Episode 26 features another one of our specials featuring an interview with Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks. for the few that perhaps aren't familiar, Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto formed in Manchester in 1976. Devoto left the band in 1977 and formed Magazine.

The classic lineup of Shelley, Steve Diggle (guitar), Steve Garvey (bass) and John Maher (drums) recorded Buzzcocks' first three albums, after which the band broke up in 1981. The band reunited in 1989 and released six more albums before Shelley's death in 2018 – Aged 63. The band has remained active, being anchored by long-time guitarist Diggle, who has since also assumed lead vocal and songwriting duties. The band's tenth album, Sonics in the Soul was released in 2022.

The bands UK Chart History so far – 7 Uk Top 40 Singles, 9 Top 75 Singles, 3 UK Top 40 Albums,

Steve chats to the podcast about all aspects of the band right from the beginning through to the story of whats going on now, its a brilliant interview with so many great stories from someone who was there right at the beginning of punk.

The interview starts at 19:49 mins after a brief biography of the band. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did chatting to Steve.

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Rialto were a Pop/Rock band formed in 1997 from the remnants of the band Kinky Machine. Probably best know for the songs Untouchable which made the top 20 UK chart and Monday Morning 5:19 which was a top 40 UK chart hit. The band made 2 albums, a self titled debut and a second album Night on Earth. Louis Eliot who was the principal songwriter, singer and guitarist talks to the podcast telling their story from their time between 1997-2002 and of course their recent reunion which has led to a new album (Neon & Ghost Signs) and tour. They are also touring with Sleeper in the autumn of 2025.

The links below are for both their album from their website and the tour details.

Album

https://rialto.tmstor.es/

Tour

https://rialtomusic.com/

The Interview with Louis starts at 20.30mins.

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The latest episode (no 24) of the Uncharted Sounds podcast features a band you may not have heard of but may have heard their music, a true uncharted experience this one, its the band Ooberman.

Ooberman were formed in 1997 with an eclectic mix of sounds from bright & punchy to slower and softer described as “psychedelic folk prog pop”. They impressed Blur guitarist Graham Coxon who released their first single of his own label. And with a major label got a top 40 hit single. The band were initially Danny Popplewell – vocals, guitar, piano & violin, Andy Flett – guitar and backing vocals, Steve Flett – bass, Sophia Churney – keyboards and vocals, Alan Kelly – drums. Their biggest success single wise was Blossoms Falling which reached no 39 in the UK singles charts. As always their story has many twists and turns and is a genuinely fascinating story right through to what they are doing now and theres a sneak preview of that on the episode. As always we hope you like the episode and let us know what you think via the episode or at our website Uncharted-Sounds.co.uk

Interview with Dan & Sophia starts at approx 19.47mins into the episode.

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