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Dive back into the decade that defined guitar-driven music. From grunge to Britpop, alt-rock to shred, Stupid And Contagious celebrates the riffs, tones, and stories that made the ’90s kick ass!
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#161 / 90s Guitar Bands - Wang No. 33 (opens the original)
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It's a wang week on Stupid & Contagious , we’re digging through the wardrobe and heading back to the golden age of the band T-shirt! We revisit the shirts we actually owned, the ones we desperately wanted but could never afford, the dodgy knock-offs and some of the most iconic and controversial designs! We also share some brilliant photos and memories sent in by listeners, and ask the big question: what happened to band T-shirt culture? Were they just merch or were they a way of telling the worl
#160 / 90s Guitar Bands - Chapterhouse (opens the original)
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In episode160 we’re diving headfirst into the hazy, effects drenched world of shoegaze with Stephen Patman from Chapterhouse . Stephen takes us right back to the band’s beginnings, their early influences and shows with Spacemen 3 , before finding themselves at the heart of the emerging shoegaze scene alongside the likes of Slowdive and Lush . We get into the making of their classic debut album Whirlpool , the technology and effects pedals that helped shape that unmistakable Chapterhouse sound, a
#159 / 90s Guitar Bands - Britishpop Time Capsule (opens the original)
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In episode 159 we’re digging into a genuine Britpop time capsule . Our guest is Douglas Vicenzi , an American Anglophile who spent the mid 90s filming and interviewing British bands as they passed through New York, before heading over to the UK to capture even more live performances, backstage moments and interviews. Then, incredibly, much of that footage sat unseen for around 30 years . Douglas joins us to tell the story behind his British Pop Time Capsule project, the bands and characters he e
#158 / 90s Guitar Bands - Summer Special! (opens the original)
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This week it’s time for one of Luke’s Summer Specials ! With the rest of the Stupid & Contagious crew taking a well-earned week off, Luke takes the reins for a one on one dive into one of his favourite current bands, Irked! Joining him are Hubb and Mike to talk about the Newcastle band’s brilliantly abrasive take on punk, their debut album The Grievance , life on Wrong Speed Records , writing songs at breakneck speed, capturing their live energy in the studio, DIY gigs, touring, and why punk rea
#157 / 90s Guitar Bands - Wang No. 32 (opens the original)
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It's a wang week and in honour of the nominees being released for this years Mercury Prize we’re heading back to the 1990s and going through the Mercury Prize year by year: the nominees, the winners, the albums that should have won, and some choices that, looking back now, seem absolutely mental! We’ve got Primal Scream, Suede, Pulp, Portishead, Blur, Oasis, Radiohead, The Prodigy and plenty more plus, inevitably, a few albums we’ve barely heard of. So, who deserved their Mercury Prize, who was
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