Last Party, Bitter Springs special with Simon Rivers - Part 2

<p>Simon Rivers in conversation with David Eastaugh - Part 2</p> <p> </p> <p>Last Party formed in 1985, although their history stretches back to the band No Trains At The Bay, which the members formed at school in 1978, and who had a song called "The Last Party".<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Springs#cite_note-Sladeckova-1'>[1]</a> One of their earliest gigs was in support of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_(band)'>The Sound</a>, their original drummer Steve Infield being a housemate of The Sound's bass player Graham Bailey.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Springs#cite_note-Clarkson-2'>[2]</a> They released their debut album on their own Harvey label the following year. They were the support act at <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Roses'>The Stone Roses</a>' first London gig, at the Greyhound in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham'>Fulham</a>, and were favourites with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel'>John Peel</a>, recording two sessions for his <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_1'>BBC Radio 1</a> show, one on 1987 and a second in 1989.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Springs#cite_note-McFadden-3'>[3]</a><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Springs#cite_note-BBC-4'>[4]</a> In 1995, the band members at the time (singer Simon Rivers, bass player Daniel Ashkenazy, Kim Ashford, and Neil Palmer) decided on a new name, The Bitter Springs, changing their name "in the hope that journalists who had ignored the Last Party would give us another listen".<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Springs#cite_note-Clarkson-2'>[2]</a> The debut release under this new name, the Addison Brothers <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play'>EP</a>, featured <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Godard'>Vic Godard</a>, and the Bitter Springs enjoyed a long association with Godard, acting as his backing band, the Subway Sect, for nine years, also contributing to studio