Keith Allen: Gazza, Prison, Groucho Club Chaos & Vindaloo

Keith Allen joins Martin Deeson for a wild, funny and surprisingly moving conversation about punk, prison, Gazza, The Comic Strip, alternative comedy, World In Motion, the madness of 90s Britain and what it really felt like to live through the cultural explosion of Channel 4, rave culture and Cool Britannia.

From opening for The Clash and Dexys Midnight Runners to smashing up a members club, going to prison, writing World In Motion with New Order and accidentally giving Rik Mayall a criminal record – this is Keith Allen at his absolute, outrageous best.

In this episode of Martin Deeson Unloaded:

Keith reveals the chaotic true story behind World In Motion

Gazza “rapped but you couldn’t understand him”

The birth of alternative comedy and The Comic Strip

What Channel 4 was REALLY like in the 1980s

Squatting in London during the punk years

Going to prison after smashing up the Groucho Club

Opening for Dexys and The Clash

Working with Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle and Ken Campbell

The Hacienda, Tony Wilson and the Manchester explosion