My Teenage Band

Nick Taylor

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A podcast all about young attempts at musical stardom and a love letter to music making. Featuring chats with people in all sorts of fields including writers, actors, illustrators, comedians and broadcasters. Presented and produced by Nick Taylor

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Emma Brodie from 'The Mental Notes'

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06/25/21 • 38 min

It's the season 2 finale! And we're going out on a My Teenage Band-first as special guest Emma Brodie guides us through the world of ACAPELLA! Emma is a book editor and author, her debut novel Songs in Ursa Major is set against the backdrop of the American folk/rock scene of the late 60s and early 70s, partly inspired by the relationship between James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. In this conversation Emma talks about how her time in John Hopkins University's comedy acapella group The Mental Notes also inspired bits of the novel, as well as all the drama, touring and obscene viral hits that came along with it. And yes, we briefly talk about Those Films.
Emma's debut novel SONGS IN URSA MAJOR is out now on HarperCollins in the UK and Knopf in the US.
More about Emma and where to purchase the novel on her website
Follow Emma on Instagram @emma.c.brodie and Twitter @emma_c_brodie
Mental Notes videos:
Viral hit 'My Enormous Penis'
Super Trooper

Stalk Me
Poison
Kiss the Girl
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
Web design by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee
Presented/Produced by Nick Taylor
@nick_tea
https://www.myteenageband.com/
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Mark Kermode from 'The Basics'

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05/14/21 • 44 min

This week Nick's guest is the film critic and musician Mark Kermode! Mark has been in an astonishing amount of bands, from very early skiffle-related days, to actually building his own electric guitar in order to play in teenage bands that embraced the worlds of punk, no-wave, and just making a general racket in school music rooms. These days when he's not Wittertaining the nation with Simon Mayo, reviewing films for the Observer or selecting his favourite film music on Scala Radio, Mark can be found rocking a double bass in skiffle band The Dodge Brothers.
We also hear about how bands in the 70s and 80s promoted their gigs, awkward band break-ups and the hallowed tradition of playing with a lot of different drummers. Plus - actual audio of one of Mark's teenage bands!
Read about many more musical anecdotes from Mark's teenage years and beyond in his brilliant music memoir HOW DOES IT FEEL
LISTEN TO THE 'SUICIDE IN ST ALBANS' MIXTAPE
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live
Mark on Scala Radio
Read Mark's weekly film reviews for The Observer
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
Web design by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee
Presented/Produced by Nick Taylor
@nick_tea
https://www.myteenageband.com/
Help support the podcast - Buy me a Coffee

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Phil Taggart from 'Colenso Parade'

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11/20/20 • 32 min

This week Nick talks to BBC Radio 1 presenter and podcaster Phil Taggart all about his noughties indie band Colenso Parade. Having quickly abandoned initial dreams of fronting a rap-metal group, Phil and the rest of Colenso Parade soon settled in to an outfit influenced by the sounds blaring out of MTV2 in the early noughties. They went on to record a handful of EPs and embark on prestigious support slots with the likes of the View, Dirty Pretty Things and Richard Hawley. Sadly, as Phil tells us in this chat, they never quite got a record deal, partly due to a near miss in Liverpool. Want to know what on earth this means? Listen and find out!
Presented/produced by Nick Taylor
- Phil presents the Chillest Show on BBC Radio 1 every Sunday at 7pm
- Listen to Phil Taggart's Slacker Podcast
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
We have a website! www.myteenageband.com
Designed by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee

Charlie George from 'Femmes Fatales'

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06/18/21 • 34 min

It's the penultimate episode of series 2! This week Nick talks to comedian and writer Charlie George about her days drumming in super-experimental punk outfit Femmes Fatales. Featuring stories of Wonderwall-obsessed guitar teachers, on-stage theatrics and a unique use of the Pocahontas soundtrack.
Find out more about Charlie and her latest work on her website
Follow Charlie on Twitter and Instagram
Listen to Nick on the Temporary Fandoms podcast discussing Mclusky and Future of the Left
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
Web design by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee
Presented/Produced by Nick Taylor
@nick_tea
https://www.myteenageband.com/
Help support the podcast - Buy me a Coffee

Hussein Kesvani from 'River (something)'

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02/05/21 • 27 min

Nick talks to the podcaster and journalist Hussein Kesvani. Hussein is one of the hosts of such podcasts as Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts, and in 2019 he released his first book 'Follow Me, Akhi - The Online World of British Muslims'. In this chat Hussein talks about his short-lived days playing bass in emo and indie bands while at secondary school in Kent, the phenomenon of one-gig bands in the outer London area, and why Hussein's own heartbreak poetry never made it in to any of the band's songs.
Follow Hussein on Twitter @HKesvani
Hussein's podcasts include -
TRASHFUTURE
Ten Thousand Posts
Buy Hussein's book 'Follow Me, Akhi - The Online World of British Muslims' out now on Hurst Publishers
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
Listen to all episodes of the podcast at www.myteenageband.com
Web design by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee
Presented/Produced by Nick Taylor
@nick_tea

Kelechi Okafor from 'Untitled Country Duo'

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12/13/20 • 24 min

This week Nick talks to actor, director, writer and fitness expert Kelechi Okafor about her country music duo in secondary school. Formed in music classes in between Kelechi's various stints in school musicals, this duo were never named, nor sadly can any recordings be found of their exploits. Nevertheless, Kelechi and her friend Alice wrote and performed super emotional country bangers about skies falling in and various other powerful images before they went their separate ways at sixth form. As well as the country duo, Kelechi talks about her adventures in musical theatre, songs about scooters, and resurrecting her country career with the biggest pop star on the planet (#DestinysBanjo).
- Listen to Kelechi's podcast 'Say Your Mind'
- Kelechi's website
- Kelechnekoff fitness
- Follow Kelechi on Twitter (@kelechnekoff)
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
We have a website! www.myteenageband.com
Designed by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee

Lanre Bakare from 'Lou Diamond Phillips'

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02/19/21 • 28 min

This week, to end series one of My Teenage Band, Nick talks to the brilliant arts and culture writer for the Guardian Lanre Bakare about his guitar-playing days in post-rock outfit Lou Diamond Phillips. Named after the Filipino-American actor and director, and based in Bradford, Lou Diamond Phillips were part of a healthy alternative community in and around Bradford that included putting on several gig nights. Lanre talks about these nights, his role as rhythm guitarist and occasional keyboard player in the band, and how the days of playing instrumental post-rock eventually lead to singing Weezer's Buddy Holly at his own wedding.
Hear Lou Diamond Phillips' songs in full on Soundcloud
Follow Lanre on Twitter and Instagram @Lanre_Bakare
SERIES 2 ANNOUNCEMENT - MY TEENAGE BAND NEEDS YOU!
The podcast will be back in a month or so, and I’d love to hear YOUR stories about attempts at teenage musical stardom in the form of voice notes for me to play at the end of episodes, so if you’ve got any anecdotes from your teenage band days, ideally between 1 and 3 minutes in length, then just record them in to your phone and send it my way to [email protected].
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
Web design by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee
Presented/Produced by Nick Taylor
@nick_tea

Rebecca Front from 'The Jonathan Gee Quartet'

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04/10/21 • 30 min

For the first time on the podcast we're delving in to the world of JAZZ as Nick talks to comedian, actor and writer Rebecca Front about being the lead singer of a jazz quartet in Leytonstone. At the age of 16 Rebecca joined her older brother Jeremy and their neighbour Jonathan Gee (now a successful jazz pianist) to form a jazz group who intended to take East London by storm with their takes on the great standards, featuring singing AND scatting from Rebecca. As is often the 'My Teenage Band' way, things didn't quite work out as planned. Rebecca talks about surprisingly hostile jazz crowds, disastrous auditions and the ways in which her jazz days would inform her early comedy years.
Find out more about Jonathan Gee
Follow Rebecca on Twitter
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
Web design by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee
Presented/Produced by Nick Taylor
@nick_tea
https://www.myteenageband.com/

Cheri Percy & Fliss Kitson from 'Violet Violet'

My Teenage Band

11/13/20 • 35 min

A bumper special for the very first episode as Nick talks to not one but TWO guests - music journalist and broadcaster Cheri Percy & illustrator and drummer Fliss Kitson who performed ferocious feminist punk music in and around Norwich under the name Violet Violet. Cheri and Fliss talk all about how they went from forming for a battle of the bands contest to touring the States, playing sessions at Maida Vale studios and picking up eccentric fans along the way. We also hear about the duo's theatrical streak which began with them performing at their school's Christmas panto and culminated in a final gig at a puppet theatre.
Check out Violet Violet on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/2u7pn5R6ippdMF1MgNAX3L?si=9bpYapFZThCknpw-y2ZokA
Cheri writes under the name Cheri Amour. Check out her work here - http://cheriamour.co.uk/
She hosts the Other Womxn on Soho Radio every Thursday - https://sohoradiolondon.com/profile/the-other-woman/
Fliss performs on the Nightingales latest album Four Against Fate which is out now - https://uknightingales.bandcamp.com/album/four-against-fate
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now - https://dreamnails.bandcamp.com/album/dream-nails
Lead vocals by Imo Berman - https://trills.bandcamp.com/
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa - https://www.eloisahenderson.com/
Insta: @eloisaillustrator

Abi Palmer from 'The Fuzz' and 'Lashed'

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02/12/21 • 38 min

This week Nick talks to the wonderful mixed-media artist and writer Abi Palmer. Abi’s work includes the installation ‘Crip Casino’—an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry which has been shown at Tate Modern, Somerset House and Wellcome Collection - and, last year she released her book ‘Sanatorium’ via the brilliant Penned in the Margins publishers — which Abi describes as “a fragmented memoir”.
Over the course of this fun and freewheeling conversation Abi talks about being the lead singer in a band with her brother called ‘The Fuzz’, before later changing the name to ‘Lashed’. She also talks about the hurdles of years of music education lost to incorrect psychic readings, slightly interfering band parents, gargling guitar solos and the tense band wars that took place in the Surrey village of Worplesdon.
Also stay tuned for a My Teenage Band first - exclusive recreations of Abi's songs in voice-note form.
Abi's website
Abi's book 'Sanatorium' is out now via Penned in the Margins
Follow Abi on Instagram and Twitter at @abipalmer_bot
Listen to Abi recreating more Lashed songs at www.myteenageband.com
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
Web design by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee
Presented/Produced by Nick Taylor
@nick_tea

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How many episodes does My Teenage Band have?

My Teenage Band currently has 27 episodes available.

What topics does My Teenage Band cover?

The podcast is about Music, Podcasts, Arts, Music Interviews and Performing Arts.

What is the most popular episode on My Teenage Band?

The episode title 'Emma Brodie from 'The Mental Notes'' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on My Teenage Band?

The average episode length on My Teenage Band is 32 minutes.

How often are episodes of My Teenage Band released?

Episodes of My Teenage Band are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of My Teenage Band?

The first episode of My Teenage Band was released on Nov 8, 2020.

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