Episode 39: 'Boybands', with Lee Murray of Let Loose

Let Loose have reformed and are out on the road again this year after a busy 2024 – details of tour dates at htttps://www.letlooseofficial.com/ In this episode, drummer Lee Murray reflects on his experiences with fame in Let Loose during the 90s and how he coped once the phone stopped ringing. We explore the boyband culture of the 90s and what became of many of his contemporaries, off the back of a recent BBC documentary exploring Boybands. As well as reforming Let Loose, Lee has recently set up Drum Hub, offering drumming lessons to neurodivergent students in response to recognising what powerful effects drumming has had for him.    Thank you Jody Thompson at Jody Thompson Media Consultancy Ltd   Contact Lee/Let Loose: https://www.letlooseofficial.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lee_murrayinsta/?hl=en     Contact Sound Affects Podcast: Twitter/X and Bluesky: @SoundAffectsPod Instagram: sound_affects_podcast Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com   Support and helplines: Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/ Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ CALM: https://www.thecalmzone.net/ My Blackdog: https://www.myblackdog.co/ Talk Club Charity: https://x.com/talkclubcharity   If you're a musician or music industry professional looking for specialised counselling, coaching or emotional support, the following charities are set up for this purpose: Tonic Music for Mental Health: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/ Help Musicians UK: https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/ Music Minds Matter: https://www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk/ Music Support: https://www.musicsupport.org/ British Association for Performing Arts Medicine: https://www.bapam.org.uk/ Lucy Heyman: https://www.instagram.com/lucyheymanmusic/?hl=en Denise Devenish Counselling: https://www.denisedevenishcounselling.co.uk/ Music Industry Therapist Collective: https://www.musicindustrytherapists.com/ OWHL: https://www.owhl.co.uk/   Useful Books and links: Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual: https://www.musicindustrytherapists.com/publications/   Sound Advice: https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/sound-advice/rhian-jones/9781838194901   Can Music Make You Sick?: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_66%3A9781912656646   BBC Documentary 'Boybands Forever': https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0023h94/boybands-forever

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Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME's Podcasts for the People series. A music & mental health podcast exploring all crossovers between music and mental health: how music and sounds affect us somatically and psychologically, the songs that see us through, what drives people to music careers/a life on the road, the music industry climate, music therapy as support for mental illness, music fandom, music journalism and research in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, experts, therapists, academics, researchers, authors, journalists, charities, and music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health. Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male suicide research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people. The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health. I've been a guest on BBC Radio, and appeared in OK! Magazine, Psychologies, Stylist, Grazia, The Independent and more.