{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ec1a2c506c6c628ca5b1e2/690e0285c1ed8717c5c71a4e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"2004 - 8 blokes in a 7 seater bus","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67ec1a2c506c6c628ca5b1e2/1762799072970-ccb7175b-1042-4cfb-9e32-9579aa233d13.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h2><strong>Episode Summary</strong></h2><p>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.</p><p><br></p><h2><strong>What You’ll Hear in This Episode</strong></h2><h3><strong>🔥 Band Origins &amp; Early Gigs</strong></h3><ul><li>How the band formed and started gigging</li><li>The first showcases and nearly getting management</li><li>Playing with The Streets, Snow Patrol, Jurassic Five, and more</li></ul><h3><strong>🤘 Bottles, Booing &amp; Accidental Fans</strong></h3><ul><li>The infamous gig supporting&nbsp;<em>The Darkness</em></li><li>Audience abuse, flying bottles, and a man who later emailed to apologise</li><li>Why a gig where everyone hates you is the best training possible</li></ul><h3><strong>🚐 The Van Era</strong></h3><ul><li>Touring in a 7-seater with 8 people</li><li>The legendary briefcase (yes,&nbsp;<em>that</em>&nbsp;one)</li><li>Skinning up while driving</li><li>Someone always lying on the floor by the sliding door</li><li>The moment they upgraded to a “proper” sleeper bus</li></ul><h3><strong>🚽 Tour Bus Rules You Didn’t Ask For</strong></h3><ul><li>Why you can’t poo on a tour bus</li><li>The bin-bag method (don’t ask… but we explain it anyway)</li><li>Throwing things out the back window on the motorway</li><li>How to wake up desperate for a toilet in a strange city</li></ul><h3><strong>💿 Record Deals, Label Fights &amp; Bald Spot Commentary</strong></h3><ul><li>Meetings with Sony, Atlantic, EMI, and Super Furry Animals’ label</li><li>The good exec (Corder Marshall) vs. the other one (allegedly an arsehole)</li><li>The moment they learned:&nbsp;<em>if we quit right now, we can keep the money</em></li><li>A marketing guy discussing someone’s bald spot at Soho House</li><li>Why the band nearly disbanded for the cash</li></ul><h3><strong>🎶 First Single &amp; Album</strong></h3><ul><li>Releasing&nbsp;<strong>“Half Man, Half Machine”</strong></li><li>Charting at #32</li><li>The C-3PO knitted outfit</li><li>Naming the debut album&nbsp;<strong>“Greatest Hits”</strong>&nbsp;because of course they did</li></ul><h3><strong>😂 Side Stories &amp; Tangents</strong></h3><ul><li>Human poo at The Oracle in Reading</li><li>A Nando’s sauce-mixing masterclass</li><li>Newport’s obsession with Ocean Pacific jumpers</li><li>A record cover idea involving rolling joints on a gatefold sleeve</li><li>Jumping into bins outside Soho House</li><li>Someone almost having a heart attack in Sony’s toilet</li></ul>","author_name":"Goldie Lookin Chain"}