We are chuffed to see the Bunnyman! Will just got off tour; it was 11 out of 10- weird!People still like our band’s music all these years later. Ancient history. It’s just weird? Bugger all else to do so we plundered a lot of different...
The Cure’s first album, Three Imaginary Boys, released in 1979, was made into a compilation called Boys Don’t Cry for the American market in 1980. Welcome to a slightly different format of Curious Creatures, in which Lol and Budgie discuss a...
Lol and Budgie discuss birthdays they have spent in the studio (Lol for 17 Seconds) or on the road having the bus party (Budgie). Everything closed in London at Christmas. We only got home just in time. Every day is Saturday in a band, even if...
In which lol and Budgie discover why Lol won’t eat leftovers.They leave home and make Lobby Scouse and omelets. Alice Cooper and pressure cookers. Wasps and Bangers, baked potatoes, baked beans, and tea!It’s necessary to have your own...
Kate comes to LA. We learn the drummers are driving the ship. Holistically in control of everything! Like Lol, Kate got her DL in California. NYC is okay when you’re young but it’s hard. Kate started to work in TV. Never thought she...
We realize we are all drummers! Budgie makes a voodoo dolly of Siouxsie. We find out Kate’s teen fantasy comes true when she replaces Clem Burke in Blondie! Kate reveals at 15 she blagged her way into the Ritz to interview the Banshees. Budgie...
Lol and Budgie play the Utah rodeo – a dust bowl of outsiders. The “Lush Lounge” provided libations as did the aptly named “Eat Your Heart Out” mixing up buckets of cocktails on the road. Budgie passed the drinks across...
It makes no sense, Budgie and Lol find out, if you don’t like music because it’s like not breathing! When you discover the passion and know what you want to do with your life is mostly a teen thing. Hard to find stuff is what makes you...
In which Budgie and Lol discover they were a little scared of normal. We knew what we didn’t want to sound like, but loved the Ramones/the Clash/Bowie/Buzzcocks and T-Rex. Music was the future there were no niceties for us. A cup of tea and potato...
In which Budgie and Lol reveal It all started at the fairgrounds of England. Like a Stephen King novel? The teddy boys, rockers and… girls! Pink Floyd played our bowling alley! Post war England was grim and our true education was punk. Out of the...