The biggest rap band in the UK try to remember the history of the GLC. Make no mistake, this ain’t no history lesson – it’s a full-on nostalgia bender with tales of gigs, gaffs, and celebrity run-ins from 25 years of absolute chaos. From taking on Japan to smashing bingo halls like proper legends, the lads spill all the deets. So expect mad stories, bad decisions, and bodily fluids galore. It’s fame, fortune, and f***-ups – all served up GLC style. You knows it for real! GLC, podcast, history, music, anecdotes, fame, celebrities, humour, experiences, Newport, Japan, music, gigs, travel, experiences, band, memories, performances, poo, weed, fame, stories, made-up stuff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The boys discuss Under the Counter the third studio album. It was released on 17 March 2008 under Shellshock Records, after the group were dropped from their previous label, Warner Music Group. It contains various demos and songs left over from the recording sessions of the previous two albums. "Adam on the Phone" "The Take Over" "Hardcore Exchange" "House Party" "Eddie the Wrestler" "Majic Dusty" "Maggot Chant" "The Nugget" "Lloyd Ganja 9t9s Lament" "Amsterdamage" "Minimoto" "Spaceman" "Song for Kelly" BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
all this plus, win a chance to snog Adam's bottom. Watch the filmed versions at Patreon.com/YouKnowsIt BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There's ill-informed analysis of the previous night's World Cup Football, live chat from YouTube and Patreon. Craig David appears, but is never acknowledged. Watch at Patreon.com/youknowsit BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Part 1 of the Goldie Lookin Podcast live in Newport. How many ways is there to write this description? BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Right then… strap in you filthy animals, this one’s an absolute state from start to finish. The boys are back chatting pure nonsense, kicking off with gout chat (rock ‘n’ roll, lads) before immediately descending into a medically inaccurate but deeply disturbing breakdown of diet, injuries, and why you should never kick a door frame in anger. Life lessons, sort of. From there it’s straight into festival war stories , and honestly… it’s chaos: Wheelbarrowing Beyoncé onto stage like she’s a sack of spuds Nearly dying from nuclear-level hot sauce (and the aftermath… Jesus Christ) Silent discos turning into full-on WWE situations with security Entire festival fields basically made of wee Misty bulldozing security like he’s in Gladiator And at least three separate incidents involving bodily functions gone very wrong There’s also: The legendary “Terry Wogan is dead” sign incident (which goes about as badly as you’d expect) A full breakdown of how rumours at festivals used to spread like wildfire (RIP literally everyone every weekend apparently) Golf buggy crimes, near-death fireworks situations, and upsetting Neil Young for no reason whatsoever A man getting gangrene from a festival fence (standard) Someone mistaking a sleeping human for a bin bag and booting them across a field Plus loads of vintage GLC behaviour: Getting battered in tiki bars Starting chants at other people’s gigs Playing “family-friendly” sets to horrified Christian kids And discovering that dancing in a hole can become the highlight of your entire night Key takeaway: Festivals used to be lawless, disgusting, dangerous… and absolutely brilliant. We wrap up with a bit of modern-day moaning (IDs, sniffer dogs, no fun allowed anymore), some chat about upcoming shows, and the usual descent into nonsense about health, ageing, and trying not to die. 🔥 Highlights: “I thought I was gonna die… then I saw your face and knew I was.” “My ass was in tatters.” “That’s my uncle you twat!” “We nearly set off the fireworks at 2pm.” 💬 In short: Gout, guts, mud, booze, violence, lies, near-death experiences, and lads behaving exactly how you’d expect. BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this week's episode: 🤨The laugh-out-loud idea of buying Newport City Football Club 🔥Near-death stories from band tour mishaps, including being run over by a lorry, fireworks, being set on fire (for fun), more fireworks, eating the wrong things 🚑 Adventures with truck driving, and more roadside chaos and unexpected thrills Childhood antics and daring experiments 🌊 Unbelievable tales of almost drowning in a water park and snowboarding mishaps Watch in full at https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowsIt BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week the boys go Live & Direct (zero production values, maximum nonsense) to tackle the biggest cultural event since Egg boiled 12 eggs wrong… Record Store Day. Eggsy, Graham The Bear (GTB), King Dickhead and Producer Paul get stuck into: Vinyl nerd chat that quickly goes off the rails Queueing up for records like it’s 1997 again Why Taylor Swift is basically running the vinyl industry now And why HMV is now 90% plastic tat and 10% £40 Radiohead albums GTB gives us the full emotional rollercoaster of running a record shop on Record Store Day (financial fear + Taylor Swift optimism), while Egg breaks down how it all started vs what it’s become. 📢 Shout Outs Radioactive (apparently the best band in Britain… unverified) All independent record shops doing the lord’s work Anyone still buying physical music in 2026 (respect) BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
🎧 Goldie Lookin Chain Podcast – Episode 20 Episode 20 and the boys are back chatting absolute nonsense with just enough structure to pretend it’s a podcast. With questions from the fans, it’s another deep dive into the GLC brain — which is not a safe place to be. What’s In This Episode 🎤 Questions from the fans 🍺 Stories that start normal and end somewhere else entirely 🧠 Memories that may or may not be true 😂 Ongoing attempts to keep things on track BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
🎧 Goldie Lookin Chain Podcast – Episode 19 This week the boys are joined by historian and author Graham Loveluck-Edwards LLB (Hons) — which sounds very official until GLC get involved. Get ready for pirates, ships and fossilised footsteps in the mud! 📚 Real history (mostly) 🎤 GLC BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Watch the full video on Patreon This week the boys are joined by filmmaker Kieran Edwards , the man responsible for the horror film Blood Demons — which also happens to feature Goldie Lookin Chain getting murdered by vampires after smoking suspicious weed on a beach near Newport lighthouse. Naturally the conversation goes completely off the rails. Expect stories about filming on a farmer’s field, cows watching the shoot, carpets from Kidderminster (apparently the carpet capital of the world), and the lads’ surprisingly deep knowledge of vintage Hammer horror films. There’s also memories of GLC appearing on TV shows like Buzzcocks , The Weakest Link , and accidentally getting drunk before going live on Newsnight . Plus: 🎬 Horror film chat and favourite scary movies 🎤 GLC’s brief acting careers 🧠 A quiz called Beat The Bear 👹 New horror audio series Lucifer’s Tales of Doom BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
🎧 Goldie Lookin Chain Podcast – Episode 17 This week the boys head back to 2005 and the legendary GLC trip to Japan — a long flight, heavy jet lag, brandy at breakfast, and toilets so advanced they changed lives forever. From playing Sonic Mania and sharing dressing rooms with Marilyn Manson, to nearly getting arrested for hanging out of hotel windows, it’s a chaotic look at GLC going international for the first time. Plus: recording Safe As F ck* at Rockfield, two weeks of “creative exploration,” modern art disasters in Lambeth Street, and the plate-smashing incident that probably ended an era. It’s culture. It’s history. It’s bidets. Long way to Japan though. BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 16 sees the lads bravely hand control of the podcast over to the public — with predictably disastrous results. Armed with Facebook questions and zero organisation, GLC tackle life’s big topics: curry orders when someone else is paying, crisps that gave you the shits, shower-time music, shell suits with missing limbs, and why Burberry absolutely hated them. 🍛 Dream curry orders when Graham’s footing the bill 🥘 Curry house politics: Mahin Spire vs Handpost Tandoori 🚌 The true meaning of Kiosk 113 and where the other 112 kiosks went 🥔 Rare crisps, oven instructions, and instant diarrhoea 🚿 Shower-time music choices and practicing raps while washing your foul 🎤 Songs the band love but don’t play live (and why that’s probably for the best) 🕺 Welcome to Germany and the interpretive dance that cost them most of their audience 🐶 Dogs vs cats, plus historic anti-cat propaganda in the NME 🍺 Gigs ruined (or enhanced) by chemical enthusiasm 🎪 Festival memories involving Red Stripe cans used as microphones 🏨 A corporate gig, lost hotel rooms, drag queens, and promises that went unfulfilled 🧥 Billy’s shell suit sleeves and the international sleeve-sharing agreement 🍻 Who’s worst at drinking beer (and who can sleep holding a pint) 🥪 The ultimate working men’s club buffet: prawns, mini Kievs, egg sandwiches and beige fear 🧢 The fate of Fash, balaclavas, and ideas that never quite took off 🚗 Why the car had to be destroyed and filmed 🚌 Newport bus routes, pub crawls, and not helping pregnant women 🛒 The middle aisle of Lidl: trainers, windcheaters, DIY tools and hidden dildos 💿 Hidden tracks on GLC albums and how CDs used to mess with your head 🛍️ Cwmbran vs Newport (spoiler: Newport wins, obviously) 📻 A wholesome shout-out to the band Radioactive BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Recorded in what the boys describe as an “executive drinking establishment” , this episode quickly descends into medical horror stories, tour flashbacks, dangerous household items, and the boldest claim ever made on audio: 365 skid-mark-free days . What Happens (In No Particular Order) 🥤 Dry January continues (Coca-Cola, pink lemonade, isotonic Lucozade, and lies) 🎧 The new GLC song Dry January and why cheap videos are better 🫀 A near-death New Year’s Eve DJ set involving Sambuca, Spotify, and partial paralysis 🦷 A tooth falls out mid-Greggs wrap and nobody reacts correctly 🔥 A hot water bottle explodes, nearly destroying a full cock-and-ball ecosystem 📢 Public Service Announcement: hot water bottles can kill you 👖 A deeply forensic debate about skid marks, wiping techniques, and toilet paper quality 🚌 Tour flashbacks: cold venues, bad loos, excellent pubs 🧠 Proof that GLC quizzes should never be attempted sober or organised 🏰 Castles played, seas pooed in, pubs visited, and bands mildly insulted 🍺 Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, his pint, and his imagined string-tied torso 🎤 The official launch of the GLC Tour Quiz , featuring no buzzers and total confusion 🎟️ Tour announcement: “Stairway To Newport” (tickets available, and you'd think there would be a link here but there isn't) BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s Dry January. Sort of. Eggsy’s on a “massive can”, Rhys is insisting he is sober, and Producer Paul is spiritually broken after poisoning himself on New Year’s Eve. Together, Rhys & Eggs kick off what may or may not be the first podcast of 2026 ever made , and immediately derail into cans, colours of alcohol, and why mixing drinks will absolutely ruin your life. What follows is a deep, dangerous dive into old press interviews from 2009, fan Q&As that should never have been answered, and proof that the internet used to just print anything you told it. New Single out now Key GLC Science Facts People were younger in 2009 than they are now Mixing drink colours is a medical disaster Charity shops peaked in the early 2000s If you can smell your own balls, something has gone wrong Press interviews were better when journalists didn’t fact-check What Goes Down 🍺 Dry January chat (aka Can-uary, Dry-Jan-Except-Lager, and “I’ll start on the 13th”) 🎵 Talking the new GLC song Dry Jan — shot on a phone, in a cricket club, featuring Eggsy’s dad 📉 Proof that cheaper videos = better songs 📰 Revisiting a cursed 2009 Female First interview that somehow still exists online 🧥 How to dress like GLC (answer: charity shops, nosy women, skid-marked pants) 🍞 Gourmet recipes including Bread & Salt and eating your own snot 🎬 Who should play GLC in a film (spoiler: Ian Lavender from Dad’s Army) 🚌 Tour memories involving hangovers, northern train stations, frozen feet, and no food 🧠 Admitting that for the first five years of the band, everything said to the press was a lie 🎤 The best and worst things about touring (mostly smells, buses, and balls) 🗑️ Why charity shops are dead and Vinted ruined everything 🎭 David Bowie impressions nobody asked for 🛑 A firm reminder at the end: don’t kill dogs BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Strap in as the boys revisit: 🚌 Tour bus poo-bag etiquette (“feel the weight, boys!”) 😂 Bouncy castle death traps at Exeter Uni 🧼 Towel-obsessed tour managers 🇺🇸 Getting stoned before US visa interviews ✈️ New York madness at the Roger Smith Hotel 🔥 Los Angeles apartments, dressing gowns & room-service marathons 🎤 Robbie Williams asking to join GLC (denied) 🍖 Chicago meat feasts + Mike’s teeth falling out mid-steak 🤝 Meeting Cliff from the Flaming Lips 🎸 Ash turning up at gigs and loving the carnage 🥵 Discovering that human beings actually need water 🕺 A Riverdance lad trying (and failing) to impress in a dive bar 🤣 Adam’s poo-vomit ritual explained (sadly) Plus: Willie Nelson / Willie Thorne confusion, American salad buffets from hell, and Misty believing for 18 straight months that a mysterious bearded man wanted to interview him. If you’ve ever thought, “What was it REALLY like when GLC cracked America?” — this is the episode. Spoiler: America wasn’t ready. BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Eggsy and Adam (later Rhys) crack open a warm tour can and take us on a magical mystery ride through the 2025 GLC tour: Manchester – Misty appears like the Welsh Elton John, crowd goes absolutely batshit, and some bloke called Dom drinks alone in the dressing room. Kendall – Chef chops off half his finger and bleeds all over the fish and chips. Very rock ’n’ roll. Margate – The boys drink in a pub that might be called “The Bag o’ Buckets” or something. Adam goes home early for Bullseye. Bexhill – Eggsy has a pre-show dinner of ice cream followed by a Pot Noodle . Athlete. Newcastle – Ladyboys of Bangkok next door; Billy does 10 poos; someone gets smashed in a beer hall; Rhys injures his leg after two songs and ends up being medically laughed at by NHS staff. Hull – A pub so terrifying even GLC walk straight back out. Nottingham – Longest graffiti penis ever documented. Exmouth to Falmouth – Trego Mills nearly causes a religious experience. Pete Doherty’s dog exposes its luminous anus. Frome – Adam once performed an entire gig four seconds behind reality. Bridgend – The beer tastes like farts and everyone has to move dressing rooms mid-gig. Ipswich – The lads stay up late watching a sci-fi porno on Talking Pictures TV that scarred them spiritually. Oxford – Beef pie dream achieved; Adam pukes on his own poo and is reborn stronger. Reading – Full English served in a bowl, ghost made of glittery smoke appears in the corridor. Southampton – The boys all fall asleep on sofas and Adam makes a tiny mouse-squeak in his sleep that becomes the highlight of the tour. Another place – Venue staff demand an extra 15 minutes of rapping; GLC politely refuse and drink heavily at a golf club instead. The boys close with a reminder that next year’s tour is Stairway to Newport , featuring their ongoing search for the mythical perfect steak and ale pie — roaring fire, pub dog (but not one with worms), proper ale, shortcrust pastry, the lot. This episode is 55 minutes of pure Newport chaos that you’ll never get back — but you’ll be glad you spent it. BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Summary The boys revisit the gigs, label meetings, disasters, breakthroughs, and bowel incidents that shaped their early career. From supporting The Darkness and Snow Patrol to cramming eight grown men into a seven-seater van, this is the unfiltered story of how GLC went from Newport practice rooms to major label showcases. What You’ll Hear in This Episode 🔥 Band Origins & Early Gigs How the band formed and started gigging The first showcases and nearly getting management Playing with The Streets, Snow Patrol, Jurassic Five, and more 🤘 Bottles, Booing & Accidental Fans The infamous gig supporting The Darkness Audience abuse, flying bottles, and a man who later emailed to apologise Why a gig where everyone hates you is the best training possible 🚐 The Van Era Touring in a 7-seater with 8 people The legendary briefcase (yes, that one) Skinning up while driving Someone always lying on the floor by the sliding door The moment they upgraded to a “proper” sleeper bus 🚽 Tour Bus Rules You Didn’t Ask For Why you can’t poo on a tour bus The bin-bag method (don’t ask… but we explain it anyway) Throwing things out the back window on the motorway How to wake up desperate for a toilet in a strange city 💿 Record Deals, Label Fights & Bald Spot Commentary Meetings with Sony, Atlantic, EMI, and Super Furry Animals’ label The good exec (Corder Marshall) vs. the other one (allegedly an arsehole) The moment they learned: if we quit right now, we can keep the money A marketing guy discussing someone’s bald spot at Soho House Why the band nearly disbanded for the cash 🎶 First Single & Album Releasing “Half Man, Half Machine” Charting at #32 The C-3PO knitted outfit Naming the debut album “Greatest Hits” because of course they did 😂 Side Stories & Tangents Human poo at The Oracle in Reading A Nando’s sauce-mixing masterclass Newport’s obsession with Ocean Pacific jumpers A record cover idea involving rolling joints on a gatefold sleeve Jumping into bins outside Soho House Someone almost having a heart attack in Sony’s toilet BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
🎧 Goldie Lookin Chain Podcast – Episode 10 “The First Gigs, Terrible Contracts & Farts That Smell of Piss” Episode Summary In this gloriously shambolic deep dive, the GLC boys look back at their very early days: doomed record deals, weed-filled office meetings, their first ever gigs, and the chaotic rise from Newport cult heroes to nearly-signed superstars. From skipping CD players in TJ’s to flip-flop disasters in Manchester, it’s a full, unfiltered blast of nostalgia and bodily functions. Key Topics 💿 The terrible record deal they were first offered (“less money than the dole”) 🥇 Meeting Gut Records, Hut Records, and the legendary “Gary from Hut” 🚬 Smoking weed in record label offices while legal teams panicked 📝 Signing their big Atlantic Records deal (and spilling Burger King everywhere) 🎤 The first ever GLC gig at the Welsh Club: 200-capacity room 100+ person guestlist Tickets reselling for £45–£100 A room so packed it felt like a zombie movie 🩴 Misty’s legendary flip-flop disasters (multiple incidents!) 🎟 The rider: 50 scratch cards — and the gambling spiral that followed 🎶 Chaos at TJ’s: skipping CD players, makeshift repairs, and heroic stage dives 🤝 Early management, Atomic Kitten tribute acts, and meeting the future team 🎤 Joe Strummer appearances and bizarre backstage moments 💨 The infamous fart that “smelled of piss” Funny Bits & Best Moments The band training for gigs by standing in a circle passing Lambrini around Misty falling over a chair, farting, and landing on a can of Strongbow at once A mysterious child on stage skinning up mid-performance The credit card that “appeared from nowhere” and was used for months Crowds so dense the band couldn’t leave the dressing room to pee Stage diving behind a wall because the venue layout made no sense BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDIE LOOKIN PODCAST ON PATREON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
