1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,559 Speaker 1: You can catch Berlin and Culture Club at the rac 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Arena September five, tickets through Ticketech and from Berlin. Terry Nunn, 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: good morning and welcome. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 2: Hi, thank you for Hay, thank you for joining us 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: so Berlin one of those, you know, great new wave 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 2: bands forming in Los Angeles at the very tail end 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 2: of the seventies. 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 3: Terry. 9 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: I believe that you actually got on board by answering 10 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 2: an ad through a musician's contact service in Hollywood. 11 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, because they didn't have the Internet then. No. 12 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 4: I actually had to go to a police in Hollywood 13 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 4: and look through notebook after notebook of bands looking for singers. 14 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 4: And that's the way that we connected back then. 15 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: So did you just get it feels I feel like 16 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 2: this one's going to be huge. 17 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 3: Well, John said, you know, this was in nineteen seventy nine. 18 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 3: He said that he the band was unique, and I 19 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 3: like unique. I like the bands that you know, like 20 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 3: like Pink Floyd or the B fifty twos. They don't 21 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 3: sound like anybody else yet to me, just takes a 22 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 3: lot of courage and I so I was like, okay, 23 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: I'm intrigued, and so he sent me a cassette. 24 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 4: Oh yes, and I listened to it. 25 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was this weird like electronics stuff. I was like, 26 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 3: what's this, you know, because back then it was punk 27 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 3: and power pop and that wasn't going on at all 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 3: in America. But he I went and met with him 29 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 3: because I really liked the whole vibe and he's, well, 30 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 3: there's these bands that are you know, they're doing this 31 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 3: and this thing called a synthesizer. I have one, and 32 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 3: we're just trying stuff and it's really fun and it's 33 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 3: just different. And I was all about it. I just 34 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 3: I lied. I said that I had a lot of experience. 35 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 3: I didn't. I wanted to see it as band. So yeah, yeah, 36 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 3: I got wonderful. 37 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, hy Terry. I've been writing the book by Martin 38 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: Camp the vice play from spandaut Ballet, talking about how 39 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: much goes into the video went into the videos in 40 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: the eighties, and they might from Birmingham Duran Duran. But 41 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: I watched the No More Words video this morning. That's 42 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: like a movie in itself, isn't it. 43 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 3: Thank You? That's my favorite one we did because Bonnie 44 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 3: and Clyde. When I saw it as a well, I say, 45 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 3: as a kid, I got my first kiss was watching 46 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 3: Bonnie and Clyde. So it meant a great deal to me. 47 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 3: And when they asked for some concept ideas, I said, well, 48 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 3: let's do Bunny and so they went for it and 49 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 3: I got to be Bonnie. 50 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 4: Yeah. 51 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 5: Video Living the. 52 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: Fate, run Away and Warren Bate. I loved that movie 53 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: as well. I remember watching it on Saturday afternoons every 54 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: time it came on Ellie's. 55 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 3: Oh yeah they're hot. 56 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 5: They were. 57 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, they were bad. 58 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: They were trouble, they were trouble, but they were hot. 59 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: Trouble. 60 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 3: Now, who were they but we ladies. We liked trouble. Yeah, 61 00:02:54,760 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: like trouble. They like them that are that are troubles. Yeah, 62 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 3: it was pretty bad. Yeah. 63 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 2: We early influencers included I believe craft Work and Devo. 64 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 3: Oh oh, I loved you absolutely, but I mean we 65 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 3: I ad My earliest influences, as I'm older than that 66 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 3: would be you know, key wreckin Boy. I mean, yeah, 67 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 3: we're going back Bowie, David Bowie. No, yeah, I mean 68 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 3: if David, if back then we had social media, I 69 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 3: would have stocked David Bowie. If I had any idea 70 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 3: that I could actually like three cham like he would 71 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 3: she would. 72 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 5: Read what I'm what I'm you know, I would Yeah, 73 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 5: I would have been all over them. 74 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, it would have been not the only one, not 75 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: the he said that, looking straight at me. All right, well, 76 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: let's let's go forward the nineteen to nineteen eighty six 77 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: and take My Breath Away. And it featured on you know, 78 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: the soundtrack of a huge movie. Obviously you'd put in 79 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: lots of work leading up to that point, but was 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 2: this just a you know, and a further game changer 81 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: with that when that song came out. 82 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Australia, we have a special place in 83 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: our hearts for you guys because you embraced us even 84 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 3: before that. I mean you you made hits there out 85 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 3: of no more words and like Flames and Metro. I 86 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 3: mean you were you were playing this even before that. 87 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 3: It meant a lot to us because before you, I mean, 88 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 3: we were in our home country, the US, we were 89 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 3: doing well, but you guys were the first overseas and 90 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 3: that that meant a lot to us. And then when 91 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 3: Topgun happened, Yeah, I mean it was it was just 92 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 3: a tsunami. It was all over the world. It was the. 93 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 4: Unprecedented an academy. 94 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, because it's best song and the writer gets 95 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 3: the Oscar for best Songs. I sang it. Yeah, I 96 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: was definitely part of it. Yeah, moder definitely deserves. 97 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: Still, I'd still be dining out on the sentence we 98 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 2: wanted again. 99 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Jim has got enough trophies. We talked about movies. 100 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: How did you enjoy the Bobby movie? 101 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: Did you love it? I did? I just loved Ryan Gosling. Yeah, yeah, 102 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 3: all if everybody patterns his role after the bachelorette guys, 103 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 3: because they walk. 104 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 5: Around and when the girls in the room, they're all like, hey, 105 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 5: how's it going. But as soon as the girlies, they're 106 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 5: like they don't know what to do with themselves. They're 107 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 5: just kind of like flexing and trying to look cool 108 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 5: and and and doing push ups and like they don't exist. 109 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 3: They just don't know. They don't They're not men unless 110 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: the woman is there, you know. That's what I've satterned 111 00:05:54,560 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: it after. Hey, Barb, yes, space have love. There's his childer. 112 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: Speaking of movies, is you audition for the role of 113 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 2: Princess Lear? 114 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 3: Is that rush? You can see it on YouTube? 115 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 5: Oh? 116 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: Your audition? 117 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, you can look, ye, the audition is actually up 118 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 3: I don't know who posted it, but it's there. In 119 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 3: a deck chair with with Harrison Ford, we're reading the line, Oh, 120 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 3: Star Wars didn't exist, so. 121 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 4: We're really you know, like Darth Vader grabbed. 122 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 3: The phasers, Like, what's the Darth Vader? 123 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 5: We had the Yeah, because they didn't exist, they hadn't 124 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 5: made it. 125 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 3: It's like here's this Lucas idea. Yeah, that's fantastic. It 126 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 3: was a great out of his mind. 127 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 2: You're coming to town with Coach Club. I've always reckoned 128 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 2: the boy. Georgia be a great guy to hang around 129 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 2: with on TUA. Have you you know, worked with them before. 130 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: Yes, we did some shows with them last year and 131 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 3: they went really well. So when they called us, I 132 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 3: think it was February to do you know this worldwide tour, 133 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 3: we were an instant yees because it's like a traveling circuit. Yeah, 134 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 3: but get out there and there's all this stuff going 135 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 3: on and if everybody gets along, and you know, they're iconic. 136 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 3: It was great, you know, musically to play with them, 137 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 3: but they're also really nice guy. Yeah, and the show 138 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 3: is great. I know ours was great, but I also 139 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 3: know now that their show is great. So it was 140 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 3: an instant. 141 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: Yes, well, Dan, he ad dive you band. Mike can 142 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: put his hat on because he's a bit of a 143 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: he does everything. This guy was a cowboy hat and 144 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: he's a music He's a pilot and an animal rescue guys. 145 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: He's an all round isn't he. 146 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 3: Are you telling you about David Diamonds. Yeah, diamond he 147 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: would thank you for that. I mean he doesn't usually 148 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 3: get his due and it means a lot that you 149 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 3: brought him up. Yeah. He's a keyboard player and guitar 150 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 3: player since nineteen eighty three and back in the band 151 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 3: along with John Crawford, the original founder of the band 152 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 3: seventy seven. We're in forty six years for Liz. 153 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: Wow, that's cool. 154 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: Well, we can't wait to have you and John and 155 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 2: David in the whole band here. It's just a couple 156 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 2: of weeks away. Everyone can get their tickets at Ticke Tech. 157 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 2: Terry Nun, thank you so much for joining us. 158 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me on your show. 159 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: Thanks Terry. A bit like you would have been with Bowie. 160 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm talking you on instagram S. You probably guessed. 161 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 5: Please do 162 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 3: So