• HOME
  • MERCH
  • WIYE’s Best Music Books of 2020
  • EVENTS
  • ABOUT
  • Contact

Articles by David Hepworth

No Image

The Word Podcast live on August 19th

July 6, 2014 David Hepworth 0

In response to public demand we’re putting on a recording of the Word Podcast live on August 19th. It’ll be at the Islington. Mark Ellen, […]

No Image

Our first Manchester Word In Your Ear – with Stuart Maconie and Mark Ellen

May 9, 2014 David Hepworth 0

There’s nothing like speech. It’s amazing how many subjects you can touch on, buttons you can press, situations you can recall and pictures you can […]

No Image

Keep May 19th free and stay tuned for a details of a second Mark Ellen show

March 6, 2014 David Hepworth 1

The show with Mark Ellen at the Slaughtered Lamb on May 12th has sold out but we’ll be announcing another one to take place a […]

No Image

Revision notes for Sunday’s WIYE at the Lexington

November 27, 2013 David Hepworth 0

Here’s Rhodri Marsden’s piercing analysis of the umbilical connection between the words “waiting” and “aniticipating” This is “Build A House Of Love”, an Andy Gregory-arranged […]

No Image

Did anyone take any decent pictures of last night’s show?

October 10, 2013 David Hepworth 0

I was somewhat preoccupied so I didn’t. Which is a shame because it seemed to go very well. Can’t tell you how much simpler it […]

No Image

I’m 540 pages into Mark Lewisohn’s book…

September 24, 2013 David Hepworth 0

…so I’ve written about it here.

No Image

A night playing records and talking with Richard Williams and Kate Mossman

September 17, 2013 David Hepworth 0

Last night Richard Williams and Kate Mossman were  guinea pigs for our experimental evening in the small upstairs room to the Betsey Trotwood. In my […]

No Image

We’re back from our holidays

August 22, 2013 David Hepworth 0

News about two exciting shows in September and October coming soon. Keep the 16th of the former and the 15th of the latter free. More […]

No Image

We few, we happy few, will be talking about those Duckworth Lewis shows for weeks

July 10, 2013 David Hepworth 0

Alex and I have just got back from Nottingham, having seen the Duckworth Lewis Method royally entertain the Playhouse Theatre with a slightly longer set […]

No Image

Handful of new tickets for Duckworth Lewis at Lord’s on Monday!

July 5, 2013 David Hepworth 0

Because of public demand and media interest, Duckworth Lewis will now be playing two shows at Lord’s on Monday night and therefore we have issued […]

Posts pagination

« 1 2 3 »

MORE PODCASTS AND VIDEOCASTS HERE!

RSS
Facebook
fb-share-icon
Twitter
Visit Us
Follow Me
YouTube
YouTube
Set Youtube Channel ID

The Word Podcast

Word In Your Ear
Word In Your Ear

David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and chums cast an occasionally jaundiced eye over the goings-on in the worlds of music and entertainment.

Listen OnApple Podcasts
The Damned at 50 and the memories (and regrets) of Rat Scabies
byMark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

The Damned are – yes! – 50 years old with three of the originals still onboard. And just starting a world tour. In this immensely funny and touching podcast, Rat Scabies (who’s smoking!) points up the repercussions of life in a band. He looks back at their first shows, their devoted audience, “old-fashioned rules”, highlights, regrets, the value of friendship, “putting on the black suit again” and how it felt to rejoin after 30 years on the outside. And all this too …

 

… playing drums in an Essex panto while pelted with boiled sweets

 

… Dave Vanian when he was a grave-digger

 

… punk rock strongholds the world over – “South America was like being in the Beatles”

 

… Mexico and other places you can still torch a drumkit

 

… Mr Scabies, aged 70. “Even my mother calls me Rat. The name’s done me well over the years”

 

… going to the Isle Of Wight aged 14 (with the Danish nanny) and running a hot-dog stand during Hendrix

 

… supporting the Pistols at the 100 Club: “like letting a greyhound out of a trap”

 

… Tim Burton, the Goth revival, the Young Ones, steampunk and other factors that keeps the Damned in motion

 

… “One band’s an oddity, two’s a fashion, three’s a movement”

 

… rejoining the Damned after 30 years – “like a great stain had been lifted”

 

… Green Day, algorithms and how they acquired a whole new following.

 

Order Damned tickets here: aegp.uk/the-damned

Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Damned at 50 and the memories (and regrets) of Rat Scabies
The Damned at 50 and the memories (and regrets) of Rat Scabies
May 20, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Shoegaze, slackers, ‘noise chasms’ and the 10-year reinvention of rock
May 19, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Famous rock locations, His & Hers records and weird things thrown onstage
May 17, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Brian Eno’s restless creative adventures with Roxy, Bowie, U2 and Talking Heads
May 15, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
The Who, Floyd, Led Zep and the great college circuit that launched 1,000 bands
May 12, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Paul Simon, Bad Bunny, how songwriting changed & the scourge of Blue Dot Fever!
May 11, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Pleasure Gardens, cabaret, nightclubs, rave & 350 years of the Big Night Out
May 7, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Andy Earl’s memories of photographing Prince, Madonna and Johnny Cash
May 5, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Talk Talk, a deep-dive tale of mystery and imagination
May 4, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
The Clash, the Cramps and Penny Kiley’s teenage punk diaries
May 1, 2026
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Search Results placeholder

Navigation

  • HOME
  • MERCH
  • WIYE’s Best Music Books of 2020
  • EVENTS
  • ABOUT
  • Contact

Site

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2026 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes