SUICIDALS TOUR

Rip It Up, Issue 212, 1 April 1995, Page 2

SUICIDALS TOUR

“Despite the importance everyone placed on it, we didn’t care about our video any more. We saw it not as a significant work of art depicting the anguish of Generation X, but as it truly is — a piece of dog shit.”

RIVERS CUOMO OF WEEZER REMEMBERS THE AGE OLD RULE ABOUT NEVER WORKING WITH CHILDREN OR ANIMALS, TOO LATE TO SAVE THE ‘UNDONE — THE SWEATER SONG’ VIDEO.

“Instead of using the pay-cheques to buy a Ferrari, I buy software and publish books. It’s like taking Satan’s dollars and turning them into little angels. It’s punk rock. It’s totally subversive.”

THESPIAN HENRY ROLLINS ON WHY IT’S OKAY TO BE A MOVIE STAR IN YOUR SPARE TIME.

“I couldn’t work with women; I reckon I’d

kill ‘em.” DOLORES O’RIORDAN OF THE CRANBERRIES DOES HER BIT FOR FEMINISM.

“I was lucky enough not to have to go in the army, to play rock ’n roll, get famous, be a star and screw everything in sight. And the worst thing you’d get was a dose of the clap. Those were the days!” ROLLING STONE KEITH RICHARDS ON THE FRINGE BENEFITS OF ROCK.

“I was fuckin’ there. I remember every single minute of every single one, every cock, every guy, every chick. You can rise above it, but you never really forget. That’s the real tragedy.”

MC OJ’S PAL TRACI LORDS RECOVERS FROM THE AMNESIA WHICH FORMERLY MADE A BLACK HOLE OUT OF HER PORN YEARS.

“Somewhere in there, people are drawn to the element of childlike images. It borderlines on being retarded in some ways.” WAYNE COYNE OF THE FLAMING LIPS TRIES TO WORK OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE FINALLY PAYING HIS BAND SOME ATTENTION.

“It has been taken over by twats now, to be honest. Lame ambient doodling for 70 pretentious minutes, and then it will be totally shoved down your throat, like: ‘We didn’t mean that, ha ha ha.’” ALEX PATERSON OF THE ORB ON THE AMBIENT HOUSE MOVEMENT HE IS OFTEN HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR.

“Be cool, don’t panic, chaos is good. Just surf the great disorder and enjoy.” TIMOTHY LEARY’S STILL TALKING IN T-SHIRT SLOGANS AT 73.

“The boy and girl shagging to our record — that’s what’s really important.” GARY MANI’ MOUNFIELD FROM THE STONE ROSES GIVES HIS DEFINITION OF SUCCESS.

“Mike [Patton’s] parents came to see the show once, and he was on stage saying how last night he’d fucked his mother

while his father watched.” FAITH NO MORE’S BILLY GOULD ON THE UNFORTUNATE EMERGENCE OF HIS BANDMATE’S OEDIPUS COMPLEX.

“I’ve been described as ‘having a face that makes Keith Richards look like a newborn’, not to mention the hairy ass.” GAIL GREENWOOD OF BELLY STAKES HER CLAIM FOR THE WORLD’S UNSEXIEST WOMAN AWARD.