What’s your drink when you come here?
White Russian
Is it just because of KGB Bar?
Yeah, pretty much. Kind of ridiculous.
So we were at Baby’s All Right when that guy came
up on stage [and stripped down to leather chaps,
gyrating to “Touch the Leather”].
Did you know that was going to happen?
No, I didn’t. He’s a really well known artist,
Douglas Gordon his name is. Somebody told me
he was gonna be coming to the gig, but I’d never
met him before until after the show, and he’s a big
fan, and talking about doing some work together
and stuff. That was quite exciting for him to join
us. I think that took some guts, mmhmm he’s
obviously watched that video [“Touch the Leather”]
Everyone takes turns?
Here you got the deli culture and the pizza slices so you
Yeah.
can kinda get by on about ten dollars, if you have to.
Who’s always late?
Did you try New York bagels?
Adam [pointing at Adam] this guy here, he's late for
I’m not really a big fan of bagels. I used to live near a
What’s the craziest thing the ladies have done?
everything. [Adam gives Lias a look] She asked who was
bagel shop on Brick Lane in London so I used to eat
We had some girls get really into it in Glasgow. In
late all the time. I gave her the truth man. He's a very
‘em for breakfast, dinner, and lunch for about two
Glasgow, they get particularly…they like to open
good guitar player, just he's late all the time.
years, so after that I’m done with bagels. There’s no
a few too many times, but yeah nice guy.
Does stuff like that happen at your shows?
Sometimes, yeah.
themselves up. You know, and really experience the
music. We’ll leave it at that I think (laugh).
bagel out there…
Who’s the first to be ready?
Me, of course
Tell me about the group dynamic. Who’s the
Was there a city that gave you the best response?
Of all of them the one that was the biggest surprise that
mother hen?
You mentioned the other day that you were recording
we did, I guess, was Omaha. Omaha was really great.
Usually our tour manager, Pete, but he’s not here now
at two different studios [in Upstate New York]. Does
Some kids put on the show there and got in touch with
so we’re always kind of late for everything, losing our
that affect the way you guys recorded?
us privately or whatever and we did it on our first trip
shit all the time... It would be whoever is kind of the
Yeah, we went from a kind of country pile to a shack in
there. It was really cool,
most together at any given time.
the country and then back again.
Do it yourself shows are always great.
So Yoko’s [Ono] was the nice place?
It was kind of how we started back in the UK, that kind
Yeah, that was the nice place and the other place was
of vibe, just like a warehouse kind of space. After driving
kind of like not enough beds, no heaters, no shop,
through Kansas and Nebraska we really didn’t expect
nothing to eat, it was just like two extremes. One
that. it was like a 14 hour drive as well, it was nice to get
extreme to the other, I guess it affected it, I’m not really
a good crowd and good response and stuff.
sure how, you just get on with it..
You must fly a lot. Does anyone get nervous on flights?
Was Yoko there?
Nathan, Saul, and Jack are always shitting themselves
She wasnt there, we were just there with Sean [Lennon].
on flights. And we usually get the cheapest ones which
He was helping us with the record. Nice studio. Really
are at about 6 in the morning, so it’s usually quite
isolated, noth ing around there, and it was so cold we
agonizing anyway.
weren’t out and about so much.
They sit together; they have their own row and they
Was that the point of going there to record?
Yeah, so there was no distractions.
You’re in NYC so I have to ask about New York pizza?
How do you feel about it?
I think it’s very good. You can survive on slices of pizza
here don’t you? For the less well off gentleman it’s
easier than London. London you can’t get anything good
and cheap.
48 . collIDE
sweat it out….