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Bio: Shaun Histed\u2011Todd \u2014 Sonic Architect of Wicked Spins Radio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shaun Histed\u2011Todd is the Sonic Architect and co\u2011owner of Wicked Spins Radio \u2014 the person who keeps the cogs turning, the site running, the DJs organised, and the station\u2019s identity alive. Since taking over WSR in 2012 alongside his former wife Karen Histed\u2011Todd and long\u2011time friends Tom & Jet Zegers, Shaun has been at the heart of its transformation from a US\u2011based rock and metal station into a global alternative music community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


At Wicked Spins Radio, all of this history converges. Shaun designs and maintains the entire digital presence \u2014 the website, the branding, the player, the visual identity \u2014 and curates the station\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\u2019s underground. Brunel University\u2019s student bar opened the door to a whole new world of post\u2011punk and alternative rock \u2014 The Mekons, Thee Hypnotics, Gaye Bykers on Acid, Crazyhead, Transvision Vamp \u2014 but it was Cardiacs who changed everything. Their unclassifiable, chaotic brilliance rewired his understanding of what a band could be. A genuine game\u2011changer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In the early 90s, Shaun took to the road as crew for gothic rock band Nosferatu, gaining a front\u2011row seat to the excess, chaos, and creativity of a band making waves across the UK and Europe. Life on the road sharpened his ear and taught him to \u201chear with his eyes\u201d \u2014 to understand performance, presence, and the art behind the noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


By the mid\u201190s he had moved into a ramshackle three\u2011storey house in Watford that soon became a creative commune known as The House of Slack. Musicians, poets, artists, and misfits filled the rooms, with Slack Mammoth rehearsing in the basement alongside home\u2011grown bands like Cowpuncher and The Bastard Sons. Shaun scraped a living through photography and band work, capturing the raw energy of the scene.

This period also marked the birth of Midnight Alchemy, Shaun\u2019s long\u2011running creative identity as a photographer and graphic artist. Through Midnight Alchemy he has produced stage photography, album artwork, and visual design for bands and performers, channelling the same dark, atmospheric energy that shaped his musical tastes. Those visuals now bleed directly into Wicked Spins Radio\u2019s look and feel.
His journey eventually led him into the world of Jungle, working with a music company connected to Good Looking Records, LTJ Bukem, and Intense \u2014 another shift, another expansion of his musical universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


After relocating to London and later Devon, Shaun stayed deeply involved in live music, organising events and putting on bands \u2014 often returning to London to run nights at the legendary Slimelight\/Electrowerkz under the banner Klub Wicked. It was here he cut his teeth as a promoter and reconnected with long\u2011time friend Hawkeye, who would later become his partner in crime for Alice\u2019s Wicked Tea Party, the grassroots festival they founded in 2015. The festival continues Shaun\u2019s lifelong mission: bringing unique, boundary\u2011pushing bands to audiences who crave the weird, the wonderful, and the wildly talented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


For Shaun, Wicked Spins Radio isn\u2019t just a station \u2014 it\u2019s the culmination of a lifetime spent championing the weird, the wonderful, and the uncompromising voices of the alternative world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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