EAP Episode.18 - Peter Coyle (The Lotus Eaters) : "People from Our backgrounds don't have the right to dream"" episode artwork

EPISODE · May 6, 2025 · 1H 8M

EAP Episode.18 - Peter Coyle (The Lotus Eaters) : "People from Our backgrounds don't have the right to dream""

from Eighties Archive Podcast · host David Arscott + John Mabey

*This episode features excerpts of 3rd party musical content*We had the most enlightening conversation with the sweetest and most honest songwriter of his generation,Peter Coyle from one of Liverpool's finest bands, The Lotus Eaters. A man with the biggest of hearts and the fullest of minds."Watching music channels is like a beauty blackout - We need to bring beauty back"A man who's poster was taped to my wall in 1984, whilst he felt like the most reluctant and shyest of pop stars.From the sudden demise of The Wild Swans, The Lotus Eaters rose from the ashes in a neighbourhood where. "People from our background didn't have the right to dream". Peter politely tells us his story whilst drawing his references from the silent movie age, Tennyson, Kafka, Bauhaus and Peters Hammill & Gabriel, as well as choosing his top 5 songs of the 80s - DA

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