Eight tracks and plenty of banter as John discusses his musical journey with Jill Bryson of Strawberry Switchblade in this Desert Island Discs style radio show. Originally broadcast on Dunoon Community Radio in July 2022 - when John was in town for the opening of his 'Nobody's Home' exhibition at Dunoon Burgh Hall.

Jill Bryson interviews John Maher for Dunoon Community Radio

John Maher, original Buzzcocks drummer, interviewed by Annie Delin for Isles FM: learning to play drums, the rise and fall of Buzzcocks, the origins of D-Beat, leaving music behind, getting into fast cars and photography and finally coming full circle and getting behind the drum kit again. Features music from Buzzcocks, Pauline Murray & the Invisible Girls, Penetration and The Things. Recorded September 2015. First broadcast on Isles FM November 2015.

John Maher | Interview | Isles FM | 2015

Live at the Stardust Ballroom, Los Angeles, December 12th 1979.

Oh Shit!

Discussing life as a teenage Buzzcock, moving to the Outer Hebrides and becoming a photographer.

Janice Forsyth Show interview - BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland's Gary Robertson asks John Maher about the Nobody's Home exhibition and sneaks in a slice of Orgasm Addict on to breakfast time radio.

John Maher interview - Good Morning Scotland, July 22nd 2016

Janice Forsyth asks John Maher about his touring photography exhibition, which is traveling around the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, aboard the Screen Mobile cinema from October to December 2016

On the road with the Screen Machine - the Janice Forsyth Show, BBC Radio Scotland, November 2016

16 year old John Maher meets Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle for the first time. It was Buzzcocks' first practice session, held in Howard Devoto's bedsit, Salford, June 1976.

This is an excerpt from the A to Z of Punk. written and presented by BBC 6 Music’s Marc Riley and music journalist Rob Hughes. Podcasts of the entire series here: http://bbc.in/2Czkk3j

John Maher joins Buzzcocks

Discussing the life and musical legacy of Buzzcocks co-founder and lead singer Pete Shelley, with the band's original drummer, John Maher

Pete Shelley Tribute - Radio 4 PM

Discussing Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks' appearance at Manchester's Rock Against Racism Carnival in 1978, and the role Spiral Scratch played in the rise of the independent record movement. RIP Pete ♥

Pete Shelley Tribute - Radio 5 Live (Dec 7, 2018)

John Maher took part in a Manic Q&A on BBC 6 Music's Marc Riley Show. The feature was played on the Marc Riley show on May 23rd 2019

John Maher's Manic Q&A

Discussing the show that inspired a generation to make their own music and arguably changed the world forever - with Marc Riley and Rob Hughes. First broadcast on BBC Radio 6, September 10th, 2019.

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