DPPOD - Grant Walmsley (aka Grant Walmsley Freebird), formerly of The Screaming Jets, Hang Seng, Agents Of Peace, currently of Grant Walmsley Freebird Blues Band and Monsters Of Rock Down Under talks to DPPOD. Grant talks of growing up in a house full of music and how The Screaming Jets came to be. http://www.facebook.com/grant.walmsley http://www.…

DPPOD - Murray Cook AM (aka Murray Wiggle), formerly of The Wiggles, currently of Bang Shang A Lang and The Proposition talks to DPPOD. Murray talks of being introduced to music by television, wanting to play guitar at a young age, moving to Sydney and being immersed by Sydney's music scene, and getting involved with a children's music project at u…

DPPOD - Pete Cooper (aka Pete Porker), of The Porkers talks to DPPOD. Pete talks of how he found music in his youth in Newcastle, seeing Johnny O'Keefe live, finding Ska music in his late teenage years, forming The Pork Hunts which would then have to become The Porkers, and the trials and tribulations of keeping The Porkers going. http://www.thepor…

DPPOD - Charles Cilia, of Charles Cilia Custom Guitars Australia (Cilia Guitars) and formerly the guitarist of bands Jerk and Ink talks to DPPOD. Charles talks of becoming obsessed with guitars when he was a teenager, playing in bands as a teenager, how making his first guitar would eventually lead to a career as a luthier, and how answering a musi…

DPPOD - Dave Larkin, of Dallas Crane, Gun Street Girls and the Dave Larkin Band talks to DPPOD. Dave talks about the music of his youth, the moment he decided to buy a guitar, the life and times of the band Dallas Crane, and of being a graphic designer. http://www.dallascrane.com.au http://www.facebook.com/DallasCraneOfficial http://twitter.com/dal…

DPPOD - Steele Saunders, Melbourne based comedian and prominent Australian comedic podcaster of I Love Green Guide Letters and Steele Wars talks to DPPOD. Steele talks of his skater punk youth, starting a punk zine Return Of The Punk Guy, and how the band Descendents would become the most important band in his life. http://steelesaunders.com http:/…

DPPOD - David McCormack, of Custard, David McCormack & The Polaroids, formerly of The Titanics, Who's Gerald?, COW, Silver Backwash, Miami, Static Exhale, and The Millionaires (amongst other bands too) talks to DPPOD. David talks of his Brisbane beginnings, finding The Beatles and Devo as a child, his exposure to several musical instruments. The ri…

DPPOD - Roderick Kempton (aka Wally Kempton and Wally Meanie), of The Meanies, Even and X, and also of Cheersquad management, talks to DPPOD. Wally talks of his music beginnings, booking bands in Melbourne, becoming the bass player in the Meanies and Even, managing bands and the struggles of managing too many bands at once, and how he recently got …

DPPOD - Russell Hopkinson (aka Rusty Hopkinson), of You Am I and Treatment, previously of Radio Birdman, Nursery Crimes, Vicious Circle, Cremator, The Kryptonics and The Bamboos (among several other bands) talks to DPPOD. Rusty talks of his punk and hardcore origins in Perth, the life and times of You Am I, starting his own record label/distrubutio…

DPPOD - Tony Mott, music photographer talks to DPPOD. Tony talks of how a mere hobby of photography would eventually turn into a profession that would allow him to work with a multitude of musicians. http://tonymott.com http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/events/exhibitions/2015/what_a_life/بقلم Depth Perception

DPPOD - Michael McMartin OAM, of Melody Management, Manager for the Hoodoo Gurus, established Trafalgar Records, and has been involved with several music related organisations such as MMF, IMMF, AAM, PPCA and Support Act talks to DPPOD. Michael talks of seeing Elvis Presley in his youth, releasing records for Radio Birdman and being the manager for…

DPPOD - Morgana Ancone, formerly of Nitocris, Morgana & The Monstars, The Lady Bites, Fukushima Bang Bang and currently of Boxing With Ghosts and Foo Foo Fa Noo, talks to DPPOD. Morgana talks about her first band Nitocris and playing gigs nearly every weekend for near a decade. The issues of starting your own band and the enthusiasm of still creati…

DPPOD - James Roden, formerly of The City Lights, The John Reed Club, The Morticians and currently of The Cops talks to DPPOD. James talks of growing up with music in Canberra, being in bands, the initial creation of the label Ivy League, and the trials and tribulations of The City Lights. http://www.thecitylights.com.au http://www.facebook.com/the…

DPPOD - Dave Graney, formerly of The Moodists, Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes, The Dave Graney Show, Dave Graney & Lurid Yellow Mist and currently of Dave Graney & The MistLY (among several other bands) talks to DPPOD. Dave talks about most of bands he has been in, living in the UK, recording albums and touring in Australia. http://www.thedavegrane…

DPPOD - Ray Ahn, of Hard-Ons, Nunchukka Superfly and The Television Addicts talks to DPPOD. Ray talks of his earliest memories of music as a child in Korea, seeing AC/DC when he was ten years old, deciding to learn bass guitar with a determination to join his mates band, in which he succeeds, a band that would become the Hard-Ons. http://www.hard-o…

DPPOD - Peter Oxley, of Sunnyboys, Ed Kuepper's band and also formerly of The Sparklers talks to DPPOD. Peter talks of the trials and tribulations of being in the band Sunnyboys, life in music after Sunnyboys demise, the return of Sunnyboys, and the documentary about his brother Jeremy. http://www.facebook.com/SunnyboysFanClub http://thesunnyboy.co…

DPPOD - Justin Hamilton is a Stand-Up Comedian and hosts his own podcast "Can You Take This Photo, Please?", talks to DPPOD. Justin talks of music in his youth, before a fortunate moment of seeing David Bowie live at a gig in Adelaide would change his life and make an everlasting impression. Justin also talks about how he began his career as part o…

DPPOD - Chris Dubrow, formerly of iNsuRge, Soulscraper and currently of Blackbreaks talks to DPPOD. Chris talks about his beginnings of busking in Melbourne, the bands he would be in whilst in Melbourne, then moving to Sydney and forming iNsuRge. Whilst never really leaving music, Chris then goes on to study economics and law, work in politics and …

DPPOD - Peter Cox, a Curator at the Museum Of Applied Arts And Sciences (MAAS) Powerhouse Museum talks to DPPOD. Peter talks Australian music history and about music related exhibitions he has previously curated at the museum, exhibitions like "Spinning Around: 50 Years Of Festival Records" and "Real Wild Child: Australian Rock Music Then And Now".…

DPPOD - Tamara Dawn Bell of HITS, also of Grieg and formerly of Gazoonga Attack talks to DPPOD. Tamara talks of growing up listening to metal in her early teens, before taking an active interest in the bands local to Brisbane. The rise and fall of Gazoonga Attack, and doing the hard yards for a decade in HITS. http://www.facebook.com/HITSGALORE htt…

DPPOD - Lindy Morrison OAM, formerly of The Go-Betweens, current Artist Director at the PPCA, and also National Welfare Coordinator at Support Act. Lindy talks to DPPOD about Brisbane beginnings, life after The Go-Betweens, law, representing musicians and social work. http://www.ppca.com.au http://www.facebook.com/ppca.official http://twitter.com/p…

DPPOD - Bob Spencer, formerly of the bands Skyhooks and The Angels, is back for a second time to talk to DPPOD. This time we talk about Bob's life in music after Skyhooks, specifically his time of being in The Angels and beyond. http://www.bobspencer.com.au http://www.facebook.com/BobSpencerExplorations http://www.facebook.com/bobspencermusic http:…

DPPOD - Jaimie Leonarder (aka Jay Katz) of the Mu-Mesons, The Loop Orchestra, Sounds Of Seduction, Cult Cinema, The Mu-Meson Archives and a DJ (just to name a few things he is involved with) talks to DPPOD. Jaimie talks about growing up in a household full of music and noise, the Mu-Mesons and also being involved in podcasting. http://www.mumeson.o…

DPPOD - Mike Foxall (aka Fox Trotsky) of Nancy Vandal, The Neptune Power Federation, Musk and Deadshit Johnson talks to DPPOD. Mike talks about how his love of creating art for fun would lead to creating a fictional band on paper, that would become a reality and eventually lead to Nancy Vandal. And also how establishing a band newsletter would grow…

DPPOD - Tim Pittman founded and runs Feel Presents, a company whom are concert promoters, booking agents, has its own record label, and also do artist management for a couple bands. Tim talks to DPPOD about his earliest memories of music, finding punk, Australian underground bands, live music engineering, band management, and being in a risky busin…

DPPOD - Simon Carter of The Cops, Beat Club, Saint Tropez All Day talks to DPPOD. Simon talks about finding Hip Hop in his early adolescent years and disliking any guitar based music ...until Brit Pop came along. We hear about the evolution of the band The Cops, his solo work and his other two bands Beat Club and Saint Tropez All Day. http://www.fa…

DPPOD - Jim Moginie, formerly of Midnight Oil, currently of The Break, Jim M*genie's Electric Guitar Orchestra, The Family Dog, The Tinkers, Shameless Seamus, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Underground talks to DPPOD. Jim talks about finding music as a child, learning how to play guitar, and then the evolution of Midnight Oil. http://www.reve…

DPPOD - Brett Kingman is a Melbourne based professional guitarist, commonly in James Reyne's band, and has made a name for himself demomstrating guitar effects pedals via his "Burgerman666" Youtube channel. We talk Brett's upbringing with guitars, playing in bands, doing session work, and demontrating guitar effects pedals on Youtube. http://brettk…

DPPOD - Adrian Keating is the principal violinist for Opera Australia & Ballet Orchestra, Owner+Director of the Sydney Lyric Orchestra, member of Classically Blue, and former member of Hubris talks to DPPOD. Adrian discusses his musical upbringing, which leads to becoming a violinist, which in turn would present opportunities for many musical adven…

DPPOD - Reg Mombassa (Chris O’Doherty) formerly of Mental As Anything, currently of Dog Trumpet, also currently of The Pinks, and iconic artist talks to DPPOD. Reg talks about early memories of listening to music in NZ as a child, then moving to Australia, playing guitar and going to art school which would eventually see the formation of the Mental…

DPPOD - Ross Johnston (aka 3k Short) formerly of Machine Gun Fellatio, formerly of Vrag, and currently of White Knuckle Fever talks to DPPOD. Ross talks about growing up in NZ, finding music, eventually moving to Australia and becoming a fulltime muso. We discuss the life, times, and demise of MGF at length. http://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Knuc…

DPPOD - Luke Armstrong of Bruce! talks to DPPOD about the once vibrant Wollongong music scene, the formation of Hy-Test and how that would eventually lead to the creation of almighty Bruce! http://www.facebook.com/BRUCE.WOLLONGONG http://twitter.com/BRUCEWOLLONGONG http://brucerock.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/HYTESTROCK http://twitter.com/…

DPPOD - iOTA talks to DPPOD about his memories of finding music, getting in a band, moving to Sydney and becoming iOTA. Also discussed is taking on roles in theatre and film. http://www.iota.com.au http://www.facebook.com/iota.artبقلم Depth Perception

DPPOD - John Scott & Kim Scott of The Mark Of Cain talks to DPPOD about their memories of music whilst growing up in Adelaide, learning instruments, the early years of TMOC and growing an audience. http://www.tmoc.com.au http://www.facebook.com/OfficialTMOC http://twitter.com/themarkofcainبقلم Depth Perception

DPPOD - Matt Downey of Death Mattel, but also known as Ian Baddley of the band The Drugs, talks in depth about the evolution of the bands The Drugs, Death Mattel and Litter. This episode is Part Two of the conversation had with Matt. The first part of the conversation is found in episode "DPPOD S01E06" http://www.deathmattel.com http://www.facebook…

DPPOD - Matt Downey of Death Mattel, but also known as Ian Baddley of the band The Drugs, talks about the bands he has been in (Split Sceen, Fridge Door Gallery, Bill, Introverse and Litter). And also about being the go to keyboardist in Sydney for a very brief moment. http://www.deathmattel.com http://www.facebook.com/deathmattel http://twitter.co…

DPPOD - Jason Whalley of Frenzal Rhomb talks to DPPOD about the birth, life, times, evolution of Frenzal Rhomb and his other music endeavours. http://www.petfoodfactory.com.au/ http://www.facebook.com/FrenzalRhomb http://twitter.com/Frenzalofficial http://twitter.com/Jasonwhalley http://www.facebook.com/ChineseBurnsUnit http://www.theneptunepowerfe…

DPPOD - Michael Ibrahim is the founder of MI Audio, a guitar effects pedal and amplifier manufacturer. We find out Michael's history of being an electrical engineer and love of guitars would lead him to taking the chance in opening his own manufacturing business and establishing a worldwide following. (This episode gets technical and talks at lengt…

DPPOD - Bob Spencer, formerly of the bands Skyhooks and The Angels, talks to DPPOD about his upbringing in learning to play guitar and his recollections of being in the bands Finch and Skyhooks http://www.bobspencer.com.au http://www.greatergroovemusic.com.au http://www.facebook.com/BobSpencerExplorations http://www.facebook.com/bobspencermusic…

DPPOD - Brent Griffin (aka Spod) talks to DPPOD about the life, times and evolution of Spod. http://www.spod.com.au http://www.facebook.com/spodmusic http://twitter.com/spodemonic http://griffinjerky.com.auبقلم Depth Perception

DPPOD - Davis Claymore of Front End Loader talks to DPPOD about his introduction into music as a child and the evolution of the band Front End Loader. http://www.frontendloaderband.com http://www.facebook.com/FrontEndLoaderhttp://troyhorse.com.auبقلم Depth Perception