley's Good Vibrations label, and the eternal question of whether bands need "the" in their name
Welcome back to Oh! Brother. We were thrilled to be joined by friend of the show Brix Smith for this week's episode, as we take a look back at the year that was 1988. Tours, ballets, videos and phlegm, we reminisce about perhaps the world's busiest band's busiest ever year. Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
Codpieces, drivers and The Hacienda make up this week’s show, amongst some discussion of music and drumming as well. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow
New episode! Recorded live at Wythenshawe Cultural Hub, we were thrilled to interview fellow Wythenshavian Donald Johnson (@dojo007.bsky.social), best known for his storied career in A Certain Ratio. (1/2)
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Our guest this week is the legend that is Pete Wylie. Pete and the guys, but let's be honest, mainly Pete, discuss the post-punk scenes developing in Liverpool and Manchester in the 70s and 80s, Pete's life in and out of bands, John Peel, Mark E Smith and more than a few others. Hope you enjoy!
