Alternative Rock Nostalgia Buzz

Discography: K (Columbia, 1996) Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts (Columbia, 1999) Strangefolk (Cooking Vinyl, 2008) Pilgrims Progress (StrangeF.O.L.K., 2010) K 2.0 (StrangeF.O.L.K., 2016) Popular Tracks: Tattva, Hey Dude, Hush, Mystical Machine Gun, Shower Your Love While they were never super huge here in the states, Kula Shaker definitely made a name for themselves. Son of actress Hayley Mills, frontman Crispian Mills set out to blend Britpop with psychedelia and for the most part succeeded. After fatigue set in with just about everything British related, the band went away only to come back amidst the wave of nostalgia for everything ‘90s. Drummer Paul Winter-Hart took time away from his life in January of 2019 to answer some nostalgic questions about the band's career. Pete Crigler: When did you become interested in playing music? Paul Winter-Hart: I think we all started to play rock and roll in our teens. Before that Crispian had played a bit of sax and Alonza...

Discography: Lemon Parade (Polydor, 1996) Sugar (Universal, 1999) Head on Straight (Universal, 2002) Tonic (429, 2012) Lemon Parade Revisited (Self-Released, 2016) Popular Tracks : If You Could Only See, Open Up Your Eyes, You Wanted More Tonic blew up around 1997 and managed to have one of the longest lasting hits of the era with “If You Could Only See.” Forming a few years earlier, the band had an impressive pedigree and used that to their advantage, going on to score several more hits and be nominated for a few Grammys in the process. Though they went away and came back about a decade ago, guitarist Jeff Russo has found success in the scoring business and is now one of the more prominent film and TV composers working today. This interview was conducted before the band released a new single in 2021 but the band have had a storied and successful career and that's summed up in Jeff's own words. Pete Crigler: When do you remember becoming interested in music? ...

Discography: It (Red Rhino, 1983) Freaks (Fire Records, 1987) Separations (Fire Records, 1992) His ‘n’ Hers (Island, 1994) Different Class (Island, 1995) This is Hardcore (Island, 1998) We Love Life (Sanctuary, 2002) Popular Tracks : Disco 2000, Common People, Sorted for E’s and Wizz, Help the Aged, Sunrise, Bad Cover Version Pulp were a British band that had been around for years but didn’t start becoming popular until at least 1994. With the release of the landmark single “Common People,” the band became huge and served as something different to the Britpop excess of Blur and Oasis. The dynamism of frontman Jarvis Cocker served as a reminder that the pomp and circumstance of ‘70s glam rock was still alive and well. Disbanding around the beginning of the 21 st century, the band briefly reunited to reclaim their crown and prove that older rock bands were better than newer bands. Pete Crigler: How did you get interested in playing music? Nick Banks: Punk rock...