As with children, I can’t really have a favourite although that naughty Doubt pushes the limits sometimes with its scrappiness, and Liquidiser can be annoyingly brash. Perverse is a bit spoiled, Already even more so whereas poor London is quite unloved.
Fun is the primary goal but don’t think that means anything goes as long as it’s a laugh. I feel we have made some good music, been a great live band, and those are impressions I would hate to ruin by being lackadaisical with what we do now. My goal is to keep the ball rolling, make music I feel proud of and that stands up well against songs we have made previously, and then to get that out to as many people as we can, especially via touring. The only real difference between now and, say 1988, is back then I wanted it to become a career, wanted it to be massively successful. We had our chance and we took it. Now for a new approach.
Keep doing what you’re doing but maybe with different hair.
Tipitina’s in New Orleans, about 1990. Ridiculously hot, and we have played some hot gigs. I mean, I was topless and that never happens. Wembley Stadium, 1992. Stage fright on another level but a great story for the kids. A small club on Long Island with Smashing Pumpkins supporting. 1990 ? Reading Festival in 1990, avoiding flung batteries and vegetables. (Who takes a potato to a gig ?)
Wow ! Were you expecting a snappy answer to that one Tim ? After massive self editing, my favourite songs (this week) are Life on Mars by David Bowie, T13 by Corporate, Wrong by MAX, Snap by Bro Safari and Team by Iggy Azalea. Of my own: All the Answers, Rocket Ships of La Jolla, Get a Good Thing, How’s This Even Going Down ?, Info Freako, Someone to Blame.
Again, I’ll need to attempt to keep this quite succinct. Not really listening to House these days but I like the occasional track like Lost in Translation by Madeaux and Heartbit by Pegboard Nerds (who also make great Dub Step tunes). Hip Hop: no, don’t really listen to it at all these days but it’s not like you aren’t always surrounded by it. Hard Rock. Again, not really but I really like Zombie Eyed by The Dirty Nil which seems to qualify.
Hotel: there’s one in San Francisco that was amazingly 1970s and a little bit funky in a bad way. Someone else in the band will remember the name. Backstage ? So many to choose from but I dislike all of those where there’s no chance to warm up for whatever reason. The list runs to hundreds.
“Aging is the miraculous process by which you become the person you always should have been”. (David Bowie)
I’d encourage my children to make their own laughable mistakes because vengeance is sweet. They are currently embarked on that process. Jerry was definitely the most reluctant but then he did get the worst options. I can still remember nearly wetting myself at the sight of him forced into electric blue bike short and oxblood Dr. Martens. I’m laughing again now, 26 years later.
The first record I bought was Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols. The first record I was given was Hell Raiser by the Sweet. Undoubtedly both influenced me.
It’s been a long, long process to get us back to the states, but it feels great to be planning shows there at last!
Read MoreFirst ever full release for this concert recorded in Chicago in 1990, and first time on vinyl, recorded just as Jesus Jones were breaking big in the US. It features blistering live versions of the hits “Right Here Right Now”, “Real Real Real”, “Move Mountains”, “Info Freako”, “Bring It Down” and “Never Enough”, and more. […]
Read MoreSo, hopefully, you’ll have seen by now that we have reissued our Japanese-only compilation album “Scratched”, on vinyl, for the first time. It’s two pieces of heavyweight vinyl, marbled blue and yellow – so it matches the artwork. Speaking of artwork – we got the original designer Stylorouge to redo all of the design, and bring it up to date. It’s as faithful as we could have made it, to what came out in the 1990s. Totally chuffed with how it looks – and for those of you who have a copy – just look at it, it’s ace!
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