Medium Medium with Andy Ryder

<p>Medium Medium with Andy Ryder in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>Emerging in 1978 out of the Nottingham <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock'>punk</a>/<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_%26_blues'>rhythm & blues</a> band The Press, Medium Medium's first single was "Them or Me", which was released in late 1978 and was still selling well enough in 1980 to appear in the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independent_Chart'>UK Independent Chart</a>.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Medium#cite_note-Strong-2'>[2]</a><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Medium#cite_note-Lazell-3'>[3]</a> The second single, "Hungry, So Angry", was released in February 1981 on <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Red_Records'>Cherry Red Records</a>. One of the first records to introduce <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_bass'>slap bass</a> - a technique borrowed from black funk music - to a generally white audience, "Hungry, So Angry" reached #48 in the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)'>Billboard</a> Disco chart - the single and the album were released in 1981 on the New York-based indie label Cachalot Records - and has appeared on over a dozen compilations over the years.</p> <p>The band released one studio album, The Glitterhouse, in late 1981. Its stark, stripped-down dub and dance rhythms and chiming, funk guitar with occasional saxophone and other sounds, failed to attract a large following.</p>