Episodios

  • THE YARDBIRDS: Peter Stanfield interview

    THE YARDBIRDS: Peter Stanfield interview
    Mar 16 2026
    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. Find everything Peter Stanfield here: https://www.peterstanfield.com/new-page-1 Get the book, "The Yardbirds: The Most Blueswailing Futuristic Way-Out Heavy Beat Sound" here: https://a.co/d/03Y8Zr6t Please support the podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/uglythingspod, where you can enjoy special bonus content plus much more. Become a Patreon today! Check out Ugly Things Magazine: https://ugly-things.com/ Copyright 2026 Ugly Things Magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 32 m
  • All Roads Lead to Punk: GENNY SCHORR Interview

    All Roads Lead to Punk: GENNY SCHORR Interview
    Jan 20 2026
    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/ Please support the podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/uglythingspod, where you can enjoy special bonus content plus much more. Become a Patreon today! Check out Ugly Things Magazine: https://ugly-things.com/ Copyright 2026 Ugly Things Magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 13 m
  • JOE MEEK: Robb Huxley interview

    JOE MEEK: Robb Huxley interview
    Sep 22 2025
    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/ https://www.facebook.com/robert.huxley1/ Please support the podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/uglythingspod, where you can enjoy special bonus content plus much more. Become a Patreon today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 34 m
  • SONNY VINCENT Interview: TESTORS

    SONNY VINCENT Interview: TESTORS
    Aug 18 2025
    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/ Please support the podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/uglythingspod, where you can enjoy special bonus content plus much more. Become a Patreon today! Check out Ugly Things Magazine: https://ugly-things.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 24 m
  • BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND: “Legs” Larry Smith

    BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND: “Legs” Larry Smith
    Jun 30 2025
    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. https://legslarry.com/ Please support the podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/uglythingspod, where you can enjoy special bonus content plus much more. Become a Patreon today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 10 m
  • DUNCAN FALLOWELL Interview

    DUNCAN FALLOWELL Interview
    Jan 29 2025
    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. http://www.duncanfallowell.com/web/main.htm https://www.facebook.com/duncanfallowell/ Please support the podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/uglythingspod, where you can enjoy special bonus content plus much more. Become a Patreon today! Check out Ugly Things Magazine: https://ugly-things.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 20 m
  • PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY: Alan Brackett Interview

    PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY: Alan Brackett Interview
    Dec 22 2024
    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. Patreon bonus content: Two amazing previously unreleased Peanut Butter Conspiracy recordings from their Columbia audition session. https://www.peanutbutterconspiracy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1955063418039651 Please support the podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/uglythingspod, where you can enjoy special bonus content plus much more. Become a Patreon today! Check out Ugly Things Magazine: https://ugly-things.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 19 m
  • WE THE PEOPLE: Wayne Proctor interview

    WE THE PEOPLE: Wayne Proctor interview
    Dec 6 2024
    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 https://open.spotify.com/artist/1t7mxwEpf9eDpTDVETuQ2j Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 30 m