The Variety Show with Liam
by Liam Hair
Ever loved those late night talk shows where you have that great host who has this amazing personality and host humour about them, well this podcast is for you! Liam Hair is an Australian nerd wired to love his music taste of everything 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and a tiny bit of today's music scene with the slice of the arts, television, film and online such as Youtube. He interviews guests from those areas, sharing their stories to a brand new audience of today who might not know the whole story of their world.So sit back, get some headphones and tune in to "The Variety Show with Liam"
Episodes
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Interview with Andrew McLennan & Eddie Rayner
We speak with two fantastic names from NZ being Andrew McLennan (Pop Mechanix, Coconut Rough and The Swingers) and Eddie Rayner (Split Enz, The Makers, Crowded House (Touring) ) for the entire show that was recorded earlier this week for radio and for fans of these two musicians you will enjoy…
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The Variety Show with Liam S3 EP7: Izzy Kershaw
To wrap up our 3rd season of this brilliant podcast, we sat down with the wonderful LGBQT musician Izzy Kershaw (some may recognise if you are in the Kershaw community as daughter of the equally incredible Nik Kershaw) We spoke of her experiences as a Queer and Trans musician in a modern age,...
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The Variety Show with Liam S3 E6 Dave Gregory ft Joshua Batten
In a podcast first, we have two hosts with friend of the show Joshua Batten co-pilot this episode of the podcast as we speak with the wonderful Dave Gregory from XTC/The Dukes of Stratosphear, Big Big Train, Tin Spirits and a sought after session player to acts like Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree,...
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The Variety Show with Liam S3 E5 - Wang Chung
Arguably one of my most exciting interviews I have the honour to conduct so far, we are joined by none other than @WangChungTheBand aka Jack Hues (Guitarist/Keys/Lead Vocals) and Nick Feldman (Bass and Vocalist) as we look into the history of Wang Chung, tell the tale of the iconic "Dance Hall...
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The Variety Show with Liam S3 E4 Pat Mastelotto
The Variety Show with Liam Series 3 Episode 4 - Pat Mastelotto Legendary drummer Pat Mastelotto sat down with Liam for a chat about his music career, explored some of his past works including Mr Mister, discussed XTC, the Something Real music video, King Crimson and his other side projects that...
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The Variety Show with Liam - S3 Ep1: Erin Fitzgerald and Matt Hill
Variety Show returns for a 3rd season with a big bang! This one's for cartoon lovers and voice actors wannabes everywhere as we have Erin Fitzgerald and Matt Hill from many projects such as the iconic hit show Ed Edd n Eddy and became the main theme of this episode as we discuss everything Ed Edd…
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The Variety Show with Liam S3 E3 - FamKam ASMR
Episode 3 of Series 3 sees us finally break into the ASMR section with Keith aka FamKam Find out about what goes on BTS with this field of content, video games, twitch streaming and ofc music music music Great bloke, give em a follow folks.
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The Variety Show with Liam Season 2 Episode 6 - Charlotte Raven
After a few weeks from touring with Tom Bailey in Australia, Charlotte Raven of the Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey band decided to jump on the show and discuss her life with music, working as a composer, gigging with Tom Bailey across the UK and the Globe, the recent Australian Tour and much more.…
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The Variety Show S2 E5 NatiDreddd
The Variety Show with Liam S2 E5: NatiDreddd Natalie aka NatiDreddd drops by for an hour on The Variety Show with Liam as we dive into everything Scotland and beyond Nati's Socials: https://linktr.ee/NatiDreddd
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The Variety Show with Liam S2 E4 - Steve Hackett
In this special episode of the Variety Show with Liam, I was given the chance to interview what might be the most influential guitar players to hard rock/prog rock: Steve Hackett of Genesis fame he just wrapped up a massive American tour on his world tour of 2022-2023 and was back home resting...
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The Variety Show with Liam S2 E3 - Sophie Aldred
Our first major TV personality stops by on the show with Doctor Who's Sophie Aldred talking about her time back with Doctor Who, discussing her other major roles and plenty more!
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The Variety Show with Liam S2 Ep2 : So-Lo by Danny Elfman
Following the release of 2021's Big Mess from Oingo Boingo's Danny Elfman, Liam decided to return to his synth filled 1984 solo debut release entitled "So-Lo" which was secretly the fourth Boingo album to the fans. This would be the last release to feature the original A/M lineup before Richard...
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The Variety Show with Liam S2 Ep 1 - Hamish Currie (Memefarmerr)
It's back! (with a fresh new intro based on the Chevy Chase show of all things) After a highly successful debut series, it's time for another round of fun filled podcast episodes from interviews, reviews and everything in between! Joining me for the new season premiere is New Zealand comedic...
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The Variety Show with Liam Episode 7 - LILIAC
Episode 7: I had the absolute honour to interview one of my favourite metal acts of the 21st century. In this episode of the Variety Show with Liam we talk with LILIAC and get to know Melody, Abigail, Samuel, Justin and Ethan and talk everything music in this EXCLUSIVE Australian first talk with...
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The Variety Show Episode 6 - Bridie (Music bird aka Kate Bush's look a like)
Conducted a while ago now, this episode was recorded for Halloween when I interviewed the wonderful and lovely Bridie who is a great look a like of the talented Prog Goddess Kate Bush! In this episode, we chat Prog Rock, Kate Bush and being a look a like of her and plenty more. All that and more…
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The Variety Show With Liam Episode 5: Mikaela Swan
Local Aussie drummer and artist Mikaela Swan decided to pop on for an interview for the fifth instalment of the podcast, we talked about her upbringings in drummings, her music and bands and her art she creates. All that and more on today's episode of The Variety Show with Liam
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The Variety Show with Liam Hair Episode 3 - Joshua Batten
Joshua Batten, a local musician from Melbourne who I have become friends with did me the honour of appearing around late March/early April and covered music but went a bit off the beating track a bit (well I kind of did lol) So this is episode 3 of The Variety Show with Liam Hair, enjoy. Cheers…
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THE ALBUM THAT DESTROYED STYX?!?!?! - The Variety Show with Liam Episode 2: Kilroy was Here review
Kilroy was Here, the album that broke up Styx in 1983. What was the damage it did to the band, why do I think It calls out commercialism in Music and is it all that bad? find out in the 2nd episode of the Variety Show podcast with Liam
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The Variety Show with Liam Episode 1 - Niamh the Prog Nerd
Welcome to my first episode of The Variety Show, on today's episode we have one of my favourite Vinyl youtubers: "Niamh The Prog Nerd" I interviewed her about her history with Progressive Rock and Vinyl and chatted about our favourite musicians and albums from the prog genre but talk about other...
About this show
Ever loved those late night talk shows where you have that great host who has this amazing personality and host humour about them, well this podcast is for you! Liam Hair is an Australian nerd wired to love his music taste of everything 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and a tiny bit of today's music scene with the slice of the arts, television, film and online such as Youtube. He interviews guests from those areas, sharing their stories to a brand new audience of today who might not know the whole story of their world.So sit back, get some headphones and tune in to "The Variety Show with Liam"
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