Meet the team behind Noods Radio, Bristol’s community-driven music hub

You host more than 230 shows every month from Mickey Zoggs – what inspires your drive to nurture new talent?

Investing in new talent is everything. It helps to keep the local ecosystem moving and keeps things exciting for everyone. You don’t want things to stop here, do you? You want to create something that can be passed on, and that needs a community to be passed on to.

With the current threat of Mickey Zoggs’ closure, can you tell us why community funding is necessary to keep Noods afloat?

Unfortunately, we’re not in the position to round up the deposit alone. None of us come from money, but our greatest asset is the community around the station. Through coming together, helping out with music 1-to-1’s, festival tickets, tattoos and even organising games against the legendary Steve Davis, we’ve managed to pull together the momentum and be at a point where we’re almost across the line!

What are some of your favourite memories or most rewarding moments at Noods over the years?

This is a tough one, but here’s a couple that come to mind:

– The punk show we had in the Surrey Vaults – the floor was flexing from all the people jumping!

– Signing for the pub, popping the Prosecco, and playing ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’ by Thin Lizzy.

– And mainly just the jokes moments in between everything else.

The most rewarding thing, though, is how the station has gotten to a point where all these different people come together. It’s like one huge group of friends: village-like, but in the middle of a city. It might have happened without the station too, but it’s definitely had its part in it, especially for us.

How would you like to see Noods grow into the future? What impact do you hope it would have on the community in Bristol?

The dream for Noods is really to secure the building for good, and then grow the station into an institution in the city and the wider scene so it can be passed down for future generations. We want it to be something in the city that continues to bring people together, championing the alternative, and investing in the coming generations of artists.

Find out more about Studio Monkey Shoulder here, and listen to Noods Radio’s playlist below.

Donate to Noods Radio’s fundraiser here.