ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
Presented by Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.
Guests include Sir Bob Geldof, Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, super-producer Trevor Horn, Chris Difford of Squeeze and their bandmate from A Saucerful of Secrets, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason
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Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
63 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
164 episodes
since Sept. 5, 2020
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~50.74% of listeners are from Ireland.
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IE
50.74%
🇬🇧
GB
18.00%
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KE
10.08%
🇺🇸
US
9.72%
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CA
2.21%
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FI
1.76%
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VN
0.99%
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RO
0.81%
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NA
0.58%
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AU
0.54%
🇬🇷
GR
0.45%
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ES
0.45%
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CZ
0.40%
🇭🇰
HK
0.40%
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FR
0.31%
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SE
0.31%
🇹🇼
TW
0.22%
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DE
0.18%
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MX
0.18%
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KH
0.13%
Others
1.54%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
This week we welcome Woody Woodmansey to the podcast. Woody is the last man standing from Bowie's band ‘The Spiders From Mars’ and Woody shares some incredible stories with us this week from his first foray into music, meeting a young David Bowie and touring the world with the Spider.
You can see W…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Rockonteurs returns, and this week Guy and Gary are chatting to Dave Wakeling from The Beat.
Chatting about a life on the road, his influences, those politically orientated lyrics of the 1980s, being covered by Pete Townshend, supporting Bowie and an amazing tale about how he tried to get back his …
This week on Rockonteurs we chat to guitarist Robin Trower. Robin talks about his early guitar influences, his love of James Brown, his time with Procol Harum and as the bandleader in his own power trio. April 2024 is also the 50th anniversary of his acclaimed album ‘Bridge of Sighs’ which is …
This week on Rockonteurs, we welcome Mark Knopfler to the podcast. Where on earth do you start with a man whose career is so extensive, eclectic, and compelling? Mark shares some incredible stories of his introduction to the guitar, his heroes like Buddy Holly and Hank Marvin, his chart topping, de…
This week on Rockonteurs we are joined by the American writer and producer Joe Boyd. Joe has worked with a stunning array of artists from Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, REM and, of course Pink Floyd. In this episode he talks about his introduction into the music business, founding the highly infl…
This week Guy and Gary are joined by another legendary bassist, from Guns n Roses, we welcome Duff McKagan to Rockonteurs. There is so much more to Duff than that incredible band. We dig into his passion for punk, his introduction to the bass, his global success with GnR but also his wonderful solo…
This week on Rockonteurs, Gary and Guy get to meet a real-life guitar hero of theirs – the wonderful Steve Howe.
Steve takes us through his journey from psychedelia to prog, from the Syndicats to Yes, to Asia and even his collaboration with Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The Classic Tales of Yes tour r…
This week on Rockonteurs, Gary and Guy are joined by our good friend Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Sophie has evolved from an indie darling to a global pop princess and in this episode she talks about her first gig, falling in love with music, starting her own band, going solo and 25 years of making dance f…
Rockonteurs is back and this week Gary and Guy chat with a classic storyteller. Tony James is much more than just a bassist, he is a musician, a producer, a visionary, and a pop and punk pioneer. In this episode, he chats to us about his band Generation X, his work and friendship with Billy Idol, t…
Happy New Year from Rockonteurs. This week join Gary and Guy for a chat with the delightful Clare Grogan. Clare is an acclaimed actress, best known for roles in films like Gregory's Girl and the TV show Red Dwarf. She is also the lead singer of Altered Images. This week she chats to Guy and Gary ab…
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