Yeah, we're hoping to put in a headline tour around then. Keep an eye out on the web site for more details.

I like girls, so I like girls in rock! The coolest rock n roll chick has to be Joan Jett, but the most talented is Maria McKee.

Feeling a lot better. It was good to get it out, and into the open. Now I gotta move on and do something with the experience.

Obtaining rights to use the songs is a legal matter that is in the hands of the relevant lawyers. Which means we could all be long gone by the time they reach a conclusion.

Never. When faced with a great crowd, there is nothing to beat the rush. Sometimes, before a tour, a sense of dread can kick in... but that is soon dusted off when the gig starts. Playing live is magic.

We've used them in the past, and found them to be too un-reliable. But we're dipping our toes back into technology again, and giving them another try. I even plan on getting 'in-ear' monitors soon !

I really enjoyed getting up close and personal with the fans on these acoustic dates. There tends to be much more of an 'anything can happen' vibe at these gatherings. I still, however, love running around, backed up by extreme volume, so they both have their benefits.

I thought they were fantastic. That guy has one of the best voices I've heard in years. Here's to their success...

Yeah! Keef wrote 'Tumbling Dice', which equals anything The Beatles ever wrote, in my opinion. Keef had better clothes and a cooler hair-cut, and looked more comfortable onstage. Don't get me wrong, I love Lennon, but there is room in the books for the two to be equal legends, right?

'Mindslide'? It's really hard to sing!! I don't enjoy playing that song. We have played it live and I always hate it. 'Lovebank'? It sounds quite boring live. We tried it a few times, and it kinda drags. 'Hate The World Day'? I quite like playing that song, so maybe! 'Underkill'? Funny, we were talking of playing that one. So who knows!

Get a manager. Then the bad guy won't be a member of the band.

The 'V' is a lot easier to play, and enables me to run up and down the neck like a guitar hero... which I'm quite impressed at being able to do!

When sex goes bad.

The choice of Danny's return is entirely up to Danny. He knows what we need him to do, and we will not budge on this. It is very important.

I just get up to the mic and sing it to 'em!

Speed McQueen.

I'm afraid that's a question for GUT records. I personally love short albums, so it just goes to show that one mans shit is another mans toothpaste, right? I think we give you enough value for money with the B-sides to stop even the most whining of Wildhearts fans from bleating endlessly about being dissatisfied. At least I hope so.

We met them at the Kerrang awards, and they insisted that they had never heard of The Wildhearts. Hmmmmmm...

It depends on what sound I'm after. I use a Gibson Flying V these days, for live work, and in the studio I use the 'V', my old Les Paul and a Strat.

That was our first demo, with a guy called Snake singing.

It was called "Hocus Pocus" (with a bit of a track called "Sylvia") by a band called Focus.

I dunno, but it looks like it will happen someday, just so people stop asking. Fans used to shout for 'Sky Babies', for years, now I hear they're already saying it's "too long" or "boring to hear live". Sometimes the only way to shut up Wildhearts fans is to do what they want, then they go off the idea!

I'm all for it. It spreads the word around the world, whilst carrying on the valiant tradition of bootlegging, then it's all part of the tradition of music being a sharing experience... Illegal as that might be (gosh). Anyway, there only seems to be complaints from musicians that have too much money to spend in one lifetime.

What? Surrounded by naked people, girls putting Mars Bars in places not usually used for that practice, others pulling 'love beads' from the most sacred of holes and enough alcohol to kill a small country? It was Hell, I tells ya!

Not any one icon, it was written about all of them. Icons seem to follow a pattern, a mother complex, massive insecurity problems and the belief that their audience loves them as much as they themselves do. It is a comment on the 'conveyor belt' attitude and mentality of this business, and its unfortunate victims.

Nope. Re-recording songs is a bit like sticking shit back up your arse.

I dunno how Willie feels about it, but I would dearly love to work with him again, in any capacity.

CJ came up with the idea. He'd just got married. I liked the idea of a love song being so simple, and that's where the idea came from. It was intended to be a Valentines day release.

Are you crazy? Kerrang have given us loads of support. More than they have at times in the past. I'm very happy with the way they are getting behind a band that have been going as long as us. We are very lucky.

They were always meant to be two songs joined into one. I never heard anyone do that before, apart from us on Suckerpunch / Headfuck... but even that was a slight cheat.

Dunno, it's kind of like choosing a partner. You just know what's right. In some cases people may think differently (especially regarding the last album) but I always see albums following their own direction, and I just leave 'em to it!

'Molly O Lindy', 'Friction In My System' and 'Frankenstein 2000'... and no, I can't see myself re-recording them, as the whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth.

I'm afraid you'd have to ask Jon that one, his mind is a confusing place, even for those playing his songs.

The high harmonies are sung by Stidi. He does them full voice, and has a great gritty vocal delivery when really pushing himself, like he did on that song!

Yeah, and the studio got sold, the taped destroyed and no-one I know has a copy. Amazing, huh?

No, not yet. Love "Drenched In Blood" tho'

2 bass players would be a bit cluttered. Who would you rather be up there playing bass?

It's the event of the year. I fucking LOVE that place.

He's actually 58, and YES, he's all there. The guy is a sharp as a tack, funny as fuck and really really smart. And on top of that he's a perfect gentleman. He definitely lived up to my expectations.

Shit, NO! I am finding out what I'm not looking for, with much more success.

Er, sticker shops? I dunno, we just pick them up everywhere we go

We had a part that needed an Irish bloke shouting....and the best shouty Irish bloke I know is Andy Cairns. He was available and happy to oblige. Classic stuff.

Your girlfriend is a sharp cookie. "I'll Be You" is where the line "like a rebel without a clue" (from '29xThe Pain') comes from. Full marks!

That's Martin Palmer, our old drum tech.

Jef Streatfield sings BV's on that version. Great voice, that boy.

I heard about this and I am as baffled as the rest of you.

Gerdhwith Broadbean.