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๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฌ?
๐ข "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."
๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก'๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ.
๐ข "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."
๐ช๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐.
๐ข "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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๐ข "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?"
๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ.๐.๐ . ๐ก๐ข๐ช?
๐ข "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."
๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ข
๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ ?
๐ข "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."
๐ช๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ข๐?
๐ข "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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๐ข "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."
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ?
๐ข "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."
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐ง๐?
๐ข "The right to be outspoken."
๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ต
๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ?
๐ข "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."
๐ช๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐...
๐ข "... 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."
๐ข "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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๐ข "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."
๐ช๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐๐ฆ?
๐ข "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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