Ugly Things

Mike Stax talks to author and historian Richie Unterberger about his new book, Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground. Here they discuss the formation of the group and their story up until early 1966.

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Producer and writer Alec Palao talks about his discovery of unreleased early David Bowie recordings in the archives of producer Shel Talmy, and the newly-released album David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings.

Buy the record at the official David Bowie website:

https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2026/7/15/david-bowie-the-shel-talmy-recordings

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A selection of images from Shel Talmy's archives, including rare Bowie-related correspondence, a press release, fan club material, promotional photos, an acetate label and more!

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Mike talks to biographer Richard Morton Jack about the timeless music and tragic life of Nick Drake, and his definitive biography, Nick Drake: The Life.

Check out Richard Morton Jack's blog here: https://galacticramble.blogspot.com/

Richard's book, Nick Drake: The Life, is published by Da Capo and can be purchased on Amazon and other platforms.

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Author and historian Andrew Sandoval discusses his immense new Kinks book, All Day and All of the Night (co-authored with Doug Hinman, and the magical greatness of the Kinks and their music.

The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night is available exclusively at https://beatlandbooks.com/

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Writer, producer, entrepreneur and Rhino Records co-founder Harold Bronson talks about his musical exploits in the 1970s with Mogan David & His Winos, and his work on some of Rhino’s early archival releases.

Mogan David & His Winos

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Mike has a lively, wide-ranging discussion with writer Peter Stanfield about his new book, The Yardbirds: The Most Blueswailing Futuristic Way-Out Heavy Beat Sound, the definitive book on one of the greatest and most innovative groups of the 1960s.

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Get the book, "The Yardbirds: The Most Blueswailing Futuristic Way-Out Heavy Beat Sound" here:

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Mike talks to writer, musician and stylist Genny Schorr about her new book All Roads Lead to Punk, her experiences in the Los Angeles music scene in the 1960s and 1970s, and her band Backstage Pass, which was a part of the early LA punk scene.

https://gennyschorr.com/

Get the book, "All Roads Lead to Punk" here: https://hozacrecords.com/product/pre-order-all-roads-lead-to-punk-book-7-record-set-by-genny-schorr/

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English songwriter/guitarist Robb Huxley shares extraordinary stories about working with maverick independent record producer Joe Meek in the mid-1960s as a member of the Saxons and the Tornados. In this gripping interview Rob exposes some of the darker influences that lurked behind the scenes of the music business in London during that era.

http://www.silvertabbies.co.uk/robbhuxley/

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Mike’s guest is an unsung hero of 1970s NYC punk rock, Sonny Vincent, whose band Testors made some of the most viciously intense, soulful punk rock ‘n’ roll of the era. Sonny shares incredible stories about his days as a teenage runaway in the 1960s, his early bands, and the glory days of Max’s Kansas City and CBGB’s.

Testors – Prime Primitive: 1976 - 1977 on Green Noise Records available here: https://store.greennoiserecords.com/products/testors-prime-primitive-1976-1977-new-lp

More Sonny Vincent and Testors available here: https://sonnyvincenttestors.bandcamp.com/

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In this special episode, “Legs” Larry Smith shares hilarious tales of his years with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. In a wide ranging interview he talks about his childhood in Oxfordshire, art school in London, his early travels in America, his Mr Wonderful persona, and his experiences recording, touring and his role in creating making some of the most uniquely brilliant, eclectic and hilarious music of the 1960s.

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Mike Stax has a scintillating conversation with English writer and critic Duncan Fallowell about rock journalism in the ‘70s, his collaborations with the great German group Can, and his appreciation for Iggy & the Stooges, David Bowie, Gary Glitter and more.

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In this episode Mike Stax talks to Alan Brackett, bass player, founder and songwriter of the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, who made some the most inspired, accomplished, and at times downright awe-inspiring sounds to come out of the West Coast in the 1960s.

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Two amazing previously unreleased Peanut Butter Conspiracy recordings from their Columbia audition session.

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In this episode Mike Stax talks to Wayne Proctor of We the People, one of the great overlooked groups of the 1960s. Wayne was the group’s lead guitarist, sometimes vocalist, and the writer of some of the band’s finest songs, including the transcendent “In the Past.”

https://sundazed.com/c/280-We-the-People.aspx

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In this episode guitarist and founder Ed Kuepper talks about the early years of the Saints in Brisbane, Australia, and the making of their savage but soulful debut album (I’m) Stranded in 1976.

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Greg Stackhouse Prevost returns to talk about his fantastic new album, After the Wars, who reflect on their musical philosophy and motivation for continuing to create music.

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Mike Stax talks to Melody Maker writer Chris Charlesworth about his experiences on the front lines of rock journalism in London, LA and New York City in the 1970s.

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https://www.amazon.com/Just-Backdated-Chris-Charlesworth/dp/1915858224

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We'll be taking a short summer hiatus while Mike is on tour with his band, The Loons, promoting their new EP "Memories Have Faces" - now out on Munster Records.

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Check out the new single here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnDbOZXJ0ro

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In this very special episode Mike Stax talks to Mark Lindsay, lead singer and chief songwriter of Paul Revere & the Raiders, about the creation of one of their greatest albums, The Spirit of ’67. Mark breaks down the album in detail, track by track in this 2016 interview from the Ugly Things vault.

http://www.marklindsay.com/

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In this episode we pay tribute to the late Pretty Things lead singer Phil May. Mike Stax talks to Pretty Things manager and producer Mark St John about the band’s last years and the challenges, trials and triumphs of making their brilliant final album, Bare As Bone, Bright as Blood.

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Mark St John talks about Phil May’s friendship with Van Morrison

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In this episode we conclude the story of the Misunderstood, one of the seminal psychedelic groups of the 1960s. Lead singer Rick Brown shares the story of their rapid rise and fall in England, and his remarkable adventures afterwards that took him half way around the world from military boot camp to a primitive ashram in India, and back again.

https://www.themisunderstood.com/

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