EP.262 - JOHN FOXX

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam Buxton

Comedy

4.8 • 21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

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

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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)

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0:00.0	I added one more podcast to the giant podcast bin.
0:05.0	Now you have plucked that podcast out and started listening.
0:09.0	I took my microphone and found some human folk.
0:14.0	Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke.
0:18.0	My name is Adam Buxton
0:21.9	I'm a man
0:23.6	I want you to enjoy this
0:26.9	That's the plan
0:27.8	Hey
0:31.5	How are you doing podcasts
0:35.3	It's Adam Buxton here
0:36.6	Thank you so much for joining me once again
0:39.0	out here on my Norfolk farm track, Ramble, with dog legs. That's Rosie, my best dog friend.
0:47.2	She's here in Fine Fettle, and she sends lots of love. Don't you, Rosie? I'd be grateful if you didn't patronise me.
0:53.4	I apologize. And we're just walking around
0:57.4	the noisy part of the fields well it's a rush hour out here in norwich so you can hear all the
1:03.0	cars on the nearby a-11 hey thanks a lot if you came out to one of the music shows that
1:09.8	myself and the adam buxton band did in Norwich
1:14.1	last week at the Arts Centre. That was great fun. I mean, honestly, I'm having the time
1:20.6	of my life. It's a dream come true to play with talented musicians on stage, to be singing my
1:26.3	ludicrous songs.
1:28.9	And it was lovely to meet some of you afterwards.
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