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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 to get there, and what was life like when they were forming a band?
It’s hosted 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.
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. That’s what this podcast is about.
(And it’s also about compiling The Argos Catalogue: a comprehensive collection of Eddie’s various stories of meeting members of the Wu-Tang Clan in a lift, or singing Half Man Half Biscuit songs with Liam Gallagher, etc)
We love hearing from you – if you’ve got a question for Eddie, send us an email to eddieandjoe@iformedaband.com
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[The ace photo of Eddie in the main image is by the very talented Nessiahuu]
Ep. 2: We begin to document the life, times and tribulations of the much-storied, celebrity-beef-starting, indie troubadour Eddie Argos – and then compile the stories in… The Argos Catalogue. Yes, indeed, it’s the inevitable “readers’ letters” episode, and boy, do we learn some eye-opening stuff about Eddie’s career. So join Eddie and Joe – the Richard and Judy of indie music podcasting – and learn:
> How Eddie was a traffic warden and used to let Mel C from the Spice Girls off from getting parking tickets
> How Eddie once got into an escalating feud with Kele from Bloc Party that ended in him being karate kicked
> He then reveals that he has moved on from starting beefs with famous singers – before immediately starting a beef with Thom Yorke
> What Eddie’s dream Top Of The Pops line-up would be and yes of course David Devant and His Spirit Wife would be performing
> Eddie invents a hypothetical but plausible band called “Wellington Boot”
> Eddie and Joe also recall the glory days of Landfill Indie, and whether it was ” one of the least exciting things to happen to music this century”
> And in a new, possibly one-off, show segment called “Me and yer granny on bongos” Eddie theorises which bands could survive if you ejected all the members except the singer (and replaced everyone else with a bongo-playing granny)
We’d also like to point out that Richard Madeley was acquitted of all charges of shoplifting, and Eddie was simply making a joke. Send your own questions for Eddie via eddieandjoe@iformedaband.com! They’ll probably get answered by him!
Links mentioned:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thefall/the-granny-on-bongos-quote-t42821.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-top-50-greatest-landfill-indie-songs-of-all-time/
