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Known Pleasures

Gang Of Three
Monthly podcast. Next episode on Monday, January 26.
Known Pleasures takes a look at the highly influential music that washed up in the wake of the seismic splash that was punk. Call it post-punk, or new wave, but from 1978 to 1984 bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, PiL, Gang of Four and Joy Division were re-defining what was possible in this brave new musical landscape of machines, rhythms and electronics. In turns affectionate, amusing and anecdotal, our own Gang of Three former amateur indie musicians dissect the albums, songs and tours that made this experimental era one of the most important in rock history, scattering their own personal recollections and insights amongst the facts along the way.

Ever wondered why The Cure’s Robert Smith was playing two shows a night in different bands, where a bridge for suicidal dogs in Scotland fits in to the Talking Heads story, or how the Human League’s Phil Oakey started a nipple piercing craze? We’ll tell you, and more.

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73 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
E74·
Dec 29, 2025
Dec 29, 2025
57 mins
E72·
Aug 29, 2025
Aug 29, 2025
59 mins
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Aug 23, 2025
Aug 23, 2025
12 mins
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Aug 1, 2025
Aug 1, 2025
51 mins
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Jul 6, 2025
Jul 6, 2025
51 mins
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Jun 26, 2025
Jun 26, 2025
28 mins
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Apr 5, 2025
Apr 5, 2025
23 mins

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