"Yeah we always
knew. There are a lot of potential singles on the album. It
was hard to decide which is going be the one. But I think 'Nonstopoperation',
'Living In The Pocket Of A Drug Queen' and 'What Time Is It?'
are the singles. I love those tracks but for me there are better
tracks on the album. So I was surprised the record company made
that choice."
So you don't really choose the singles yourself?
"I do have a say, but if the marketing people say 'What
Time Is It?' is going to be the next single, I'll say "Ok
go for it". What am I going to say "No, I didn't think
to say it first". I'll stand next to any song on the album
and if the record company want to pick one, let them pick one.
You know they are the record company and they know one or two
things about the industry."
'Nonstopoperation' is a great song and the lyrics are great
especially "I need coffee like rocket fuel". What
was going through your mind when you wrote it?
'It was just a track I wanted to do for ages, about doing tours.
D'ya know what I mean? Roads are roads and cities are cities
and the bit in between is the same shit every day. Unfortunately
that's why we like doing the gigs so much because we do that
much travelling. Manchester to London, is probably one of the
most frequent trips I make. I'm still living in Manchester.
It's taxing and I don't want to live in London because I don't
think I'm ready for it. It's a compilation of everything and
I usually do need coffee in a morning."
Is the band happy at the moment?
'Yes, I think so. Well if we weren't we wouldn't have come back
after Christmas. That would have been the telling point. You
know everyone went and did their own thing. It's been a great
year though. If the lads went home, chilled out and said "I
don't want to do it again. I don't want to come back".
It would have been painful, but we're still doing it."
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