This episode features an Interview with Charlie Higson who for 6 years appeared in the band The Higsons. he hasnt spoken about that much and we explore his part in the band and what happened afterwards. For those that are new to the Higsons they were formed in 1980 at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, The Higsons first recording was on the “Norwich – A Fine City” compilation album and they did 5 Sessions for John Peel. They released records on the 2 tone label and were part of that Norwich scene which included a number of bands which Charlie talks about but we interviewed one of them all the way back in Episode 2, Screen 3 so thats worth a listen after this one ! Charlie talks about moving from Music to TV comdey as part of the fast Show on BBC television, working with Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield amongst many others and also talks about then moving on to writing novels.

Its an all encompassing episode that covers his whole career and the conversation about the Higsons is one that has rarely been heard. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it and the Interview with Charlie starts at around 21.30 mins

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The Wannadies formed in 1988 in the Northern Swedish town of Skellefteå They had two Top 20 hits in the UK singles chart including a Gold Disc for You and Me Song and Might Be Stars and quickly became NME favourites. Despite forming in 1988 it was the re-release of You and Me Song in April 1996 that the band really made an impact in the UK It reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart and having sold over 500,000 units earned a GOLD DISC. That year the track appeared on the official soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet too. Their story has plenty of twists and turns and Pär tells it all for you.

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The Interview with Pär starts around 26m 20 into the episode. Enjoy !

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The Primitives were formed in Coventry in 1984 and after some initial line-up changes settled on the classic line up which had 4 singles in the UK top 40 including the number 5 hit “Crash”. They got early valuable support when Morrisey became an advocate. They split in 1992 but reformed in 2009 and continue to work together. Todays episode has a short biography of the band with clips of their songs and has an interview with Paul Court who has been with the band since the beginning. He is the Guitarist, singer and songwriter for the band. The band have had a fascinating journey right through to now and still tour with one due in November of 2025. Whilst the band will be known for the hit single Crash, they are so much more than that and have had a number of other hit singles and have a back catalogue that is impressive and our episode tries to explore that and their stories. We hope you like it and of course as always please give us feedback via facebook, Spotify, Apple, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts from.

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The Primitives bandcamp page is at https://theprimitivesmusic.bandcamp.com/

Paul Court Interview starts at 26:32 mins

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This episode features the Band The Members. They were formed in Surrey, England, in the summer of 1977, the Members played at the Roxy and all the other Punk clubs on the london circuit. The original band were:-

Nicky Tesco (vocals),

Jean-Marie Carroll (guitar),

Nigel Bennett (guitar),

Adrian Lillywhite (drums),

and Chris Payne (bass)

Their first Record Solitary confinement was releases on Stiff records in 1978 and is now a collectors item they then signed to Virgin Records Their first Virgin single, The Sound of the Suburbs, reached #12 in the Uk charts selling 250,000 copies in 3 months (it has since sold 1,000,000 copies). Whilst they are probably best known for this single they had so much more and continue to record and tour today. The Episode explores, with JC Carroll, their story from back in the days of Ounk right through to the tragic death of Nicky Tesco and what they are doing now and what they did in the break before the reunion. If you've only heard of Sound Of The Suburbs then this episode shares more of their music and shows what a wide variety of songs in their catalogue. If you want to know more their website is www.themembers.co.uk

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The Interview with JC Carroll starts at approx 24 minutes.

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Echobelly are a band formed in 1992 and were integral to the britpop era of the 90's. Its a testament to their fan base and their music that they are still active today and are due to go out on a 30th anniversary tour of their album ON (Tickets available via https://www.seetickets.com/search?q=echobelly). Their website also has all the details https://www.echobelly.com/

This episode features a short biography of the band and the interview with Sonya and Glenn starts around the 20.03 minute mark of the episode. Sonya and Glenn share the Echobelly story, their height of the single Great Things which reached no 13 in the UK charts and their story after that including their most recent work. They are open and honest about the music industry and have a genuinly fascinating story and if you want to know the background around britpop then its all here on this episode. As always Noel & I would love to hear your feedback either via the podcast platform or the e-mail address unchartedsoundspodcast@gmail.com.

Interview with Sonya and Glenn Starts at 20:03 minutes into the Episode.

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Episode 26 features another one of our specials featuring an interview with Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks. for the few that perhaps aren't familiar, Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto formed in Manchester in 1976. Devoto left the band in 1977 and formed Magazine.

The classic lineup of Shelley, Steve Diggle (guitar), Steve Garvey (bass) and John Maher (drums) recorded Buzzcocks' first three albums, after which the band broke up in 1981. The band reunited in 1989 and released six more albums before Shelley's death in 2018 – Aged 63. The band has remained active, being anchored by long-time guitarist Diggle, who has since also assumed lead vocal and songwriting duties. The band's tenth album, Sonics in the Soul was released in 2022.

The bands UK Chart History so far – 7 Uk Top 40 Singles, 9 Top 75 Singles, 3 UK Top 40 Albums,

Steve chats to the podcast about all aspects of the band right from the beginning through to the story of whats going on now, its a brilliant interview with so many great stories from someone who was there right at the beginning of punk.

The interview starts at 19:49 mins after a brief biography of the band. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did chatting to Steve.

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Rialto were a Pop/Rock band formed in 1997 from the remnants of the band Kinky Machine. Probably best know for the songs Untouchable which made the top 20 UK chart and Monday Morning 5:19 which was a top 40 UK chart hit. The band made 2 albums, a self titled debut and a second album Night on Earth. Louis Eliot who was the principal songwriter, singer and guitarist talks to the podcast telling their story from their time between 1997-2002 and of course their recent reunion which has led to a new album (Neon & Ghost Signs) and tour. They are also touring with Sleeper in the autumn of 2025.

The links below are for both their album from their website and the tour details.

Album

https://rialto.tmstor.es/

Tour

https://rialtomusic.com/

The Interview with Louis starts at 20.30mins.

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The latest episode (no 24) of the Uncharted Sounds podcast features a band you may not have heard of but may have heard their music, a true uncharted experience this one, its the band Ooberman.

Ooberman were formed in 1997 with an eclectic mix of sounds from bright & punchy to slower and softer described as “psychedelic folk prog pop”. They impressed Blur guitarist Graham Coxon who released their first single of his own label. And with a major label got a top 40 hit single. The band were initially Danny Popplewell – vocals, guitar, piano & violin, Andy Flett – guitar and backing vocals, Steve Flett – bass, Sophia Churney – keyboards and vocals, Alan Kelly – drums. Their biggest success single wise was Blossoms Falling which reached no 39 in the UK singles charts. As always their story has many twists and turns and is a genuinely fascinating story right through to what they are doing now and theres a sneak preview of that on the episode. As always we hope you like the episode and let us know what you think via the episode or at our website Uncharted-Sounds.co.uk

Interview with Dan & Sophia starts at approx 19.47mins into the episode.

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