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“The trouble is we’ve got too many great songs”
Tuesday, July 15th, 2003The Wildhearts warm up in rare fashion in Harlow · Words by Kris Coverdale I’m wedged between chain smoking man to my left, whirling dervish pointy elbowed woman to the front and a camera wielding maniac to my right. All this in a venue as hot as Satan’s asshole and twice as cramped. But it […]
Read More »The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
Friday, June 20th, 2003In the studio with Ginger early in the making of the forthcoming album ‘The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed’ · Words by Kris Coverdale It’s with a more than a little trepidation that I walk down a darkened road in North London, looking for an address where I’ve arranged to meet Rudy & Gary (The Wildhearts […]
Read More »Motorvatin’ – Silver Ginger 5 on the road
Friday, November 16th, 2001November 2001 · Words by Ginger – Transcribed by Darren Stockford Saturday 3 November – Glasgow Garage First tour, first date, first time on the road clean and sober. Man, this is fucking weird! The thing about being sober is that you notice everything! People getting drunk is really funny. The point between conversation and […]
Read More »Won’t You Take Me With You When You Go…
Friday, June 8th, 2001Ginger and AntiProduct, unplugged · Diary by Darren Stockford A Ginger gig? In South Shields? Complete with an instore mini-set at the new, improved Changes One? Followed by another gig in London? Aw, s’gotta be done, right?! It was. Well and truly. Thursday 7th June We came, we saw, we ate some Jaffa Cakes. 5.15 […]
Read More »Pray For Me Mama (I’m A Geordie Now)
Wednesday, May 30th, 2001In the studio with Jason Ringenberg and The Wildhearts · Words by Darren Stockford It’s like something from a movie. Perhaps a fantasy sequence in High Fidelity? The camera (in a low shot) glides through the studio door. On the floor lies Danny McCormack, curled up in the foetal position, purring like a cat. Pan […]
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