Ep1: 30 years of Teenage Head with Patrick Chng (Part 1)

It's our very first episode!

We're celebrating the start of Lion City Rock by marking the 30th anniversary of the seminal indie album, Teenage Head by The Oddfellows, with a very special guest - the chief Oddfellow himself, Patrick Chng!

Singapore's indie scene owes a debt to The Oddfellows, a band that formed in 1988 and helped to shape the music scene in the 1990s. With influences from Husker Du, The Replacements and REM, The Oddfellows were the benchmark for young musicians back then. They continue to create music and have a new album out, What's Yours And Mine.

Chris and Kevin get Patrick to spill the beans on...

• recording a band using only a boombox
• how the No1 hit, So Happy, came about
• being the only indie band listed in the Singapore Encyclopaedia
• how the Oddfellows snagged top model Bonnie Hicks to be in their music video

Listen to The Oddfellows: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vG1kdezHeNsa8SYS41xrE?si=X7tZAm-pRgaAK5k6YkHVLQ&dl_branch=1

Check out The Oddfellows videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaOwfv0jyLH1dVcruIKvv1g

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