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Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Nasher
Brian “Nasher” Nash was the guitarist for one of the most explosive and unforgettable bands of the 1980s – Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The Liverpool legends burst onto the scene with the banned-but-brilliant Relax, and quickly followed it up with two more chart-topping hits that defined a generation. In this episode of Misadventures in Music,…
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Michael Head
There can’t be too many songwriters who’ve released albums which have been so universally praised by the critics and yet have had to wait 40 years for the equivalent commercial success but then Mick Head has never been one to follow a predictable career path. His previous bands The Pale Fountains and Shack certainly had a…
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John Lingan
In 1969 they sold more records in America than any other band including the Beatles and the Stones but within a few years Creedence Clearwater Revival had split up with a bitterness rarely matched, even in the topsy-turvy world of rock music. Fast forward 50 years, and former leader and main songwriter John Fogarty is back…
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MIM S02 -EP01 – Post Punk with Russell Craig Richardson
In the new season of Misadventures in Music’ (episode 13) Ian Prowse and Mick Ord take a deep dive into the UK’s Post-Punk music scene (1978-1982) with New Jersey-based writer and filmmaker Russell Craig Richardson who has been working on a documentary film about the genre, having lived among many of the musicians in the…
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MIM Episode 10 – David Fishel
Episode 10 of Misadventures in Music was recorded at SVARA Radio based in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The boys are joined by David Fishel who is musician from Liverpool and has produced the JazzScene radio show broadcasting in several countries between 1992 – 2002. David Fishel has worked with Malcolm McLaren, Patti Boulaye, Steve Levine and…
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Frank Collins and Sweet Soul Music
It’s difficult to imagine now but back in the early sixties, soul was ‘underground’ music in the UK – rarely played on the radio, and only appreciated by a small number of aficionados. Within a few years, records by artists on the Tamla Motown label would sell in their millions but in the very early…
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Ian Prowse
Born in Chester and raised in Ellesmere Port, Ian has spent decades refusing to slow down, fronting cult bands Pele and Amsterdam with the enthusiasm of a man who still believes every gig might change the world (It deffo can!).
A master of rabble-rousing, Celtic-tinged anthems and emotional sledgehammer choruses. Checkout where to catch him live here: amsterdam-music.com. A self-styled “typical left-wing gobshite”, he somehow also squeezed in a history degree and a masters in Irish Studies. Still touring, still writing, and still loud, he remains gloriously incapable of doing anything by halves, ever or otherwise.
Mick Ord
Born in Liverpool, Mick has spent most of his life on Merseyside. However, after jobs ranging from a jacuzzi deck-builder in California to tobacco-picking in Ontario, he joined the BBC in the 80’s, eventually becoming Radio Merseyside’s longest-serving manager.
Despite being dubbed “tone-deaf” at school, he developed eclectic musical tastes spanning Scott Walker to The Fall (and Ian Prowse, of course). He now runs media consultancy mickord.com, specialising in media and crisis communications training, and remains a frustrated musician, writer, presenter and perennially disappointed Everton fan.