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UD: So have you guys been to New York a lot?
LS: Yeah, we've been here quite a few times.
UD: So what's the difference between London night life and
New York?
LS: I don't know really. I think every city in the world is
pretty much the same, isn't it? I mean there's no difference
between New York, and London. Everyone likes to think that they
live in the biggest, baddest city in the world. London's just
as big and bad as New York and Rio de Janeiro is just as big
and bad as London. I think at this point in the twentieth
century everyone is so well connected and the world's just
become one big place... got tramps sittin' in the street and
sex and sleaze and stuff like that. It's all the same, isn't
it?
UD: Except for the bars in London close at 11:00.
LS: Yeah, but there are after-hours places.
UD: What's your favorite place in the world to play?
London?
LS: Probably Thailand or Scandinavia.
UD: Why? Because the crowds are crazy, and they just love
it?
LS: They're mad, especially in Singapore. They sing along
with every word.
UD: What about New York? To me, New York crowds are jaded.
LS: Yeah, they are a bit. Last time we played here it was
shit. I can't really get my hands around the mentality. I
don't really know how to put this. I mean, I don't want to
be offensive.
UD: Go ahead be offensive, it makes good copy.
LS: New Yorkers want to be shouted at or they don't respect
you. They tend to assume that quietness equals weakness,
which it doesn't. That's an assumption that I don't think
anyone in the world makes. The first show we did here was
really boring and the second show we were going through
quite alot of bad times with the band. We were having alot
of internal arguments and it was a real low point in our
relations. We were so fucked up with each other, we
absolutely fuckin' hated each other... I don't know how to
put it....
UD: New York probably loved that.
LS: Exactly, it came across in the gig. It was a real wild
gig.
UD: I read in your press release that when you first started playing, people hated you. Is that true?
LS: (Both laughing)
UD: Critically too, and then at some point it changed. Did
you do anything?
LS: No we just got better, that's all there is to it. We
always were going against the grain, and so when you're
doing something that is going against the grain and you're
not very good at it, people hate you. When you do something
against the grain and you're good at it, people start thinking
it's something special.
UD: So it was just experience, then?
LS: Experience of playing live, learning how to sing and
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