Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Mark and Jeremy from The Levellers

Mark Radcliffe presents the show solo, joined by Mark Chadwick and Jeremy Cunningham of The Levellers. The folk punk band's founding members discuss their 25th anniversary tour.

Mark Radcliffe presents the show solo, joined by Mark Chadwick and Jeremy Cunningham of alternative folk punk band The Levellers. Mark and Jeremy met in The Eagle pub in Brighton, in 1988. Discovering that they had a fair bit in common, including a left wing view of politics, they decided to form a band. They soon added Charlie Heather on drums and Jon Sevink on fiddle and, after a short while, Alan Miles to play harmonica, guitar and the mandolin.The band released two EPs on their own Hag label in 1989, which led to a contract with Musidisc. They released their first album, A Weapon Called the Word, in 1990 which is one of the few albums known to have gone gold without ever charting. After its release, Miles quit the band and was quickly replaced by Simon Friend and that Levellers line-up of Mark, Jeremy, Jon, Simon and Charlie continues to this day (with Matt Savage later joining on keyboards). The Levellers were discovered that year by Derek Green (the man responsible for signing the Sex Pistols) and signed to independent label China Records. The following year, they released Levelling The Land which was a massive success, entering the charts at number 14 and eventually going platinum. The single One Way, despite not bothering the Top 40, became a live favourite for years to come. They join Mark Radcliffe to chat about their tour.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 1 Nov 2016 13:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music

More episodes

Previous

Craig Charles sits in on 666 Music with a Halloween Special

Next

Barney Hoskyns

See all episodes from Radcliffe and Maconie

Clip

Music Played

  • Led Zeppelin

    Immigrant Song

  • Radiohead

    Present Tense

    • XL Recordings.

  • !!!

    One Girl/One Boy

    • WARP RECORDS.

  • Cass Elliot

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • Bubble Gum, Lemonade & Something for Mama.
    • Dunhill.
    • 12.

  • Cabbage

    Uber Capitalist Death Trade

    • Uber Capitalist Death Trade.
    • Skeleton Key Records.

  • Grinderswitch

    Pickin' The Blues

  • Ed Harcourt

    Loup Garou

    • Polydor.

  • The Pogues

    London Girl

    • POGUE MAHONE.

  • Primal Scream

    Feeling Like A Demon Again

    • Ignition Records.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Distant Sky (feat. Else Torp)

    • The Skeleton Tree.
    • Bad Seeds Ltd..
    • 007.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Iceblink Luck

    • 4 A.D.

  • Prince & The New Power Generation

    Gett Off

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.

  • Haley

    Stupid Face

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Belle and Sebastian

    Wrapped Up in Books

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Nina Simone

    Baltimore

  • Glass Animals

    Season 2 Episode 3

    • Caroline International/Wolf Tone.

  • The Monkees

    (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

    • Arista.

  • Justice

    Randy

    • Ed Banger records / Because Music.

  • Levellers

    One Way

    • Jive.

  • Levellers

    Battle of the Beanfield

  • Soft Hair

    Lying Has to Stop

    • Domino.

  • The Smiths

    Shoplifters Of The World Unite

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 19.

  • The Shins

    Dead Alive

    • Columbia Records.

  • Joan As Police Woman & Benjamin Lazar Davis

    Satellite

  • Fugees

    How Many Mics

    • Columbia.

  • Slow Club

    Silver Morning

    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Proud Mary

    • What You See Is What You Get.
    • Start.

  • Bon Iver

    8 (circle)

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Ruben and the Jets

    To Be Loved

  • 惭辞迟枚谤丑别补诲

    Motorhead

  • Oasis

    Cigarettes & Alcohol

  • The Halluci Nation

    R.E.D. (feat. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear)

    • Radicalized Records.

  • The Ethiopians

    Train To Skaville

    • Quality Television.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Nov 2016 13:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music