EP.262 - John Foxx

Adam talks with British musician and artist John Foxx, about a few of the pioneers of electronic music, forming the band Ultravox!, working with legendary producers Brian Eno (Bowie, Talking Heads, U2, Coldplay, etc.) and Conny Plank (Kraftwerk, NEU! Cluster, Harmonia, etc.), the relationship between art, music and comedy, his encounters with Keith Richards and performance artist Leigh Bowery, what he and Fall frontman Mark E Smith would talk about on their drinking sessions together and how his parents didn't screw him up. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 11 March, 2025 List of the music clips used in this episode on Adam's website HERE ADAM TALKS 90s TV AND PLAYS MUSIC @ LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL @ Royal Festival Hall, Sunday 26th October 2025, 7.30pm Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up' Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee' Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS METAMATIC - SIGNED 45th ANNIVERSARY GREY VINYL - 2025 (BURNING SHED) JOHN FOXX - UNDERPASS - 1980 (YOUTUBE) ELECTRICITY AND GHOSTS The Visual Art of John Foxx - 2024 WENDY CARLOS - VOCODER QUESTIONS (WENDY CARLOS WEBSITE) STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR (TRAILER) - 2025 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY - SOUTH OF WATFORD PT 1 - 1986 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY - SOUTH OF WATFORD PT 2 - 1986 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY - SOUTH OF WATFORD PT 3 - 1986 (YOUTUBE) MICHAEL CLARKE AND MARK E SMITH ON NEWSNIGHT - 2011 (YOUTUBE) THE DAMNED - NEW ROSE - 1977 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY GIVES BIRTH AT WIGSTOCK - 1993 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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EP.262 - John Foxx is an episode from THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST by Adam Buxton.

This episode is 1:31:13 long.

This episode was published on Oct 24, 2025.

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