I Formed A Band
by Eddie Argos and Joe Sparrow
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I Formed A Band is a podcast that talks to people who formed bands about the part before they got famous: why did they do it, what did it take to get there, and what was life like when they were forming a band?It’s hosted by Eddie Argos, who formed a band called Art Brut [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1gxXzfykdtDuod56hPkYyr?si=mGwglsEATe6pJI6atckAKg] and sings a song called Formed A Band [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qryAwfpHG8o]; and Joe Sparrow, who did not form a band [https://terelinck.com/], but probably should have done.There’s a huge, secret story behind every successful band: a heady mix of ambition, desperation, perseverance, daydreams, sleeping on sofas, surviving hangovers in the back of a Transit van, and dumb luck. That's what this podcast is about. (And it's also about compiling The Argos Catalogue: a comprehensive collection of Eddie's various stories of meeting members of the Wu-Tang Clan in a lift, or singing Half Man Half Biscuit songs with Liam Gallagher, et