The Long Drive Home is a Podcast about the many ways in which a gig can go wrong, presented by Alpha Male Tea Party (Greg, Tom and Ben).
Being in a band is really cool and fun, right? Well, yeah, it is. But it's also absolutely crushing some times and we want to explore that because through tears and horror, there is laughter.
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Something a bit different now, as this time we're joined by Scouse comedian Dean Coughlin! He gives us an insight into what bad gigs are like for comedians, as well as delving into his guitar playing…
Well, the weather is a bit shit isn't it. Fucking May?? What the fuck is this all about?
Anyway, NEW EPISODE TIME!! AND THIS ONE IS BELTA!!
We have been joined by the handsome and charming Dan from Fro…
Roll up, roll up.....It new episode time!
This episode we speak to the wonderfully talented and funny Evelyn Halls from that there popular beat combo from the northern port city of Liverpool, Clean Cu…
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Its only flipping episode 17 of The Long Drive Home Podcast, and this time we have the brilliant Lags from the popular beat combos of Gallows and Krokodil. Lags talks us through his brush with…
Strap in for this one, I'd even double strap in if you have a spare lying around... Its only Dave Larkin, the bass wielding riff monster from that there Black Peaks. He's going to talk you all throug…
In episode 15 we're joined by our dear old touring pal, Paul Russell. We've shared many a splitter van with Paul and he's always one for a good touring anecdote. Along with fronting his bands Axes an…
Episode 14 sees us welcome into our hearts and arms, the very handsome and charming Dan Nightingale from the band Conjurer. Dan joins us for a chat where he regales us with his tales of those good ol…
The lucky episode number 13 - The very lovely and hilarious Katie Malco joins us to tell us about what it was like to be sharing the stage with a late 90s indie diva (no, not Natalie Imbruglia), clar…
On this episode - A couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of the company of the very wonderful and talented Serena Cherry, who discusses her fabulous and not-so-fabulous escapades when out on the r…
We're absolutely delighted to have Richard Jupp, former drummer from Elbow (yes, ELBOW) on the podcast to talk us through the lows and indeed HIGHS of being in Elbow. We gave Richard rare permission…
Episode 10! How did we get here? Who knows...
John Helps of the excellent Maybeshewill gives us the lowdown on his touring escapades both as a musician and as a tour manager for other artists.
This one…
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We were delighted to invite Fin (James Findlay), bassist from Hell is for Heroes, onto the show to talk us through the lowest ebbs of touring in the height of the UK Post-Hardcore boom of the earl…
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After an extremely long break, we've finally got a new episode for you.
This was recorded WAYYYY back in April, peak lockdown and for various tedious reasons, it's not been available till now, H…
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We've got Yvette Young from Covet on with us today and it's a CORKER. She talks us through some truly bizarre and in some cases harrowing situations she's found herself in over the years.
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Hurrah! Another one straight from the heart of Lockdown Britain.
Episode 6 of the Long Drive Home. This week we're joined by Djamila Azzouz, the brilliant vocalist of off ITHACA who guides us through …
This week we're joined by Ben Murray, our good friend and front of house engineering extraordinaire to talk over some of his less enthralling experiences as a professional sound engineer. Many beans …
This week we've got the VERY wonderful Real Terms on the podcast. They talk us through some of their less than enjoyable performing adventures involving phone chargers, sickness and jugglers among ot…
This week we have our first guest on The Long Drive Home; the incredible Mike Vennart whose exalted musical history includes Oceansize, Vennart and Biffy Clyro (live) among others.
We were delighted t…
In this episode, we discuss the antics of other bands in the gigging arena and discuss some of the listeners similar experiences.
Ben sounds a bit funny because his microphone was erroneously fed thro…
Our first ever episode!
We thought we'd start gently by interviewing ourselves. Perhaps we come across as entitled ingrates? You can decide. We cover a selection of some of our worst gigging experienc…