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It was written over two or three years when I probably wrote about three albums. “It’s the strongest piece of work we’ve ever done, but you always have to believe that. CREDIT: Press How would you say your approach to life changed on the writing of ‘Addict’? It was a turning point, and it takes a while to change the perception when you’re more known for your partying than you are for your music. I took a long, hard look at myself, we took some point out, some of the boys went into rehab, some of the boys left, and within two years we’d turned around and started winning awards for being the best live band. “We were partying more than we were performing, and it was at that point that someone said to me, ‘Barry, if you’re not enjoying it then stop’. Back then, it was what was expected – but you realise that you become a liability after a while.” When did things start to change and look a little brighter? I just didn’t realise at the time that it wasn’t what a modern A&R man wanted. It goes through the friendships, punch-ups on stage, the works. One minute you have everything, then nothing.
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None of the band are serial killers, but there was an incident with a coach driver on a UK tour… It’s a no-holds barred, honest account of what it’s like to be in a band. “Don’t forget insulting whole nations, getting thrown out of countries, serial killers… I won’t go into that one too much to save giving away part of the plot. It was after a string of bad times, I pulled my trousers down and just shouted, ‘Why don’t you just fuck me up the arse?’ to 50,000 people, played the same song twice and fucked off.” One of the shows in the documentary is at Bestival where we got to close after The Prodigy. We became addicted to everything and tried as hard as we could to fuck everything up. Our attitude back then was sex, drugs, rock n’ roll and we lived that to the maximum of every bad cliche that you could possibly imagine. That meant our album didn’t come out for two years. Then 9/11 happened, with its devastating global effects and changing the world. There is no happy ending! We had a massive deal with Geffen, the biggest record label in the world and we were their priority. 9/11 was when we were originally meant to launch the album and our own festival, but it’s gone completely tits up again. It was at 9/11 when it started to go wrong for us. The end of the documentary was us finally having fucked everything up as much as we possibly could and turned it around into a fantastic success, but then COVID meant that the ending had to change.” Fitting that the documentary is called What Could Possibly Go Wrong, isn’t it? We have this documentary coming out called What Could Possibly Go Wrong.
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Having taken so long to rebuild ourselves into a position of strength, it’s a lot to take in. As the band debut the video for ‘Dark Days Dark Times’, the frontman spoke to NME about new album ‘Addict’, an upcoming documentary detailing their colourful past of drugs, destruction and serial killers – as well as holding a mirror up to these dumpster fire times we’re living in.īarry: “Well, we had the most amazing year lined up, the most amazing festival season, two UK tours, a European tour, releasing the album and doing our own festival. Still, it’s not the first time the band have had to fight back from adversity.
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As favourites on the festival circuit, Ashworth is really feeling the pain of not being able to tour. Just like the rest of us, Dub Pistols’ plans for one hell of a year were flushed down the toilet. I decided there and then to get a taxi straight to the airport and get the last flight back.” “Then all of a sudden the military turned up due to COVID. 專輯:狂野之美 (Beauty Behind The Madness) 歌曲:Dark Times (feat.“I was in Panama at Tribal Gathering in the middle of a jungle, surrounded by naked people on acid, in the middle of the most beautiful place that you could possibly imagine, having the time of my life,” Dub Pistols frontman Barry Ashworth tells NME, recalling the happier times of earlier in 2020.