Splash Stories -The 90's Music Scene. Legendary London Venue. Telling Tales. New story every 1st of the Month
The Splash Stories podcast celebrates the 90's music scene and the influence of London’s infamous Splash Club venue which was to London what CBGB’s was to New York in 90’s UK. Splash Stories takes in the stories, the bands, the live shows and talks to the people on the scene, the fans, the journalists, the fashions and the wider entertainment industry. Backstage stories and interviews behind the shows at the Venue from- Oasis,Travis,Skunk Anansie, Placebo, Feeder, Moby, Weezer, Bush, Beck, Therapy Echobelly,Goo Goo Dolls, Weller, OCS ...the list goes on.... and with the celebrated scenesters from photographers, managers Dj's & journalists and those who were there and the backtale of the struggle behind building the venue whose star was to burn so brightly it took 23 fire engines to put it out.And that's just the start we celebrate the future of all our guests and always the stories...
Episodes
66 episodes
Splash Stories & Mull Historical Society Splash Story
Splash Stories presents the ever creative Mull Historical Society (AKA Colin Macintyre). The show goes live 1st September 2026.With a new album and novel just around the corner, Colin Macintyre will be taking his latest works out on the ...
Splash Stories Spear of Destiny & Roland Jugg ex The Damned Rebellion Festival 30th anniversary
Splash Stories summer celebrates Rebellion Festival's 30th anniversary which runs 4-9 August 2026 & is the UK's largest independent punk festival.The final Splash Stories Special podcast celebrating 30 Years of Rebellion Festiv...
30 yrs Rebellion Festival : Buzzcocks and The Godfathers Splash Stories
Splash Stories Festival Feature continues to honour the milestone - 30 years of the Rebellion Festival - the UK's largest independent punk festival - with a Splash Stories podcast every week in August featuring artists performing at this ...
The UK's Rebellion 30th anniversary Festival- with Altered Images' Clare Grogan & Co-founder & Organiser Jennie Russell -Smith - the largest independent punk festival in the world
Splash Stories summer celebrates Rebellion Festival's 30th anniversary which runs 4-9 August 2026 & is the UK's largest independent punk festival.My co-host Diamond Dave recorded a pre -festival I/V with Altered Images' Clare G...
Martin Atkins Splash Master
Splash Stories Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with Artist, Educator, Label Owner, Storyteller Producer Drummer and Museum of Post Punk & Industrial Music Founder Martin Atkins at his base in the Bridgeport neighbourhood of Chicag...
Splash Stories with Mariachi El Bronx
The Splash Stories Podcast with Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave celebrates the sunshine with Matt Caughthran and El Mariachi Bronx and their lineage of storytelling, heroes, and villains with original and wonderful styling and panache.
Sneaker Pimp Ian Pickering talks to Splash Stories about life & The Noise Who Runs Re: GenX
The Noise Who Runs formed in 2019 by Sneaker Pimps’ lyricist Ian Pickering along with guitarist Felipe Goes is an Anglo-French dark electronic rock and pop outfit with heavy influences of indie, EDM and trip hop.Ian dropped The Noise Who...
Splash Stories with Sascha Konietzko - KMFDM
Splash Stories caught up with Sacha on KMFDM's 40th anniversary of the ultra heavy beat. KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as “no pity for the majority”) . Sascha fou...
Suzi Quatro My SplashStory with Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave
Suzi Quatro was an Italian Hungarian born and bred in Motor City Detroit, Michigan, on June 3, 1950, and grew up in the suburb of Grosse Pointe. Hailing from a musical family, she played bongos in her father’s jazz band by age eight...
Splash Stories Dandy Warhols
Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave had the pleasure of talking to Peter Holmström - co-founder and lead guitarist, known for his atmospheric, effects-heavy play in the Dandy Warhols from his studio space full of pedals in Port...
Splash Stories with Gogol Bordello
Since forming in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1999, Gogol Bordello , led by Ukrainian frontman Eugene Hütz, has been filling venues with their unique brand of high octane energy lighting up stages around the world alongside the likes of ...
Splash Stories with Kula Shaker
Splash Stories Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up once again with Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills. The band had been regulars at my Splash Club back in the 90's playing shows first as The K's & then as Kula Shaker. They had a Club...
Splash Stories with Hugh Cornwell
Splash Stories enjoyed an intriguing chat with Hugh Cornwell about all things music, arts & the culture close to his heart.Hugh mentioned attending The legendary Rainbow Theatre in London to see Chuck Berry thanks to his mentor mate ...
Splash Stories with Toyah
Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with Toyah ahead of her forthcoming Songs & Stories Tour. Toyah's Chameleon release The Very Best of Toyah on Cherry Red respectfully covers her remarkable 45...
Splash Stories Fuzzbox Kollective
Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave celebrate Valentines Day 2026 with a special bonus podcast recorded with Fuzzbox Kollective's Maggie Dunne & MeMe Detroit of the trailblazing 80’s chart band We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re...
Splash Stories with Duncan Lloyd of Maximo Park & Nano Kino
Splash Stories talked with Duncan Lloyd ahead of Maximo Park's 20th anniversary tour & solo project
Splash Stories with Wendy James
Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave had the pleasure of opening season 5 in 2026 with a delicious chat with Wendy James's Company about her Uk tour & Transvision Vamp tour dates for Australia/NZ in February 2026, and Spain in Septe...
Splash Stories with Larry Love Alabama 3
ALABAMA 3Splash Stories Hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave spoke with Larry Love [aka Rob Spragg ] ahead of Alabama 3's UK Xmas 2025 tour SPLASH STORIES FANS PRIZE OFFER Christmas will soon be upo...
Splash Stories with The Stereo MC's Rob Birch
Splash Stories Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with UK Hip-Hop/Electronic dance pioneers The Stereo MC's ahead of their True To Life Tour of UK and Ireland through December & January 2026.Fans can expect to hear track...
Splash Stories with The Subways
Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with Billie and Charlotte from The Subways before they hit the road to celebrate their 20th anniversary UK & European tour - The Subways For Eternity. The pair of t...
Annabella Lwin Bow Bow Wow
The wonderful Annabella Lwin from Bow Wow Wow is Splash Stories guest this month and she's hitting the road. Bow Wow Wow Tour 2025 C:30 C60 C90 Go USA & UK www.bowwowwowtour.com celebrating 45 years of their debut single.
Splash Stories with Jah Wobble
Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave had the pleasure to talk with John Wardle aka Jah Wobble ahead of his tour. Wobble was the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) and his Invaders of the Heart charted with the ...
Splash Stories with mclusky's Andrew Falkous
mclusky's first new album in 20 years: "the world is still here and so are we". Out now on ipecac.com Catch Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave on the Splash Stories podcast with mclusky vocalist ...
Splash Stories with Spider From Mars: Woody Woodmansey
Splash Stories caught up with Bowies legendary drummer who was touring with Holy Holy featuring Tony Visconti.Woody is a straight up yorkshireman with a wicked chuckle and stories galore How he became a spider from mars -team...
Splash Stories with David McAlmont
Splash Stories welcomes vocalist and art historian David McAlmont for our June edition.David left the UK in 1978 when his family moved to Guyana in South America skipping the whole punk rock scene completely in the process before returni...