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Before They Knew Better with DIY Magazine
by DIY Magazine
Before They Knew Better is the new podcast series from DIY Magazine - the UK’s biggest independent music publication - which turns back the clock and shines a light on the good, the bad, and the damn right ridiculous moments of your favourite music stars’ teenage years. Every week, our guests offer up a photo, song and an object from their youth to - along with a little help from our presenters Lisa Wright and Giles Bidder - reveal some of their most unexpected childhood secrets. You can get your copy of our monthly magazine from our online shop: shop.diymag.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Carrie Brownstein: Seattle, Nirvana and self-discovery
On the last episode of this season, we're joined by Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein who transports us to '90s Seattle and what it was like to come of age during the height of grunge. We also dig into the lasting impact of George Michael, and pop into the photobooth for a lesson in getting to...
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Graham Coxon: Early Blur, Colchester and Squats
This week on the podcast, we're joined by a true music legend - the one and only Graham Coxon. As well as digging back into some early Blur memories, we take a trip to the tribal pubs of '80s Colchester, learn about Graham's squatting days and discover why his life is like a marble maze. Enjoy!...
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Metronomy's Joe Mount: Skate parks, haircuts and the seaside
In the new episode of the podcast, we're joined by Metronomy main man Joe Mount as he takes us back to his skateboarding, Minidisc-loving youth growing up near the sea but not quite. What is 'cool'? Let's find out! Also contains a surefire tip to ruin your hair for the foreseeable future. Enjoy!...
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Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno: Fashion, football and owning your outsiderness
In this week's episode of the podcast, Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno joins us for a hilarious deep dive into his upbringing, featuring just as many adventures and probably slightly more TK Maxx than you might expect. We go back to the early, wildcard days of the band; dig into the legacy of his…
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Kate Nash: Myspace, Buzzcocks and teen fame
This week on the podcast, we turn the clock back to the mid '00s and dig into the coming-of-age years of Kate Nash - one of Myspace's first true self-made stars. As well as a dive back into that whirlwind, Kate also serves up some choices stories of the scrappy Nash sisterhood, her beloved...
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Bill Ryder-Jones: Grief, The Coral and the Wirral
In this week's episode, indie hero Bill Ryder-Jones joins us for a very raw, personal chat about his childhood and what it is to grow up alongside an event of devastating trauma. He talks about losing his older brother Daniel, who fell off a cliff on a family holiday when Bill was seven, and the...
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Lauren Mayberry: All Saints, Bebo and going out tops
On the newest episode of the podcast CHVRCHES frontwoman and newly solo-in-her-own-right star Lauren Mayberry takes us on a timewarp back to the '00s, where Top Eights were the peak priority, indie still dominated the charts and you lycra tops and combats were the height of cool. Prepare for the...
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Bob Vylan - MCing, motorbikes and making moves
In the newest episode of Before They Knew Better, DIY cover star Bobby Vylan of vital punk duo Bob Vylan joins us to reminisce on his first gig as a 12 year old MC, alongside tales of an early, curiosity-piquing trip to Chicago and his appropriately DIY roots selling homemade CDs with his garage...
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Cat Burns - Ed Sheeran, Sisterhood and Neurodiversity
In this week's episode of the podcast, we're joined by thrice BRIT Award-nominated Cat Burns ahead of her fittingly-titled debut album 'Early Twenties'. Digging back a little further than that, Cat spoke to us about her time at the BRIT school, sibling dynamics and the challenges of entering the...
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The Cribs' Gary and Ryan Jarman: Freddie Mercury, five finger discounts and being a twin
It’s an episode of firsts for Before They Knew Better today: not only is today’s episode the first time we’ve invited two guests into BTKW HQ, but it’s also our first time grilling siblings! And they’re iconic ones at that; this week, we reminisce with The Cribs’ Gary and Ryan Jarman, as they…
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Everything Everything's Jonathan Higgs - Movies, Munitions and Mountainhead
For the latest episode in Before They Knew Better’s new season, we’re offering up something a little bit different: our first ever live podcast! Recorded at The Social in London as part of the venue's year of 25th birthday celebrations, we sat down with Everything Everything frontman Jonathan…
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CMAT - Blogs, Brits and Bombay Bicycle Club
Welcome back to the second season of Before They Knew Better, and we're kicking off round two with World Famous Irish Pop Star (her words, which we fully endorse)... CMAT! As anyone aware of CMAT will know, she's about the best value conversation in the modern music game, and this chat was no...
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Yard Act's James Smith: Man United, The Muppets and Gorillaz
On the first episode of 2024 and the final instalment of Before They Knew Better's first season, Yard Act's James Smith joins us for a trip down memory lane featuring peak era Beckham, cartoon worship and an unfortunate incident that got him banned from GCSE art class. They might be asking…
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The Vaccines' Justin Young: Pop-Punk, Skateboarding and Animal Rights Marches
On the last Before They Knew Better of the year, Justin Young gives us window into his musical youth. Spoiler alert: it's not what you might expect from The Vaccines! From his formative pop-punk phase through the many and various listening stages that shaped him, it's a window back to a...
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Remi Wolf - Junior Olympics, Paramore and Volcom
This week on Before They Knew Better, technicolour alt-pop star Remi Wolf joins us for a ride through easily the most eventful childhood we've had on the series so far. What were you doing with your life when you were 13? Watching The Simpsons, avoiding your homework? Well Remi was hurtling down…
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The Hives' Howlin' Pelle Almqvist - Police, Punk Rock and Arctic Monkeys
Tick tick... boom! On this week's episode of the podcast, we're joined by bona fide rock'n'roll royalty in the sharp-suited shape of The Hives' frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist! Fresh from a massive year releasing their first album in a decade, 'The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons', and supporting a...
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James Acaster - Britpop, Mixtapes and Carmen Miranda
In this week's episode, the podcast king himself James Acaster joins us to chat all things youth and young manhood. Wondering why he's dressed up as Carmen Miranda in the pic? All will be revealed, alongside some top drawer tales of terrible mixtape-making and his first forays onto the stage....
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mxmtoon - Bill Nye, Oasis and Billie Joe Armstrong
On the latest episode of Before They Knew Better, we're joined by almost certainly the coolest ukulele-toter in alternative pop, mxmtoon! From her first ever school performances as part of the innovatively-titled Lunchtime Rock Band A (playing in front of Actual Billie Joe Armstrong!!!) to…
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Killer Mike - Toy Cars, Community Groups and Grandma Bettie Clonts
In this week’s episode of Before They Knew Better, the one and only Killer Mike joins us fresh from receiving a whopping three GRAMMY nominations to reminisce on his childhood in Atlanta, before become a bona fide rap legend. From his first teenage community activism groups, to his lifelong love…
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Felix White (86TVs / The Maccabees) - Liam Gallagher, CD Walkmans and ‘Scar Tissue’
On the latest episode of Before They Knew Better, we speak to multi-hyphenate musician/ podcaster/ all round good egg Felix White (86TVs, The Maccabees, Tailenders) about his music obsessive youth, from fanboying over Liam Gallagher on a Eurostar to his Chili Peppers one-song mixtape. There’s…
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Mae Muller - Twilight, Camden and Florence + The Machine
This week on Before They Knew Better, pop ledge (and this year's UK Eurovision entrant) Mae Muller gives us a glimpse back to her early years storming around Camden, chopping off her own hair and generally being a fearless young thing. From boy-crazy diaries to getting hammered on Hampstead Heath...
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Bastille's Dan Smith - Scream 3, Glastonbury and Mr Blobby
On the newest episode of Before They Knew Better, we sit down with chart-topping frontman Dan Smith of Bastille to toast his current position as David Attenborough's Planet Earth III house band (sort of) and the intense levels of adorable nerdiness that populated his teenage years before that.…
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Olivia Dean - The Lion King, The BRIT School and Aunty Olivia
On the new episode of Before They Knew Better, Mercury Prize-shortlisted singer Olivia Dean is going hard into cosy season as she joins hosts Lisa Wright and Giles Bidder from the new flat she’s dubbing ‘Aunty’s House’. Things weren’t always so chill, however, and in this episode Olivia digs into...
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Sigrid - Cats, The Sims and Halloween
On the first episode of Before They Knew Better, festival-headlining pop superstar Sigrid talks to hosts Lisa Wright and Giles Bidder about her childhood sibling band, giving her cat a wedding and her meticulous approach to The Sims. We dig into the importance of BBC Introducing, relive her...
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Before They Knew Better with DIY Magazine
Introducing... Before They Knew Better with DIY Magazine! Before They Knew Better is the new podcast series from DIY Magazine - the UK’s biggest independent music publication - which turns back the clock and shines a light on the good, the bad, and the damn right ridiculous moments of your...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Before They Knew Better is the new podcast series from DIY Magazine - the UK’s biggest independent music publication - which turns back the clock and shines a light on the good, the bad, and the damn right ridiculous moments of your favourite music stars’ teenage years. Every week, our guests offer up a photo, song and an object from their youth to - along with a little help from our presenters Lisa Wright and Giles Bidder - reveal some of their most unexpected childhood secrets. You can get your copy of our monthly magazine from our online shop: shop.diymag.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Before They Knew Better is the new podcast series from DIY Magazine - the UK’s biggest independent music publication - which turns back the clock and shines a light on the good, the bad, and the damn right ridiculous moments of your favourite music stars’ teenage years. Every week, our guests offer...
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