Stateside Madness Official Creators & Guests

World traveler who never asks twice.

Laurie Alfaro is a college professor who teaches web development and computer science courses. She is the producer and cohost of the Stateside Madness Official podcast, dedicated to the British pop band Madness, and of Accelerated Culture: The Rise of Alternative Music in the 80s and Beyond. Laurie is a Chicago native.HONOREE: 2024 Webby Awards for Best Indie Podcast! https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2024/podcasts/features/best-indie-podcast?honoree

Roddy Radiation (born Roderick James Byers, 5 May 1955 in Keresley, Coventry, England) is an English musician who played lead guitar for The Specials, as well as many rockabilly bands such as the Bonediggers and the Tearjerkers. He wrote the Specials favourites "Concrete Jungle", "Rat Race" and "Hey, Little Rich Girl", later covered by Amy Winehouse. Currently, Byers leads The Skabilly Rebels, a band that mixes ska rhythms with rockabilly.

Dave Robinson, nicknamed Robbo, is an Irish music executive, music video director, record producer, music manager, and photographer. He is best known as the co-founder with Jake Riviera of Stiff Records where he signed up The Damned, Tracey Ullman, Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues, and Madness. He had also managed Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds and Ian Dury before signing them up to Stiff.

A musician from small-town Kolbäck in Sweden who performs under the name GMEN.

Ukulele player in The Bed & Breakfast Men, 22 years a professional film maker, classic comedy fan!

Christopher John Foreman (born 8 August 1956), nicknamed Chrissy Boy, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Foreman came to prominence in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the English band Madness.

Hector Walker studied Counseling Psychology at Trinity College Dublin

Songwriter and artist

Tour mgr / Production mgr in live music industry - David Bowie,Peter Gabriel,Kylie,Aerosmith,Madness,Il Divo,Squeeze,Leona,Kygo,Travis,Steve Winwood,CdeB

Rhoda Dakar is a British singer and musician, best known as the lead singer of The Bodysnatchers, who were signed to the 2 Tone record label. She also worked with The Specials and Special AKA, also 2-Tone artists.

Louis Vause is a pianist, teacher and composer. He has played with Graham Coxon, Madness, etc. He has three self penned albums released.

Louis Alphonso is an English guitarist from London, England, UK. Most famous as the guitarist of Bad Manners. He left for France in 1998.

During the 1990s, Stephen Shafer was the director of promotions, marketing, and production for Moon Ska Records, where he played a significant role in making the 1990s ska boom happen. Steve supervised the production of over 90 albums and produced nine compilations (including Skarmageddon, Spawn of Skarmageddon, and Skarmageddon III; Ska United: A Global Ska Sampler), which gave hundreds of Third Wave ska bands their first visibility on the national and international scenes. Steve handled album licensing deals with related labels in Europe, Japan, and South America; created and signed bands to the Ska Satellite budget imprint; and shot and directed the label's first music video for The Toasters ("2 Tone Army"), which premiered on MTV's 120 Minutes and was regularly aired on MTV and M2.In late 1999, Steve founded 7 Wonders of the World Music, the first digital download-only ska and reggae label, and sold digital music online two years before the iTunes store launched. Steve has been reviewing ska music, books, and films for his Duff Guide to Ska blog since 2008, and published his first book "The Duff Guide to 2 Tone" in 2020.

One-half of the up-and-coming British ska band Death of Guitar Pop & host of The Lifer Musician Podcast