Straight after The Strokes up popped all these other bands which in some ways seemed connected but were in countries all over the world. And they all had this rock and roll stamp on them. As I said it was very exciting and at the time Lizard was doing alright so we would play these songs late on the night when the crowd were quite drunk and merry. But it was becoming a bit of a fight as the popularity of the Lizard had caused a bit of a shift in audience and we seemed to get more people who wanted to hear dance music or even classic retro rather than the latest indie rock and roll saviours. Slowly the Lizard began die off. I can't remember when we left there. But they did up the place and that was that. Anyway I was busy playing my guitar. The Lizard had stopped being fun but the electric guitar was always fun. I started composing stuff on electric rather than the usual acoustic. I was also able to download some recording software and start banging away with drum machines and multi tracks on the computer.
The Hives were a real kick. I first heard of them, through my mate Matt Wilson who gave me a copy of there Vini Viscious Vidi album. I burned myself a copy and played it continually in the car. Unfortunately I didn't write the names of the songs. So half those tracks I loved I still can't remember what they're called. And I've never felt the need to go back and repackage the album with titles.
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