Interviews from 30th March include Astro of UB40, Junior Campbell of Marmalade, along with Dr Robert of The Blow Monkeys.
Astro is a musician and rapper, and part of the English reggae band UB40 since it was founded in 1978 until he left the group in November 2013. In January 2014, Astro, with other former UB40 members, Ali Campbell and Mickey Virtue, announced plans to reform and record under the UB40 name.
Junior Campbell is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member, lead guitarist, piano player, and singer with the Scottish band Marmalade and co-wrote and produced some of their biggest successes, including “Reflections of My Life”, I See The Rain and “Rainbow”. He also wrote and produced his own solo hits, Hallelujah Freedom and Sweet Illusion. Junior is also known for composing music for film and television drama, and as an arranger and producer for many musicians including Barbara Dickson. He is also known for co-composing the music and lyrics for the children’s TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and TUGS.
The Blow Monkeys are a British new wave, pop rock, sophisti-pop and alternative rock band that formed in 1981. The first single, “Live Today Love Tomorrow” was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. Their first song on the charts was “Digging Your Scene”, which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They had four albums and eleven singles in the UK charts from 1986 and 1990. In late 2007, the original band members reunited.
Astro of UB40
Junior Campbell of Marmalade
Dr Robert of The Blow Monkeys
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