Dave: Yeah, I remember something like that.
Brian: We had to do a hasty retreat then, haha.
Dave: Stiv was throwing bottles at the crowd as I recall.
Brian: Did we ever play here again?
Dave: No I don't think so.
WC:
Stiv used to do a lot of wild things, one time he accidently almost hung himself on the mic wire?
Dave:
Yeah, Stiv used to trash himself a lot, haha. He would always
damage his knees, he always had big fuckin' swollen knees.
WC: You have good memories of him, he was one of a kind?
Brian: Oh yeah!
WC:
Is rock'n'roll dangerous nowadays compared to those days? I mean with
all those phony MTV rebels with their oh so scary videos like MARILYN
MANSON and such?
Dave:
Well, it's more theatre nowadays. More theatrical with guys like that.
But then again there's always been that theatrical side like ALICE COOPER.
WC:
How does LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH of 2003 fit in the rock'n'roll circus of today?
Dave: Well, we do it with music not theatre. Stiv's gone and we not gonna
find anyone who can do shit like that.
WC:
You did a pretty notorious 're-union' concert in '89. You were looking
for new singer but that didn't work out, so Stiv did the concert wearing
the Melody Maker ad for a new vocalist as a T-shirt?
Dave:
Yeah, that's a long story. We had some shows booked in Europe and one
show booked in London. What happened was that Stiv was living in Paris
and some of us were living in London, and Stiv said he couldn't do
those shows because apparently he's hurt his back very badly, and
we were like 'oh no!' because we were relying on the money for the shows.
Brian: For taxes.
Dave:
Yeah, we had taxes to pay. Then someone came back from Paris and had
seen Stiv out partying and *shit*, so there was nothing wrong with
his back. So Stiv said to Brian 'Why don't you get someone as a stand-in?
I'll do the London gig but not the others'.
Brian:
I was gonna duck out of the tour as well and get somebody else because
my wife was pregnant and was expecting a baby and I wanted to be with
her. And we jammed in this other guy to play the guitar. It was the
most unlikely situation that happened, and this guy was Stiv's best
friend from this band, THEE HYPNOTICS. So we said 'fuck it' and put
an ad in the paper, and we did the European gigs and Stiv found out
we had auditioned behind his back....behind his bad back, hahaha.
Dave:
Stiv thought we found one to replace him, but that was not the reason
we did it. There wasn't that much communication then. So Stiv arrived
at the London show and he was all friendly with us and everything,
right, nothing was wrong. He wasn't goin' 'I'm pissed at you guys
for auditioning another singer' and everything was cool. And we came
on stage to do the encore Stiv revealed his T-shirt with the ad from
Melody Maker. So he was pointing at his T-shirt while I was playing
bass, and when I'm playing bass I'm in another world so I went 'oh
cool, you got a new t-shirt'. I didn't bother to read it, you know, I wasn't goin' to face this guy when I'm playing.
Brian: But you gotta remember that Stiv had a great sense of humor.
Dave: Stiv loved controversy.
WC:You
mentioned THEE HYPNOTICS, didn't Rat Scabies (of THE DAMNED) play with them?
Brian: Yeah, for a brief time. He was gonna manage them as well, haha.
WC: THE DAMNED, do you still talk to them, are you still friends?
Brian: Yeah, sure.
WC:
You did a DAMNED re-union show in '88 and its's released on video as
well?
Brian: Yeah.
WC:You got a new album out now as well with the tour CDS?
Steven:
It's called "Hang On" and
we got it with us tonite. The three songs on that single are
on the CD with the new band members, Adam and Steve, playing on it. And 7 other songs.
WC:
What label will it be on? My good friend Henrik Poulsen who owns the Texas
label, NDN Records, that released the "Believe It Or Not" CDS,
he would love to put out your album.
Dave: Oh yeah, Henrik. No, it's not out on any label.
WC: So you are not committed to any label?
Dave: No, we are ready to talk to everybody now.
Brian:
We hadn't really had the time to talk to anybody, we finished mixing
the album 3 weeks before the start of the tour. When we get back we
gonna deal with all that bullshit.
WC:
Well, Henrik is very hooked on doing it. He actually saw that
show in Ungdomshuset we talked about earlier. He never forgot it.
Dave: Well, that's cool.
WC:If
you only could bring a couple of albums with you on an isolated island what would those be?
Adam:
MOTÖRHEAD's "Ace Of Spades".
Brian:
JOHN COLTRANE. And probably "Only The Lonely" by
FRANK SINATRA.
Dave:
VELVET UNDERGROUND's "White Light/White Heat".
Brian:
If you asked me 10 years ago I'd have given you a completely different answer.
Dave:
And a reggae CD compilation that he gave to me (points to drummer Steve).
Steve:
Possible THE SKALITERS' "Greatest Hits".
Steven:
I'll make 2 compilations of my favorite songs.
Dave: Cop out, haha.
WC:
I saw an interview with ARETHA FRANKLIN last nite and she was asked what
was the essence of soul music and she wouldn't answer. So now I will
annoy you with the same question; what would you say is the essence of rock'n'roll?
Brian: ATTITUDE!
Dave: Amen!
Steven:
Question authority, think for yourself.
Dave: Rebellion. Be rebellious.
Steve:
Rock'n'Roll should always annoy your parents.
WC:
Well, nowadays the parent generation seems to have better taste in
music that their clueless teens, they are actually more hip than their offspring, haha.
Dave:
Hmmm....yeah, they may start out being accountants and stuff, but hopefully
they will soon start looking into where all rock'n'roll and punkrock
came from. It will work out.
WC: So you still got faith?
Brian:
Yeah, I got a 14 year old kid who's got a great taste in music.
Steve:
As along as I see kids in leather jackets with badges on (points at me) I got hope in'em.
WC: Well, I just turned 39 three days ago so I ain't that young, haha.
Steve: It's the ones with baggy pants you gotta be worried about, haha.
Dave:
Even the baggy ones will eventually grow up or at least try to get
a decent taste. But seriously, there so many fuckin' great bands out there
at the moment. We had loads of young local support bands in each town
we played in, and they are all into rock'n'roll and are curious about where it all came from.
WC:
So Steve and Adam are Americans. Where do THE LORDS have their base now?
Dave:
Brighton, England, at the moment. There's a studio there, and we also rehearse there when we are together.
WC: Thanks for the interview, any closing comments?
Steve: Enjoy the fuckin' show! |