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Curious CreaturesPeter Ulrich Pt. 2: But - We are Not The Kitchen Fairies!Intense but Brief! Lisa Gerrard followed by Liz Fraser Peter in Heaven with the Cocteau Twins Artwork for Goth and 4AD - Football is The Key Surely not - Australian rules football of course!Wheeltappers and Shunters Clubs!3 gigs a night and it all paid offBudgie’s clubland experience leads the wayThe Essence of Punk was to throw away the rule bookIt was Rough Down Under & Lisa played Solo!Championing The Unde...2024-04-1837 min
Curious CreaturesPeter Ulrich Pt. 1: Three Unexpected Drummers!Carpets and Bass Drums! Strokes of Luck that Changed our LivesThe Cure became Judges with a bunch of FivesWe all took numbers, and we all took a Name They were all unreadable when the next day Came The Journey is The Thing!Does anyone know the Way? There’s got to be a wayFake it to Make it, then Lock it awayThe Highs and Lows that made it WorkDifficult relationships created the Quirk! 2024-04-1136 min
Curious CreaturesNabil Ayers Pt. 2: How Could We Not? – This Is the Time!Affairs of The Heart - an American Thing! Shifting perspectives, but Who Are We?When Confronted with the Evidence, What Is Reality?Everyone was there Except, the one Telling the Story!Every Picture tells a Story – but is it TRUE?How Do We keep Sane?Uphill both ways and lots of Old Man Sheet!We’re Still on the Road – Who’s making The Coffee?Grumpy Old Men? – No, we’re Coming Home! Disinfectant in the Morning – Not for the Faint Hear...2024-04-0439 min
Curious CreaturesNabil Ayers Pt. 1: Sheet – We Need To Get Back InLos Angeles Goes Out - Not Up! Reinvigoration and we’re running up that hill,But are we in the wrong sort of bungalow – Bill?It was pots and pans and party time when Nabil was only two!Happy House on Top of the Pops showed Budgie’s Ratamacue!Drum lessons on the roof – of the National Geographic!Inside the Hallowed world of the drummer’s secret handshakeAll the drummers in Pasadena put together make an earthquakeA Night in the Museum...2024-03-3138 min
Curious CreaturesReggie Watts Pt. 2: Out Of The Melting Pot Into The FireLove it to Death! Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, and Led Zeppelin tooAdam Ant, B.A.D., Def Leppard and Yazoo?All vying for airtime in Great Falls MontanaWould Lol’s Studded catsuit have raised a Hosanna?Hey, What do You Do?What is it that makes Reggie choose to risk all?When counting a song in, could make a heart stallIt’s not a choice, it’s to brandish, the spiritual swordIt’s the old famil...2024-03-2131 min
Curious CreaturesReggie Watts Pt. 1: Kick Out The Jams ThumbsuckersSpringtime for Ex-Pats and Germany! It’s a Top Techno scene, with a strict Social EtiquetteThe clubs are all clean, since they outlawed the cigaretteYou can do what you want, but you can’t do it hereThe clubs are all great, but it helps if they’re Queer!Make way for the Dancing Disco Queens!Gay clubs for young punks, were the only safe placesWatch out for the Queens with that look on their faces Rubber and Fetish...2024-03-1438 min
Curious CreaturesButch Vig Pt. 2: Fastest Blade in the West! ‘King of Tape Editing’‘Butch - He got the Hooks!’Topper Headon – He got the Grooves Inspiration and Collaboration Clash!Butch got that magic Snare Fill!But our Hats go Off to Topper Headon!'Butch as President of The Roxy Music fan club!’King of the Fills? – Roxy’s Paul ThompsonCaution the New drummer - Don’t Forget Those Hooks!!Phil Manzanera - a Guitarist on FireBut Bryan Ferry - the King of Cool. ‘Meanwhile… Up in The Canyon’2024-02-2939 min
Curious CreaturesButch Vig: The Changing of The Guard From The Beatles, thru’ Teen Spirit, into GarbageBill or George, Anything but Sue!Clyde Stubblefield always arrived earlyClyde made a so-so kit sound Great!How do the Greats sound the Way they Do?It’s all about Recognising the Good Mistakes!3am Insomnia and the IQ Tour drop!Hey Butch, what’s on the Weather Channel tonight?How’s Your Bed of Nails this Evening?Shirley is a Natural Born Road Dog, OMG, when the Catering is terrible - Luxury!Whils...2024-02-2240 min
Curious CreaturesCurious Questions: We are the Goon Squad and we're Coming to Town Beep-Beep!!!Phase 1. In which The Cramps’ Brian Gregory, gets on the Banshees’ tour bus outside the I-Beam in San Francisco and asks, “Was anyone in Liverpool not cool?” A Dark devilish spirit with feet like Merce Cunningham.Phase 2. In which Billy McKensie spares Lol from Death in Venice. Billy in The Cure’s penthouse for Faith singing songlines from another time, another place. Phase 3. In which Ms Morrissey is Queen of backstage and you’ll just have to wait. Well excuse us for Breathing, say us Dudes in unison! ...2024-02-1551 min
Curious CreaturesTravel Channel: Pan Amsterdam: A Trumpet and a Laptop – That’s my Life!‘Fanfares and Tears’Pan as Magician of InspirationBrings Joy and Melancholy by TransmogrificationPan gets Deeper then Deeper than Deep!‘Digging in the Dirt - to find the Places we got Hurt’ ‘Prepare for the Big Reveal’In front of the TV Going through PubertyFluorescent Erotica as Manhood dawnsBetween the Adult and the ChildLies the Hissing of Summer Lawns‘Sanctuary of the WC?’Up the Ladder to the RoofWh...2024-02-0847 min
Curious CreaturesNoche Oscura/Train with No Station: A Song from ‘The Edge’ of The World ‘It All Sounds Great – Like a Good Donut!’Brutality! Everything fitting as we’re thrashing aboutLooking for Clues as we Twist and ShoutCalifornia dreaming no Communication Breakdown Lol knocks a beat out and we go Downtown! Religion!20 seconds Over BabalumaIt’s Metal Machine Madness Who’s in the Big box?Drums and Love are All aroundAnd a Dancebeat!Is Bigger better or is Better Bigger? Jack the Knife is the One and OnlyClean o...2024-02-0130 min
Curious CreaturesFred Armisen Pt. 2: Who Hugged Fred in NYC? Then whispered sweetly……‘Gotta Go Now!’Dream (a Little Dream of Tea!) Shopping Mall testimonials, but..Lol just wants to buy a shirt!Recognition comes when you least expect itBudgie’ll name that song in Three!!!Fame (What you Need You Have to Borrow!)On the Way Up or On the Way Down?How is that Old Band of Yours?My Grandad Loves you guysFred Incognito in Las VegasLiverpool (She's so Swishy in her Satin and Tat!)2024-01-2547 min
Curious CreaturesFred Armisen Pt. 1: Meet the Gang coz’ The Boys are Here!The Boys to Entertain You!TV Pirates at Midnight! Fred was Envious of High-Class English chocolateTime for the Test card and a little light MusicRattle Your Jewellery at The London Palladium The Only house on the block with Colour TVFirst Drum Kits!Where did we hide them?Budgie’s patent Caterpillar dampening systemLol’s kit Hidden in Robert’s houseMade with Rubber? from Lol’s Lab job.First Infl...2024-01-1836 min
Ghost Cult Magazine PodcastPODCAST: Episode 392 - From Goth Legends to a New Album: Lol Tolhurst (ex-The Cure) & Budgie Share Their JourneyGhost Cult caught up with Lol Tolhurst (ex @thecure ) & Budgie (ex @SiouxsieAndTheBanshees ) legends of Goth and alternative Rock last fall for a chat. Lol released his book "GOTH: A History," via Hachette Books last fall and it is a personal and deep account Goth music and the greater culture. Budgie wrote the forward of the book and both gents shared their knowledge about the scene and history! They also released a collab album last last year asx "Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee" debut album "Los Angeles," which we also discussed as well.
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Curious CreaturesBodies: Mary Lattimore Pt. 2: There are no wrong notes – there are no rules!Bands, commitments, and brilliant haircuts Thurston Moore and Romantic FantasyDriving and dreaming of being a band Or a solo career on the Canyon Grand The Cure climbed out over Niagara Falls.The Banshees below in yellow Sou’westers Happy memories for the Xmas cards Covered in spray when both stopped to Play ‘One could have it all!’ says Budgie, solo in San TropezAlone but not lonely, beneath a Mediterranean moon Reaching out for a connection a...2023-12-2139 min
Curious CreaturesBodies: Mary Lattimore Pt. 1: Mushrooms in the dark- There are no mistakes!CONNECT WITH US: Curious Creatures: Website: https://curiouscreaturespodcast.com Facebook: @CuriousCreaturesOfficial Twitter: @curecreatures Instagram: @CuriousCreaturesOfficial Lol Tolhurst: Website: https://loltolhurst.com Facebook: @officialloltolhurst Twitter: @LolTolhurst Instagram: @lol.tolhurst Budgie: Facebook: @budgieofficial Twitter: @TuWhit2whoo Instagram: @budgie646Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife LeeFacebook: @loltolhurstxbudgiexjacknifelee Twitter: @LolBudgieJCKNFInstagram: @lolxbudgiexjacknifeleeCurious Creatures is a pa...2023-12-0326 min
The Story Behind The SongThe Story Behind The Cure's "Boys Don't Cry" with Lol TolhurstThe Cure's "Boys Don't Cry" is a classic post-punk song about a lost love and the protagonist's inability to move on. An English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex, by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and then drummer Lol Tolhurst. While Robert Smith has remained the only constant member, Tolhurst and Smith met as children before later founding the band together. On this episode of The Story Behind the Song, Tolhurst joins host Peter Csathy about his time in the group, writing "Boys Don't Cry,” his new book, Goth, a History, and his new album, “Los Angeles”...2023-11-2056 min
Curious CreaturesUh Oh: Mark Bowen (IDLES) and the Attack of the Bionic ManBrutalism! Expression, impressions and Thrashing AboutBody and Rhythms - finding the SpaceFavourite guitarists are all really BadEverything sounding off-kilter and never in Place Joy as an Act of Resistance! Impact and choosing the MomentBeing Quiet to being ProfoundConvergence from Differing InfluencesDrums are Preferred All roundUltra Mono!Marc can be Chaotic and Indefinite! On Foundations of Solid Bass and DrumBut wher...2023-11-1645 min
KQED's ForumThe Cure’s Lol Tolhurst on the Origins of ‘Goth’You might know The Cure’s song “A Strange Day,” defined by its spooky guitar licks, eerie drone loops and funeral march drum beats. But Lol Tolhurst, the band’s co-founder, former drummer and keyboardist, says the song is not all doom and death. Rather, it’s a shining example of Goth, which Tolhurst calls the “last true alternative outsider subculture.” Goth music inherited the anarchy of punk but substituted nihilism with a desire to fully feel, talk about and confess our emotions. And Tolhurst argues that the Cure — along with Bauhaus, the Doors and Siouxsie and the Banshees — helped pioneer its...2023-11-0955 min
Curious CreaturesUh Oh: Arrow de Wilde: Starcrawler – Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A BeeUh Oh – Here We Go! Writing a song usually takes So LongJacknife had a melody and the music was strongArrow had ideas for words on her PhoneShe Dived in Fearless and Created The ZoneCh-Ch Ch-Ch Ch-Ch Ch-Ch Cherry Bomb!Arrow started out as A Drummer And knew the Drummer’s Importance Lol could have sung like Joe StrummerBut Arrow’s Passion was Performance Arrow and The Ants!Planning...2023-11-0948 min
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin RichmondLol TolhurstLol Tolhurst, drummer and co-founder of The Cure, first met lead singer Robert Smith when they were just five years-old. Together with their other Catholic school friend Michael Dempsey, they would go on to make dark, brooding music that reflected the isolation they felt as the only punks living in their small English town. As The Cure’s sound developed in the 1980s, they released a string of three albums that Lol now defines as the band’s “goth period.” Today we’ll hear Lol talk in detail about making those albums. Last month Lol released the book “Goth...2023-11-071h 00
Curious CreaturesWe Got To Move: Isaac Brock: Happy days in the Integratron?25 years after the event he would be free.On his porch in Portland, OregonDestroying the wood.Looking legit in the jail jumpsuit Banging cans and smashing cars up In the rage room Remodeled his kitchen with a bowling ball A disaster Issac was as excited about singing on our record as were we having him on the record Steve Severin's dance the Mussolini house party Syncopate stuff Budgie born to beat box Our fa...2023-11-0230 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceGoth: A History by Lol TolhurstPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667693to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Goth: A History
Author: Lol Tolhurst
Narrator: Budgie, Lol Tolhurst
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
Release date: September 26, 2023
Genres: Social Science
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The co-founder of The Cure and author of Cured delivers a fascinating deep dive into the dark romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture. GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir, and a journey through Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division, and many more great bands that offered a place of ref...2023-09-267h 39
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceGoth: A History by Lol TolhurstPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goth: A History Author: Lol Tolhurst Narrator: Budgie, Lol Tolhurst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: The co-founder of The Cure and author of Cured delivers a fascinating deep dive into the dark romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture. GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir, and a journey through Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division, and many more great bands that offered a place of...2023-09-2603 min
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Title: Goth: A History
Author: Lol Tolhurst
Narrator: Budgie , Lol Tolhurst
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:39:23
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-23
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science
Summary:
The co-founder of The Cure and author of Cured delivers a fascinating deep dive into the dark romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture.
GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir, and a journey through Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division, and many more gre...2023-09-267h 39
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Curious CreaturesCeleste Bell Pt. 1: The Eccentricity of Everyday People’The Day The World Turned Day-Glo Celeste made a Film about her Mum Poly StyreneSix years in the Making ‘Twas A Labour of LoveClearing Permissions like Pulling Hen’s TeethWe Share the Frustration, the Push and the ShoveGermFree Adolescents! Poly Adored Señor Salvador DaliHis Port Lligat studio a Pilgrimage PlaceYoung Lol’s French Girlfriend paraded her cat A cat on a lead with a smile on it’s faceI...2023-08-3136 min
Curious CreaturesPt. 2: Bethany Cosentino Just Says Fuck ItWho’s That Girl?Concentric Circles and Avoiding RepetitionWhen The World Shutdown The Questioning BeganBethany had a Life Changing AwakeningOn-Screen-Only Relationships!Ice-Cold Bitch and Her July JacketBethany has some Secret Tea to Spill!Be Whatever You Want to Be!What’s Through Your Keyhole? Balancing Real Relationships! Space, Space, Space, and More Space!Professional Relationships – The Little Things become MountainsHow Often do You Change yo...2023-08-2434 min
Curious CreaturesBethany Cosentino Pt. 1: There’s a Million Freaks on the Streets of Los Angeles’How Much do you Do in Your car?Bethany lives in Her car - Bethany Loves LA!Lol loves LA too – LA has always looked after himBudgie thinks LA must love him tooLA Keeps Calling him Back!Rent-A-Wreck!Budgie rents his first car in LA!Pick ‘n Mix of EnvironmentsLol wants a Bolt Hole in the Desert Music was In the Stars for Bethany as a Young Punk! Bob The Dude Around...2023-08-1739 min
Curious CreaturesJacknife Lee Pt. 3: The Transformation of Horror to BeautyCan AI make a Hit Record?Drummers talk about anything but DrummingTwo of the Singers on Los Angeles are DrummersAll we got to do is Act NaturallyThings the Industry didn’t UnderstandWill new Technology Change Music Appreciation? More Means More!We love and Embrace ComputersWe love and Embrace IndividualityWe love and Embrace Cohesive Collaboration Now Cue the Music! Good Food and A Donut! Jacknife descri...2023-08-1025 min
Curious CreaturesJacknife Lee Pt. 2: Keeping 1000 Lights on for AllNeil Diamond put Stones in Jacknife’s shoes Musicians with No Stations - Anyone can do AnythingJacknife loves The Cure and The Banshees and Drums(We’re off to a Good Start!)Artists willing to Alienate - to do what they want!The Gender Change Box – Expanding the Arsenal!Documenting Discovery – Being a Band - Not a Brand The Cure’s 1st album was their live setlistOn 17 Seconds they swapped instruments - No set formula Discussion is healthy bu...2023-08-0334 min
Curious CreaturesJacknife Lee Pt. 1: The Stroke of True GeniusJacknife never remembers the big moments. Q. Why are we so busy? A. We have an album coming out!Blatant Plug: Los Angeles: The Album: November 3rd!Jacknife enjoys teams but was never a joiner Overcome by FOMO - The pandemic begat TIME!Two Drummers and a Producer - Two Turntables and a Microphone Budgie met Jacknife in Berlin on Bono’s no expense spared book tour Lol toured his book in South America to Arequipa in Peru.Q. D...2023-07-2735 min
Curious CreaturesWayne Hussey Pt. 2: Panic In Detroit!Let me in - I’m in the band! It goes like this: Lol - Newcastle Holiday Inn – Sauna – Towel – Door – Fire Escape – Reception – Room-Key! Wayne - Bristol - Liverpool - Leeds – London – California – Brazil – Love - 20 Years! Lol – California – Home - 30 Years Ago - Home is Where the Ticker Tocks .The Circus was Excitement when we Moved from where we Started In a band it’s simpler to do what we do and Live anywhere Alan Vega a lonely man and a stranger in a strange la...2023-07-2024 min
Curious CreaturesWayne Hussey Pt. 1: Mr P%^^Y and the Murdered Melon mystery?Budgie plays his Big Bass HarpThe Cult and Subbuteo keep everyone SharpIntroducing a Liverpool themeYou’ll Never Walk Alone, now choose your team! Lol delivered Newspapers for 25 BobDelivering milk was Wayne’s other JobThe Beeb Top 40 on Sundays recorded5 Pounds a week a new album afforded David K Jones had a Brian Connolly haircutYoung Budgie’s Skinhead made the Headmaster Tut!Banshees and Cure played soccer together The Cur...2023-07-1336 min
Curious CreaturesFat Mike Pt. 2: New Drumheads, Boiled Strings and Burgundy Velvet Panties!Like Indian musicians, we tuned together Stroboscopic Tuners, revealed that we neverPlayed a gig in Concert pitch - whatever.New drumheads were stolen Boiled bass strings saved moneyPitch Pipes were our first harmonicasRiding White Swans We were Kids of the Revolution Thank the gods for glam and David Bowie The Sweet at the I-Beam and their 3-part harmonies Deep Purple and The Beach Boys combinedThat a good...2023-07-0627 min
Curious CreaturesFat Mike Pt. 1: Fat Mike Reveals His Underwear Live on Radio!!My 1st is in Punk but Never in JunkMy 2nd is in Museum but never in Mausoleum My 3rd is a Shop of Tartan punk Underwear My 4TH is Shock of Electric Blue Head Hair Who am I? Lol has the stuff the Hall of Fame Loves Stan Laurel jokes follow Budgie like DovesLol sounds Australian? Mike’s a Bostonian! We love San Francisco and the fog on The BayWe love the old iBeam and we l...2023-06-2931 min
Curious CreaturesCurious Questions: No Seats at The Dream Show!Sad story for our friend in Turkey but we remain positive for a good end.Lol and Budgie hopped with Joy to see the Kodo drummers in concertBudgie met Kodo Principal Leonard Eto via prog rock legend Hoppy KamiyamaLeo and Budgie drummed and Hoppy vibed with Chaos tapes and the Hai! album was bornIn 1977 The Clash drummer Nicky ‘Topper’ Headon was Budgie’s inspiration! Lol’s mentor Andy McBride taught him the beats of The ClashKraftwerk introduced us to new s...2023-06-1619 min
Curious CreaturesCurious Questions: On the Buses - Film Like!Heavy Rotation for The Siouxsie Bus PartyLinton Kwesi-Johnson - Forces of Victory Psychedelic Furs - IndiaNIN - Pretty Hate MachineLondon’s Satellite TownsSwingin’ - Dodgy Policing the NumbskullsMr Murphy with his baseball bat“Oi, cut it out son or your brown bread.”“Sorry Guv I’ll be leaving then.”Robert’s Red Vinyl BoxSimon and Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’Club Tolhurst and Club Smith Eve...2023-06-0821 min
Curious CreaturesHamilton Leithauser and The Stone-Deaf SoundmanMachine Gunners’ Ear No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling Stones in 1977 Bad brains, Minor Threat and Fugazi - at 14! Washington DC’s 9:30 Club, The Black Cat and Washington Plaza The Walkmen cometh in 2000Eric’s Club matinee, it’s a drive-in Saturday, lots of creativity from NYCIn A Forest or In Dust, the Walkmen place their trust, in the Siouxsie-Bob sound, merci! Bob and Lol’s brothers played music to be loud, discovering the rebel insideFrom Liverpool to Boston, no char...2023-06-0139 min
Curious CreaturesKele Okereke Pt. 2: The People I Remember…‘The people I remember…’Mutual respect, the Bloc Party hadKele and collaborators, what’s good and what’s badTogether on tour, but then things changeRussell ‘n Kele retain musical respect Musical Respect is a necessary thing Banshees Guitarists, All the Young JohnsSpizz oil and the Banshees, It’s a Family Affair Kele and James Murphy and their traveling bands Having kids and Touring Keep us Peter Pan style.Chilli Pepper pals, Prodigal Sons ‘In the desert you can remember your name’‘Life’s What You Make It’ The...2023-05-0536 min
Curious CreaturesAvey Tare Pt. 2: Nothing Lasts Forever - We Can’t Really Hold On To AnythingInvisible Darlings - Fast piano Harpsichord music - Gregorian chant Pioneer days - with the Avant Garde We needed friends - Americans are friendly! Sleep? luxury - no sleep ‘til Hammersmith! Steak and Shake lady - Rambling about Lions Daniel’s den - Puts him in a better mood Lol and Budgie - protected from the banter Years of drumming makes hearing sparse! Four sevens Clash! - We’re all numerologists Playing each other’s instruments - in search of a tune Hawkwind’s Silver Machine and 7 by 7 Lol...2023-04-2033 min
Curious CreaturesAvey Tare Pt. 1: Circuit Bending- Can you Feel it?Circuit Bending- Can you Feel it?Krautrock’s influence – Faust, Neu! and Amon Düül II Budgie mimics the white noise intro of Hawkwind’s ‘Silver Machine’Lol moves from drums to keys and an early Apple Mac The Cure still Luddites for Pornography Live OMD and Echo and The BunnymenBudgie gave The Bunnymen a cymbalLol and Budgie and the Punk revolutionLoose electronics, unique sounds, and improvisationAvey & Animal Collective bend the Yamaha DX27 like Brian Eno!What’s the patch Today Kids? Animal Collective and...2023-04-1338 min
Curious CreaturesShirley Manson: Lol & Budgie love Shirley - True!Wild is the Wind & VulnerabilityBudgie is Shirley’s all-time favourite Drummer of her all-time favourite Band!Budgie Blushes in glorious Surround-SoundWhen Garbage played their first London show in 1995Budgie was moshing in the pit with Banshees’ Billy ChainsawShirley felt as overwhelmed as Budgie did by Bowie Golden Years30 Big ones and Shirley couldn’t have dreamed it25 Big ones for Lol in his old LA chairShirley loves Lol saying ‘Butch’ in his best Scottish accent A Hard time in LA during lockdown had Shirley return to Scotl...2023-04-0651 min
Curious CreaturesMeg Myers Pt. 2: Manifesting - Liberation for Your Soul!Manifesting - Liberation for Your Soul!Changing is Challenging - Crazy and Uncomfortable Letting go of everything - Accelerate the Spiritual Meg finds less companionship – and a big shift in people’s attitudesFinding a better way – with People that healBudgie experiences healing - Negating Negativity As we get better, better things happen Lol is Awake - Right Now!Meg stops to smell the flowersDiscovers the new in familiar places to find inspiration Don’t force it - Don’t plan it‘Hell is other people.’ said Sartre...2023-03-3035 min
Curious CreaturesIlan Rubin Pt. 2: Non-Dancing-Dancing – It’s The Music Not The Place!Lol’s Spare HoF Statuette The NIN drum throne came free againBeck’s groovy tune was keeping us sane! The Youngest to be in the Hall of FameSays, ‘Two or Two Hundred the Energy’s the same’Bob needed convincing and nothing less Lol asked Trent and Trent said Yes!TOTP not OGWTIf we didn’t do Top of The Pops someone awful would. Did Talvin see Budgie play an Electronic Marimba?Ilan is a Musician and Drums his first love The Rhythm of Music and the Energ...2023-03-1639 min
Curious CreaturesIlan Rubin Pt. 1: Terror in The IEMS - NIN and Beyond!When not on tour Ilan is at his mixing deskNo exercise for young Lol - now he loves the gym The Cure main man does not - (Unless he pumps at night)Lol was a man of extremes - Smoking was his hardest stop Budgie sent a taxi for his ciggies - and sometimes ate a Porky-Pie (Or was that his drum co.?) No gaffe tape on Budgie’s drumsInstantaneous?Budgie and Lol hear their twisted addled brains Will Budgie live in Lols garage?Jimmy Page told Pearl he...2023-03-0942 min
Curious CreaturesMiki Berenyi Pt. 3: Drugs are Bad? - The Paraphernalia of ProfessionalsThe first time may be exciting, but it sucks the life out of everything.It's the druggist’s dilemma - missing stuff when young Lush stopped and Everything changedIt's good the world changed too. Early 90’s Game Changers Life without a safety net, no gold watchLol found his Inner Chuck Berry in South America Miki Liked that and Budgie’s drummingThe Cure and The Banshees emerged from an Innocent Time Gilbert and George v Lol and BudgieDrinking with The Wankers at 5amFrom Whitec...2023-03-0231 min
Curious CreaturesMiki Berenyi Pt. 1: Miss being in a band? Loved it but Nah!Miki and Budgie met a long time ago – was it after a Curve show?Miki with Red hair, Budgie with blonde they were a good Match!Struck up many enlightening conversations!!The lost evenings with Donald - hairdresser to the stars.Budgie drank in Heaven (Underneath the Arches) Picked up a date but didn’t realise it, Not green, but pleasant, especially after a few Manhattans!We were all young then! Emotional Babies!Budgie and Lol love Miki’s Memoir! Honest and Authentic - which it’s hard to Be. Mi...2023-02-1646 min
Curious CreaturesNick Launay Pt. 2: Tricks of the Trade & 3 Corners of the PlanetIt was The Birthday Party’s 1st London gig When Budgie gate-crashed their dressing room The party was a witty one from midnight ‘til DawnMelting in the daylight at 7am, all bright and scrubbed.Editing for K-Tel specials,Nick fearlessly edits the multi-track vertically AND horizontally!Lol bought ‘The Lamb’, with a scratch that jumped in time - A miracle!Budgie feels the spirit of ‘76 with The Chats’ Smoko,& Amyl and the Sniffers - Listen to the Big Bass Drum Lolly T and Mickey D went for Lunch in NYC T...2023-02-0940 min
Curious CreaturesNick Launay Pt. 1: Lucky Break & Making Fackin’ Music Maan!Lol in Tasmania small and cool. Damien Hirst diamonds and Berlin fish Fool Kevorkian death blanket is the best in showMedical flip-flops in the house of Ringo. Virgin Townhouse & Hedges’ Battery. Nick and Phil Collins in drum-fill Flattery Terry Chambers and XTC – in Another Green World lives a young Budgie Nick began life in Southern Spain – moved to London for the Pistols reignGood with loops Nick remixed tapes M’s “Pop Music” gave the biggest breaks Got Nick the job with Lydon’s PILCoz’ the engineer made J...2023-02-0250 min
Curious CreaturesJulianne Regan Pt. 2: Dharma Transmission – Nothing CuratedWhen Life was bad - only music will save Lol & Robert see the Stranglers together Worship at the thrones of Tama and ZildjianLols first kit - took years to buy! Budgie’s first kit has a facelift for Cut Meet the creme de la creme of Liverpool misfitsHansa signed The Cure for the way they looked Julianne is transformed when playing live Budgie loves talking to the audience - offstageLol prefers a big crowd – not the whites of their eyesJulianne liked the fragrance of pipe tobacco ...2023-01-2634 min
Curious CreaturesJulianne Regan Pt. 1: Eve, Chaucer and the Wife of BathJulianne and Budgie in Making Music Mag.No Makeup - No Instruments - No Agenda Disco 45 Mag was Lol’s fave Cure cover Song-Words Mag was Budgie’s 10p bible Glossy Crawley Colour - Grim Black & White up North Streets of gold or fairy slides in Glass walls? 18 with Permed hair - Elvis Presley or Tony Curtis? Lol was in Thin Lizzy with his Blue Velvet Jacket and Jeans? Yeah!!Julianne adopted Bowie’s ‘Low’, hair colour Budgie, Bleach and Booze at Sorbie’s SalonAll cats now greying, with blonde hi...2023-01-1939 min
Curious CreaturesRachel Goswell Pt. 2: Female EnergyBreaking Silence.This is Rachel’s first interview in three years - we are honoured. Serendipity.Rachel saw Lol Kissing on tour - or did Rachel see Lol on the Kissing tour? Slowdive’s future drummer Simon was two rows behind RachelThough they didn’t meet for another 1000 days.Splendiferous.Kabuki intro made the crowd go mental Spinal Tap moment Pornography playing 100 years without a crash helmetRachel’s revolving Toronto stage. Every bad haircut and stupid interview on the Web forever. Seditionaries.Rachel didn’t see...2023-01-0531 min
Curious CreaturesRachel Goswell Pt. 1: The Solitary and The SociableBits and Bobs Rachel’s in Devon where Lol once lived tooMy flower or Mayflower? It’s a right how-do-you-do!‘Where you to?’ is ‘What’s up!’ - like a cream tea servedThe Pilgrims’ Olde English in Aspic preservedBobs and Books Log cabin moves and Festival grooves It was Great to be out of the BooksFrom Solitary to SocialisingPlaying Gigs and Fraternising After 3 years preparing the HooksBooks and BlackheadsSecret Messages from the studio - Bye-bye blackheads hello Budgie! The Banshees and Th...2022-12-1536 min
Curious CreaturesSimone Marie Butler Pt. 2: All the Isms and SchismsThe Isms Cometh! Budgie and The iconic Slits - Holly Johnson as a bad-ass-bass-player! 8th notes on the floortom - how LOW can you GO?)Don’t lose it - let your individuality flow. Simone cites Motown’s James Lee Emerson, Blockheads’ Norman Watt RoyAnd our old pal Simon Gallup as bass mentors.Plays like Poetry!Lol says Budgie is drums, Budgie says Lol is Drums, Lol says Bidgie is drims, Badgie sees Lil is Drams!Poetry like Pottery!Budgie in London’s China Town for Choco glasses ...2022-12-0832 min
Curious CreaturesSimone Marie Butler Pt. 1: The Chemistry Makes The BandThe Sand. Out there, post-lockdown Screamadelica tour Tokyo, Japan and everywhere more Traditional politeness for the visiting BritsFirst gigs post-pandemic, please play all the hits! Lol liked the silence and the gifts from JapanBut he drank all the bath salts, which wasn’t the planSimone received sweetness to comb through her hair Budgie got Pocari Sweat at the Manga Street fair Cherry blossom season caused a big sake thirst,Who threw the phone through the window first?Robert and Siouxsie were almost deported No retur...2022-12-0144 min
Curious CreaturesJennifer Otter Bickerdike Pt. 2: Down At The Glue Factory!Lol and Budgie Join Hands in 197940 Years Beyond Music = The Mystique of Creating Culture Two Drummers Drumming = Our Mutual BondA Gang of Starving Artists = Salt Scrub Therapy? Books and Records = Earth and IdentityArt and Money - Bad in Bed? Music as Religion and Revolution Budgie meets Francis Bacon in Harrods & Lucien Freud in NY?Another Green World just two beats away.Jen has a Sylvia Plath Pen and Ink(And we don’t mean a Cockney Stink)What If?Jimi Hendrix outlived Club 27 The Grave...2022-11-2432 min
Curious CreaturesJennifer Otter Bickerdike Pt. 1: Pyramid Schemes, a Hooker for Jesus and the Church of WhateverJen Loves Us! We are Nerds, Podcast virgins, we are old dogs for newwe have Budgie as Yenta - we have Lol in his pewwe have weddings in the desert - at the Church of Whatever,Budgie Tambourines for Jesus – it’s a Hooker’s Endeavour.Rock Star Cult! Like a Hawk holding Rings from Monday ‘til Sunday Every night is a Saturday when you’re in a band On a two-year tour – Jen’s teen love was the Cure It’s a Dark Gothic Berlin and a Devious Hollywood land...2022-11-1741 min
Curious CreaturesMartin Atkins: The Hairs of the Dogs(Hello, Virgin Records?)Every mile away from LondonIs a mile away from where he needed to be.Subsequent Chronological Milestones: PIL (The Good Years) 79 - 85 / Killing Joke - Extremities / Ministry - In A Cage - 12 Weeks of insanityPig Face – 600 degrees of separation - Budgie has the baseball cap! NIN’S Head like a Hole and Wish / Murder Inc and still out there! Street lives…. (Rail ‘em in and Regiment)Setlists? Who uses a set-list?PIL had a looseness that belied their commitmentNew York Gig discussion – what do we st...2022-11-1044 min
Curious CreaturesPepper Somerset: Crimes Against HumanityPepper Loves TKKNYC 1000 Years ago Lol jumps Boulders in Central ParkBanshees at the Beacon TheatreLol and The Cure again for ReflectionsBudgie at The Mayflower and The Grammercy Park Watch out for the Cockroaches!Lol Loves LA - Home Sweet Home!Not Discovered or Destroyed Personalities and Support SystemsPepper’s NYC lockdown - Throwing tips for food.Booster Party Time! Budgie and Pepper Chock full of AntibodiesNYC still loud!The Stage is still Fun!Choir at 7 years old 2022-11-0338 min
Curious CreaturesThe Beatles Beatbox Us To It?Q:1 Mark C of the Gold Coast asks will Budgie make a Beatboxing debut?Budgie demonstrates the orifice-ial beats to ‘El Dia De Los Muertos’ and ‘Tattoo’. Maybe a beatbox compilation? Q:2 Eric Vonk asks about the 1980’s synth-drum – did we fall in love?Lol went, Tsch-tsch, Stephen Morris went, ka-ka-ka-ka and Budgie went, Dink-dink & Drooove!We all were in danger of serious wrist injury – but yes, we fell in love.Q:3 Eric also asks Lol for his happiest moment in The Cure, Lol talks about the Top and coming to America. Budgie...2022-10-2715 min
Curious CreaturesWhat Did We Say?Only his mother and Micky D., call Lol, LaurenceBudgie posits, Micky D., polished the shoes on the tour bus Were the banshees upset when Robert left the Banshees?What would have happened - had that not happened?Strangeness in the Studio Robert there, but not there - nothing was said there.Bobby Keys only for Hyaena - It was a long album.Bob’s position was untenable. Ideal of the band was primo important to Lol Post Pornography Chemistry Dysfunction (PPCD)Lol went to Cadaques with a French g...2022-10-2027 min
Curious CreaturesGraham Elliot: Master Chef ExtraordinairePulling Back the Curtain:Spicy…Lollapalooza and President Obama, all Presidents want to be chefs, All chefs want to be rock stars, do all Presidents want to be rock stars? Why is going to shows no Fun anymore?We stand at the turning point, no longer second guessing. Lol reveals the live ‘Holy Hour’ bell is the sound from the record Sweet….The Art of Cooking as a Creative force,Do chefs perform their big culinary hits like, ‘Sea-Urchin Ice Cream?’ How do we balance the set list?We are just a...2022-10-1338 min
Curious CreaturesJustin Pearson Pt. 2: Straight Edge FoodiesLandscape redefined by skateboarder Mason, Silva planned routines to Budgies drums It’s the space outside of the sound we’re chasin’ Cinematic for the Banshees and their chums Images influenced the sounds created Alfred Hitchock - Suburban Relapse The shower scene in Psycho, a shrine, gold-plated Herrmann’s score hitting every synapse. (Pause – aka: dead airtime – but not this time!)Charlie Mingus stressed the import of the notes un-played,PJ Harvey finds inspiration in a place un-stayed. Justin always hears sweet music in the rattle of his car Fam...2022-10-0629 min
Curious CreaturesJustin Pearson: The Decline of Western Civilization?He’s a reasonable Philatelist, Not an Apathetic Nihilist He’s a Dead Cross massive influence for The Locust,He’s a Wild scene Iguana, No Tequila in Tijuana!He just picked up the monitor and tore off his thumb4 pm is an angry time for NIN to be on stageThe Opposite of Love Is Apathy, Not Nihilism or Rage When Lol saw the same back in 76 and 77 He went down to his local pub to meet people already in Heaven.Love on one hand and Hate on the other, Ap...2022-09-2940 min
Curious CreaturesKevin Haskins Pt. 2: Follow Your Inner Moonlight; Don't Hide the MadnessWe Start a band and Lose Ourselves - Relationships, Boundaries and Rights - Give us a Different Manner - Pictures of us as Babies - Physical Reaction to Mental Pains - The Roles we take that Change Us. The Internet let Budgie recall His 120 mins of Silence The better He Looked - The worse He felt Inside - South America 1995 - Budgie At the top of his Endgame.Freaky!We see ourselves yet not recognize ourselves - See the Reality yet doubt its Truth! We were different people. Recognition of the Places we Came from - Equa...2022-09-0134 min
Curious CreaturesKevin Haskins: Iggy Pop and The Fresh Face KidWorking Men’s Clubs and US Airforce BasesDrum Fills that We Never Forget.Kevin’s Punk Bands Paid their Dues in Pubs. Sunday Lunchtime - Bauhaus Play to Happy Families.The Cure had Competition in Neil Gaiman’s punk band Iggy Pop & Peter Murphy get Playful in NYC!Budgie Hit the Anvil - Kevin Smells the Poppers - Lol Keeps his Head Down Lol lost his Eyebrows in a Studio Fireball. Steven Morris - a lovely Humble Chap.Budgie talked while Steven planned the lights for the Blue...2022-08-2539 min
Curious CreaturesFlams and ZuluBudgie got his 1st rudiment from the film Zulu with Micheal Caine Flamming the spears on a shieldLol's rudiments came from the library Not exactly Buddy Riche's but the flavor ofLol's Triplets and Charlie Watts' hi-hat The harder you hit the drums the better the tone Budgie said . Lol just learnt the two hi-hat trick Budgie mimics the butterfly on a snare 4/4 or 3/4 and Lol's fineReggae helped Budgie get his style Buddy had the wrong haircut trying to out drum Animal!We learnt what we had to to...2022-08-1825 min
Curious CreaturesDecorum Came LaterWhat Letters have we got today? asks Lol with Soto Voice One from his brother with praise for Cured and parental tales of choiceBudgie became a member of many clubs, to get letters in the post, TV21 was always best with Gerry Anderson as hostEugene Huffman loves the Podcast – he was always a Banshees Boy. But the Creatures’ Anima Animus has become his overwhelming Joy. The Banshees had a nucleus of Budgie, Sev and Sioux.The Creatures merged electric with brass and woodwind tooLeonard Eto and...2022-08-1134 min
Curious CreaturesMiles and MGT: The Road of Happy Destiny Pt. 1Miles wanted to be a trucker, zooming around the world.Budgie and Lol always Up front with the bus driver. Miles was a drummer!All drummers are friends and everyone that works on Curious Creatures is a drummerMark Gemini Thwaite aka MGT jams with Tricky and The Creatures and also played with Lol and The Curse for charityMiles three favorite drummers Lol, Budgie and Pete de Freitas !Miles stopped playing drums like Budgie and Lol - too exhausting !Steve and his blog likes the violin Miles says F*&K every sentence2022-07-2843 min
Curious CreaturesThe Threads That Weave Through Time and The Austin, TX Bat Bridge1st - a story about a teacher.2nd - a magic ephemeral feeling. 3rd - Music be the thread that weaves through time.4th - There Was No Question - But We Found One 5th - Lol, Robert and Micky D., loved their English teacher.6th - Budgie performed Kes for the English class 7th - Favourite Pub? The George for Lol - The War Room in ‘Ye Cracke’ for Budgie.8th - Japanese Whispers - The Upstairs Room is Lol’s favourite, those beautiful London dawn...2022-07-2130 min
Curious CreaturesDusty Chudda!What Shall We Do with A Drunken Sailor? – (Make them Clean the Carpets!)It was 20 years ago today! Seven Year Itch at Coachella 2002.Q.) Where did we leave our Hearts & Where do the Flowers Grow so Very High?A.) San Francisco – Fave Venues - The Warfield and The I-Beam Lol and Budgie wannabe Steve McQueen in What Film? The American Dream is our future and Billy idol uses Lol’s Optometrist The state of California is Budgie’s favourite venue!?! but who said, ‘California is not a Place, it’s a State of Mind.’? 2022-07-0731 min
Curious CreaturesBonus Episode: Lol and Budgie Talk To Harold Selves!BEING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW! – (What it was like, what happened and what it’s like now.)Budgie discovered the Chill Out Zone with Ben Juno Reactor.Lol discovered his Brave New World post Cure.How our Rolls have Changed. We simply have to have all the GEAR!! Football – Squash – Motorcycles or Bowling – We Have to have the Correct Shoes!Lol went Skiing, (Skiing not Surfing) Budgie played Golf.Drumming is like riding a bicycle once you learn you never forget. Life Changed and Drums came to The Rescue.Lol went ba...2022-06-2331 min
Curious CreaturesJuju: Siouxsie and The BansheesEarly Prophets of Dark Deviant Magic & Voodoo (Siouxsie sings about sick serial killers and surveillance cameras.)Lol introduces:Nightshift as John McGeoch’s Finest hour.Its Shimmering Tension - a Simmering Sizzling Juggernaut. If Budgie was forced to choose, Nightshift would be his finest hour too!Lol says,“Budgie reintroduced the ride cymbal back into the lexicon of drumming, without that ride cymbal it would be nothing! A sinister sexy cauldron swirling around.”Budgie blushes and shares his admiration for Animal and Louis Bellson!Budgie tells of,The Ba...2022-06-0940 min
Curious Creatures1977: The Man Who Fell to Earth - David Bowie - LowAnd how it was that….Lol didn’t revere HIM until Low.How HE was L’Homme Existential with the Hennaed hair .Budgie remembers HIM making the duffel coat cool. HIS music and lyrics.HIS harmonica on Low returns on Blackstar.‘What In The World’…Briny Eggs Wrapped in Offal downed with Halves of Beer down the pub!(To be said very fast after drinking a yard of ale)‘Sound’…the Glam drummer from the Spiders and Woody Woodmansey’s U-Boat Panic in Detroit and Rebel Rebel, Sowing the Seeds of Punk. Glam rock it wasn’...2022-06-0224 min
Curious Creatures1977: No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling StonesLol's orange punk jacket and pants from the thrift store and pointy boots. The album that went with this outfit was the Clash’s first album. The picture on the back of the album is the Notting Hill Gate carnival.Lol is in it mentally and spiritually. “We’re a garage band, we come from Garageland.”The Stranglers on the college juke box for Budgie. For Lol, it was white punks on dope on the college juke box.Janie Jones was the track for Budgie on The Clash album. The lyrics were it for Budgi...2022-05-2624 min
Curious CreaturesSlim Jim Phantom & Jennie Vee: Everyone Has To Agree On Eddie Cochran!1981 The Stones turn up to see The Stray Cats in London!Slim Jim meets Siouxsie and Budgie.Lol sees The Cats strut their stuff at the Marquee.They’re the greatest band in the world but, they have No name!This is how they startedNew Hair Cuts! Got all the Gear! Hello Blue Cats!Any new haircut was cool.Lot of cross-over in punk-era London.Stray Cats - the most British, US new wave band on MTV.They thought Terry Th...2022-05-1048 min
Curious CreaturesThe Museum of Emotion and ConnectionA thread that pulls you through the years @rockhall-13 million people in 27 years!Cleveland, Bowies' first us gig here, Jimi Hendrix, came back. Alan Freed coined the phrase rock and Roll.I.M. Pei designed the museum building after he had seen The Who and Stones. Created a very energetic and emotional structure. The home of America's great art. Lol agrees that the design is suitable. The most relevant museum to people's lives The museum of the people. Lol sees his Let's Go To Bed outfit! In a case! The HOF wa...2022-05-0351 min
Curious CreaturesZola Jesus Pt. 2: Letting Go - Letting The Chi Flow - Magical Shamanic Music Of The SoulIn this Episode Lol and Budgie continue our talk with: Zola Jesus with whom, we discuss:Zola in LA - Seattle and Wisconsin / Sacred Bones and family.A Spiritual Strength to ground you / Zola’s black metal box in the woods.Lol imagines a desert commune / A post-punk Kibbutz / Budgie acknowledges strong women.Zola battles the male power dynamic and the Dark Witch Goddess archetypeWomen in music - is it getting better? / Zola and the balance of masculine-feminine traits.Progress in the Present! / Is the record in...2022-04-2643 min
Curious CreaturesZola Jesus Pt. 1: The Collective UnconsciousMusic is an all encompassing but insular process. A different air. Space and place is important . The Creatures played blind mans buff with a map of the world. The amazing three day New Years eve! Budgie bought Heinz baked beans and some drum sticks to Hawaii. A sense of occasion. To go outside of the normal experience. You have to grow by being put in a different environment and then responding. You need to unravel. Life is about risking things. Lol found Love in Los Angeles. Punk gave us a kick. People work more with references now rather than...2022-04-1947 min
Curious CreaturesFog, Fairgrounds and Infamy!Strangers visiting were a different breed, an assault on our sensibilities. The people were real. It was candy, floss, toffee apples, and diesel. No internet, so no real connections/Lol had the library books and records, to develop a sense of discovery. Make a band and travel the world. Minor eccentrics would visit the workshop of humanity. A selection of institutional people that we interacted with. Mass murders at the fair? Extraordinary experiences then to the local pub. Lol had his ear pierced at sixteen, a rite of passage, bottles of cider in the park or on the couch...2022-04-1435 min
Curious CreaturesHorace Panter: Ska’d for LifeFirst album takes three years and the next a millionth of the timeDid a new Specials album no Ska! Probably a new record coming, and Specials unplugged works great. All looking well! Lockdown produced covers of protest songs Terry has to have no distractions and go to Paris.First tour since lockdown was fantastic. Lol remembers his first Specials show in 1979 at Bilzen Festival absolutely spectacular! It was the best show they ever did. Life changing! Utterly mental.Lol learns backgammon. No Tour games for the Specials. Budgie played subbuteo with The...2022-04-1250 min
Curious CreaturesJoan As Police Woman: Life and Loss and PassionDedicated to: Tony Allen (20 July 1940 – 30 April 2020)Fela Kuti / Afro Beat & Afro FunkIn this episode Lol and Budgie talk to: Joan WasserJoan as Violinist with a White Mohawk / Joan as The Driver in a V8 Ford MustangJoan and Budgie as Cyclists in their Cities / Lol & Budgie responsible for the MelancholyLol, Robert & Michael as Burglars in their school music room to make some noise!The Cure had a Box of Words almost Lost in A Fire. (In Cairo?)Joan with John Cale / Nico / Laurie An...2022-03-2959 min
Curious CreaturesFearlessness & Fear: Boys Don't CryThe Cure’s first album, Three Imaginary Boys, released in 1979, was made into a compilation called Boys Don’t Cry for the American market in 1980.Welcome to a slightly different format of Curious Creatures, in which Lol and Budgie discuss a specific topic in more detail.In this first episode, Lol talks about Boys Don’t Cry and Cure manager Chris Parry’s penchant for not wearing socks, a naked drum sound, or playing the drums naked? Was it The Jam’s kit, or was it XTC’s?Being Fearless and Full of Fear. Red li...2022-03-1543 min
Curious CreaturesCurious CuisineIn which lol and Budgie discover why Lol won't eat leftovers.They leave home and make Lobby Scouse and omelets. Alice Cooper and pressure cookers. Wasps and Bangers, baked potatoes, baked beans, and tea! It's necessary to have your own caterers on tour. Meeting other bands at a service station means-punk rock food fight! The Italians and Dutch have gourmet truck stops. Lol enjoys the flower bowls of Holland, while Budgie likes the comfortable, considerate seating in Tokyo eateries. The Greek restaurant in London was smashing. Literally!CONNECT WITH US:Curious C...2021-12-0936 minCurious CreaturesKate Schellenbach Pt. 2: Los AngelesKate comes to LA. We learn the drummers are driving the ship. Holistically in control of everything! Like Lol, Kate got her DL in California. NYC is okay when you're young but it's hard. Kate started to work in TV. Never thought she would end up in LA. You have to be open and willing to take risks. LA is a small town masquerading as a big city where you can wear big boots and coats even when you don't need too. Beach Goths! Kate and Lol discuss the Thomas guide and getting around LA in 20 mins. Kate knows...2021-12-0737 minCurious CreaturesStrange Shows Pt. 2: Hello Darkness, My Old FriendLol and Budgie play the Utah rodeo - a dust bowl of outsiders. The "Lush Lounge" provided libations as did the aptly named "Eat Your Heart Out" mixing up buckets of cocktails on the road. Budgie passed the drinks across the kit in Colorado. Lol had 23 shows in Australia and life seemed just like the Blues Brothers. Sorry about the show! The banshees play the Whisky a Go Go - why are people wearing bin liners (trash bags) in the heat? Our second home was the USA..." it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy" and I, I k...2021-11-2517 minCurious CreaturesMason Silva: Thrasher's 2020 Skater of the YearIT makes no sense, Budgie and Lol find out, if you don't like music because it's like not breathing! When you discover the passion and know what you want to do with your life is mostly a teen thing. Hard to find stuff is what makes you want to do it more the more obscure the better But don't try too hard to be different. You only need three chords and the truth is true even in skateboarding. You need a good crew whatever you do. Lol and Budgie discover there are a lot of similarities, for instance the...2021-11-2349 minCurious CreaturesOrigins Part 2: The Prodigal Sons of Post PunkIn which Budgie and Lol discover they were a little scared of normal. We knew what we didn’t want to sound like, but loved the Ramones/the Clash/Bowie/Buzzcocks and T-Rex. Music was the future there were no niceties for us. A cup of tea and potato for two was it! Punk put different people in the spotlight, something was happening. Then the fairytale evaporated and they had to find out who they were. You have to be destroyed in the fire to come out anew. Budgie and Lol ricocheted around the world. The prodigal sons of post...2021-11-1632 minCurious CreaturesOrigins Part 1: Rogues and RuffiansIn which Budgie and Lol reveal it all started at the fairgrounds of England. Like a Stephen King novel? The teddy boys, rockers and… girls! Pink Floyd played our bowling alley! Post war England was grim and our true education was punk. Out of the depression we escaped through music. Even the Partridge family! Budgie learns stagecraft in his secret life. Lol stays up all night at Robert's. Desperation and osmosis drove us on. To where? Hear the answer in Part 2 next week! Curious Creatures:Website: https://curiouscreaturespodcast.comFacebook: @CuriousCreaturesOfficialTwitter: @curecreaturesIns...2021-11-0934 minCurious CreaturesStrange Shows Pt. 1: Gangplanks and FlashlightsIn which Budgie goes to the Florida keys with the Banshees and Sioux only has a flashlight for her light show! Sometimes the best shows are when nobody is there. Lol was scared in Denver on Halloween by Fred Munster! A misty lake in Finland never gets dark for Lol and the Cure. Budgie feels the heat with Love and Rockets in Arizona . It's Hot, hot, hot with Lol in Texas. Those British boys abroad! From hysteria in Newcastle to perfect calm in Tokyo. Lol, and Budgie have seen it all. Gangplanks and Freud. Beatlemania and Secret security. Bring al...2021-11-0422 minCurious CreaturesTim Burgess: Psychedelic Guru of ManchesterBudgie and Lol hear about Tim's first memory of Little Jimmy Osmond at 6 years old and then Buzzcocks in 1978 at ten years old. He got let in the back door of clubs went on stage in the late 80's doing his thing and nobody has told him to get off yet. The sun came out in Manchester and everyone started dancing! Tim ended up In Los Angeles as part of his childhood fantasy. We discuss destruction-touring and making records. On Head on the Door Lol nearly set the studio alight with model racing cars. Out of chaos Budgie makes D...2021-11-0253 minCurious CreaturesReligionRoped into a cult at birth. Weddings ( and funerals) were an early source of income for Lol. The Latin mass was mysterious to us ! At the advent of the folk mass, our faith lapsed but the guilt remains, however. Confession is not necessarily good for the soul if you can be revealed! Lols is not a fan of organized religion. At 14 it all changed. Budgie was powered away for decades until at 38 he finally got a handle on his own feelings. Budgie surmised it's a very strange theatrical show they run at the church. But something in the past...2021-10-2823 minCurious CreaturesTerri Nunn: Ambitious Voice of BerlinTerri Nunn (Berlin) joins Lol and Budgie this week on Curious Creatures. Lol and Budgie discover that the journey is half the battle. The three discuss whether or not musicians have social issues, and if music is the bridge (apparently it’s good for your heart). Lol, Budgie and Terri wonder if the magic of music lasts forever. Do kids listen to and draw their own inspiration from their parents’ music now? Terri talks about having the opportunity to go back and reassure her younger self that it’s all going to be ok. Later on Lol and Budgie get in...2021-10-2651 minCurious CreaturesMichael Dempsy : Recollections of An Imaginary BoyLol and Budgie are joined by Michael Dempsey, the third founding member of The Cure. Lol and Budgie discover that Michael really dug Lol’s hairdo. They find out they were both misfits of no fixed abode in a progressive In-a-Gadda da-Vida” where “Electric Warriors” congregated against the miasma of Apathy. Michael notes that not being able to play is a singular benefit. They had chips and beer, and watched the Banshees from the wings which is where they learned their stagecraft. Budgie talks about his love for the Cure’s Strange screens on stage during Carnage Visors and Faith (mee...2021-10-1944 minCurious CreaturesJames Murphy Part Two : The Weird Kid in My TownJames Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) is back to chat with Lol and Budgie for the second time. Lol and Budgie discover that James really digs crazy music. They talk about the Road to Damascus leading to the Fountain of Eternal Youth, along with creating and why mistakes matter! Later Lol and Budgie discover drumming on chunks of metal, a love of staircases, and composing on steering wheels waiting for the lights to change.For more info about topics discussed by Lol, Budgie and James in this week’s episode, visit us online at https://curiouscreaturespodcast.com/So...2021-10-1239 minCurious CreaturesJames Murphy Part One : Sex and Drugs and Northern SoulJames Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) joins Lol and Budgie on this episode of Curious Creatures. Budgie and Lol discover that James knows all about the English Doom. They discuss the Power of newness. Limitations are good now, everyone thinks they’re cool. James says he loves Lol and Budgie (and they love him back). Later Lol and Budgie discover leather pants.For more info about topics discussed by Lol, Budgie and James in this week’s episode, visit us online at https://curiouscreaturespodcast.com/Socials:Website: https://curiouscreaturespodcast.comFacebook: @CuriousCreaturesOfficialTwitter: @curecreaturesI...2021-10-0537 min