Shaun Histed‑Todd is the person who keeps the cogs turning, the site running, the DJs organised, and the station’s identity alive. Shaun has been at the heart of its transformation from a US‑based rock and metal station into a global alternative music community.

At Wicked Spins Radio, all of this history converges. Shaun designs and maintains the entire digital presence — the website, the branding, the player, the visual identity — and curates the station’s expanding roster of DJs and shows. He is also the curator and host of The Snuff Monkey Radio Show, which has been running for over sixteen years. Through Snuff Monkey, Shaun has welcomed conversations and chaos with some of the most influential figures in alternative music, including Al Jourgensen (Ministry), Mark Stewart (The Pop Group), Aki Nawaz (The Southern Death Cult / Funmental), Michael Gira (Swans) and many more. WSR has always kept good company, and Snuff Monkey is one of the main reasons why.

His connection to alternative culture runs deep. Growing up in West London, Shaun quickly grew tired of chart music and gravitated toward the raw energy of The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Bauhaus. By the late 80s, he was haunting the live alternative club scene around Camden and Charing Cross Road, soaking up the atmosphere of London’s underground. Brunel University’s student bar opened the door to a whole new world of post‑punk and alternative rock — The Mekons, Thee Hypnotics, Gaye Bykers on Acid, Crazyhead, Transvision Vamp — but it was Cardiacs who changed everything. Their unclassifiable, chaotic brilliance rewired his understanding of what a band could be. A genuine game‑changer.

In the early ’90s, Shaun toured Europe with a post-punk/gothic rock band, gaining a front‑row view of the chaos, creativity, and energy of life on the road. The experience sharpened his ear and taught him to “hear with his eyes,” understanding performance as an art form.

By the mid‑’90s, he was living in The House of Slack — a chaotic Watford creative commune filled with musicians, poets, and misfits. Shaun survived through photography and band work, capturing the raw spirit of the scene. This era also sparked Midnight Alchemy, his long‑running identity as a photographer and graphic artist, whose dark, atmospheric visuals now shape Wicked Spins Radio.

His path later moved into Jungle, working with a company connected to Good Looking Records, LTJ Bukem, and Intense, expanding his musical world once again.
After relocating to London and then Devon, Shaun stayed active in live music, running events and hosting Klub Wicked nights at Slimelight/Electrowerkz. There he reconnected with a longtime friend, Hawkeye, leading to the creation of Alice’s Wicked Tea Party in 2015 — a grassroots festival dedicated to boundary‑pushing bands.
For Shaun, Wicked Spins Radio is the culmination of a lifetime spent championing the weird, the wonderful, and the uncompromising voices of the alternative world.