The boy-band thing, that’s way out there on the peripheral of my vision – I would never have a reason to come into contact with it. Boy bands to me are almost like a rumour.
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Why Public Domain? What’s in it for you? Chuck D nods and explains: “I like the music. It’s a good thing you know – like when Run DMC did Jason Nevins. I always wanted something like that to happen with some aspects of what we’re doing.”
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In 2000, Get Carter director Mike Hodges was in town – London – to plug a reissue of Get Carter. There was even a soundtrack CD with a half-decent dance remix of the main theme on it (which I’ve still got). Me and the Get Carter-loving designer at Front magazine ran as fast as our legs could carry us to spend an hour with a bona fide British cultural hero
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It’s 5pm and Ian McCulloch, the Echo & The Bunnymen singer, is sitting in the bar of a hotel in Kensington, wearing shades. He’s been on Bloody Marys since 12 noon to counteract the previous evening’s punishment. To say he’s had one hour’s sleep, Mac is amazingly lucid. He’s switched to Guinness for the interview
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