Iconic Beggars Banquet Label Subject of New Music History Podcast Featuring Gary Numan & More

Beggars Banquet, the legendary British punk-era imprint, is the absorption of a caller podcast that explores the past of autarkic labels.

Hosted by euphony writer Robert Fitzpatrick, States Of Independence‘s 13-part play includes a wealthiness of guests from Beggars Banquet’s 48-year history. This includes Martin Mills, the founder/chairman of Beggars Group, alongside the label’s archetypal breakthrough act, caller question pioneer Gary Numan.

This volition beryllium the archetypal successful the States Of Independence podcast series, produced by Cup & Nuzzle successful concern with Beggars Group, which volition bespeak connected autarkic labels and the artists and executives who shaped them.

In 1979, Numan landed a No. 1 azygous for the statement connected the Official U.K. Singles Chart with “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” by his radical Tubeway Army. Speaking connected the podcast, Mills compared the gait and strength of moving with the then-burgeoning prima to The Beatles. “There was nary acquisition manual,” helium addsed

Beggars Banquet established further palmy acts, including The Cult, The Fall, The Go-Betweens, The Charlatans, Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, Love And Rockets, Gene Loves Jezebel, Buffalo Tom and The Bolshoi.

The Beggars Group present includes respective different iconic indie labels, including 4AD, XL, Matador, Rough Trade and Young. The podcast volition absorption connected however Beggars Banquet has faced and flooded aggregate challenges passim its existence, having started retired arsenic a westbound London grounds store successful 1974.

 ”We had 2,000 pounds each,” said Mills connected the podcast, recalling however helium acceptable up the statement alongside Nick Austin and Steve Webbon. “It got america a lease successful Earl’s Court. It got america immoderate stock. Steve knew however to bargain caller records. I knew however to bargain aged records, and Nick knew however to bullshit.”

Host Fitzpatrick has his ain affectional resonance erstwhile it comes to Beggars Banquet, having worked astatine their store successful Kingston, Surrey, erstwhile helium was 20. He near successful 1996 to marque and constitute astir music, but successful a property release, helium described the retail relation arsenic “the astir unthinkable philharmonic education”.

Episode 1 of States Of Independence features Mills, Numan and The Lurkers. The podcast volition beryllium rolled retired implicit the coming months, culminating with the play finale connected Nov. 27.