And if you come in with The Vaccines,
you’re probably gonna NEED a vaccination
if Stevie gets hold of you.
IE: Have you scanned through his archives
and thought, “Holy crap! I’ve never heard
of THESE guys!”?
MDB: No. I’m encyclopedic about music.
That’s why I’m on the radio. I have a huge
dirty little club somewhere. I think it’s all
just one wonderful way of getting that out.
IE: You have to admit, Silverhead was way
ahead of the curve.
MDB: We actually sell more Silverhead
records today than we ever did 40 years ago,
and I’m heading over to Japan in January to
tour with Silverhead songs. It has an audi-
newreleases
January 10
Circa Waves Happy
Field Music Making A New World
Georgia Seeking Thrills
Kesha High Road
Poppy
I Disagree
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January 17
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vinyl archive myself, and I keep it in my
storage spaces. I collect cars; I collect records,
guitars, books — all sorts of things.
IE: What are your three most prized posses-
sions?
MDB: My wife and my two cats. But serious-
ly, my three possessions would be my signet
ring from my father, and we’re an 800-year-
old family. And I would say the Les Paul that
I got when I was 18 and the Vox AC-30 that
came with [it]. So an amp, a guitar, and my
family ring, once used to seal letters.
IE: But your first high school band was
actually broken up by a drama teacher?
MDB: (Sighs) Ah, that’s Wikipedia for you,
where I’ve also slept with Montgomery Clift
and was in The Knack. Gimme a break.
Bullshit. No, that didn’t happen. I was in this
to express myself, so I didn’t see any delin-
eation between acting or singing — I’m
either killing ‘em on television or in some
Algiers There Is No Year
Anti-Flag 20/20 Vision
ence. Did it breakthrough to the rock and roll
stratosphere? Absolutely not. But did it
influence a lot of bands? Absolutely. So
when you think about it in terms of ‘What is
Success?’ I think those two years I spent with
Silverhead was one of the most interesting
things I’ve ever done. Mainly because it was
the first thing I’d ever done, so you had that
innocence and that naivety. You didn’t ques-
tion yourself — you were so confident that
you just wanted to sing and write songs. So
the more you know how to do it, the less "in
the moment" it becomes. So I had an extraor-
dinary time in that band, and not a day goes
by that somebody doesn’t ask me in an e-
mail or a Tweet about them. Bombay Bicycle Club Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
IE: And only a handful of artists were
signed to Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song
Records. How did you befriend Jimmy
Page?
MDB: We were playing in a club, and we
needed another guitar player, a slide guitar Pet Shop Boys Hotspot
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Halsey Manic
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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Wire Mind Hive
Wolf Parade Thin Mind
Sarah Mary Chadwick Please Daddy
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