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Episode 83: Gary Crowley

60 min • 22 november 2022

I’m talking to one of my heroes on this episode. And one of the voices that introduced me to indie music, and in turn someone who set me up for the life I’ve lived since my early teenage years. If you’re of an age – my age – broadcaster, TV presenter and DJ, and a whole lot more besides, Gary Crowley, was the UK’s voice of indie for a time, and since he’s put his name to an excellent new compilation record – Gary Crowley’s Indie 90s Playback, a 3CD set that takes in curios and rarities from the realms of Britpop, Madchester, Baggy, Shoegazing, Alt. rock, Trip Hop, Big Beat, and a whole lot more besides, I thought it was about time I got him on the podcast.

And we go deep – on Gary’s early days making fanzines, his teenage encounters with The Clash, his days at Decca Records, breaking into radio at Capital, replacing Danny Baker on the receptionists desk at my beloved NME… and we’d have gone even longer if we hadn’t ran out of time. Which means there’ll almost certainly be a second episode, sometime in the New Year. We ran out of time before we could get into The Beat, XFM and breaking the news of Princess Diana’s death to a generation of indie kids. Keep your ears pealed for that. But for now, I hope you enjoy this episode…

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