Welcome to SEASON 2 of the My Teenage Band podcast! We're kicking things off with a chat with the utterly brilliant BBC 6Music presenter Shaun Keaveny, who talks to Nick all about playing guitar in prog/indie band Mosque.Shaun grew up in Leigh,

Mark Kermode from 'The Basics'

1 May 14th, 2021 44m 39s

This week Nick's guest is the film critic and musician Mark Kermode! Mark has been in an astonishing amount of bands, from very early skiffle-related days, to actually building his own electric guitar in order to play in teenage bands that embr

Rebecca Front from 'The Jonathan Gee Quartet'

Apr 10th, 2021 30m 9s

For the first time on the podcast we're delving in to the world of JAZZ as Nick talks to comedian, actor and writer Rebecca Front about being the lead singer of a jazz quartet in Leytonstone. At the age of 16 Rebecca joined her older brother Je

Sophie Ellis-Bextor from 'theaudience'

Sep 23rd, 2022 33m 23s

My series of conversations with current musicians about their earliest projects continues with none other than Sophie Ellis-Bextor! She talks all about her time fronting britpop band theaudience from the age of 16 including the whirlwind experi

Ezra Furman from 'Frisba'

Sep 16th, 2022 36m

HEY! MY TEENAGE BAND IS BACK! In a little break from the norm, this is a special short series made up of conversations with current musicians about their earliest musical project. And we're kicking off with none other than the wonderful indie-a

Emma Brodie from 'The Mental Notes'

Jun 25th, 2021 38m 16s

It's the season 2 finale! And we're going out on a My Teenage Band-first as special guest Emma Brodie guides us through the world of ACAPELLA! Emma is a book editor and author, her debut novel Songs in Ursa Major is set against the backdrop of

Charlie George from 'Femmes Fatales'

Jun 18th, 2021 34m 2s

It's the penultimate episode of series 2! This week Nick talks to comedian and writer Charlie George about her days drumming in super-experimental punk outfit Femmes Fatales. Featuring stories of Wonderwall-obsessed guitar teachers, on-stage th

Paddy Gervers from 'Monkey Dog'

May 28th, 2021 33m 33s

Our two-part musical comedy special concludes with a chat with the brilliant comedian and musician Paddy Gervers! Paddy is the comedy-partner of previous guest Jonny Donahoe - together they perform as the satirical musical duo Jonny and the Bap

Jonny Donahoe from 'U.F.G'

May 21st, 2021 33m 19s

In the first of two episodes touching on the world of musical comedy, Nick talks to the amazing comedian and musician Jonny Donahoe! One half of the satirical musical duo Jonny and the Baptists alongside Paddy Gervers, and real-life partner of

Felicity Ward from 'Bastian'

May 7th, 2021 35m 58s

This week Nick talks to the brilliant comedian and actor Felicity Ward about singing and playing guitar in grunge bands while growing up in Australia. We hear about gigs in shopping centres and ice rinks, instruments and other paraphernalia gat

Josh Weller from 'Your Loss'

Apr 30th, 2021 39m 53s

This week Nick talks to the brilliant stand-up comedian, musician and graphic novelist Josh Weller about his punk adventures on the Norwich pub circuit with volatile band managers, playing hundreds of solo gigs in London and his (very brief) ex

Josie Long from 'Brain Gandhi'

Apr 24th, 2021 33m 21s

This week Nick talks to the wonderful comedian and broadcaster Josie Long! Josie talks about four teenage bands - three of which even involved actually playing music. From abortive attempts at piano, clarinet and trumpet, we hear about how Josi

Rivkah Reyes from 'Sweet Revenge' & 'Brother StarRace'

Apr 16th, 2021 39m 6s

This week Nick talks to Rivkah Reyes - wonderful comedian, musician, podcast host, actor, and actual member of SCHOOL OF ROCK! That's right - we are blessed with young band royalty on the podcast as the bassist from the 2003 masterpiece talks

Lanre Bakare from 'Lou Diamond Phillips'

Feb 19th, 2021 28m 13s

This week, to end series one of My Teenage Band, Nick talks to the brilliant arts and culture writer for the Guardian Lanre Bakare about his guitar-playing days in post-rock outfit Lou Diamond Phillips. Named after the Filipino-American actor

Abi Palmer from 'The Fuzz' and 'Lashed'

Feb 12th, 2021 38m 57s

This week Nick talks to the wonderful mixed-media artist and writer Abi Palmer. Abi’s work includes the installation ‘Crip Casino’—an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry which has been shown at Tate Modern, Somerset Hous

Hussein Kesvani from 'River (something)'

Feb 5th, 2021 27m 15s

Nick talks to the podcaster and journalist Hussein Kesvani. Hussein is one of the hosts of such podcasts as Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts, and in 2019 he released his first book 'Follow Me, Akhi - The Online World of British Muslims'. In t

Elle Hunt from 'Untitled RockQuest band'

Jan 29th, 2021 25m 51s

This week Nick talks to the brilliant journalist Elle Hunt, whose work has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer magazine, Tortoise, New Scientist, Grazia and The Face, among other places. Elle is based in London, having been born in the UK, h

Jack Clothier from 'Milo' and 'Rue the Day'

Jan 22nd, 2021 33m 22s

This week Nick talks to Jack Clothier, co-founder of the legendary Alcopop! Records, home to acts such as Art Brut, BO NINGEN, DZ Deathrays, The Spook School and Dream Nails. Over the course of this conversation Jack talks about several bands h

Sarah Tanat-Jones from 'Come on Gang!'

Jan 15th, 2021 33m 29s

This week Nick talks to the amazing illustrator, graphic designer, animator and musician Sarah Tanat-Jones about her time tearing up Edinburgh as lead singer and drummer for her indie band 'Come on Gang!', including a trip to SXSW and recording

Diyora Shadijanova

Jan 8th, 2021 23m 50s

Happy New Year! The podcast returns with a chat with the wonderful writer and podcaster Diyora Shadijanova. She talks to Nick about spending her early years in Uzbekistan growing up in a musical family, a short-lived attempt to live up to her K

Alex Goldman from 'Lab Lobotomy' etc

Dec 18th, 2020 37m 29s

For the last episode of 2020 Nick chats to Alex Goldman, co-host of Gimlet's Reply All podcast, about his days playing noisecore, pop-punk, and a little something in between the two, while growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Alex and Nick talk a

Kelechi Okafor from 'Untitled Country Duo'

Dec 13th, 2020 24m 47s

This week Nick talks to actor, director, writer and fitness expert Kelechi Okafor about her country music duo in secondary school. Formed in music classes in between Kelechi's various stints in school musicals, this duo were never named, nor sa

Lauren O'Neill

Dec 4th, 2020 20m 54s

Something a little different this week! What's it like to be the person in the crowd at the teenage gigs, or more importantly a person in the crowd looking up at the people on stage and thinking you’d kind of want to give that a go, but the cul

Dr Zaahida Nabagereka from 'Harlette'

Nov 27th, 2020 35m 11s

This week Nick talks to Dr Zaahida Nabagereka, lecturer and researcher in African Literature at SOAS university of London, and the co-founder of ‘Afrikult’, a literary organisation seeking to widen access to African literatures through interac

Phil Taggart from 'Colenso Parade'

Nov 20th, 2020 32m 58s

This week Nick talks to BBC Radio 1 presenter and podcaster Phil Taggart all about his noughties indie band Colenso Parade. Having quickly abandoned initial dreams of fronting a rap-metal group, Phil and the rest of Colenso Parade soon settled