Another Liverpool legend ahead of House of All’s gig at the Arts Club tomorrow

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)

They say, "Don't drink alcohol. You gotta know what you look like (Oh!) before you go out. Know. Look. Look..." But I say, "Get it down yer neck." 'Look, Know,' 1982 #FallFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc70...

Thanks @stephenhanley6.bsky.social @hanleypa.bsky.social and his story about the Lotus Eaters First Picture of You is incredible!!!

Paul Simpson is the Oh Brother guest in this episode -the man who wasn’t Big in Japan but is Big in The Philippines.Great stories about all your favourite Liverpool bands of the 80s and of course the infamous Courtney Love story of overstaying guests! #fallfriday open.spotify.com/episode/3nqT...

48 years ago today "Orgasm Addict" is the debut single by the British punk rock band Buzzcocks, released on this day in 1977. The song was controversial due to its sexual content and was banned by the BBC #punk #punks #punkrock #buzzcocks #history #punkrockhistory #otd

#FallFriday Now playing. The most perfect of all Fall records (THREAD) cost: TWO POUNDS ONLY u skinny rats Original record 🎧▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis... Live version 🎧▶️ bellaunion.bandcamp.com/album/slates... Leave The Capitol live video 📺▶️ youtu.be/FaBttUCHYaY?...

Blimey!

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.

The endlessly fascinating Oh Brother chats continue with Daren Garrett who’s first band was with my old acquaintance Alex from the Neds !LOL moments when he found out he’d “resigned “ from the Fall and how a he was somewhat late to the Glastonbury gig 😂 #fallfriday open.spotify.com/episode/5Xvb...

Really enjoyed this chat!

Obviously an Alex Chilton fan setting the Connections today

Great listen again from the Oh Brother podcast - Jim Glennie from James tells us how nicking drinks led to a fortuitous meeting with singer Tim Booth, how Chesney Hawkes probably is the nicest man in pop and how a van full of vegetarians has it’s issues #fallfriday open.spotify.com/episode/54yG...

Listening to the Fall-podcast Oh Brother (@hanleypa.bsky.social and his brother Steve) brings me back to our Eton Crop-days with the Fall. From sleeping in the freezing van on tour, to visiting Mark & Kay. Such great memories, such a great podcast! open.spotify.com/show/2gK9klV...

Fab episode of my fav podcast- Mat from Suede is a fantastic guest and the debate about wether “Glam Racket “was written about his band or about chocolate forced onto Steve by Mark E Smith is brilliant - rogue salads also turn out to be significant! #fallfriday open.spotify.com/episode/2P0I...

Release day. Still exciting after all these years. suede.lnk.to/antidepressa...

Reliably informed that thaws beauties are back in stock. Won’t be for long! bfan.link/the-fall-sin...

Ay up! Here we go!

New review: www.newreleasesnow.com/album/house-...

It’s a great privilege to do the @OhBrotherShow. Delighted it’s landing so well. Back soon!

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.

Great opportunity for any creatives out there to get involved in a important project bit.ly/ManchMR-X

Get your questions in!

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 [email protected] and the guys will do their best to answer them in an upcoming episode.

Read this book! Then gaze at my xstitch piece! David very kindly helped make sure it was accurate (at the time of sewing…) This piece is also in the footnotes of @hanleypa.bsky.social ‘s brilliant book, Sixteen Again, which you also need to read immediately.

My guest mixer this week is none other than ex-Fall drummer and author Paul Hanley @hanleypa.bsky.social www.stevesmixtapes.com/mixtape-020-...

Once again , can I highly recommend the @ohbrothershow podcast - want to know what scared Joe Strummer, why Radio Rentals was a big part of the Undertones success and how even Fall members don’t know all the Fall songs- listen here ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/1Wux...

Always great to talk to Mickey!

Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

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

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Honoured to be at the launch event at the John Rylands library on Wednesday. Great to speak to Jon & Paul too.

Great book about a great record and band by @hanleypa.bsky.social Thanks @marcreilly.bsky.social !

What a great package! The brand new album from The Fall! Vinyl, CD, T-shirt, signed print, booklet and beer mat! All brilliantly presented and designed! Long live Popstock😎😎😎

Happy release day everyone! Cheers!

Another gem from Oh! Brother Podcast - loved hearing Brix Smith name dropping and all about the chocolate milkshake riot - Highly recommend 😊 @hanleypa.bsky.social and @stephenhanley6.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7mzP...

So..turns out there’s another Popstock Records release thu @bellaunion.bsky.social resulting in myself @stephenhanley6.bsky.social and Craig doing another bout of signing… with @hanleypa.bsky.social due any minute. SINGLES LIVE 78-81 release date 9th May. 👊💥

Very few tickets left for our event at the Night and Day, Oldham St, MCR to celebrate the release of 'The Fall: Singles Live Vol, One 1978-81' Thursday 8th May at 7pm Me, @Stephenhanley6 @marcrileydj and Craig Scanlon in conversation with Sian Pattendon www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feat...

The Fall released Slates on this day in 1981 (27 April 1981). You can replay the listening party (no_491) here:

The Fall LP 'Slates' was released in this week in 1981 (and 'Slates (Live)' this week in 2024) #FallFriday When you know in your brain.

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

#FallFriday You don't have to be strange to be strange. Totally Wired is next in The Fall’s unbeatable run of early singles, which are all compiled in this handy playlist ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/1PV...

BTW The vinyl version of this comes with a 7 x 7” booklet of original artwork by Gareth Davis which is just brilliant. Worth the price for that alone…

Remembering Pete Shelley on his birthday. Here are Buzzcocks performing "What Do I Get?" at Manchester's Electric Circus in 1977 (THREAD) youtu.be/L7fauHmOccQ

Fab! Also the title of a brilliant book by @hanleypa.bsky.social Saw Buzzcocks many a time, most memorably on the White Riot tour. I also did a hasty remix of a Pete Shelley solo song here: