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𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗨𝗣 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬?
📢 "The first part of the Australian tour has been riddled with injuries and serious jet lag. Stefan fell off-stage in South Africa and broke his arm, so he's got a cast with our autographs on, and Garbage's as well. That same evening I slept in the same position for 10 hours, and woke up with a compressed vertebra in my neck. Since then I haven't been able to feel half of my head. It's the strangest sensation, especially when I shower."
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗢 𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗥.
📢 "Neither did we. The first few gigs were a little slow - we were feeling very f***ed-u, cos of fatigue and jet lag. Melbourne and Adelaide have been incredible. Silverchair attracted quite a young audience, so there's been a lot of pent-up teenage sexual energy coming out. We're doing our best, considering I get twitches in my head and Stefan can't play the songs at all the same because of his cast. Steve's OK, he's just mad. All drummers are mad."
𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗜 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗞.
📢 "Yeah, I always think about it. I've started having a serious relationship with someone in Paris. I've been spending a lot of time on Eurostar. To change continents right now would be self-destructive again. I should allow myself to be happy.“
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📢 "We did a festival in Belgium with R.E.M. recently, and it was the first end of the world this year - the Nostradamus one, I think. So I'm telling Michael Stipe this and he's like, 'F***ing hell, man, that's great, it will give me a new way of introducing the song tonight.' And my heart was just glowing, because just before the final song, 'It's the End of the World as We Know It', he said, 'I was just talking to Brian from Placebo and he informed me it was due to be the end of the world, are you listening to me, Brian? Did we f***ing make it or what?"
𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗥.𝗘.𝗠. 𝗡𝗢𝗪?
📢 "We've seen them about quite a bit on tour, them and the Fun Lovin' Criminals, who we got totally wasted with in Greece. I had a barney with Damon Albarn in Italy. We were standing at the side of the stage watching Marilyn Manson, and he was slagging him off. I told him I didn't think he was actually that bad. SO he put his arm around me, and said very patronisingly, 'You'll learn'... and so we started this 15-minute 'F*** you!' 'F*** you!' session between us which went all the way back from the stage to the dressing-room area."
🟢𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙁𝘼𝙉🟢
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗠?
📢 "It happened in South Africa. Nothing as glamorous or rock'n'roll as a punch-up or sexual games. I was watching Garbage backstage and I came off the stage and the second-to-last step gave way. We were lucky we didn't have to cancel any shows. I feel a little inadequate, like a mother's boy. It's not good for my psyche. It's the hand I fondle my tool with."
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗫 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗟?
📢 "It helps a lot. If you don't feel like prancing round the stage, you can just stand there and let what you look like do the work. This isn't going to last forever, we might as well take advantage of it while we're young. But you don't think about it too much. Initially, our egos blew up, but now they're back to what they were before."
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📢 "I get a certain amount of gay male interest, being the only gay man in the band. I like it, same as Steve likes black women."
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨?
📢 "I ask myself that a lot. Especially when you're touring, you can feel a bit brain-dead. The challenge f writing music that precedes yourself and your reputation. Pushing the boundaries, trying to figure out who you are."
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗗𝗢 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘?
📢 "The right to be outspoken."
🔵𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙑𝙀 𝙃𝙀𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙏🔵
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦?
📢 "Brian's had a stalker, and I had a psycho woman who turned up on my doorstep claiming she's been going out with me for a year. She was quite lovely, actually... but obviously mad. Shame."
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗...
📢 "... Taking the piss and being a nuisance? It's when you get the sense that they want a piece of you. The way they waltz up to you and chat to you like they're your mate. 'Get out of my face, I don't even know you!' It's just comes down to manners. You should know when to give someone some space."
📢 "Freedom. The right to believe in yourself, especially sexually. We give gay people confidence to come out - we have a lot of people coming out at us. It's so political, self motivation - if you really want to be a nutter, be a nutter, as long as you don't hurt anyone else. It's all good clean dirty fun. It's good, getting young boys and girls seeing us as personalities. On the first album, it's all about the music, but after that your career takes off and it's more about the personalities. You have to accept that."
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📢 "Brian and I have one major argument every six months, mostly along the lines of 'Who put the f***ing cheese over there, you bastard?' 'Don't know.' 'Well, it's your f***ing cheese...' It'll blow up, and be resolved in time it took to get going in the first place."
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗦?
📢 "I don't have a f***ing clue. Sleazy. It feels underage, in a teenage wife kinda vibe, in a 'I'll get you when you're young, you slag' way. The first album was party, the second album was coming down from the party, the third one is 'I'm going out again, but don't tell anybody'. It's more emotional, more playful, a lot of melodies coming up. It feels very Swedish. A lot of nice, brittle melodies. It's got a European feel. Teacher/pupil relationships, they're sweet. I had a few crushes at school - mostly English teachers. Female English teachers, they're f***ing sexy."
(Melody Maker, "We're falling apart at the seams", November 1999)
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