Flesh for Lulu & Wasted Youth - Rocco Barker

<p>Rocco Barker - Flesh for Lulu & Wasted Youth - in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>Nick Marsh (vocals and guitar) and James Mitchell (drums) formed the band and soon recruited Rocco Barker (originally from <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasted_Youth_(British_Band)'>Wasted Youth</a>, guitar and vocals), and Glen Bishop (bass), taking their name from an American cult movie. After a well received <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel'>John Peel </a>session, they signed to <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydor_Records'>Polydor Records</a> in 1983, and soon thereafter, bassist Glen Bishop left to join Under Two Flags, and was replaced by Kevin Mills (formerly of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specimen_(band)'>Specimen</a>).</p> <p>Wasted Youth were an English <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk'>post-punk</a> band from <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London'>London</a>, England, active between 1979 and 1982, which blended post-punk/pre-Goth with dark acoustic strains of the sort associated with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake'>Nick Drake</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett'>Syd Barrett</a>. The line-up of the band was Ken Scott (vocals and guitar), Rocco Barker (guitar), Nick Nicole (synth), Darren Murphy (bass) and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Scott_(musician)'>Andy Scott</a> (drums)</p>