And, hopefully, the more living you do, the more you’ve got to talk about. But it’s no different now than how it always used to be years ago. As you go through life, things affect you in different ways, and you pick up on this and you pick up on that, and sometimes you get a song out of it.
Whether or not it works quite like that, I don’t know, but that’s normally what I try and do.
Once you’ve got more than an album’s worth of songs floating around in your head, unfinished or unreleased or what have you, your psyche becomes unmanageable, you know? And you just have to clear everything out…and, hopefully, by clearing everything out, you make a good record at the same time. Not with a great deal of success, I must admit… ( Laughs) …but I write songs all the time, and you’ve got to have some kind of outlet.
GM: Well, I’ve actually been doing it for awhile, to be honest. That’s our claim to fame: that we got Duran Duran going!" I think we were the bridgehead between punk and what came after it. We saw Duran Duran in the front row when we was in Birmingham, checking us out. "When I was with the Rich Kids, there were loads of bands that came after us. Though you might find it fair to say that Matlock isn’t necessarily the most prolific songwriter – he started releasing albums under his own name in 1994, and he’s only just put out his fourth, Born Running – but he’s still got a hell of a way with a hook. In addition to his work with the Sex Pistols, Matlock also spent time as a member of The Rich Kids (along with Midge Ure and Rusty Egan of Visage) and wrote and played with Iggy Pop, but he’s had a bit of a solo career going as well. In the end, at least the man’s got his Bollocks royalties to keep him warm at night, but for those who aren’t aware of his further contributions to music, now’s the perfect time to start your education. | Deptford Northern Soul Club | Josh T.Interviews Home / Music Home / Bullz-Eye HomeĪlthough he wrote the music for 10 out of the 12 songs on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, Glen Matlock has been forced to spend a great deal of his career as the answer to the trivia question, “Who played bass for the Sex Pistols prior to Sid Vicious joining to the band?” It’s a bit ridiculous, really…but, then, so is the story that Matlock was kicked out of the band because he liked the Beatles. | Fleet Foxes | Damien Jurado | Laura Marling | Father John Misty | John Grant | Noddy Holder | Mumford & Sons | Seasick Steve | The Lumineers | Modest Mouse | Warpaint | Loudon Wainwright III | Happy Mondays | Wilco | Joan Armatrading | Mercury Rev | The Waterboys | The Specials | Foy Vance | Isobel Campbell | Glen Matlock | Wreckless Eric | David Kitt | Lisa Hannigan | John Lydon | Civil Wars | Midlake | The Staves | Lord Huron | Paul Brady | David Gray | Steve Earle | Lloyd Cole | Sun Kil Moon | Eddi Reader | Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy | The Undertones | Tom Robinson | Suggs | Mike Scott | The Damned | Ian McCullough | Andy Smith (Portishead) | Martin Simpson | Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band | Courtney Marie Andrews | Villagers | Cara Dillon | Iron & Wine | Jesca Hoop | Ryley Walker | The Low Anthem | Mandolin Orange | Hayseed Dixie | The Devil Makes Three | The Handsome Family | Old Crow Medicine Show | Sylvan Esso | Kowalski | John Fullbright | Danny & The Champions of the World | Phosphorescent | The Felice Bros.