For Strings and Screams

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I took a look at the early career of the Goo Goo Dolls, looking at how the American band seemed to inherently follow the footsteps of punk band The Replacements, up until their big hit changed everything and they never seemed to want to look back again.

I sit down with Barry "Epoch" Topping to discuss how to get into composing music for video games, what titles inspired him and, also, we dwell on some rather obscure games, trivias and reflect on our young teenage years and national music scenes. You can find Barry @nostoppingepoch on Twitter or h…

Together with game developer and musician Jay Tholen, we talk all about progressive: how our love for the genre started and where it took from there. We also look at 70s/80s/90s prog, prog rock in gaming and all around, along with a small discussion on the soundtrack of the next games Jay's working…

For the first episode of Strings and Screams, I wanted to go back to an album which meant very much to me, especially considering it's 40 years old this year. A track-by-track breakdown of The Cure's Pornography, what it meant to me and what it means now.