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Wewereoutsidersasaband fora long
time.Wedidn’t fit intoanymould
withabitof luck, canworkout.The
romanticpartofme likes to think that
rock ‘n’ rollwill eventually saveusall.
I find that a lot of heavybands that
comeout arequitebeige.
They for-
get that peoplewant to feel something,
even if it’s themost blisteringly loud
concert of all time.MyBloodyValentine
still haveemotion, it’snot just awall
of noise forno reason. The JesusAnd
MaryChainbasicallyplayBeachBoys
songs thathavebeenput throughaTube
Screamerguitarpedal.Wewant toplay
heavy, loud, funmusic, butwe stillwant
tomakeyou feel something.
Itwas hard to rebel againstmy
mum
whenshegavemeCaptain
Beefheartvinyls. Instead I justgot
weirder.Asabandwehad to findourown
bandsand find their influencesand then
check themout.There’sdefinitelyaslice
ofLondon inoursoundand in the lyrics.
Itwouldbehard for itnot tobe inour
music; it’ssuchanall-encompassingcity.
Wedressed indrag for the
Moaning
LisaSmile
video,
butdon’twant
anyone to thinkwewere taking thepiss
outof transgender issues.That’s the last
thingwe’deverdo. It tied inwith the lyric,
which isaboutbeinganoutsider.Those
whoaredifferentarealwaysseenas the
onesnoonewants tobe friendswith.
Wewereoutsidersasaband fora long
time,wedidn’t fit intoanymould, there
weren’t thatmany female-frontedbands
– itwasquitea lads’ game.The lyrics in
MoaningLisaSmile
wereareference to
LisaSimpson,whowas theoutsider inher
family.We loveoneandall.
We travel reallywell as aband.
We
try thingsout together. I see theseguys
everyday, notbecause Ihave to, or just
Greatest travel companion
If I could travel with anyone it
wouldbeHunter SThompson,
just togetmyself in asmuch
trouble as possible. I’d stand
about 10paces behind and still
probablyonly last about 45
minutes. Itwouldbe adecent
way togoout.
Top travel advice
There are some amazing things
in theworld that can surprise
and change you. Let all the
good vibes inwherever yougo
–when travelling you should
beopen tonew customs and
cultures andget stuck in.
Peoplewho travel andwant to
create their daily routine from
their home countrymiss the
point of travelling.
Best travel read
Our BandCouldBeYour Life
is an amazingbook. Author
Michael Azerraddocuments
the careers of bands I found
really important growingup –
earlyAmericanhardcorebands
and collegebands. They’re
spoken about in a really
interestingway and it’s a really
easy read. Itmademe think I
couldbedoing a lotmore.
Must-have travel item
I never leave homewithout a
hairbrush. My hair is nowquite
long and I’ve alwayswondered
how youget it looking nice.
Then someone said, “Well,
youbrush it.” I’ve never really
done that before. So shampoo
and abrush –which isn’t very
rock ‘n’ roll. I should have said
somethingweirder.
because I’mon tourwith them. I’mgoing
around theworldplayingmusicwithmy
bestmates.
This tour so far has been awhirl-
wind.
We’replaying thebestwe’veever
played.We’regoing tocarry that through
toEurope–whoevercomeswill get the
best showever. It’sgoing tobe lotsof
high-octaneenergyand lotsof fun. If you
want aboring lacklustreperformance,
don’t come.
Beforewegoon stagewe usually
sing at eachother.
Wepreviously
yelledPixies songsat eachotherand
even theScissorSisters song ‘TakeYour
Mama’.Thenwehavea littlehugandget
onwith it.
SeeWolf Alice live inBergen, Lisbon,
Hamburg, Prague andWarsaw. Visit
wolfalice.co.uk
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