Have you formed a band?
Have you ever wondered about what it’s really like to do it? There’s a huge, secret story behind every successful band: a heady mix of ambition, desperation, perseverance, daydreams, sleeping on sofas, surviving hangovers in the back of a Transit van, and dumb luck.
I Formed A Band is a podcast that talks to people who formed bands about the part before they got famous: why did they do it, what did it take and what was life like then?
It’s by Eddie Argos, who formed a band called Art Brut and sings a song called Formed A Band; and Joe Sparrow, who did not form a band, but probably should have done, thinking about it now.
Here’s a photo of them in about 2008, after a gig in a very muddy field, shaking hands and exchanging a cheque like they’re in the local paper.
