There is a facebook group "The Bolshoi , the greatest band you never heard of". If you haven't heard of them yet, this will get you chest deep into their work.

They began as "The Bolshoi" in the 80s, releasing an EP "Bigger Giants", the "Friends" then "Lindy's Party". A lost album "Country Life" was released in 2015. Giving songs that were never hits, but easily ones to love on first hearing them, such as "Giants", "Happy Boy", "Please", "TV Man" and my all time fave of theirs "Lindy's Pary".

Trevor Tanner the singer/songwriter has released a large catalog of music over the years, and has regrouped with synth player Paul Clark to give us this new album "The Bolshoi Brothers". This new work comes from the guys who have been making music for the last 30+ years since the band ended, it is traditionally Trevor Tanner lyrics, but the moved on into an early Pink Floyd, and YES prog rock sound.

As a fan of prog rock, hearing this clash of sounds really made this album interesting, and easier to dive into the depths of themes these lyrics want to take you through.

A conversation of a lifetime to talk to such an influential band that steered me through my youth, and still appealing to my adult interests.

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Playing with, and for EVERY band you can imagine, guitarist Knox Chandler was also the makeshift cellist in The Psychedelic Furs, and guitarist for so many other musicians. He has worked with Siouxsie & The Banshees, REM, Natalie Merchant, and so many others, his resume shines like few other people could even dream of.

Knox has just released an album of experimental music, that borders into the sounds of the cosmic psychedelic called "The Sound", with an accompanying book of art, that strangely goes perfectly with the music.

Knox and I talk at length of The Psychedelic Furs family, and other projects, his recording process, and even fly fishing.

This is one of those albums you don't need words, the music speaks for itself.

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If you don't know David J Haskins, or just "David J", then you have missed out on some of the most influential music in the punk, post punk, new wave, goth, psychedelic rock world.

Starting off playing bass, and occasional vocals in Bauhaus, then moving on to a solo career, then reforming with Bauhaus bandmates as "Love & Rockets", (that's where I come into the story) I binged on their music in full while working on a project about Buddhism in school. I became so enamored about their sound, and their lyrics, they catapulted into my number 3 spot, and have stayed there ever since in 1988.

David has delivered so much great music, and is most recently releasing with his current project "Night Crickets", (whom I have also interviewed). Fast forward to now, David has recorded a poetry, and spoken word album called "The Mother Tree", along with a book "Rhapsody, Trenody & Prayer", containing all of the poems on the album, and much more.

David and I discussed the album, how he began working on it in the late 90s, til now. How he found the band to record with, we also covered how all the reggae ended up in Bauhaus music, we talked about Nashville, racist cab drivers (two instances of them) , Jesus in a porno theater blessing the patrons, and even some secrets about Ian Curtis from Joy Division. There is a lot to unpack in this episode, the subjects are very heavy, and we get weighed down in them a lot.

I learned more about David J in this interview than I ever thought I would, or would ever be privy to at least. He spills his guts in poetry, it the beautiful mess of the human experience.

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