Good Health Good Wealth are a collision of humour, honesty and North London sass, wrapped in genre‑dodging ambition. What began as a lockdown exchange of demos between two musicians searching for something more authentic, has grown into one of the UK’s most quietly explosive new acts. Their world is built on momentum, mischief and a refusal to sit neatly in any box, and this interview digs right into the heart of that energy.
Let’s start at the beginning—Good Health Good Wealth is a pretty loaded name. Where did it come from, and at what point did you realise it wasn’t just a phrase but the banner for everything you do?
We were going through so many names and everything sounded so contrived. Then I was out for a drink with some family and did a cheers to good health and good wealth and I thought, hold the bus this could be it. Felt right it was a personal thing because that’s where the songs come from.
Can you take me back to the moment you decided, ‘Right, this is a band’? Where were you in life, what were you escaping or chasing, and how different was the original vision from what GHGW has become?
For GHGW we were in another band, but me and Simon started sending loads of demos to each other around Covid time and realised we felt this was much more authentically us. I would say the sound is always evolving as it should do but the key elements from those early demos is all still there.
If we cracked open a Good Health Good Wealth track, what would we find inside—sonically and spiritually? Which artists, scenes or records sit at the core of your sound, even if they wouldn’t be obvious to a casual listener?
NERD ‘In Search Of…’ is a big one because it’s essentially a rock band played on a korg triton. That merging of worlds has always been a huge part of what we do. No one puts baby in a corner (or a genre based box).
How did this summer treat you—was it a blur of service‑station coffee and festival mud, or something more intentional? Which shows or festivals felt like real turning points for you, and did any unexpected moments stick with you?
It’s definitely been a blur, in all honesty from making ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’ we haven’t stopped, intentionally to keep momentum going but also because that’s just how the bookings have gone. I think every festival with people there to see us is still unexpected at the moment to be honest but a big one was Misty Fields in the Netherlands, our first European festival playing to a massive full tent of people jumping about was very life affirming.
You’re given the keys to your own festival: Good Health Good Wealth headline one night, and you can book anyone—alive, dead, or broken up. Who’s on the bill, what’s the setting, and what kind of chaos or community are you trying to create?
Just do it at Finsbury Park for North London ease and I’d want it to be half like an England football game but then when people played the music everyone was actually watching it rather than chatting each others ears off. I’d book a totally chaotic line up of Tom Waits, young Eminem, OutKast, Oasis, Bruce Springsteen, Thin Lizzy, The Clash, Ian Dury because that’s who I’d like to see and I wouldn’t give a monkeys about anyone else!
Where are you creatively right now—are you in the thick of writing, sitting on finished music, or tearing things up and starting again? What can fans expect from the next wave of GHGW releases that they maybe haven’t heard from you before?
We just finished our new album ‘The Disco Never Ends’ so people can expect our best work yet from that! Out 16th October (Pre-Order HERE)
Tell me something surprising about Good Health Good Wealth, or about one of you that hasn’t made it into the press release version of the band yet. A habit, a fear, a secret talent…
Simon has modelled for Tom Ford which might not be big news but I actually modelled for the Dear Deidre agony aunt column in the newspaper once, which was a big turning point in my career.
Who are your true musical heroes—the ones who shaped how you think about art and life, not just sound? Can you remember a specific moment with a record, a gig, or a lyric that rewired your brain and nudged you toward doing this for real?
Plan B was probably the artist who informed my earliest music and made me think I could definitely do this, mixed with the humour of Ian Dury and Madness. Their unapologetically working class cockney thing really inspired me to believe well if they can do it maybe I can too. Jury’s still out.
You’re hosting ‘Come Dine With Me: Good Health Good Wealth Special’. What’s on the menu—starter, main and dessert—and who would cause the most chaos in the kitchen?
Simon is on a pretty strict diet of plain chicken and eggs so I suppose I’d cause the most mess. But if we’re talking like death row meal I’d go one of those pizza sized cheesy garlic breads, spaghetti and meatballs and then Sara Lee chocolate gateaux with squirty cream. Tell me that doesn’t sound absolutely quality?
Important business: what’s your favourite cheese—and why? Is there a cheese that best represents the band’s personality: loud and crumbly, smooth and underrated, or something that takes a bit of ageing before people ‘get’ it?
Mature cheddar because it does take a little bit of time to find itself, get past those early years. But once it’s there it’s actually a very universal cheese that works perfectly for so many different occasions.
If Good Health Good Wealth have proved anything, it’s that evolution doesn’t mean losing your centre, but sharpening it. From festival tents in the Netherlands to late‑night studio sessions shaping The Disco Never Ends, they’re building a universe that’s loud, funny, self‑aware and defiantly theirs. Whether they’re talking chaos in the kitchen, modelling for agony‑aunt columns or dreaming up a Finsbury Park fever dream of Tom Waits and OutKast, one thing is clear: this band is only just getting started.
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