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Oh! Brother

Paul and Steve Hanley

79 episodes · Explicit

Tales from one of Britain's most influential post-punk bands, The Fall. From the rhythm section that brought you Hex Enduction Hour, brothers Paul and Steve Hanley provide insight and anecdotes from their time in the band, along with interviews with other members, people involved with the band and fans from the world of music and beyond.

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  1. DARYL EASLEA - The Sleevnotes Fellah

    · 1 h 13 min

    Music writer, consultant and friend of the show Daryl Easlea sits down with Paul and Steve to explain how a request for 500 words on a budget CD launched his sleevenotes career. His first subjects were Sergio Mendes…

  2. SIMON ARMITAGE - Reddish Light Arches

    · 48 min

    Recorded live at Futures and Pasts, this special episode of Oh! Brother sees Paul and Steve joined on stage by the Poet Laureate himself, Simon Armitage. Simon looks back on discovering The Fall as a teenager, his…

  3. BARRY SUTTON - Beatnik Hurricane

    · 40 min · Explicit

    This week Paul and Steve welcome Liverpool musician Barry Sutton, former Fall roadie and founder of Beatnik Hurricane. Barry recalls hearing Slates at 15, abandoning prog on the spot and beginning his long association…

  4. BADLY DRAWN BOY - Something To Talk About

    · 1 h 10 min

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were thrilled to welcome Manchester music legend and Mercury Prize-winner Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) to the show. Damon talks us through his early days as a tape-op at Square One Studios…

  5. BC CAMPLIGHT - A Sober Conversation

    · 46 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we welcome BC Camplight — aka Brian Christinzio. Brian discusses discovering the piano as a child, beginning his career in Philadelphia and finding a new home in Manchester. He also recalls…

  6. KATE THEMEN - Kicking Against Tradition

    · 51 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome drummer and academic Kate Themen to the show. Kate talks us through being recruited by Julia Nagle to play three shows with The Fall in April 1998, rehearsing the…

  7. ROB BARBATO - Mondays In Spaceland

    · 52 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome Rob Barbato to the show. Rob talks us through joining The Fall at short notice in 2006, learning the set on the fly, touring America, recording with Mark E. Smith…

  8. ERWIN BLOM - Noisy Buggers

    · 53 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome Erwin Blom to the show. Erwin takes us back to the late-70s Dutch punk scene and the formation of Eton Crop, talks about touring Holland and England, recording…

  9. STEVE DIGGLE - Alive Tonight

    · 1 h 33 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome Steve Diggle for a live episode covering his early life, the formation of Buzzcocks, and the first rush of punk in Manchester. We look back on 60s music, dead-end…

  10. TOMMY CROOKS - When You're Out Of Rocks, Give Them Real Soap

    · 1 h 00 min · Explicit

    This week, Tommy Crooks joins us to talk art school, painting, Provence, East Lothian, and the chance meeting with Mark E. Smith on Leith Walk that led, somehow, to The Fall. Along the way, we get into first hearing…

  11. JON SPENCER - Get Up & Do It

    · 49 min · Explicit

    Joining us this week, the inimitable Jon Spencer. Jon talks us through Pussy Galore, Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, working with Steve Albini, US punk networks, record shops, and his current band. We also get onto The…

  12. PAUL RESEARCH - Your Attention Please

    · 50 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we’re joined by Paul Research of Scars. Paul talks Edinburgh punk, Fast Product, Horrorshow, touring with The Human League, and the making of Author! Author! There’s Fall chat too: Live at…

  13. BRIAN TURNER - The Villagers Dance Round

    · 50 min

    This week on Oh! Brother, Paul and Steve are joined by Brian Turner. Brian talks about discovering The Fall in small-town Pennsylvania, catching the band live in the US, and how that fascination grew into radio…

  14. MICK MIDDLES - And They Will Ask Me

    · 52 min · Explicit

    Joining us this week on Oh! Brother, Manc music scribe Mick Middles. We dig into the DIY fanzine boom—spilling ink on buses, dodging bricks from Teds at the Electric Circus, writing for Sounds. Also: touring NY with…

  15. LIVE - Prestwich Arts Festival

    · 1 h 05 min

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to present a live episode with Simon Wolstencroft, with Craig Scanlon joining later on, for a spirited look back at The Fall in 1994. Simon and the Hanleys revisit Middle…

  16. DAVID GEDGE - Orange Slices and That Fall LP

    · 48 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we’re joined by David Gedge. David talks about growing up in Manchester, forming The Wedding Present in Leeds, John Peel’s early support, the band’s rise through the indie scene, the famous…

  17. SPIDER STACY - A Man You Don't Meet Everyday

    · 52 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were chuffed to have the one and only Spider Stacy on the pod. Spider takes us right back to the pre‑Pogues days (the New Bastards, Millwall Chainsaws, Burton Street squats), the Ramones at…

  18. ADAM BUXTON - Dr Buckles' Letter

    · 1 h 08 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we're delighted to welcome comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton. Adam discusses discovering The Fall as a student in the early 1990s, his memorable encounter with Mark E. Smith for television,…

  19. NICHOLAS BLINCOE - All Hail the New Puritan

    · 56 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome author, screenwriter and critic Nicholas Blincoe to the show. Nicholas talks us through discovering The Fall via Dragnet as a teenager in Rochdale, his early days…

  20. ADRIAN SHERWOOD - Two Semitones and a Raver

    · 42 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome producer and On‑U Sound founder Adrian Sherwood to the show. Adrian talks us through first meeting Mark E. Smith in Rough Trade, working with The Fall on Slates…

  21. DOMINIC BRUNT - Hard Life In Country

    · 55 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome actor, director and horror fan Dominic Brunt to the show. Best known as Paddy from Emmerdale, Dominic talks us through discovering The Fall via Mr Pharmacist,…

  22. MARK REEDER - Against The Wall

    · 1 h 06 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome Mark Reeder to the show. The Berlin-based producer talks us through his journey from Manchester to Berlin, putting on illegal gigs in the GDR, smuggling East…

  23. IAN BROUDIE - The Story Goes

    · 58 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we are delighted to welcome Ian Broudie to the show. The Lightning Seeds frontman and renowned producer talks us through his early days in Big in Japan, his production work with the Bunnymen,…

  24. PAUL SIMPSON - My Boyish Days

    · 1 h 00 min · Explicit

    Welcome back to Oh! Brother. This week we are delighted to be joined by the brilliant Paul Simpson - Liverpool legend, founder of The Wild Swans and original member of The Teardrop Explodes. From formative nights at…

  25. DAREN GARRETT - When Your Profession Dropped You in a Job

    · 46 min · Explicit

    Welcome back to Oh! Brother. This week we are thrilled to welcome friend of the show Daren Garrett through our virtual doors. A whistle-stop tour through some iconic post punk bands, the guys discuss Daren's time with…

  26. JIM GLENNIE - Something of a Pleasure

    · 1 h 04 min · Explicit

    Our guest this week is the wonderful Jim Glennie, bassist and founding member of James. We discuss phone calls from Brian Eno, Chesney Hawkes’ baseball caps, and the unlikely kindness of bank managers, as well as the…

  27. WILL SERGEANT - Read It In Books

    · 1 h 06 min · Explicit

    Our guest this week is Echo & the Bunnymen guitarist, author and polymath, Will Sergeant. We chat about first encounters with The Fall, drum machines gone wrong, icy trips to Berlin, Top of the Pops dressing rooms and…

  28. MAT OSMAN - It's Always the Quiet Ones

    · 1 h 02 min · Explicit

    Welcome to Series 6 of Oh! Brother. As we enter our Perverted by Language era, our guest this week is Suede bassist, journalist and author, Mat Osman. We chat about hearing The Fall for the first time in a Sussex…

  29. Q&A - So What About It?

    · 51 min · Explicit

    For our series finale of Oh! Brother, we answer your pressing questions, some more open ended than others, with help of our resident Michael Parkinson, Nathan Hanley. Thanks for everyone who sent in questions, and…

  30. MICKEY BRADLEY - Everything You Say Is Right

    · 1 h 04 min · Explicit

    Our guest this week is the one and only Mickey Bradley, bass player, broadcaster, and all-round raconteur from sunny Derry. We dive into the early days of The Undertones, Terry Hooley's Good Vibrations label, death…

  31. BRIX SMITH - This Is My Happening

    · 51 min · Explicit

    Welcome back to Oh! Brother. We were thrilled to be joined by friend of the show, Brix Smith, for this week's episode, as we take a look back at the year that was, 1988. Tours, ballets, videos and phlegm, we reminisce…

  32. DONALD JOHNSON - Oh! Brother LIVE

    · 49 min · Explicit

    Recorded live at Wythenshawe Cultural Hub, we were thrilled to interview fellow Wythenshawrite Donald Johnson, best known for his storied career in A Certain Ratio. Stories of codpieces, drivers and The Hacienda make…

  33. PETE WYLIE - How I Didn't Get Where I Am Today

    · 1 h 22 min · Explicit

    Our guest this week is the legend that is Pete Wylie. Pete and the guys, but let's be honest, mainly Pete, discuss the post-punk scenes developing in Liverpool and Manchester in the 70's and 80's, Pete's life in and…

  34. JOHN NIVEN - O Brother

    · 1 h 03 min · Explicit

    Welcome back to Oh! Brother. We were delighted to speak to renowned author and less renowned A&R man, John Niven. Along side tales of the Fall, John regales us with stories of his own attempts at being a rock star, the…

  35. SIMON 'DING' ARCHER - The Past

    · 52 min · Explicit

    Simon 'Ding' Archer is our guest this week. Bass player and producer extraordinaire, Simon tells us about his times in an innumerable list of great bands, the art of singer-wrangling and the difference between being…

  36. ELIS JAMES - Fiery Jack

    · 1 h 20 min · Explicit

    Our guest this week is the one and only Elis James, welsh standup and podcast host. In a bumper edition of the podcast, we get into the weeds of Fall gigs, watching and supporting, welsh language music and comedy, and…

  37. ANDY DAWSON - Athletico Cured

    · 52 min · Explicit

    Welcome to another edition of Oh! Brother. This week we welcome Andy Dawson, writer, podcaster, actor and avid Fall enjoyer. We discuss the hit and miss nature of watching The Fall, the trials and tribulations of…

  38. IAN RANKIN - Real Noise Merchants

    · 46 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome Sir Ian Rankin to the show. The best selling author talks us through his brief stint as a punk front man, his writing processes and the intersection of literature…

  39. CHRISTMAS 2024 - Ho! Ho! Ho! Brother

    · 53 min

    Merry Christmas one and all! In keeping with a Hanley family tradition, we have decided to mark the season with a quiz! We gathered members of the wider Fall family, for a quick game of "Name That Fall Tune". What says…

  40. JOHN DWYER - Put Some Reverb on My Brother

    · 47 min · Explicit

    Oh! Brother returns with John Dwyer, founding member of Thee Oh Sees. The topics of Metal vs Indie, the art of touring diplomacy and the state of gigs in the UK and the US are discussed, as well as Johns various…

  41. DAVE BUSH - Why Are People Grudgeful

    · 48 min · Explicit

    Welcome back to Oh! Brother. This week Dave Bush joins our hosts and the guys discuss Dave's time with the band, his post-Fall projects and the art of dragging a band into the late 20th Century. Enjoy! Hosted on…

  42. STEVE EVETS - Who could foresee what happened?

    · 52 min · Explicit

    Season 5 is here! Steve Evets, acclaimed actor and unique collaborator with The Fall is our guest this week. Join the guys as Steve shares his journey from stage to screen, his many amazing roles over the years and how…

  43. KID CONGO POWERS - Anything to Say

    · 49 min · Explicit

    This week on Oh! Brother, the legendary Kid Congo Powers graces us with stories of The Cramps, The Bad Seeds, The Fall, The Gun Club and a few others. They also discuss the mystery of the "Hit The North" music video…

  44. TIM PRESLEY - Northern Soul

    · 57 min · Explicit

    On this week's episode of Oh! Brother, Paul and Steve welcome Tim Presley, song writer, painter and all round good Dude. They discuss beards, Manchester manners, Tim's many musical projects and how the more things…

  45. JOHN COOPER CLARKE - Truth Lies Within

    · 53 min · Explicit

    Episode 3 of Series 4 sees Paul welcome the inimitable John Cooper Clarke to Oh! Brother. Unfortunately Steve couldn't make it this week, but he will be back with us in 2 weeks time. Paul and John talk their way…

  46. PHIL JONES - He Was The Manager

    · 1 h 07 min

    Phil Jones joins the guys this week. Amongst others, the guys discuss The Beautiful South, John Cooper Clarke, The Stone Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, The Knives, Joy Division, New Order, REM and they even find…

  47. PAT NEVIN - Kicker Conspiracy

    · 1 h 16 min · Explicit

    The guys are back for Series 4 of Oh! Brother. To kick off the new series, we welcome Pat Nevin, former Scottish footballer, turned journalist, broadcaster, author and DJ. The guys discuss Pat's career, attempts to…

  48. KEVIN CUMMINS - Telling Stories - Live from Walthamstow

    · 1 h 09 min · Explicit

    Recorded in front of a live audience at Walthamstow Trades Hall, Paul and Steve are joined by legendary photographer Kevin Cummins. Having worked with The Fall and Mark E. Smith on many occasions, as well as Joy…

  49. TIM BURGESS - Dressed All In White Like...

    · 1 h 02 min · Explicit

    The inimitable Tim Burgess joins Steve and Paul for a chat about all things Fall, all things Album Party and all things else. Thanks to Tim for taking time out of his busy schedule to join us today, hope you enjoy!…

  50. MATT GOODY & JONATHAN GANLEY - His Face Rings A Bell

    · 1 h 15 min · Explicit

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