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Interview by Angela CroudaceBuster Bloodvessel, the iconic frontman of the legendary ska band Bad Manners, is about to bring the party to Australia with the band's greatest hits. As they prepare to perform for eager fans down under, Buster reflects on the band's incredible journey through the music scene and the ever-changing world of touring. From the early days of Bad Manners to their upcoming shows in Australia, Buster's enthusiasm for keeping the energy high on stage has never wavered.The band is known for its high-octane performances, and their Aussie tour will be no different. When asked what fans can expect from the show, Buster says it's going to be “the best of Bad Manners,” packed with all the classics. “We're not going to run away from any songs. We're playing the hits that everyone loves,” he shares. The European crowds have already been loving it, and Buster's looking forward to the fun-loving Aussies who, as he notes, have a similar energy to European audiences.Bad Manners has been part of the ska scene for decades, a genre that has seen many changes along the way. So, what's the biggest difference Buster has seen? “The internet,” he says. “It's changed a lot about the music business. People can find music so much easier now, and it's been great to see our audience grow, especially younger fans.” Despite the many changes, Buster remains proud to be at the forefront of the ska movement. “I didn't think we'd last this long,” he laughs, “but here we are, still doing it.”While Buster acknowledges that getting older has made the rigours of touring a little more challenging, he still finds the energy he needs. “Once you're on stage, and you feel that crowd, the adrenaline kicks in,” he says. "You forget about how tired you are."Looking back at the early days, Buster recounts how Bad Manners formed with a simple idea in mind: “We all went to school together, and I thought, why not form a band instead of just going to reunions? It's been 50 years, and I'm honored we're still doing this.” It's clear that his passion for music—and for performing—is as strong as ever.One of Buster's most memorable moments on stage came when the band played a massive festival to 110,000 people. “The crowd was going crazy, and the earth was actually moving,” he remembers. “You could see the trees swaying to the beat. It was absolutely mind-blowing.”But it's not all about the music for Buster. When he's not on tour, he enjoys unwinding with some DIY projects and relaxing on his houseboat. He also has properties in Bulgaria, which he works on when he's not touring. “I haven't had a proper holiday in years, but I feel lucky,” Buster says with a laugh. “Being in a band that travels so much, I get to experience so many places, so it's like a holiday in itself.”With an impressive catalogue of hits, it's no surprise that Sally Brown is one of Buster's favourite songs to perform. "It's a classic,” he says. "Every time we play it, the crowd just goes wild.” And while the band has faced its fair share of controversy, like getting banned from Top of the Pops for Buster's infamous red-painted head, he takes it all in stride. “I didn't realise that the red paint messed with the cameras. They told me it made it look like I didn't have a head, but hey, it's all part of the fun!”Buster's connection with his fans has been strong since the very beginning, especially when he shares stories of his past interactions. My dad was lucky enough to meet the band back in the day and was spot on about Buster being an all-round down to earth, friendly chap with a wicked sense of humour. “It's always great to hear that people remember us fondly, not just for the music, but for who we are as people.”With the band still rocking after all these years, it's evident that Bad Manners isn't slowing down anytime soon. As Buster prepares to bring the fun to Australia, fans can expect nothing less than an unforgettable show filled with energy, nostalgia, and of course, all the best Bad Manners hits.Get ready, Australia—Bad Manners is bringing the party, and Buster Bloodvessel's still got it!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

Alan Buckley in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyCcKAa35PE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayh-vWqDzBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ioIhmzGEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVfK1tbeGwk&list=PLcDwkXhr5uEwekhN-p-OKHqcY_cLxvWjR Mid 80s proto-janglers Here Comes Everybody inspired Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis) to buy his first guitar, then, mission accomplished, broke up in 1986. Singer/ guitarist Richard and drummer Pete were introduced to bassist Alan by some HCE fans at St Paul's Arts Centre later that year, and The Anyways' core trio was born. Their goal was to wear black and sound like The Velvet Underground, but luckily they got it slightly wrong and ended up sounding like themselves (while still wearing black). Jennie used to read the newspaper onstage and on one occasion shorted out the keyboard by pouring fizzy pop into it. Trudy, a volunteer mental health worker, brought a big following from the Mill Drop-In Centre, to liven up the usual anoraked indie audience. Sounds reviewed the band's second gig, The Television Personalities offered support slots at the 100 Club in Oxford St, and Notown Records put out the first single, Confession, in 1987. Overcome by the excitement of being played on John Peel (once), Jennie left, and Ali took her place. The Anyways became regular performers at the Camden Falcon, where Bobby Gillespie told them they needed more guitar solos. Two tracks (no solos) were featured on The Jericho Collection in 1988 alongside Notown label-mates Shake Appeal (lots of solos). A video of rousing revolutionary anthem Levitate the Pentagon was shown on satellite TV at 2.00am. The Anyways played in Oxford, London, and Bristol with Talulah Gosh, Razorcuts, The Mission and Ride... and on their own at a Hindu wedding in Hendon (kicking off the evening with that cheery toe-tapper, Love Gone Bad). Band mantra Welcome to Psychedelic Country became even more appropriate when Hamish and Karen joined in 1990. An album (Love Lies) was recorded by Rich Haines at Dungeon Studios, but sadly not released. A swirling cover of George Harrison's If I needed someone graced a charity album called Revolution No. 9. Despite their sterling work on the swirling, Hamish and Karen decided to go more Country than Psychedelic, and left to form Lucky and The Losers in 1991. The final incarnation of The Anyways was completed by guitar maestro Mark, who had previously acted as friend and multi-tasking facilitator to the band for some time - in celebration, chilled Frascati was served to the new line-up onstage at the Zodiac in front of hundreds of delighted Heavenly fans. The Sunshine Down EP came out on Marineville Records in 1993, by which time Richard had received stage-fright counselling from Jonathan Richman and the band had supported Bad Manners at a college ball. Wider (not inspired by Buster Bloodvessel) was featured on the Days Spent Dreaming compilation. By now people wanted to spread their musical wings, so The Anyways' Grand Finale gig was held in 1994 at the Jericho Tavern (the band's spiritual home for many years). 

Rewind Scotland 2024 returned to the spectacular grounds of Scone Palace in Perth on Friday 19th till Sunday 21st of July to celebrate music icons of the 80s and beyond. Allan Russell went along and spoke with English singer and frontman of the two-tone band Bad Manners, Buster Bloodvessel. Image: Rewind Scotland logo. A white square with 'REW!ND' written in bold black capital letters, underlined with a bold black line and underneath written in one neat row and separated by small black dots: 'Scotland', 'North', 'South.'

Interview by Kris PetersBad Manners are ska/punk royalty.Period.No arguments, no debates, just pure, simple fact.With a track listing including Lip Up Fatty, Special Brew, Walking In The Sunshine, Lorraine, Just A Feeling, My Girl Lollipop, Inner London Violence and of course the ultimate knees up Can Can, Bad Manners peaked back in the late 1970s but their enduring legacy has seen them survive all that Father Time has thrown their way as the band fronted by the legendary Buster Bloodvessel gears up for Australian assault with a Greatest Hits Tour this October.Buster joined HEAVY earlier this week to run us through the life and times and future of Bad Manners."We are coming to tour your lovely country and eat all your pies," was his initial greeting.Which was followed up by, "I don't really care if I offend anybody, but I'm not really an offensive person. I can be if it's pointed in my direction (laughs)."We move on to the setlist, which, of course, is made up of fan favourites, but we ask Buster if there would be much difference to the songs played if he was to choose his own personal favourites."Not quite, but not far from it," he measured. "I mean, all the songs we do live are usually my favourites. Songs that make people dance have always worked for me."In the full interview, Buster tells us what we can expect from the shows, what he never leaves home on tour without, the early days of Bad Manners and where they fit in, his early vision for the band and how it has changed since, what he feels was the best time period for the band, making allowances on stage as you get older, some of his personal highlights, changing with the music scene, his top three commandments of punk and more.

Born 100 years ago in Scotland, the late musician/poet/author/humorist Ivor Cutler was a self-described Oblique Music Philospher.  He released tons of art by way of radio, television, books and records.  His work, no matter the medium, is thoughtful as it is absurd, as irreverent as it is romantic.  Author Bruce Lindsay took it upon himself to write the greatest-and-only biography on the O.M.P. called Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room.  Markly Morrison and Andrew “Hollywood” Dorsett speak at length with Mr. Lindsay on Ivor's storied career that spans from the 1950s until his death in 2006 including his work as a music teacher, his recurring radio and television performances on the BBC, the story behind his character “Buster Bloodvessel” in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour movie, his books for children and adults, his friendship with prog-rocker Robert Wyatt, his shocking habit of vandalism, and artists who have covered Mr. Cutler.  One such artist is Jim O'Rourke, who in the first few minutes shares an anecdote about the time that Ivor reached out to him, in an outtake from episode 66.Illustration of Bruce thinking about Ivor drawn by Lani Morrison@3magbrewing @rainydayolympia @schwartzsolympia @old_schoolpizzeria @blindsay @myselfies2006 #ivorcutler #poetlauriate #fave #jam #trafficjam #scottishpoetry #harmonium #geezer #absurdism #weirdmusic #outsiderart #yolatengo #parentheticalgirls #robertwyatt #phyllisking #adoughtnutinnyhand “beautifulcosmos #beatles #magicalmysterytour #busterbloodvessel #organist

Phone interview by Peter Jonathan Robertson in 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUSTER** THE SAVE THE SKA SHOW COMPILATION ALBUM IS OUT NOW - Check out our bandcamp page - theskashowwithbeefy.bandcamp.com/releases Can Anyone Sponsor The Show - Naming Rights Going Cheap!!!! or just buy me a coffee here - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Beefyskashow Broadcast live from Melbourne to Australia and the rest of the world on 88.3 Southern FM. Now fully vaxxed, completely waxxed and somewhat relaxed and back from Covid jail! Let's hope everyone does the right thing so we can get some gigs happening! Beefy keeps banging out the tunes trying to make sure that The Ska Show with Beefy maintains the prestigious mantle of being the SECOND best Ska Show on the planet (https://blog.feedspot.com/ska_podcasts/) Nobody's quite sure what needs to be done to snag that number 1 spot though - just keep being awesome I guess! Beefy has made this little corner of the Ska Universe his very own as every week the World's (2nd) Best Ska Radio Show airs some of the best Ska music from everywhere. No other ska show boasts the diversity or the innovation of what Beefy brings to the Ska party! The Big Beef Man continues to make sure 2021 is more SkaMaggedon than Armageddon! We've got a WORLD PREMIERE from our friends The Resignators, plus Buster Bloodvessel turns 63 so there's a live set from Bad Manners. We've got top tracks for you from King Tide, Loonee Tunes, The Specials, Rolando Random & The Young Soul Rebels, Kemuri, The Rough Customers, Out Of COntrol Army, The Dualers, The Jellycats and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers join the Ska Party. Send me your music if you're in a band - do it & I'll play it. Share the gospel of Ska if you can. Stay safe everybody! Only Beefy does Ska Radio like you've never heard before!

A special feature-length episode of Retrotube, as Adam and Heather don their Fair Isle tank-tops, oversize blue zoot-suit jackets and funny feathery top hats, and drag their Aunt Jessicas onto the Magical Mystery Tour - destination: some grotty off-season seaside resort.But will Who-and-Hollies-and-Monkees-loving Heather be riveted by the Beatles' aimless meanderings, or will she nod off half way through and have a slightly disturbing dream about spaghetti? (Victor Spaghetti, ho ho).Well, will she? Have a guess. Have a guess! HAVE A GUESS!Buster Bloodvessel asks that you like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast - within the limits of British decency.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse.What was it that first attracted you to me?Well, you're very polite, aren't you? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Luke and Pete are back with more weird and wonderful conversation! Pete explains how he ended up concealing sixty wrestling figures in a farmer's field after a bizarre car boot shopping spree at the weekend. There are also more tales of work truancy and the pair dream up a Youtube channel for Luke's dad that would quite simply be the most wholesome thing on the internet.Plus, they discuss how Buster Bloodvessel came to live on a narrowboat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

**STAY STRONG TOOTS - GIVE BLOOD** - Naming Rights Sponsorship Going Cheap!!!! Beefy is taking on the Corona Virus head on as Melbourne goes into lockdown once again. He just keeps banging out the tunes trying to make sure that The Ska Show with Beefy maintains the prestigious mantle of being the SECOND best Ska Show on the planet (https://blog.feedspot.com/ska_podcasts/) Nobody's quite sure what he has to do to snag that number 1 spot though - just keep being awesome I guess! Beefy is quickly making this little corner of the Ska Universe his very own as every week the World's (2nd) Greatest Ska Radio Show airs some of the best Ska music currently out there. Broadcast live from Melbourne to Australia and the rest of the world, no other ska show boasts the diversity or the innovation of what Beefy brings to the Ska party!The Big Beef Man is making sure 2020 is more SkaMaggedon than Armageddon! It's Buster Bloodvessel's birthday so our live set is from the legends that are Bad Manners, then Beefy brings you all the new releases and more, with tunes from The Porkers, The Chinkees, Five Iron Frenzy, Mark Foggo's Skasters, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, The JB Conspiracy, Dirty Magic, The Wailers and Devil Doll joins the ska party! Send me your music if you're in a band - do it & I'll play it. Share the gospel of Ska if you can. Stay safe everybody!

Sinéad Gleeson is a broadcaster, writer, editor of three short story anthologies, host of The Book Show on Radio One, half of The Anti-Room, and all round enviable sound person. She very kindly joined Alan and Ellen to talk about Top of the Pops and related matters. We were a little in awe of her because she’s very cool and interviews important authors and musicians all the time and we’re two plucky ragamuffins just trying our best. We plied her with donuts until she liked us and we had a good old chat. As well as TOTP, we talked about where the young people get their music from these days, hearing songs properly in big clubs, Buster Bloodvessel related accidents, interviewing Kate Bush and loads of other little bits. Juvenalia is eighteen episodes old! We can legally drink now. We wouldn’t do that though because drinking is immoral. Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Alan Bennett and Alan Maguire.

“Before reggae there was rock steady, and before that, ska,” writes Cedella Marley in the foreword to Heather Augustyn’s 2010 book Ska: An Oral History (McFarland, 2010). By way of interviews with dozens of ska musicians, Augustyn traces the history of the music from its Jamaican roots, through its 2Tone revival in 1970’s and 80’s England, to its current regional popularity in the United States. She interviewed Derrick Morgan, Doreen Shaffer, Laurel Aitken, Toots Hibert, Judge Dread, Roddy Radiation, Dave Wakeling, Pauline Black, Kix Thompson, and Buster Bloodvessel to name just a few. The book provides a solid understanding of ska as a music with roots in American jazz and soul mixed with the indigenous music of the Carribean. Augustyn’s interviews also highlight the importance of Jamaica’s status as a former colony in the creation of English ska as well as providing an insight into the music’s reflection of British and Jamaican race and class relations. Most importantly, Ska gives voice to many of the artists responsible for the creation of one of the most enduring musical genres of the last fifty years. Heather Augustyn is a correspondent for The Times of Northwest Indiana. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Village Voice, In These Times, and The Humanist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Before reggae there was rock steady, and before that, ska,” writes Cedella Marley in the foreword to Heather Augustyn’s 2010 book Ska: An Oral History (McFarland, 2010). By way of interviews with dozens of ska musicians, Augustyn traces the history of the music from its Jamaican roots, through its 2Tone revival in 1970’s and 80’s England, to its current regional popularity in the United States. She interviewed Derrick Morgan, Doreen Shaffer, Laurel Aitken, Toots Hibert, Judge Dread, Roddy Radiation, Dave Wakeling, Pauline Black, Kix Thompson, and Buster Bloodvessel to name just a few. The book provides a solid understanding of ska as a music with roots in American jazz and soul mixed with the indigenous music of the Carribean. Augustyn’s interviews also highlight the importance of Jamaica’s status as a former colony in the creation of English ska as well as providing an insight into the music’s reflection of British and Jamaican race and class relations. Most importantly, Ska gives voice to many of the artists responsible for the creation of one of the most enduring musical genres of the last fifty years. Heather Augustyn is a correspondent for The Times of Northwest Indiana. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Village Voice, In These Times, and The Humanist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Before reggae there was rock steady, and before that, ska,” writes Cedella Marley in the foreword to Heather Augustyn’s 2010 book Ska: An Oral History (McFarland, 2010). By way of interviews with dozens of ska musicians, Augustyn traces the history of the music from its Jamaican roots, through its 2Tone revival in 1970’s and 80’s England, to its current regional popularity in the United States. She interviewed Derrick Morgan, Doreen Shaffer, Laurel Aitken, Toots Hibert, Judge Dread, Roddy Radiation, Dave Wakeling, Pauline Black, Kix Thompson, and Buster Bloodvessel to name just a few. The book provides a solid understanding of ska as a music with roots in American jazz and soul mixed with the indigenous music of the Carribean. Augustyn’s interviews also highlight the importance of Jamaica’s status as a former colony in the creation of English ska as well as providing an insight into the music’s reflection of British and Jamaican race and class relations. Most importantly, Ska gives voice to many of the artists responsible for the creation of one of the most enduring musical genres of the last fifty years. Heather Augustyn is a correspondent for The Times of Northwest Indiana. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Village Voice, In These Times, and The Humanist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lorraine is the song. What a great show. I drove down to see the Sunday SoCal show in Corona. Dan told me the Fresno and Ventures shows suffered from a serious lack of fans, maybe 50 for each. At this one there were close to 200 people and while it wasn't sold out, it was nicely crowded. Monkey sounded great and was well received with lots of dancing. Bad Manners kicked ass. They played all the songs I wanted to hear, and a couple of cool covers I didn't expect. Buster sounded great, jumped around like a man possessed, and stuck his tongue out just enough! The whole band seemed to be having a great time and so did the crowd. If you are going to see one of the upcoming Monkey/Bad Manners shows, then you are in for a real treat. My only regret is that my "good" knee is fucked up and I had to dance on one leg. Highlights included seeing the Monkey horn section doing the can-can, dancing with Donelle to "My Girl Lollipop", and getting Buster to sign my album cover from ~1982.