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Episodes
8. What the World is Waiting For
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As Tony Wilson once told Newsweek Magazine in 1990 - "If there is any idea at all, it is about community and collective strength. There is power in p...
7. Regret
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1995, after five years of court cases, silence and mounting expectation, The Stone Roses are finally back. The Second Coming has been released, and...
6. Shoot You Down
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Barbados was supposed to save them. In early 1992, The Happy Mondays are flown to the Caribbean to record their next album. Fresh from the success of ...
5. World in Motion
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
1990 does not begin quietly. London burns during the Poll Tax riots. Strangeways prison erupts in Manchester. Margaret Thatcher stands outside Downing...
4. Loose Fit
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
By 1989, Manchester is no longer underground, it is now unavoidable. Baggy jeans, bucket hats and loose jumpers become a uniform. Market stalls and re...
3. Twenty Four Hour Party People
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1985 two Manchester bands release their first records on the very same day. The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays barely register beyond the city. ...
2. Movement
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
March 1983. New Order take to the stage on Top of the Pops to perform their new single, Blue Monday. The machines misfire, the sequencer slips and Ber...
1. Wilderness
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester in the late 1970s is a city in retreat. Industry is collapsing and jobs are disappearing. Whole neighbourhoods feel abandoned. Out of that ...
8. My Way
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of their final show, the Sex Pistols split, torn apart by addiction, betrayal, and manipulation. John Lydon returned to London, disgusted....
7. No Fun. Implosion in the USA.
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By the end of 1977, the Sex Pistols sat at the top of the UK charts… while simultaneously hitting rock bottom. Sid Vicious was imploding, his partne...
6. The Album, The Outrage and the Court Case
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the chaos of their Jubilee riverboat stunt and the media storm around God Save the Queen, the Pistols were marked men. Attacked in the streets, ...
5. Anarchy on the Thames
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1977, and as Britain prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, the Sex Pistols were plotting something else entirely. Fresh from being dropp...
4. Cancelled
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the Bill Grundy interview, the Sex Pistols became Britain’s most notorious band, not for their music, but for the chaos that fol...
3. The Filth and the Fury
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In just three months, the Sex Pistols went from unknowns to the most feared band in Britain. After headlining the infamous 100 Club Punk Festival, the...
2. Year Zero
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Britain in the summer of 1976 was hot, angry, on strike and broke; a country on the brink. In the shadows, four raw, unpolished young punks were limbe...
1. No Future
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” spat a deflated Johnny Rotten before walking off stage in San Francisco. The Sex Pistols were finish...
8. Not Nineteen Forever
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So here we are, twenty years on... The UK indie guitar scene was a brief, bright moment where exciting new bands emerged from all corners of the UK, a...
7. Bang Bang You're Dead
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just six action-packed years after the start of the UK indie sleaze music scene, The Word magazine coins the derisory term “Landfill Indie” to des...
6. When The Sun Goes Down
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UK indie guitar music scene hits the tabloids. Johnny Borrell, Pete Doherty and Luke Pritchard partner up with A-List celebrity girlfriends. Lily ...
5. Can't Stand Me Now
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s a music scene without fighting and feuding? Brace yourself for Art Brut versus Bloc Party, Razorlight versus The Kooks, and The Libertines ve...
4. Golden Touch
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2005 to '06 is the pinnacle of UK Indie Sleaze, as Razorlight, Arctic Monkeys, The Kaiser Chiefs and The Kooks well and truly take over the mainstream...
3. Hey Scenesters!
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new tribe is born: The Indie. You can spot an Indie a mile off. They are in skinny jeans, scarves, and trilbies, in a random configuration designed ...
2. Boys In The Band
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Now that being in a band is cool again, and now that grotty indie guitar music seems a viable career choice, every corner of the UK sprouts an excitin...
1. Foundations
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Noughties UK indie music was iconic, fashionable and thrilling. These days the kids call it 'Indie Sleaze', although at the time there was no cohesive...
9. The Masterplan
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the moment so many people had been hoping for - Oasis are back. Steve and Jo reunite to tackle the biggest musical story of the year, the return ...
8. Live Forever?
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With both Liam and Noel having successful solo careers, and a new generation of fans discovering Oasis, there is endless talk of the band getting back...
7. Fade Away: A Plum In Paris
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oasis during the 2000s dutifully continue to play the hits to a committed and enthusiastic audience. However, when the final show does eventually come...
6. Where Did It All Go Wrong? The Death Of A Party
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the millennium approaches, Oasis are no longer sound tracking a generation. They are flat and limping along; trying, in vain, to find their place i...
5. Be Here Now: Blair, Blur And a Backlash
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the lead up to the release of Be Here Now, Oasis tabloid mania is at fever pitch, but what should be the crowning glory of their career is slowly u...
4. Champagne Supernova? The Missing Gallagher
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oasis are Massive. Earls Court, Knebworth and actual success in America. But with that comes arrogance, defiance and a fight so ferocious that the ban...
3. Morning Glory: And a Cricket Bat
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With a number 1 single under their belts, the band headline Glastonbury on Boneheads’ 30th Birthday, welcome a new drummer and release the era defin...
2. Talk Tonight: A Riot In Newcastle
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's 1994 and Oasis’ constant touring is underscoring their reputation as rock n roll hell-raisers, a reputation which comes to the fore at a gig in...
1. Bring It On Down: The Fight On The Ferry
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oasis is Liam Gallagher’s band, and after their first gig at the Manchester Boardwalk he asks his brother, Noel, to be their manager. Noel instead s...
Trailer
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq as they delve into the complex relationship between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, a fascinating sibling rivalry th...
8. To The End
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Britpop!
7. The Drugs Don't Work
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the 90s hurtled towards a new millennium, Britpop wasn't just making big headlines, it had also become very big business.As money flowed through th...
6. It Could Be You: The Battle of Britpop
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In August 1995, battle lines were drawn and the North vs South rivalry was reignited as Blur and Oasis battled it out for the top spot in the UK chart...
5. Something Changed: Pulp Fiction
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite Blur and Oasis dominating the headlines, one band more than any other came to represent the soaring highs and crushing lows of Britpop - Pulp....
4. Connection: The Rise of Lad Culture
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Britpop and lad culture became intertwined, did this heady relationship do a disservice to the women behind the music?30 years on from Britpop, Jo ...
3. What Do I Do Now? A Cultural Take Over
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty years ago a youthquake of creativity took hold of the UK, as Britpop sucked everything into its cultural orbit.From supermodels at Fashion week...
2. Rock and Roll Star: The Month That Changed It All
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Britpop, as a term landed in the spring of 1993 but it was a full year later, that everything changed over the course of just twenty days. In Episod...
1. Oh Well Whatever, Nevermind: The Birth of Britpop
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What was life like before Britpop? Join Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley as they rewind the tape to hear how the UK sounded at the start of the 90’s. Br...