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📢 “That would have been when I got thrown out of the girl's toilets in a venue in Buffalo, New York. No, I can't tell you what I was doing to get thrown out...”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗘?
📢 “It was a fellow musician when we were taking part in a debate about Yob Rock for another magazine. He was really attacking a guy from another band, being unnecessarily insulting, so I wanted to teach him some manners.”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛?
📢 “For the christening of our drummer Steve's baby. My Mum used to drag me to church every Sunday when I was younger, but I have no desire whatsoever to attend now.”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗?
📢 “When I almost got busted in Trafalgar Square whilst carrying class A drugs. I was psyching myself up for a search and a night in the cells, because I was completely wired when the two cops searched me. I had half a gramme of speed in my pocket, but somehow they didn't find it. Someone up there likes me.”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛?
📢 “Gary Glitter. I reckon he wouldn't shut up and he'd be really irritating. Elevator lights are too bright like the lights in McDonalds, and I think his suit would be too much for me to beare.”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨?
📢 “Girls against Boys. We've played with them last year and they're amazing. I love them for their energy, their sexiness, their low-down crotch bass, their hip-oriented grooves, everything.”
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📢 “I went to my first ever, and possibly last ever, football match in Dundee on Boxing Day. I went with our manager Dave, who's a Dundee United fan, because I was staying in Dundee with my Mum anyway. I froze my bollocks off, but it was an okay match.”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗔𝗪?
📢 “The new 'Romeo and Juliet' movie – it's excellent. It's set in modern times, and it's totally amazing with a cool, totally modern soundtrack. I'm really into films. On tour we play this game called Cinemaphobia, where you have to link different actors through the films they've been in with other people. Usually, any two actors can be linked via their co-stars within three films...”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬?
📢 “The last time I flew back from the States I stuck my change in the UNICEF bag. I hardly ever think of giving money to charity. That's shameful, isn't it?”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟?
📢 “In a pub in Brixton. I got asked 'What do you want, love?', so I said 'A pint of Stella' in my gruffest possible voice. I get mistaken for a girl all the time. I was at a party once and this guy spent half an hour chatting me up before he realised I wasn't a girl. He only copped on because I finally said 'My name is Brian' – and he laughed and said 'How can your name be Brian if you're a girl?'. I think he was a little disappointed.”
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗?
📢 “On my birthday I bawled my eyes out. It's my party so I can cry if I want to! I freak out when I get very drunk. We call it 'going to Super France'. You drink too much whiskey, shout a lot and get energetic for a couple of hours, then at some point in the evening you have a complete freak-out, and burst into tears and end up lying in the road.”
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧?
📢 “A few hours – with chemical stimulants, of course...”
(Brian Molko, interview “The last word”, 1997)
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