| As if this
interview wasn’t bad enough there was another one
completed at the Cherry Vanilla gig at the marquee.
Interviewers Jorn and Neil (pissed senseless). PANACHE
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| Vincent Scharp:
“Hello, this is a postscript to The Vacants
interview. I’m here, and we are a real group. This
is the truth and nothing but the truth.” |
| Jorn: Name
yourself. |
| VS: “Okay, I
swear this. I haven’t got a bible. I’m a
vocalist, Vincent Scharp. We recorded this album, that
was sceptically…” |
| Neil:
“Reviewed by Panache?” |
| VS:
“Well, not reviewed. But we might be doing another
album.” |
| Neil: When
are you doing a gig? |
| VS:
“We might be going abroad. That sounds crazy dunnit?” |
| Neil: Yeah
it does. Absolutely stupid. What company are you working
with? |
| VS: “I tell
you that guy took the tape to Chrysalis. They liked it.
They’re gonna do a single. The best three tracks of
the album. Chrysalis are interested. Transatlantic are
interested as well. Three tracks. ‘Dead Girl’,
maybe our best track, ‘Misuse Of Love’,
‘Listen To Your Heart’. Forget all that doing
Sex Pistols numbers, ‘cos we’re not doing that.
That was just something…what they wanted was an
album – Punk Rock, right?” |
| Jorn: What
do you think of doing songs with only two chords in them? |
| VS: “I
don’t mind if they’re okay. Some of songs have
onl got two chords.” |
| He starts singing,
‘”Pushing too hard, pushing on me’. “ |
| Neil:
“You’ll get used to him, don’t
worry.” |
| VS: “You want
a live interview, you get a live interview!” |
| He starts
singing again. |
| Jorn:
“Sounds a bit like Elvis Presley.” |
| Neil:
“Don’t be stupid. Not without a guitar it
doesn’t.” |
| VS: “I
haven’t got any accompaniment!” |
| VS: “Upstairs
at Ronnies. The Music Machine.” |
| Neil:
“They don’t pay very well.” |
| VS: “That
doesn’t matter!” |
| Neil:
You’re still The Vacants? |
| VS: “Yeah,
that idea of The Fun was stupid. I agreed with you on
that.” |
| Jorn:
“Fun’s a very hip phrase, very
fashionable.” |
| Neil:
“Eh?” |
| VS:
“It’s been fashionable since Adam ‘n’
Eve.” |
| Neil:
“Exactly. It’s a load of shit.” |
| A girl
arrives, Vince’s girlfriend. |
| Neil:
“Who’s she? Is she in the band? |
| VS:
“She’s my girlfriend.” |
| Jorn: Are
you worried about groupies attacking you? |
| VS: “She
selects them. Tell them (meaning us) we do exist. Tell
them we’ve got a record. You were there.” |
| Girl:
“It’s all true folks. Very, very true.” |
| Vincent
goes on and on about The Clash. |
| Jorn:
“They could be better than The Clash. You don’t
know.” |
| VS:
“We’re different. I like The Clash.” |
| Jorn:
“Every one’s individual. Stop talking about the
merits of The Clash. Shut up! Don’t be a prat!” |
| Neil:
“He likes Hendrix so he should know.” |
| VS: “Hendrix
is alright.” |
| Jorn:
“When’s the album coming out?” |
| VS: “In
Berlin, this week. We’re getting three dozen
copies.” |
| Jorn: Can
you get us a copy. |
| VS: I told him
(Neil) didn’t I? I told him!” |
| Jorn:
Yeah, but he’s dozy. |
| VS:
“He’s just dumb. He don’t believe me. The
album was done in seven hours. Quickest in history. We
weren’t allowed to do any guitar overdubs. We had a
fight over it, only allowed vocal overdubs.” |
| Neil:
“We got the impression you were trying to cash in on
New Wave.” |
| VS: “We were
before New Wave.” |
| Neil:
“Playing what though?” |
| VS: “If you
hear this record, it’s good. What’s it matter?
It’s not a New Wave.” |
| Jorn: Iggy
isn’t Punk.” |
| VS: “I saw
Iggy on Friday. I thought he was a load of crap.” |
| Jorn:
“He’s all slow, isn’t he?” |
| VS:
“It’s all pose. His best song is the one that
band did tonight, ‘Search & Destroy’.” |
| Neil:
“Dictators, isn’t it?” |
| VS: “They
covered it! It’s an Iggy number. You’re
supposed to be running a music magazine and you
haven’t heard Raw Power’!” |
| |
| Interview
peters out because Neil has made an idiot of himself |